Pregabalin for Treatment of Patients With Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN)

Inclusion Criteria

• •Male or female Chinese subjects, ages ≥18 at screening
• •Subjects with symptoms of neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Subjects must have pain present for ﹥3 months after healing of the acute herpes zoster skin rash
• •At screening (V1), subjects must have a score ≥40mm on the 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS) of the Short Form-McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ, see Appendix 3)
• •At randomization (V2), subjects must have a score ≥40mm on the 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS) of the Short Form-McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ, see Appendix 3)
• •At randomization (V2), subjects must have completed at least 5 daily pain diaries (DPRS, see Appendix 2) and have an average daily pain score ≥4 over the past 7 days