title: Improving the translation of analgesic drugs to the clinic: animal models of neuropathic pain.
abstract: Neuropathic pain remains an area of considerable unmet clinical need. Research based on preclinical animal models has failed to deliver truly novel treatment options, questioning the predictive value of these models. This review addresses the shortcomings of rodent in vivo models commonly used in the field and highlights approaches which could increase their predictivity, including more clinically relevant assays, outcome measures and animal characteristics. The methodological quality of animal studies also needs to be improved. Low internal validity and incomplete reporting lead to a waste of valuable research resources and animal lives, and ultimately prevent an objective assessment of the true predictivity of in vivo models.
authors: National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), London, UK.
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authors: Percie du Sert
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authors: Rice
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013045:Species Specificity; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
keywords: analgesic; animal model; neuropathic pain; preclinical model; translation