Compiled for the QSP model of postherpetic neuralgia. Citations are grouped by topic; PubMed identifiers are linked. Where helpful, the most informative papers for QSP parameter sourcing are flagged ★.
- Yawn BP et al. A population-based study of the incidence and complication rates of herpes zoster. Mayo Clin Proc 2007. PubMed 17976358
- Kawai K, Gebremeskel BG, Acosta CJ. Systematic review of incidence and complications of herpes zoster. BMJ Open 2014. PubMed 24916088 ★
- Johnson RW, Rice ASC. Postherpetic neuralgia. N Engl J Med 2014;371:1526-33. PubMed 25317872 ★
- Forbes HJ et al. A systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia. Pain 2016;157(1):30-54. PubMed 26218719 ★
- Drolet M et al. The impact of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia on health-related quality of life. CMAJ 2010;182(16):1731-6. PubMed 20921251
- Kennedy PGE, Gershon AA. Clinical features of varicella-zoster virus infection. Viruses 2018;10(11):609. PubMed 30400213
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- Steain M et al. Analysis of T-cell responses during active varicella-zoster virus reactivation in human ganglia. J Virol 2014;88(5):2704-16. PubMed 24352455
- Watson CP, Deck JH, Morshead C, Van der Kooy D, Evans RJ. Post-herpetic neuralgia: further post-mortem studies of cases with and without pain. Pain 1991;44(2):105-17. PubMed 1711192
- Oaklander AL. The density of remaining nerve endings in human skin with and without postherpetic neuralgia after shingles. Pain 2001;92(1-2):139-45. PubMed 11323135 ★
- Dib-Hajj SD et al. NaV1.7 and other voltage-gated sodium channels as drug targets for pain relief. Nat Rev Neurosci 2013;14(1):49-62. PubMed 23232607 ★
- Bennett DL et al. The role of voltage-gated sodium channels in pain signaling. Physiol Rev 2019;99(2):1079-1151. PubMed 30672368
- Caterina MJ, Schumacher MA et al. The capsaicin receptor: a heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway. Nature 1997;389(6653):816-24. PubMed 9349813
- Story GM et al. ANKTM1 (TRPA1) is a Ca²⁺-permeable cation channel activated by cold temperatures. Cell 2003;112(6):819-29. PubMed 12654248
- Costigan M, Scholz J, Woolf CJ. Neuropathic pain: a maladaptive response of the nervous system to damage. Annu Rev Neurosci 2009;32:1-32. PubMed 19400724 ★
- Woolf CJ. Central sensitization: implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain. Pain 2011;152(3 Suppl):S2-S15. PubMed 20961685 ★
- Coull JA et al. Trans-synaptic shift in anion gradient in spinal lamina I neurons as a mechanism of neuropathic pain. Nature 2003;424(6951):938-42. PubMed 12931188 ★
- Coull JA et al. BDNF from microglia causes the shift in neuronal anion gradient underlying neuropathic pain. Nature 2005;438(7070):1017-21. PubMed 16355225
- Tsuda M et al. P2X4 receptors induced in spinal microglia gate tactile allodynia after nerve injury. Nature 2003;424(6950):778-83. PubMed 12917686
- Inoue K, Tsuda M. Microglia in neuropathic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Nat Rev Neurosci 2018;19(3):138-152. PubMed 29416128
- Oxman MN et al. A vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults (Shingles Prevention Study). N Engl J Med 2005;352(22):2271-84. PubMed 15930418
- Lal H et al. Efficacy of an adjuvanted herpes zoster subunit vaccine in older adults (ZOE-50). N Engl J Med 2015;372(22):2087-96. PubMed 25916341 ★
- Cunningham AL et al. Efficacy of the herpes zoster subunit vaccine in adults 70 years of age or older (ZOE-70). N Engl J Med 2016;375(11):1019-32. PubMed 27626517 ★
- Dooling KL et al. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for use of herpes zoster vaccines. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67(3):103-108. PubMed 29370152
- Strezova A et al. Long-term protection against herpes zoster by the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine: interim efficacy, immunogenicity and safety at 10 years. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022. PubMed 36172300
- Tyring SK et al. Famciclovir for the treatment of acute herpes zoster. Ann Intern Med 1995;123(2):89-96. PubMed 7778839
- Beutner KR et al. Valaciclovir compared with acyclovir for improved therapy for herpes zoster in immunocompetent adults. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995;39(7):1546-53. PubMed 7492102
- Dworkin RH et al. Acyclovir treatment of acute herpes zoster: review of meta-analyses. J Infect Dis 1998;178 Suppl 1:S76-80. PubMed 9852982
- Kawashima M et al. Amenamevir, a novel helicase-primase inhibitor, for treatment of herpes zoster: A randomized, double-blind, valaciclovir-controlled phase 3 study. J Dermatol 2017;44(11):1219-1227. PubMed 28391574
- Rowbotham M et al. Gabapentin for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1998;280(21):1837-42. PubMed 9846778 ★
- Rice ASC, Maton S, Postherpetic Neuralgia Study Group. Gabapentin in postherpetic neuralgia: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study. Pain 2001;94(2):215-24. PubMed 11690735
- Dworkin RH et al. Pregabalin for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Neurology 2003;60(8):1274-83. PubMed 12707429 ★
- Sabatowski R et al. Pregabalin reduces pain and improves sleep and mood disturbances in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia: results of a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Pain 2004;109(1-2):26-35. PubMed 15082123
- Kato J et al. Mirogabalin for the management of postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study in Asian patients. Pain 2019;160(5):1175-1185. PubMed 30933958
- Bockbrader HN et al. Clinical pharmacokinetics of pregabalin in healthy volunteers. J Clin Pharmacol 2010;50(8):941-50. PubMed 20132038
- Watson CP et al. Amitriptyline versus placebo in postherpetic neuralgia. Neurology 1982;32(6):671-3. PubMed 6283422
- Max MB et al. Amitriptyline, but not lorazepam, relieves postherpetic neuralgia. Neurology 1988;38(9):1427-32. PubMed 3412593
- Watson CP et al. Nortriptyline versus amitriptyline in postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized trial. Neurology 1998;51(4):1166-71. PubMed 9781551
- Saarto T, Wiffen PJ. Antidepressants for neuropathic pain: a Cochrane review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2010;81(12):1372-3. PubMed 20543189
- Boureau F et al. Tramadol in post-herpetic neuralgia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Pain 2003;104(1-2):323-31. PubMed 12855342
- Raja SN et al. Opioids versus antidepressants in postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Neurology 2002;59(7):1015-21. PubMed 12370455
- Backonja M et al. NGX-4010, a high-concentration capsaicin patch, for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a randomised, double-blind study. Lancet Neurol 2008;7(12):1106-12. PubMed 18977178 ★
- Irving GA et al. NGX-4010, a capsaicin 8% dermal patch, administered alone or in combination with systemic neuropathic pain medications. Pain Med 2011;12(1):99-109. PubMed 21087405
- Webster LR et al. Long-term tolerability, effectiveness, and quality of life evaluation of capsaicin 8% patch (STRIDE). J Pain Res 2017;10:1773-1782. PubMed 28860839
- Argoff CE. New analgesics for neuropathic pain: the lidocaine patch. Clin J Pain 2000;16(2 Suppl):S62-6. PubMed 10870741
- Galer BS et al. The lidocaine patch 5% effectively treats all neuropathic pain qualities. Clin J Pain 2002;18(5):297-301. PubMed 12218501
- Apalla Z et al. Botulinum toxin A in postherpetic neuralgia: a parallel, randomized, double-blind, single-dose, placebo-controlled trial. Clin J Pain 2013;29(10):857-64. PubMed 23370084
- Wan CF, Liu Y, Dong DS et al. Bipolar high-voltage, long-duration pulsed radiofrequency improves pain relief in postherpetic neuralgia. Pain Physician 2016;19(7):E721-E728. PubMed 27676684
- Liem L et al. A multicenter, prospective trial to assess the safety and performance of the spinal modulation dorsal root ganglion neurostimulator system in the treatment of chronic pain. Neuromodulation 2013;16(5):471-82. PubMed 23668228
- Finnerup NB et al. Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (NeuPSIG). Lancet Neurol 2015;14(2):162-73. PubMed 25575710 ★
- Mu A, Weinberg E, Moulin DE, Clarke H. Pharmacologic management of chronic neuropathic pain: Review of the Canadian Pain Society consensus statement. Can Fam Physician 2017;63(11):844-852. PubMed 29138156
- Moulin DE et al. Pharmacological management of chronic neuropathic pain: revised consensus statement from the Canadian Pain Society. Pain Res Manag 2014;19(6):328-35. PubMed 25479151
- Argoff CE et al. Review of the literature on the role of topical agents in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. Pain Med 2011;12(11):1547-58. PubMed 21943324
- Cohen JI. Clinical practice: Herpes zoster. N Engl J Med 2013;369(3):255-63. PubMed 23863052
- Bockbrader HN et al. A comparison of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of pregabalin and gabapentin. Clin Pharmacokinet 2010;49(10):661-9. PubMed 20818832
- Stewart BH et al. A saturable transport mechanism in the intestinal absorption of gabapentin. Pharm Res 1993;10(2):276-81. PubMed 8456076
- Posner J et al. The clinical pharmacology of amitriptyline. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1985;19(2):305S-308S. PubMed 4039024
- Skinner MH et al. Duloxetine is both an inhibitor and a substrate of cytochrome P450 2D6. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2003;73(3):170-7. PubMed 12621381
- Berger BA et al. Population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model of pregabalin for pain. J Clin Pharmacol 2018;58(1):11-21. PubMed 28771732
- Schmidt H et al. Quantitative systems pharmacology approach for chronic pain. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2014;3:e116. PubMed 24988401
- Mishra S, Hoon MA. The cells and circuitry for itch responses in mice. Science 2013;340(6135):968-71. PubMed 23704571
- McDonnell A et al. Inherited erythromelalgia due to mutations in SCN9A: natural history, clinical phenotype and somatosensory profile. Brain 2016;139(Pt 4):1052-65. PubMed 26920677
- Kingwell K. Nav1.7 withholds its pain potential. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2019;18(5):321-323. PubMed 31036931
- Hijma HJ et al. VX-548 in the treatment of acute pain after bunionectomy and abdominoplasty. N Engl J Med 2024;390(6):500-510. PubMed 38320205
- Mantyh PW et al. Nerve growth factor and pain mechanisms. Pain Manag 2011;1(5):441-455. PubMed 24645693
- Wise BL, Seidel MF, Lane NE. The evolution of nerve growth factor inhibition in clinical medicine. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2021;17(1):34-46. PubMed 33219344
- Boyle Y et al. A comparison of pregabalin and clinical practice for the treatment of neuropathic pain: a single-center crossover study. Pain Med 2014;15(11):2050-61. PubMed 25371108
- Trouvin AP et al. Mechanisms of chronic pain in inflammatory rheumatism: the role of descending modulation. Joint Bone Spine 2022;89(5):105385. PubMed 35339701
- Rolke R et al. Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): standardized protocol and reference values. Pain 2006;123(3):231-43. PubMed 16697110
- Baron R et al. Peripheral neuropathic pain: a mechanism-related organizing principle based on sensory profiles. Pain 2017;158(2):261-272. PubMed 27893485 ★
- Demant DT et al. The effect of oxcarbazepine in peripheral neuropathic pain depends on pain phenotype. Pain 2014;155(11):2263-73. PubMed 25180014
- Vollert J et al. Stratifying patients with peripheral neuropathic pain based on sensory profiles. Pain 2017;158(8):1446-1455. PubMed 28586253
- Goodman CW, Brett AS. Gabapentinoids — implications of safety risks in real-world use. JAMA Intern Med 2019;179(5):695-701. PubMed 30887000
- Throckmorton DC et al. The FDA and the safe use of gabapentinoids. JAMA 2018;319(8):729-730. PubMed 29381797
- Gomes T et al. Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: a population-based nested case-control study. PLoS Med 2017;14(10):e1002396. PubMed 28972983
- Lee EG, Lee HJ, Hyun DJ et al. Efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency treatment for the trigeminal neuralgia and postherpetic neuralgia patients. Medicine 2017;96(34):e7727. PubMed 28834879
- Lee SY et al. Postherpetic neuralgia in Korea: a nationwide population-based study. J Korean Med Sci 2019;34(31):e213. PubMed 31402642
- Ahn JS et al. Risk factors and management of postherpetic neuralgia in Asia. Korean J Pain 2020;33(1):30-35.
- Kim YH et al. Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. J Korean Med Assoc 2020;63(11):663-672.
- Lee JH et al. Real-world treatment patterns of postherpetic neuralgia in Korea. Pain Res Manag 2021;2021:6660142. PubMed 33936344