Innovations in the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain With Alpha-Lipoic Acid (IMPALA Trial): Study protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of Alpha-Lipoic Acid for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Pain

Ian Gilron   ¹ , MSc, FRCPC, MD ;   Dongsheng Tu   ¹ , PhD ;   Ronald Holden   ¹ , PhD ;   Tanveer Towheed   ¹ , FRCPC, MD ;   Dan Ziegler   ² , Prof Dr Med ;   Louie Wang   ¹ , MSc, FRCPC, MD ;   Roumen Milev   ¹ , FRCPC, MD, PhD ;   Christopher Gray   ³ , CCRP

¹ Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, ON, Canada

² Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany

³ Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada