Psychotherapy for Ketamine’s Enhanced Durability in Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Akash Goel   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, MPH ;   Bhavya Kapoor   ^{1, 3 *} ;   Hillary Chan   ⁴ , BSc ;   Karim Ladha   ^{1, 2, 5} , MD, MSc ;   Joel Katz   ^{2, 6, 7, 8, 9} , PhD ;   Hance Clarke   ^{2, 7, 8} , MD ;   Janneth Pazmino-Canizares   ¹ , MSc ;   Zaaria Thomas   ¹ , BA ;   Kaylyssa Philip   ^{1, 4} , BHSc, MPH ;   Gabriella Mattina   ¹ , PhD ;   Paul Ritvo   ^{6, 9} , PhD

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

⁴ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Centre for the Study of Pain, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally