This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/bcp.14594 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Conchon Costa Ana Carolina (Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9955-0699) de Moraes Natalia Valadares (Orcid ID: 0000-0002-4389-058X) Population pharmacokinetics of gabapentin in patients with neuropathic pain: lack of effect of diabetes or glycaemic control Ana Carolina Conchon Costa 1 , Jhohann Richard de Lima Benzi 1 , Priscila Akemi Yamamoto 1,2 , Maria Cristina Foss de Freitas 3 , Francisco José Albuquerque de Paula 3 , Cleslei Fernando Zanelli 2 , Gabriela Rocha Lauretti 3 , Natália Valadares de Moraes 2 1 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, USP – São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil 2 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP – São Paulo State University, Araraquara, SP, Brazil 3 School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, USP – São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil *Author for correspondence: Natália Valadares de Moraes. Departamento de Fármacos e Medicamentos Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas – UNESP Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, ZIP 14800-903 Phone: +55 16 3301 4689 Fax: +55 16 3301 6980 E-mail: natalia.v.moraes@unesp.br ORCID: 0000-0002-4389-058X The authors confirm that the Principal Investigator for this paper is GR Lauretti and that she had direct clinical responsibility for patients. Running head: PopPK of gabapentin in neuropathic pain Keywords: gabapentin, type 2 diabetes, population pharmacokinetics Word count: 3214 Table count: 2