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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00992576




Registration number
NCT00992576
Ethics application status
Date submitted
6/10/2009
Date registered
9/10/2009
Date last updated
15/02/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Optimisation of Hydromorphone - Naloxone Ratio for the Treatment of Pain
Scientific title
A Confirmatory, Placebo-controlled, Randomised, Double-blind, Single-dummy, Parallel Group, Ratio-finding Study in Constipated Pain Patients to Establish an Optimal Hydromorphone - Naloxone Ratio With an Improved Bowel Function and a Comparable Analgesic Efficacy Compared to Hydromorphone Alone
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2008-005312-18
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
HMX3501
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Constipation 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Oral and Gastrointestinal 0 0 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Active Hydromorphone PR + Active Naloxone PR
Treatment: Drugs - Active Hydromorphone PR + Placebo Naloxone PR

Treatment: Drugs: Active Hydromorphone PR + Active Naloxone PR
Optimal pain relief and improved bowel function in constipated pain patients

Treatment: Drugs: Active Hydromorphone PR + Placebo Naloxone PR
Optimal pain relief and improved bowel function in constipated pain patients

Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Bowel Function Measure Average pain scores
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Bowel Function Measures Rescue medication use
Timepoint [1] 0 0

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Male or female subjects at least 18 years with a history of non-cancer or cancer pain that requires around-the-clock opioid therapy (8, 24 or 48 mg hydromorphone PR per day for the duration of the study).
2. Subjects with constipation caused or aggravated by opioids
3. Subjects must be willing to discontinue their current opioid analgesic routine, and .
4. current laxative regimen
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Chronic or intermittent pain that results from Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis.
2. Subjects presently taking, or who have taken, naloxone <=30 days prior to the start of the Screening Period.
3. Subjects suffering from diarrhoea.
4. Abnormal liver or kidney function.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Hunter New England Area Health Service - Newcastle
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2300 - Newcastle
Recruitment outside Australia
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Austria
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Wien
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Belgium
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Bruxelles
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Czech Republic
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Pribram
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Denmark
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København K.
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Finland
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Kuopio
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France
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Amiens Cedex 1
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Germany
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Jena
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Israel
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Tel Aviv
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Netherlands
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Zeist
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Poland
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Krakow
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Romania
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Cluj-Napoca
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Switzerland
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Aarau
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United Kingdom
State/province [13] 0 0
Chesterfield

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Mundipharma Research GmbH & Co KG
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries

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No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

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