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CancerPhase 2NCT00345735

Intranasal Fentanyl for the Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer Patients (FT-017-IM)

A Phase 2 study testing Fentanyl in people with Cancer and Pain, run by Nycomed at 1 site in Denmark.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Primary Objective: To demonstrate the efficacy of intranasal fentanyl in the treatment of breakthrough pain (BTP) in cancer patients. Secondary Objective: To explore the relationship between the response to the fentanyl dose and the stable background pain opioid dose. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Cancer, Pain
What is being tested?
Fentanyl
How many people
150 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
May 2006to Oct 2007
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Has the patient given informed consent according to local requirements before any trial-related activities? Trial-related activities are any procedures that would not have been performed during the routine management of the patient.
  • Is the patient a cancer patient with breakthrough pain?
  • Is the patient aged ≥ 18 years?
  • Has the patient received, for at least the past month, either oral morphine, oxycodone, hydromorphone, or transdermal fentanyl for treatment of background pain?
  • Is the current dose of the scheduled background pain opioid of the patient equivalent to 60-500 mg oral morphine/day or to 25-200 µg/hour transdermal fentanyl?
  • Is the background pain generally stable and on average controlled to a mild level (defined as ≤ 4 on an 11-point numerical rating scale [NRS]) by the background pain opioid?
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  • Is the BTP(s) in general of such severe pain intensity that the patient judges he/she needs additional analgesics (apart from background pain medication) and does it normally last for more than 15 minutes?
  • Does the patient, in general, while using a stable fixed-schedule opioid regimen have at least three BTP episodes per week but no more than four BTP episodes per day?
  • Has the patient obtained at least partial relief of BTP(s) with his/her usual immediate-release strong opioid, i.e. oral morphine, oxycodone, hydromorphone or transmucosal fentanyl?
  • Is the life expectancy of the patient at least 3 months?
  • Is the patient able to use intranasal drugs?
  • Does the patient use adequate contraceptive precautions (contraceptive pill, implant or injection, or intrauterine device) in the trial period?
  • Does the patient have a negative pregnancy test?
  • Was the background pain, during a minimum of five of the seven days, controlled to a mild level (defined as ≤ 4 on an 11-point NRS) by the background pain opioid?
  • Did the patient have at least three BTP episodes during the seven days but no more than four BTP episodes per day?
  • Was the BTP(s) of such severe pain intensity that the patient took additional analgesics (apart from the usual background pain opioid)?

Who cannot join

  • Does the patient have a recent history of substance abuse?
  • Is the patient pregnant or nursing during the trial period?
  • Does the patient have neurological or psychiatric impairment that may compromise data collection?
  • Does the patient have severe hepatic impairment? (Investigator's judgement according to local practice.)
  • Has the patient had any recent therapy, which could potentially alter pain or response to analgesics to a degree, where the need for background pain opioid will be:
  • less than 60 mg morphine or morphine equivalents/day; or
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  • less than 25 µg/hour transdermal fentanyl or the number of BTP episodes will be less than three per week during the trial period?
  • Has the patient had facial radiotherapy?
  • Has the patient been treated with a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor within the last 14 days?
  • Does the patient use methadone or buprenorphine?
  • Does the patient have impaired respiratory function to an extent which may severely increase the risk of clinically relevant respiratory depression by BTP fentanyl treatment?
  • Does the patient use drugs for intranasal administration?
  • Does the patient have a nasopharyngeal probe?
  • Is the patient known to be hypersensitive to fentanyl or to other opioids or any of their excipients?
  • Does the patient have any head injury, primary brain tumour, or other pathological conditions which could significantly increase the risk of increased intracranial pressure or impaired consciousness?
  • Is the patient concomitantly participating in any other trial with an investigational drug or device apart from cancer treatment and participation in NAF trial FT-016-IM within 30 days prior to inclusion in this trial?
  • Does the patient have pathological conditions of the nasal cavity as contraindications to intranasal fentanyl?

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Denmark1 site
  • Nycomed

    Roskilde, 4000

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About this study

Official title: Intranasal Fentanyl for the Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer Patients. A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Confirmatory Trial Testing Fentanyl and Placebo in Eight Breakthrough Pain Episodes

Primary Objective:

To demonstrate the efficacy of intranasal fentanyl in the treatment of breakthrough pain (BTP) in cancer patients.

Secondary Objective:

To explore the relationship between the response to the fentanyl dose and the stable background pain opioid dose.

Conditions
Cancer, Pain
Being tested
Fentanyl
Keywords
Cancer pain with breakthrough pain episodes
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms, Pain

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pain intensity difference at 10 minutes (PID10) after administration

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Sum of pain intensity differences over the 0-60 minute time interval (SPID0-60) and General Impression (GI) with 5 point verbal rating scale at 60 minutes

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Jun 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2006
  3. Primary completionOct 2007
  4. Study completionOct 2007

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
Double blind
Enrolment
150 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00345735
Sponsor's protocol ID
FT-017-IM
Other IDs
2005-002347-82, 2005
Status last verified
May 2012
First submitted
26 Jun 2006
Last updated
7 May 2012
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Fentanyl in people with Cancer and Pain, run by Nycomed at 1 site in Denmark.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 16 inclusion and 17 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 May 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Denmark. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pain intensity difference at 10 minutes (PID10) after administration. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 May 2012.

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