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Pain, AcutePhase 4Pen ASAPNCT03798899

Efficacy and Safety of Penthrox® Combined With a Standard Analgesia (SoC) in Adult Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department With Moderate to Severe Pain Associated With Trauma

A Phase 4 study testing Methoxyflurane and Normal Saline in people with Pain, Acute, run by Mundipharma SAS at 8 sites in France.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

A phase 4 randomised, double-blind study to assess the efficacy and safety of Penthrox® used from the outset in multimodal analgesia, in combination with the standard analgesic protocol used in the department, for conscious adult patients presenting in an emergency department with moderate to severe pain associated… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pain, Acute
What is being tested?
Methoxyflurane and Normal Saline
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
360 participants
Where
8 sitesFrance
Study dates
14 May 2018to 20 Dec 2018
Phase
Phase 4
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Men and women aged 18 or older
  • Patients (in an emergency, parent or relative) who dated and signed their informed consent to participate in the study
  • Patients admitted to the emergency department due to a trauma
  • Patients having a pain score ≥ 4 measured using a numerical scale (NRS) at the time of admission to emergency departments.
  • Patients having a pain score ≥ 40 measured using the VAS at the time of randomisation.

Who cannot join

  • Life-threatening conditions requiring immediate admission to the operating theatre or the intensive care unit;
  • Impaired consciousness according to the investigator regardless of the cause, including head trauma or drug or alcohol consumption;
  • Acute medicinal or alcohol intoxication, according to the investigator;
  • Pregnant woman or woman at risk of pregnancy and not using highly effective contraception methods or known lactation;
  • Analgesic treatment within 5 hours (8 h for sodium diclofenac) prior to admission, except for paracetamol, which is allowed;
  • Treatment with nitrous oxide within 5 hours before presentation at the emergency department;
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  • Use of analgesics for chronic pain;
  • Prior use of Penthrox®;
  • Use of an investigational product one month before presentation at the emergency department;
  • Hypersensitivity to Penthrox® or any other fluoridated anesthetic;
  • History of signs of hepatic lesions after use of methoxyflurane or after anaesthesia by a halogenated hydrocarbon;
  • Malignant hyperthermia: Known malignant hyperthermia or patient genetic predisposition or patient or family history of serious adverse reactions;
  • Clinical evidence of respiratory depression according to the investigator;
  • Clinical evidence of cardiovascular instability according to the investigator;
  • Clinical renal or hepatic damage, according to the investigator, pre-existing or known;
  • Presence of any other clinical condition that can, according to the investigator's opinion, have an impact on the patient's ability to participate in the study or the results of the study.
  • Individuals protected by law

Trial locations and contacts

8 sites in 1 country.

8 sites in 1 country

France8 sites
  • CH Annecy Genevois

    Annecy, 74374

  • GH Carnelle Porte de l'Oise

    Beaumont-sur-Oise, 95260

  • Hôpital Avicenne - APHP

    Bobigny, 93000

  • CHRU Lille

    Lille, 59037

  • Hôpital Edouard Herriot

    Lyon, 69437

  • Hospice civil de Lyon

    Pierre-Bénite, 69495

  • CH René Dubos

    Pontoise, 95300

  • CHU Purpan

    Toulouse, 31059

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About this study

Official title: Multicentre, Randomised, Double-blind Study Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Penthrox® Combined With a Standard Analgesia (SoC) in Comparison to a Placebo Combined With a Standard Analgesia (SoC) in Adult Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department With Moderate to Severe Pain Associated With Trauma

A phase 4 randomised, double-blind study to assess the efficacy and safety of Penthrox® used from the outset in multimodal analgesia, in combination with the standard analgesic protocol used in the department, for conscious adult patients presenting in an emergency department with moderate to severe pain associated with a trauma

Read the detailed description

On admission, the patient pain score will be measured using a numerical scale (NRS-11) to verify the eligibility of the patient in the study (NRS ≥ 4).

At the time of randomisation, the patient's pain score will be measured using a VAS in order to verify the patient's eligibility for randomisation (VAS ≥ 40).

Admissible patients will be randomised by IWRS (Interactive Web Response System) to receive:

  • Either Penthrox® + SoC
  • Or placebo + SoC (Figure 1). Randomisation will be stratified by sex, site and according to the baseline pain score (NRS 4-5 for a moderate-intensity pain versus NS 6-10 for a severe-intensity pain).

The IWRS system will be based on the fact of including 50% patients with moderate pain and 50% patients with severe pain.

Close weekly monitoring of this ratio will be set up. The decision to no longer include patients in one of the study subgroups according to pain, if necessary, or to change this ratio, will be made by the Study Sponsor and in agreement with the study investigator-coordinator and the study scientific committee. A minimum of 150 patients will be included in the severe pain subgroup (EN 6-10).

The treatment (preparation of two inhalers, the second only being given to the patient on request) will only be administered once intermittently or continuously to patients on admission to the study (D0, T0).

The pain score will be assessed using the VAS every 5 minutes up to 20 minutes, then at 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after the start of study treatment (T0). Patients will be assessed until their discharge from the emergency departments (hospitalization, transfer home, transfer to the operating room) or up to 120 minutes after the initial administration.

A telephone interview will take place 14 (± 2) days after the first treatment administration to assess the medium-term safety of the product.

Conditions
Pain, Acute
Being tested
Methoxyflurane, Normal Saline
Medical subject headings
Acute Pain

What participants receive

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

  • MethoxyfluraneDrug

    Also called Penthrox®

    PENTHROX 3mL inhalation vapour, liquid

  • Normal SalineDrug

    Placebo

Study groups in NCT03798899
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Penthrox® (Methoxyflurane)ExperimentalPatients will be asked to inhale Penthrox® intermittently or continuously to obtain adequate analgesia. Penthrox® or placebo will be administered in combination with standard analgesic treatments usually used according to the emergency department protocol (SoC). Duration of treatment: 1 administration (with a maximum of 2 inhalers) during passage to emergency.
Receives: Drug: Methoxyflurane
Normal SalinePlacebo comparatorPatients will be asked to inhale Penthrox® intermittently or continuously to obtain adequate analgesia. Penthrox® or placebo will be administered in combination with standard analgesic treatments usually used according to the emergency department protocol (SoC). Duration of treatment: 1 administration (with a maximum of 2 inhalers) during passage to emergency.
Receives: Drug: Normal Saline

What is being measured

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

  1. time until pain relief defined by the duration between the start of the study treatment (T0) and pain relief

    Measured on Pain intensity visual analogue scale (PI-VAS) 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

Secondary outcomes (23)
  1. Duration between the start of study treatment (T0) and pain relief reported by the patient

    Pain measured on PI-VAS, 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  2. Absolute Pain Intensity Difference (PID) measured using the PI-VAS at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after T0

    PID for a given assessment time is equal to the VAS score at T0 minus the VAS score at each assessment time provided in the study. Pain measured on PI-VAS, 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: baseline to 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes

  3. Relative Pain Intensity Difference measured using the PI-VAS at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after T0

    Relative pain intensity difference for a given assessment time is equal to the VAS score at T0 minus the VAS score at each assessment time provided in the study divided by the VAS score at T0. Pain measured on PI-VAS, 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: baseline to 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes

  4. Pain relief defined by pain intensity < 40 mm on the PI-VAS scale at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after T0

    Pain measured on PI-VAS, 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: baseline to 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes

  5. Response defined by pain reduction of 20 mm on the PI-VAS at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after T0

    Pain measured on PI-VAS, 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: baseline to 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes

  6. Response defined by pain reduction of 30% mm on the PI-VAS at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after T0

    Pain measured on PI-VAS, 0-100 where 100 is the highest pain

    Measured: baseline to 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes

  7. Summed Pain Intensity Difference (SPID) measured on the PI-VAS at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes

    SPID will be calculated by using the pain intensity difference (PID) at each of these assessment times provided in the study. SPID is the sum of the PID at each study assessment time, weighted by using the time elapsed since the previous assessment, and approaches the area under the curve for the PID over time. Relative to the VAS score, the SPID measurement has the advantage of considering individual differences at the level of initial pain intensity (baseline) as well as time.

    Measured: baseline to 30 minutes

  8. Proportion of patients attaining an SPID of at least 33%

    The proportion of patients attaining an SPID of at least 33% of the maximum possible SPID will be calculated (maximum possible SPID is the the value that would be obtained if the patient was pain free (VAS=0) for the entire study period); this will be considered as corresponding to the responder rate. A % SPID of 33% was previously established as being a clinically significant measurement in pain results.

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  9. Quantity of opioids received (in milligrams of morphine)

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  10. Description of the Standard of Care and concomitant analgesic treatments

    Descriptions from the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/painladder/en/): Type of drug, doses, administration periods, and treatment duration

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  11. Sedation score (Ramsay scale)

    Measured using the Ramsay sedation scale

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  12. Patient satisfaction score (Likert 0-5 scale)

    Satisfaction is rated by patient as Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good or Excellent

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  13. Physician satisfaction scale (Likert 0-5 scale)

    Satisfaction is rated by Physician as Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good or Excellent

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  14. Nurse satisfaction scale (Likert 0-5 scale)

    Satisfaction is rated by Nurse as Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good or Excellent

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  15. Length of stay (LOS) in emergency

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  16. Assess the time until medical decision to discharge

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  17. Incidence of adverse events (AE) not associated with the underlying trauma and occurring during treatment

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  18. Change in blood pressure

    The Blood Systolic and Diastolic pressure (mmHg) will be measured at baseline and 30 minutes. The difference between the values will be calculated.

    Measured: baseline to 30 minutes

  19. Change in oxygen saturation

    Oxygen saturation (%) will be measured at baseline and 30 minutes. The difference between the values will be calculated.

    Measured: baseline to 30 minutes

  20. Change in respiration rate

    Respiration rate (breaths/min) will be measured at baseline and 30 minutes. The difference between the values will be calculated.

    Measured: baseline to 30 minutes

  21. Change in heart rate

    Heart rate (beats/min) will be measured at baseline and 30 minutes. The difference between the values will be calculated.

    Measured: baseline to 30 minutes

  22. Incidence of tachycardia, hypotension, hypertension and respiratory depression

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

  23. Incidence of premature withdrawal of patients for safety or tolerability reasons

    Measured: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Jan 2019
  2. Study start14 May 2018
  3. Primary completion20 Dec 2018
  4. Study completion20 Dec 2018

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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 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
360 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03798899
Sponsor's protocol ID
MR311-4501
Other IDs
2017-004469-28, 2017
Acronym
Pen ASAP
Status last verified
Jan 2019
First submitted
9 Nov 2018
Last updated
10 Jan 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Methoxyflurane and Normal Saline in people with Pain, Acute, run by Mundipharma SAS at 8 sites in France.

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 5 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 10 Jan 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 8 sites in France. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

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?

time until pain relief defined by the duration between the start of the study treatment (T0) and pain relief (time frame: through study completion, maximum of 2 hours). 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 10 Jan 2019.

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