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Registration number
NCT00769314
Ethics application status
Date submitted
8/10/2008
Date registered
9/10/2008
Date last updated
21/12/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Phase 3 Clinical Study for the Treatment of Cold Sore
Scientific title
A Randomised, Double-Blind, Single Dose, One-Day Early Administration, Multicentre Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Acyclovir Lauriad® 50 mg Muco-adhesive Buccal Tablet to Matching Placebo, in the Treatment of Herpes Labialis in Immunocompetent Patients.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
BA2005/21/02
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
LIP
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Herpes Labialis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Infection 0 0 0 0
Other infectious diseases
Skin 0 0 0 0
Other skin conditions

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Acyclovir Lauriad
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: 1 - Acyclovir Lauriad 50mg

Placebo comparator: 2 -


Treatment: Drugs: Acyclovir Lauriad
50 mg muco-adhesive buccal tablets, single application on the gum

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
50 mg muco-adhesive buccal tablets, single application on the gum
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Time to Healing (TTH) of Vesicular Primary Lesion
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Assessed from time of treatment initiation through Day 14
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Abortion of Primary Lesions
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Assessed from the time of treatment initiation through Day 14
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
TTH of Non-primary Lesions (Aborted Lesions Excluded)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Assessed from the time of treatment initiation through Day 14
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Duration of Episode (DOE)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Assessed from initiation of treatment to Day 14
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Time to Cessation of Symptoms
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Assessed from time of treatment initiation through Day 14
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
TTH of Aborted Primary Lesions
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Assessed from time of treatment initiation through Day 14
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Time to Recurrence of Non-aborted Lesions During 9-month Follow-up
Timepoint [6] 0 0
From time of initial healing through the 9-month follow-up
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Patient Incidence of Recurrence of Non-aborted Lesions During 9-month Follow-up
Timepoint [7] 0 0
From time of initial healing through the 9-month follow-up
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Symptom Intensity (Visual Analogue Scale [VAS])
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Assessed on Days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 14 (or within 24 hours of healing)
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Patient Satisfaction With Treatment
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Assessed on Day 14 (or within 24 hours of healing)
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Patient Assessment of Efficacy of the Treatment
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Assessed on Day 14 (or within 24 hours of healing)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* History of recurrent herpes labialis lesions where:

* At least 50% of previous episodes produced classical lesions to the vesicular stage (i.e. episodes that progressed through macula, papule, vesicle, crust and healed);
* Prodromal symptoms (itching, tingling, pain etc.) should precede herpes labialis lesions in at least 50% of the previous herpes episodes
* Good general health (ECOG < 2), immunocompetent
* Signed and dated written informed consent
* Women of childbearing potential must have effective contraception method
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* More than 50% of recurrences that aborted spontaneously in the past 12 months
* Primary herpes lesion outside the lips (e.g. nose, chin, etc.)
* Abnormal peri-oral skin condition that might affect the normal course of cold sores (e.g. eczema, psoriasis...)
* Oral diseases whose prodromal symptoms may mimick those of herpes labialis, including recurrent oral aphthous disease
* Oral diseases that might interfere with the evaluation of the efficacy or safety of the treatments, including gingivitis, parondotis, mucositis, oropharyngeal candidiasis...
* History of infection known to be resistant to acyclovir family agents
* Previous vaccination against herpes
* Concomitant treatment likely to interfere with acyclovir
* Allergy to any acyclovir containing agents
* Immunocompromised condition, including HIV+
* Unability to properly understand protocol requirements, to follow the study procedures, to complete the patient diary or to start the self-initiation of the treatment
* Upper full or partial dentures with acrylic border in the canine fossa
* Milk allergy or known history of hypersensitivity to one of the components of the products
* Rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance.
* Lactase enzyme deficiency or glucose galactose malabsorption
* Clinically significant abnormal level of serum creatinine
* Patients whose occupations make them unlikely to return to the clinic within 24h of treatment initiation
* Pregnancy or breast-feeding
* Investigational drug or immunomodulator treatment in the 30 days prior randomisation
* Prior enrollment in this study
* Participation in another therapeutic trial evaluating new drugs or which could interfere with the evolution of herpes labialis or the evaluation of the drug in the study within preceding 30 day.

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?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
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
1/05/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2009
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
1727
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Taylor Square Private Clinic - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Central Brunswick Medical Centre - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
Darlinghurst, NSW 2010 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
QLD 4006 - Sydney
Recruitment outside Australia
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Arizona
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California
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Colorado
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Idaho
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Missouri
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New York
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Texas
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Czech Republic
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Opava
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Czech Republic
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Praha
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France
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Besancon
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France
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Martigues
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France
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Nancy
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France
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Nice
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France
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Paris
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France
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St. Etienne
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France
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Tours
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Germany
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Augsburg
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Germany
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Berlin
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Germany
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Biberach
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Germany
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Bonn
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Germany
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Frankfurt
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Germany
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Oberkirch
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Germany
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Rodgau-Dudenhofen
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Poland
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Bydgoszcz
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Chrzanów
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Gdynia
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Grudziadz
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Kraków
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Plock
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Torun
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Warszawa
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Wroclaw
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Lódz
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United Kingdom
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Canterbury
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Cardiff
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East Sussex
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United Kingdom
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Saltash

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Valerio Therapeutics
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
To demonstrate the efficacy of a single dose of acyclovir Lauriad® 50mg muco-adhesive buccal tablet versus a single dose of matching placebo on the primary vesicular lesion of cold sore.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00769314
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Summary Results

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