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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT00903513
Ethics application status
Date submitted
18/01/2005
Date registered
19/01/2005
Date last updated
30/08/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study Of Alvimopan Drug For Treatment Of Constipation Due To Prescription Pain Medication
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Phase IIb Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Multiple Alvimopan Dosage Regimens for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Bowel Dysfunction in Cancer Pain Subjects
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767905/008
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3753-009
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Transitional Cell Carcinoma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:

* Participant is in any stage of cancer but has a minimum life expectancy of at least 3 months at the time of the Screening Visit.
* Participant is taking opioid therapy for persistent cancer pain.
* Participant meets the definition of opioid-induced bowel dysfunction as follows: Since starting opioid therapy, the subject has had decreased bowel movement (BM) frequency and at least one of the following constipation symptoms [sensation of incomplete evacuation, difficulty in expelling stool (straining), hard stools (abnormal stool consistency)].
* Participant understands the procedures, agrees to participate in the study, and has signed and dated the informed consent form prior to the initiation of any study-related activities, including discontinuation of pre-study laxative regimen or other prohibited medications.
* Participant is able and willing to comply with a daily paper diary and is capable of completing paper questionnaires at study visits.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:

* Participant is pregnant or lactating, or planning to become pregnant.
* Participant is not ambulatory.
* Participant has participated in another trial with an investigational drug (unapproved), device or procedure within 30 days of the Screening Visit.
* Participant is unable to eat, drink, take/hold down oral medications.
* Participant is taking opioids for the management of drug addiction.
* Participant is unable or unwilling to discontinue the use of and/or refrain from using laxatives of all types and formulation at the Screening Visit and throughout the entire study.
* Participant has severe constipation that has not been appropriately managed such that the subject is at immediate risk of developing serious complications of constipation. This would include a subject who has reported no bowel movement for 7 consecutive days prior to the Screening Visit.
* Participant with gastrointestinal or pelvic disorders known to affect bowel transit, produce gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction, or contribute to bowel dysfunction.
* Participant is currently taking vinca alkyloids or plans to take vinca alkyloids during the study.
* Participant is currently undergoing abdominal radiation therapy and/or plans to undergo abdominal radiation therapy during the study.
* Participant is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected, has active hepatitis (any subtype including ongoing chronic hepatitis B), or has ever been infected with hepatitis C.

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 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
1/10/2003
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2006
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
233
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA)
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
A multicenter study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of multiple dosage regimens of an investigational drug for the treatment of constipation due to prescription pain medication in subjects with cancer pain. The study will require five visits over a five-week period.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00903513
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes
This record is viewable in the ANZCTR as it had previously listed Australia and/or New Zealand as a recruitment site, however these sites have since been removed

Contacts
Principal investigator
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GSK Clinical Trials, MD
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GlaxoSmithKline
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
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Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00903513