Safety and Preliminary Effectiveness of AV650 in Patients With Spasticity Due to Spinal Cord Injury

NCT ID: NCT00531466

Last Updated: 2008-11-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-09-30

Study Completion Date

2008-11-30

Brief Summary

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A drug called AV650 (tolperisone HCl) will be given to patients who have spasticity following a spinal cord injury. This study has three purposes:

1. To determine whether AV650 is safe for patients with spinal cord injury;
2. To assess what the body does with AV650 once it is ingested; and,
3. To gather some early evidence as to whether AV650 is effective in treating spasticity in patients with spinal cord injury.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Muscle Spasticity

Keywords

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Spinal cord injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

tolperisone HCl (AV650)

Intervention Type DRUG

One tablet orally three times a day for 28 days

2

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

One tablet orally three times a day for 28 days

Interventions

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tolperisone HCl (AV650)

One tablet orally three times a day for 28 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

One tablet orally three times a day for 28 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subjects who provide written informed consent.
* Male or female subjects aged 18 to 70 years.
* In the judgment of the Principal Investigator, able to comply with protocol requirements.
* Subjects willing and able to withdraw from other anti-spasmodic/muscle relaxant drugs for at least two weeks before randomization (including but not limited to baclofen, benzodiazepines, clonazepam, clonidine, dantrolene, diazepam, gabapentin, and tizanidine).
* Neurological level between C-4 and T-12 spinal cord levels.
* SCI duration of 6 or more months.
* Muscle tone sufficient to score at least two (2) on the Ashworth Scale for at least one of the following lower muscle groups: ankle plantar flexors (gastrocnemius), knee extensors (quadriceps), knee flexors (hamstrings) and/or hip adductors (adductors) and seven (7) for the most spastic limb.
* ASIA Impairment Scale Exam score of B, C or D.
* Female subjects of childbearing potential must be either surgically sterile or using an effective method of contraception.
* Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline (Study Day 0).

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects with a known hypersensitivity to lidocaine or non-steroidal analgesics.
* Subjects with clinically significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, hepatic, renal, neurological, metabolic, or psychiatric disease.
* Any recent history of mental illness, drug addiction, recreational drug use, or alcoholism and/or any similar condition that the investigator feels should prohibit study participation.
* Any significant illness during the four weeks preceding Study Day 1.
* History of cancer or inflammatory arthritis of large joints.
* History of gastric or duodenal ulcer.
* Concurrent symptomatic urinary tract infections with fever.
* Severe physical injury, direct impact trauma, or neurological trauma within the last 6 months not including Spinal Cord Injury.
* ASIA Impairment Scale score of A or E.
* Uncontrolled hypertension or hypotension.
* Percussive tenderness of vertebral body or spinous process.
* Subjects with corrective surgery to or contracture of the measurable hip, knee, or ankle joints.
* Subjects known to be Hepatitis B or HIV positive.
* Female subjects who are pregnant or nursing.
* Subjects who have received an investigational drug within 30 days before Screening visit.
* Subjects with any documented episodes of seizures.
* Subjects requiring use of clinically relevant 2C19 or 2D6 inhibitors, or concomitant use of lidocaine.
* Use of rescue medication(s) within 48 hours of baseline procedures.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Avigen

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Avigen, Inc.

Principal Investigators

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Ralph J Marino, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Thomas Jefferson University

Locations

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Southern California Clinical Research, Inc.

Pasadena, California, United States

Site Status

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

Shepherd Center, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Internal Center for Spinal Cord Injury Kennedy Kreiger Institute

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Kernan Orthopaedics & Rehab. Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Kessler Institute for Rehab.

West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Carolinas Rehabilitation

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Rehabilitation Hospital Health Sciences Centre

Winnipeg, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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United States Canada

Other Identifiers

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AV650-014

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id