True Functional Restoration and Analgesia in Non-Radicular Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT01455519

Last Updated: 2017-10-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-10-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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You are asked to take part in this study because you have chronic, non-radicular low back pain. This study is done to investigate the pain relieving effects of the study drug Exalgo (Hydromorphone ER) for people who experience chronic non-radicular low back pain. The purpose of this research is to look at how the study drug can be used to benefit people who experience this type of pain. This is a phase IV study done to study the safety and effectiveness of the drug. At this point the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and has been studied in more than 2,000 pain patients in clinical trials, including individuals with low back pain. About 36 subjects will take part in this study.

Detailed Description

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As a participant in this study, you will be asked to come to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), Center for Pain Studies (446 E Ontario St. Suite 1011, Chicago, IL 60611). Your part in this study will last for 8 weeks and will involve 3 visits to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and anywhere from weekly phone calls to phone calls every other day.

If you are in this study, you will be placed in one of two study groups: one group will receive the study drug and one will receive a placebo. You will be assigned a study group by chance using a process similar to the flip of a coin. This process is called randomization. Neither you nor the study staff will select the group you will be in. A placebo looks like the study drug but is an inactive substance that has no medication. Researchers use a placebo to see if the study drug works better or is safer than not taking anything. You will have a 66% chance of getting the study drug. You will receive placebo at some point during the study but you will not know whether you are receiving placebo or study drug during the entire study. However, if you have a medical emergency, the investigators can get this information.

Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Keywords

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Low Back Pain Back Pain Chronic back pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Sugar pill

Subjects may receive a pill with no medicine.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Sugar pill

Intervention Type DRUG

Sugar pill

Hydromorphone ER

Subjects received study drug: Hydromorphone ER

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Hydromorphone ER

Intervention Type DRUG

Total target dose of 32 mg/day. All subjects will have a lead in for 2 weeks; then begin a 'forced' 2-week up-titration schedule as follows: 8mg/d (1 pill, 5 days), 16mg mg/d (2 pills, 5 days), and 24mg/d (3 pills, 5 days) then finally 32 mg/d (4 pills a day) for the 'stable dose' phase of the study, or identical placebo pills. If intolerable side effects occur, the dose may be reduced to last tolerable does, a minimum of 8 mg/day (or one pill a day), at the discretion of the PI. Subjects unable to tolerate 8 mg/day will be discontinued from the study. A 2-week down-titration will be used.

Interventions

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Hydromorphone ER

Total target dose of 32 mg/day. All subjects will have a lead in for 2 weeks; then begin a 'forced' 2-week up-titration schedule as follows: 8mg/d (1 pill, 5 days), 16mg mg/d (2 pills, 5 days), and 24mg/d (3 pills, 5 days) then finally 32 mg/d (4 pills a day) for the 'stable dose' phase of the study, or identical placebo pills. If intolerable side effects occur, the dose may be reduced to last tolerable does, a minimum of 8 mg/day (or one pill a day), at the discretion of the PI. Subjects unable to tolerate 8 mg/day will be discontinued from the study. A 2-week down-titration will be used.

Intervention Type DRUG

Sugar pill

Sugar pill

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Exalgo(hydromorphone HCl), CII (77605306)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Meets our criteria for Chronic Non-Radicular Back Pain (CNRBP): non-radiating (below buttocks), no frank weakness or atrophy, no sensory or reflex changes
* If female, is not pregnant or breast feeding, and not currently attempting to conceive; if of childbearing potential, use of a highly effective method of birth control (as determined by Pl).
* Able to read and speak English and provide informed consent; ages: 18-90.
* Able to understand and comply with all data collection methodology.
* Subjects may continue any non opioid, non acetaminophen stable drug regimen with no changes during the course of study and not use rescue medications 12 hours before testing.
* Subjects taking opioids must agree to detoxify for the protocol. If they agree they will detox under the direction of the PI before entering the protocol. They may begin the acetaminophen rescue med as per the protocol while in detox.
* Must have pain greater than or equal to 5 on a 10 point Numeric Rating scale (NRS) at phone screening, or pain greater than or equal to 50 on VAS at visit one.

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects with hypersensitivity to Opioids, Acetominophen or Exalgo.
* Subjects with severe or untreated psychiatric disturbance (e.g. mania, depression \[esp suicidality\], anxiety, substance dependence).
* Subjects with a clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia or polymyalgia rheumatica.
* Subjects with severe ongoing or unaddressed medical conditions (e.g. Renal or Hepatic disease \[creatinine\>1.5 ml/dl; AST or ALT\> 3x normal limit\], uncontrolled hypertension), pulmonary disease, uncontrolled seizure disorder, gastoparesis or urinary retention.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mallinckrodt

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Norman Harden, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Locations

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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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RIC_Cov_2011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id