A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Prolonged Release Tapentadol Hydrochloride Among Filipino Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

NCT ID: NCT01719588

Last Updated: 2015-12-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-11-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride for the relief of moderate to severe chronic non-cancer pain among Filipino patients.

Detailed Description

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), multi-center (study conducted at multiple sites), observational study (study in which the investigators/ physicians observe the patients and measure their outcomes). The study will enroll approximately 100 patients who will be taking prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride with a dosing regimen stipulated in the product insert. As this is an observational study, assessment of patient will be based on the accepted clinical practice in the Philippines. Patients will be monitored at baseline (Day 1) and throughout the 84-day treatment period of prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride (every 7 days for the first two weeks, and thereafter every 28 days for the next three months) for effectiveness with the help of short form Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) questionnaire. Safety evaluations will include assessment of adverse events, clinical laboratory tests, and co-morbid conditions. The total study will be conducted for 3 years and the duration of treatment will be for 84 days.

Conditions

Moderate to Severe Chronic Non-cancer Pain

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Prolonged release tapentadol

Patients will be taking prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride as per the product insert approved in Philippines.

No intervention

Intervention Type: DRUG

This is an observational study. Prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride will be administered as per the recommended doses approved in Philippines. The recommended oral starting dose is 50 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, or 250 mg every 12 hours, with or without food depending on the initial pain intensity and thereafter, the dose will be adjusted to maintain adequate analgesia with acceptable tolerability. The dosing regimen will be individualized according to the severity of pain being treated, the previous treatment experience, and the ability to monitor patients.

Interventions

No intervention

This is an observational study. Prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride will be administered as per the recommended doses approved in Philippines. The recommended oral starting dose is 50 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, or 250 mg every 12 hours, with or without food depending on the initial pain intensity and thereafter, the dose will be adjusted to maintain adequate analgesia with acceptable tolerability. The dosing regimen will be individualized according to the severity of pain being treated, the previous treatment experience, and the ability to monitor patients.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Nucynta PR

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Filipino patients with moderate to severe non-cancer pain with an onset of 12 weeks or less from the baseline visit and pain requires Schedule 2 opioid treatment as per assessment of the prescribing physician
• Patients who able to independently communicate pain characteristics, understand and complete self administered questionnaires
• Medically stable on the basis of routine physical examination, medical history, and vital signs at the time of baseline visit

Exclusion Criteria

• Refuse to protocol-defined use of effective contraception
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Patients with severe renal and hepatic impairment, significant respiratory depression, acute or severe bronchial asthma or hypercapnia, and having or suspected paralytic ileus
• Patients with acute intoxication with alcohol, hypnotics, centrally acting analgesics, or psychotropic drugs or receiving other mu-opioid receptor agonist analgesics, general anesthetics, phenothiazines, other tranquilizers, and sedatives
• Patients who are receiving Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors or who have taken them within the last 14 days
• Patients with documented history of increased intracranial pressure, impaired consciousness, coma and seizure

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Janssen Pharmaceutica

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Janssen Pharmaceutica Clinical Trial

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Janssen Pharmaceutica

Other Identifiers

R331333PAI4007

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

TPD-C-12-PH-001-V02

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CR100918

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id