Comparison of Oral Morphine Versus Nasal Ketamine Spray With Chitosan in Cancer Pain Outpatients

NCT ID: NCT02591017

Last Updated: 2018-11-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

11 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-02-28

Study Completion Date

2017-07-06

Brief Summary

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34 adult (\>18 years) cancer pain outpatients with Opioid base therapy because of pain and breakthrough pain or extreme pain on movement will be included in this prospective, randomized, double-blind crossover study.

Over a period of 3 weeks patients will go through 3 treatment arms, each one lasting one week: Group A receives morphine drops and Placebo spray, Group B receives ketamine/chitosan spray nasal and Placebo drops and Group C receives morphine drops and ketamine/chitosan spray nasal.

Primary endpoint is time to onset of action of intranasal ketamine compared with morphine drops. Secondary endpoint is the median numeric rating scale (NRS) improvement after using the spray or morphine or the combination of ketamine spray and morphine drops.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cancer: Breakthrough Pain Cancer: Extreme Pain on Movement

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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morphine drops solo and placebo spray

morphine 2% drops

1. daily fixed dose of morphine equivalents \< 100 mg, 0.2 mg/kg Body weight morphine drops every hour in reserve due to international Standards
2. daily fixed dose of morphine equivalents =/\> 100 mg, 15% of the fixed daily dose in morphine drops every hour in reserve due to international standards

Group Type OTHER

Morphine

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

ketamine/chitosan spray nasal and placebo drops

5 mg ketamine all 5 minutes, maximal 4 times an hour

Group Type OTHER

Ketamine

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Chitosan

Intervention Type DRUG

morphine drops and ketamine/chitosan spray nasal

see above

Group Type OTHER

Morphine

Intervention Type DRUG

Ketamine

Intervention Type DRUG

Chitosan

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Morphine

Intervention Type DRUG

Ketamine

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Chitosan

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Cancer pain in outpatients with:
* Opioid based therapy due to pain
* Breakthrough pain or
* Extreme pain on movement
* Age \>= 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients unable to give written informed consent
* Patients unable to understand how to handle and document the use of the study medication
* Known drug allergies or intolerance to ketamine
* Known drug allergies or intolerance to morphine
* Known allergy to crustacea or chitosan
* Patients using snuff at a regular basis
* Recreational drug addiction or abuse
* Serious intranasal or epipharyngeal Problems (Septum wall defects, cancer)
* Mental/psychiatric disorder
* Patients with renal failure (clearance \< 30 ml/min)
* Pregnancy and breast feeding mothers
* Patients not understanding German
* Patient having arterial hypertonia with measured values \> 180/95
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Wilhelm Ruppen, PD Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Pain Relief Unit and Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Locations

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Pain Relief Unit and Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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EKNZ 2014-249

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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