A Clinical Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety of NT 201 Injections Compared With Placebo Injections in Participants Aged 18 Years and Older With Chronic Nerve Pain After Shingles or Nerve Injury

NCT ID: NCT06091020

Last Updated: 2025-07-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

123 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-22

Study Completion Date

2025-07-04

Brief Summary

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In this clinical trial, participants with nerve pain after shingles or nerve injury will receive injections with NT 201 or placebo. The purpose is to measure the decrease of nerve pain with NT 201 compared to placebo.

Trial details include:

* Trial duration: 22-23 weeks;
* Treatment duration: 1 injection visit with a 20-week follow-up period;
* Visit frequency: 2 remote visits by phone/video call (1 week and 12 weeks after the injection); 2 on-site visits (6 weeks and 20 weeks after the injection).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Moderate to Severe Chronic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain (PNP) Due to Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN) or Peripheral Nerve 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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NT 201

Subcutaneous injections of up to 300 units NT 201 into the peripheral neuropathic pain area

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IncobotulinumtoxinA

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Solution for injection prepared by reconstitution of powder with 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

Placebo

Subcutaneous injections of placebo into the peripheral neuropathic pain area

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Solution for injection prepared by reconstitution of powder with 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl).

Interventions

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IncobotulinumtoxinA

Solution for injection prepared by reconstitution of powder with 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Solution for injection prepared by reconstitution of powder with 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl).

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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Xeomin Botulinum toxin type A (150 kiloDalton), free from complexing proteins NT 201

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Chronic peripheral neuropathic pain that persists for at least 6 months by the time of the screening visit and is plausibly related to either an episode of herpes zoster or a peripheral nerve injury (caused by surgery or mechanical trauma).
* Documented diagnosis of either chronic neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury (i.e., postsurgical/post-traumatic neuropathic pain) or postherpetic neuralgia with at least probable level of certainty according to the NeuPSIG/IASP (Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group / International Association on the Study of Pain) grading system.
* A score of at least 4 out of 10 points on the Neuropathic Pain 4 Questions (DN4) questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

* Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 and Type 2.
* Any other painful condition or disease that requires treatment (only mild to moderate episodic migraine treated with triptans and/or non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), if any, is acceptable).
* Postsurgical/post-traumatic neuropathic pain due to amputation and/or phantom limb pain.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Merz Therapeutics GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Merz Medical Expert

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Merz Therapeutics GmbH

Locations

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Merz Investigational Site #3590004

Plovdiv, , Bulgaria

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #3590006

Sofia, , Bulgaria

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #3590005

Sofia, , Bulgaria

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #3590002

Sofia, , Bulgaria

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #3590003

Veliko Tarnovo, , Bulgaria

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0330066

Boulogne-Billancourt, , France

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0330065

Limoges, , France

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0330067

Nîmes, , France

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0490174

Essen, , Germany

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0490386

Frankfurt, , Germany

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0490389

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0490388

Kiel, , Germany

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0490219

Leipzig, , Germany

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0490387

Westerstede, , Germany

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0360021

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0360020

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0360022

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480113

Częstochowa, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480112

Gdynia, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480111

Katowice, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480115

Katowice, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480059

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480114

Lublin, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480110

Poznan, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480109

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480107

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0480108

Wroclaw, , Poland

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0340043

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0340044

Córdoba, , Spain

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0340041

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, , Spain

Site Status

Merz Investigational Site #0340042

Seville, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Bulgaria France Germany Hungary Poland Spain

Other Identifiers

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2022-501461-52-00

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

M602011079

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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