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Open-Label Extension to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety, Tolerability and Analgesic Efficacy

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00904280
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 19, 2009
Last Update Posted : May 19, 2009
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Endo Pharmaceuticals

Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of oxymorphone ER as an analgesic in cancer and lower back pain subjects having chronic moderate to severe pain.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Cancers, Pain Lower Back Pain Drug: Oxymorphone ER Phase 3

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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 239 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Open-Label Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety, Tolerability and Analgesic Efficacy of Numorphan® CR (Oxymorphone HCL Controlled Release) in Subjects With Cancer Pain or Chronic Lower Back Pain.
Study Start Date : March 2001
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 2003
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2003


Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Oxymorphone ER Drug: Oxymorphone ER
Open label




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Monthly assessments of pain with the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) questionnaire, recall of average pain relief, total rescue medication usage and subject's and physician's global assessment of oxymorphone ER [ Time Frame: 1 year study ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. To evaluate long-term efficacy of oxymorphone ER as an analgesic in cancer and lower back pain subjects having chronic moderate to severe pain [ Time Frame: 1 year study ]


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 75 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The subject enrolled in this study must have been previously randomized and dosed in the double-blind treatment period of study EN3202-016 or EN3202-019 and completed the exit visits for these studies.
  • Males or females, age 18 and 75 years, inclusively.
  • The subject continues to have chronic moderate to severe back or cancer pain that requires opioid medication. Women must continue to be of non-childbearing potential.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The subject experienced any serious drug related adverse events in studies EN3202-016 or EN3202-019.
  • The subject withdrew from EN3202-016 or EN3202-019 for a reason other than lack of efficacy.
  • Subjects with known allergies to opiate-class narcotic agents (morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, propoxyphene, meperidine, oxycodone, etc.) or naproxen, or subjects who have any medical condition in which opiates are medically contraindicated.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00904280


Locations
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United States, Arizona
Arizona Clinical Research Center
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
Endo Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
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Study Director: Sr. Director Endo Pharmaceuticals
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Responsible Party: Sr. Director, Cliniacal R&D, Endo Pharmaceuticals
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00904280    
Other Study ID Numbers: EN3202-021
First Posted: May 19, 2009    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: May 19, 2009
Last Verified: March 2009
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Back Pain
Low Back Pain
Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Oxymorphone
Analgesics, Opioid
Narcotics
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Analgesics
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Adjuvants, Anesthesia