Efficacy of Gralise® for Chronic Pelvic Pain

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01678911

Recruitment Status : Terminated (Study ended due to difficulties in recruitment and low enrollment.)

First Posted : September 5, 2012

Results First Posted : June 29, 2015

Last Update Posted : June 29, 2015

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Dr. Norman Harden, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Study Description

Brief Summary:

This study is done to investigate the pain relieving effects of the study drug Gralise (a novel long acting gabapentinoid) for people who experience chronic pelvic pain. Subjects with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Interstitial Cystitis, Ulcerative Colitis, and Prostatitis will be recruited. 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 reported to be well tolerated and effective in the treatment of various chronic pain conditions, particularly in neuropathic pain. About 36 subjects will take part in this study.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Ulcerative Colitis Interstitial Cystitis Prostatitis Pelvic Pain	Drug: Gralise	Phase 4

Detailed Description:

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 15 weeks and will involve 4 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 followed by a placebo and the second group will receive a placebo followed by the study drug. The amount of weeks on placebo versus the study drug will not be equal. 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. However, if you have a medical emergency, we can get this information. 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.

Study Design


Study Type :	Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment :	11 participants
Allocation:	Randomized
Intervention Model:	Crossover Assignment
Masking:	Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose:	Treatment
Official Title:	Efficacy of Gralise® for Chronic Pelvic Pain
Study Start Date :	August 2012
Actual Primary Completion Date :	March 2014
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 2014

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

Genetics Home Reference related topics: Ulcerative colitis

MedlinePlus related topics: Pelvic Pain

Drug Information available for: Gabapentin Gabapentin enacarbil

U.S. FDA Resources

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Placebo Comparator: Placebo then Gralise Subjects may receive a pill with no medicine (placebo) for phase 1. Subject washout, then cross over to Gralise in Phase 2.	Drug: Gralise Subjects will start at 600mg and titrate up by 600mg a week for two weeks (to 1800mg), then remain on 1800mg steady state dose of medication (or placebo pills) for 2 weeks. If intolerable side effects occur, the dose may be reduced to last tolerable dose at the discretion of the PI. A 2-week down-titration will be used. Subjects will have 1 week of "wash-out" before repeating the above procedure for the other arm of the study (placebo or medication). Other Name: Gabapentin
Active Comparator: Gralise then Placebo Subjects recieve Gralise (a long acting gabapentinoid) for phase 1.Subject washout, then cross over to placebo in Phase 2.	Drug: Gralise Subjects will start at 600mg and titrate up by 600mg a week for two weeks (to 1800mg), then remain on 1800mg steady state dose of medication (or placebo pills) for 2 weeks. If intolerable side effects occur, the dose may be reduced to last tolerable dose at the discretion of the PI. A 2-week down-titration will be used. Subjects will have 1 week of "wash-out" before repeating the above procedure for the other arm of the study (placebo or medication). Other Name: Gabapentin

Arm

Intervention/treatment

Placebo Comparator: Placebo then Gralise

Subjects may receive a pill with no medicine (placebo) for phase 1. Subject washout, then cross over to Gralise in Phase 2.

Drug: Gralise

Subjects will start at 600mg and titrate up by 600mg a week for two weeks (to 1800mg), then remain on 1800mg steady state dose of medication (or placebo pills) for 2 weeks. If intolerable side effects occur, the dose may be reduced to last tolerable dose at the discretion of the PI. A 2-week down-titration will be used. Subjects will have 1 week of "wash-out" before repeating the above procedure for the other arm of the study (placebo or medication).

Other Name: Gabapentin

Active Comparator: Gralise then Placebo

Subjects recieve Gralise (a long acting gabapentinoid) for phase 1.Subject washout, then cross over to placebo in Phase 2.

Drug: Gralise

Other Name: Gabapentin

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

McGill Pain Questionnaire - Short Form [ Time Frame: 4 Visits over a 15 week period ]
The MPQ-SF is a well-validated pain measure that permits separation of the sensory and affective components of pain, which are averaged to compute a total score. The scale ranges from 0-10 (0=no pain, 10=the most pain).

Secondary Outcome Measures :

Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale [ Time Frame: 4 Visits over an 8 week period ]
The Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS) is an anxiety scale from 0 - 100, where 0 = no anxiety and 100 = the most anxiety.
Pain Disability Index [ Time Frame: 4 visits over an 8 week period ]
The PDI is a seven-item, validated instrument that assesses perceived disability in seven key life areas. It provides a total disability score, and is an indirect measure of self efficacy. The Pain Disability Scale is a scale from 0 - 70, where 0 = no Disability and 70 = the most Disability.
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [ Time Frame: 4 visits over 15 week period ]
The CES-D 10 is a 10-item questionnaire that has been validated for the assessment of depressive symptomatology. The Depression Scale is a scale with a sum score from 0 - 30, where 0 = no Depression and 30 = the most Depression.
Patient Global Impression of Change [ Time Frame: 4 Visits over 15 weeks ]
Patient Global Impression of Change is a self-report questionnaire on which patient indicate their perceived impression of change since the start of the study given the following options: Very Much Improved, Much Improved, Minimally Improved, No Change, Minimally Worse, Much Worse, or Very much Worse.

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

18 years of age and older
English speaking
able to give consent
willing to use electronic diary during entire length of the study
has 'chronic' pelvic pain
Meets one of the following diagnostic criteria for one of the following: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Interstitial Cystitis (IC), and Prostatitis

Exclusion Criteria:

allergic to gabapentin or inactive ingredients
taking gabapentinoids (i.e. gabapentin or pre-gabalin)
with severe or unmanaged psychiatric disturbance (at PI discretion)
with severe ongoing or unaddressed medical conditions (esp. Renal or Hepatic disease, uncontrolled hypertension), rheumatologic disease, narrow angle glaucoma, hyponatremia, clotting disorders, uncontrolled seizure disorder or urinary retention.
who plan to change their therapeutic regimen during the course of the trial (e.g. start physical therapy, massage, medications, injections, etc.)
with acute pain

Female subjects:

pregnant or plan to become pregnant
gave birth within the last 6 months
breastfeeding
episodic visceral pain (e.g. endometriosis)

Contacts and Locations

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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01678911

Locations


United States, Illinois
Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Sponsors and Collaborators

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Norman Harden, MD	Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

More Information


Responsible Party:	Dr. Norman Harden, Director, Center for Pain Studies, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01678911 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	RIC_Dep_CPP_2012
First Posted:	September 5, 2012 Key Record Dates
Results First Posted:	June 29, 2015
Last Update Posted:	June 29, 2015
Last Verified:	June 2015

Keywords provided by Dr. Norman Harden, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab:


Pelvic Pain Chronic Pelvic Pain Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS Ulcerative Colitis	UC Interstitial Cystitis IC Prostatitis Pain

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Colitis Ulcer Colitis, Ulcerative Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pelvic Pain Cystitis Cystitis, Interstitial Prostatitis Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal Diseases Digestive System Diseases Colonic Diseases Intestinal Diseases Pathologic Processes Inflammatory Bowel Diseases	Colonic Diseases, Functional Pain Neurologic Manifestations Signs and Symptoms Urinary Bladder Diseases Urologic Diseases Prostatic Diseases Genital Diseases, Male Gabapentin gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Anticonvulsants

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