A Phase III Clinical Study of KW-2246

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Pain, Cancer
• Interventions: Drug: KW-2246 (fentanyl citrate)

• Registration Number: NCT00683995
• Lead Sponsor: Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.

Brief Summary

This study is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of long-term KW-2246 treatment as rescue medication for breakthrough pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-03
• Study First Submitted: 2008-05-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-05-22
• Study First Posted: 2008-05-26
• Primary Completion: 2009-07
• Study Completion: 2011-10
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

• Provide written informed consent to participate in the study on a voluntary basis.
• Patients who have been eligible for the confirmatory trial by meeting the inclusion criteria applicable at the time of giving written informed consent and those applicable at the time of randomization, and who have completed the confirmatory trial.
• Outpatients who live with a caregiver such as a family member, or inpatients.
• Require rescue medication at least 0.5 times (at least once every two days) but not more than three times per day on average as determined by the investigator.
• Performance Status (ECOG) of 3 or less at the time of giving written informed consent.
• Have a life expectancy of at least three months as determined by the investigator.
• Be able to receive diary training and have been able to properly complete diaries during the confirmatory trial.

Exclusion Criteria

• Have experienced intolerable adverse reactions (as defined in Attachment 3) during the confirmatory trial.
• Have met any of the exclusion criteria applicable at the time of giving written informed consent, those applicable at the time of randomization, or subject withdrawal criteria in the confirmatory trial.
• Serious respiratory dysfunction.
• Asthma.
• Serious bradyarrhythmia.
• Serious hepatic dysfunction.
• Serious renal dysfunction.
• Susceptibility to respiratory depression due to conditions such as increased intracranial pressure, head injury and brain tumor.
• Patients who have a history of clinically significant adverse reactions to the combination of opioid analgesics and any of the following drugs/substances, and who are currently receiving or expect to receive any of them during the study:

Central nervous system depressants (phenothiazines, benzodiazepines and barbiturates), inhalation anesthetics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, skeletal muscle relaxants, antihistamines, ritonavir, alcohol, itraconazole, amiodarone, clarithromycin, diltiazem, and fluvoxamine.

• History of convulsive seizures (except a single episode of infantile febrile convulsions).
• History of hypersensitivity to fentanyl.
• Pregnant or lactating women, possibly pregnant women, or women who are planning to become pregnant.
• Patients who are judged by the investigator/subinvestigator to be inappropriate for this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	KW-2246 (fentanyl citrate)	KW-2246 (fentanyl citrate)