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Safety and Tolerability Study Comparing Sodium Oxybate Given as an Oral Solution to a Single-blinded Combination of Oral Tablets Plus Oral Solution in Subjects With Fibromyalgia

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Fibromyalgia
Interventions
Drug: Sodium Oxybate & 6 Tablets
Drug: Sodium Oxybate Oral Solution (6 grams)
Drug: Sodium Oxybate & 8 Tablets
Registration Number
NCT00803023
Lead Sponsor
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

To compare the safety and tolerability of sodium oxybate given as a combination of an oral solution and oral tablets for 4 weeks in subjects with fibromyalgia (FM).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
129
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject is able to understand the written informed consent
  • Subject is 18 years of age or older.
  • Subject meets the ACR criteria for fibromyalgia
  • Subject is willing to discontinue prohibited by the protocol
  • Subject agrees to use only non-sedating over-the-counter (OTC)medication
  • Subject is willing to abstain from the ingestion of alcohol for the duration of the trial.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject has protocol prohibited medical & psychiatric conditions that would exclude subject
  • Subject has a current or past history of a substance use disorder including alcohol abuse
  • Subject has a clinically significant history of seizure disorder either past or present
  • Female subject who is pregnant, nursing or lactating.
  • Subject is diagnosed with sleep apnea
  • Subject is unable to discontinue protocol prohibited medications
  • Subject is experiencing fatigue and/or drowsiness/sedation in association with intake of allowed medications.
  • Subject has taken any investigational drug within 5 half-lives of the investigational drug prior to signing the informed consent form.
  • Subject has an allergic reaction to GHB or sodium oxybate or any of its constituents (e.g. malic acid).
  • Subject is on a sodium-restricted diet.
  • Subject has abnormal liver function test or other abnormal lab values
  • Subject has an occupation that requires variable shift work or routine night shifts or cannot routinely spend at least 6 hours per night in bed.
  • Subject has any other problems that, in the investigator's opinion, would preclude the subject's participation and completion of this trial or compromise reliable representation of subjective symptoms.
  • Subject has been randomized into a previous Xyrem (sodium oxybate) clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1Sodium OxybateSodium Oxybate Oral Solution (4.5 grams)
2Sodium Oxybate & 6 TabletsSodium Oxybate taken as a combination of an Oral Solution and Placebo Tablets (4.5 grams)
3Sodium Oxybate Oral Solution (6 grams)Sodium Oxybate Oral Solution (6 grams)
4Sodium Oxybate & 8 TabletsSodium Oxybate taken as a combination of an Oral Solution and Placebo Tablets (6 grams)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Summary of Most Frequent Adverse Events (Per Arm) Experienced by Study Subjects4 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tolerability Assessed by Adverse Events4 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (32)

Dba 21st Century Neurology

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Arizona Research Center

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Advanced Clinical Research Institute

🇺🇸

Anaheim, California, United States

Orange County Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

Anaheim, California, United States

Med Investigations, Inc.

🇺🇸

Fair Oaks, California, United States

Northridge Neurological Center

🇺🇸

Northridge, California, United States

Arroyo Medical Group, Inc.

🇺🇸

Pismo Beach, California, United States

Northern California Research

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

Superior Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

Apex Research Institute

🇺🇸

Santa Ana, California, United States

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Dba 21st Century Neurology
🇺🇸Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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