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Clinical Trials/NCT02957851
NCT02957851CompletedPhase 2

Equimolar Mixture of Oxygen and Nitrous Oxide (EMONO) for the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: A Randomises, International, Multicentre, Placebo-Controlled, Phenotype-stratified Phase IIa Study

Air Liquide Santé International22 sites in 2 countries287 target enrollmentStarted: November 2016Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
287
Locations
22
Primary Endpoint
Pain intensity

Study Overview

Brief Summary

To assess the effect of 3 consecutive days of one-hour administration of Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen 50%/50% (EMONO) versus placebo as Oxygen/Nitrogen 22%/78% (synthetic medical air), in add-on therapy to chronic analgesic treatments, on average pain intensity in patients with chronic peripheral neuropathic pain. A total of 250 randomised patients to be included in all the participating centres, i.e., 125 randomised patients in each of the 2 study groups treatments

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Single (Investigator)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients with a mean pain intensity from 4 to 9 as assessed daily with a Numerating Rating Scale during the 7 day period preceding inclusion in spite of administration of usual pain treatments.
  • Neuropathic pain lasting for more than 3 months but less than 10 years
  • Definite or probable peripheral neuropathy

Exclusion Criteria

  • legal incapacity
  • patient with another concomitant chronic pain
  • ongoing major depression
  • Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain

Arms & Interventions

Oxygen/Nitrogen (22%/78%)

Placebo Comparator

Medical Air

Intervention: Medical Air (Drug)

Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen (50%/50%)

Active Comparator

EMONO

Intervention: EMONO (Drug)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain intensity

Time Frame: 7 days after the last administration of treatment

Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Pain intensity(28 days after the last administration of treatment)
  • Pain characteristic(28 days after the last administration of treatment)
  • Quality of life questionnaire(28 days after the last administration of treatment)
  • Number of patients with adverse events(through study duration, up to 31 days)

Investigators

Sponsor
Air Liquide Santé International
Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (22)

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