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Clinical Trials/NCT00818363
NCT00818363
Completed
Phase 2

A Double-Blind, Multi-Center, Placebo-Controlled Trial of SABER-Bupivacaine for Post-Operative Pain Control and Opioid Sparing/Opioid-Related Adverse Event Reduction Following Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

Durect0 sites60 target enrollmentDecember 2008

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
SABER-Placebo
Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Sponsor
Durect
Enrollment
60
Primary Endpoint
Mean Pain Intensity on Movement AUC (Time Normalized Area Under the Curve) During the Period 0 to 72 Hours Post-dose.
Status
Completed
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

This is a research study testing SABER-Bupivacaine (an experimental pain-relieving medication). SABER-Bupivacaine is designed to continuously deliver bupivacaine, a common local anesthetic, for a few days in order to treat local post-surgical pain.

The purpose of this study is to investigate safety (if there are any side effects) associated with the use of SABER-Bupivacaine and how well it works in reducing pain and opioid-related side effects following shoulder surgery.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2008
End Date
October 2009
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Durect
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients must be able to read and understand the consent form, provide written consent, complete trial-related procedures, and communicate with the trial staff.
  • Males and females, 18 to 65 years of age, scheduled for shoulder surgery.
  • Patients must be healthy or have only mild systemic disease.
  • Patients must have ECG wave form within normal limits
  • Patients must have blood pressure within normal range.
  • Male and female patients must agree to use medically acceptable method of contraception throughout the entire trial period and for 1 week after the trial is completed.
  • Patients must refrain from strenuous activities and avoid changes to prescribed exercise levels throughout the course of the trial.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients with previous arthroscopic surgery or open surgery on the study shoulder.
  • Patients with chronic pain conditions requiring continuous use of corticosteroids for greater than 3 months.
  • Patients with fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and/or sero-negative inflammatory arthropathies.
  • Patients with a below normal calculated creatinine clearance.
  • Patients who are pregnant or lactating.
  • Patients currently receiving more than 20 mg of hydrocodone daily (or equivalent narcotic dose) on routine basis.
  • Patients, who in the Investigator's opinion, have developed opioid tolerance.
  • Patients with current or regular use of anticonvulsants, antiepileptics, antidepressants, or monoamine oxidase inhibitors at screening.
  • Patients with current or regular use of drugs known to significantly prolong the corrected QT interval
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to local anesthetic agents of the amide type (e.g., lidocaine, bupivacaine).

Arms & Interventions

Group 2: SABER-Placebo

5.0 mL SABER-Placebo/Once

Intervention: SABER-Placebo

Group 1: SABER-Bupivacaine

5.0 mL SABER-Bupivacaine/Once

Intervention: SABER-Bupivacaine

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean Pain Intensity on Movement AUC (Time Normalized Area Under the Curve) During the Period 0 to 72 Hours Post-dose.

Time Frame: 0 to 72 hours post-dose

Mean pain intensity on movement AUC (time normalized area under the curve) during the period 0 to 72 hours post-dose. Subjects assessed their pain intensity using an 11-point Pain Intensity Numeric Rating Scale (PI-NRS) with NRS scores ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain possible). The pain intensity AUC on movement was computed for each subject using the standard trapezoidal rule. For the purpose of better clinical interpretability of the pain AUC, a normalized AUC was computed by dividing it using the time-interval length over which it was computed.

Supplemental Opioid Use

Time Frame: 0 to 72 hours post-dose

Mean total morphine-equivalent dose during the period 0 to 72 hours post-dose

Secondary Outcomes

  • Time-to-first Use of Opioid Supplemental Pain Medication(0 to 14 days post-dose)
  • Number (Frequency) of Participants Reporting Opioid-related Adverse Events(0 to 72 hours post-dose)
  • Supplemental Opioid Use(0 to 48 hours post-dose)
  • Severity of Opioid-related Side Effects(0 to 14 days post-dose)
  • Mean Pain Intensity on Movement AUC (Time-normalized AUC) During the Period 0 to 48 Hours Post-dose (0 to 2 Days Post-dose).(0 to 48 hours post-dose)

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