Milnacipran in the Treatment of Widespread, Non-Joint Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 49
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Change
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine whether milnacipran reduces widespread, non-joint pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The investigators will conduct a double-blind randomized crossover trial in subjects with RA to test the hypothesis that milnacipran improves widespread, non-joint pain. The investigators will also use data from the trial to determine whether response to milnacipran is associated with pain-modulating mechanisms from the central nervous system. The investigators hypothesize that response to milnacipran will be greater among patients with impaired central pain mechanisms than among patients with intact central pain modulating mechanisms.
详细描述
Despite the development of effective medications to treat inflammation, pain remains a priority for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The pain that persists despite anti-inflammatory treatment is usually widespread and non-articular; it may lead to diminished quality of life and high medical, psychological and social costs. To develop better treatments for pain and prevent disability, it is critical to obtain a better understanding of widespread, non-joint pain in RA.
Milnacipran is a selective serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). No studies have examined the effect of SNRIs on pain in RA. However, several studies have examined the role of SNRIs in fibromyalgia and related pain conditions. Treatment with milnacipran has been associated with improvements in clinical pain severity in Phase 2 and Phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled trials of fibromyalgia patients. In animal models, milnacipran appears to moderate the pain-inducing effects of inflammation and central sensitization. Thus milnacipran may be an ideal drug to treat pain in RA.
A clinical trial of an SNRI in the treatment of widespread, non-joint pain in RA will provide more information regarding pain mechanisms and may lead to more targeted, effective ways of treating pain in RA.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 24 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age 24 years or older
- •Primary diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis from a board-certified rheumatologist
- •Willing to maintain stable doses of concurrent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or other acceptable medications or therapies for the duration of the study
- •Brief Pain Inventory Average Pain >= 4 at the screening visit
- •Widespread Pain Index >= 5 at the screening visit
- •Able to give informed consent
排除标准
- •Diagnosis of primary fibromyalgia
- •Diagnosis of cold sensitive conditions such as Raynaud's syndrome, cryoglobulinemia and paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
- •Diagnosis of psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder and shared psychotic disorder
- •Patients being treated with SSRIs, MAO inhibitors or tricyclic, tetracyclic or atypical antidepressants for pain may participate in this study if they are washed off these medications before study entry. Patients currently receiving therapy with SSRIs or tricyclic, tetracyclic or atypical antidepressants for depression may be washed off these medications before study entry pending permission of the prescribing physician and if they have never received a diagnosis of major depressive disorder or had a history of suicidal ideation.
- •Patients on thioridazine or MAO inhibitors
- •Patients taking codeine or other opioids/opiates. Patients who are taking medications such as pregabalin (Lyrica) and gabapentin (Neurontin) for pain may be enrolled in this study.
- •Known hypersensitivity to milnacipran
- •Patients with a significant risk of suicide as assessed by the Beck depression inventory form
- •Patients with a history of suicide
- •Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- •Patients with an actively pending worker's compensation claim or auto no-fault claim; patients with current worker's compensation, auto no-fault compensation, or litigation; or any patient with significant secondary gain issues per discretion of the researchers.
- •Patients with myocardial infarction within the past 12 months, active cardiac disease (chest pain or evidence of ischemia on stress test), acute congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization in the past 12 months, clinically significant cardiac rhythm or conduction abnormalities requiring hospitalization in the past 12 months
- •Patients with severe liver impairment (AST or ALT > 3 times the upper limit of normal)
- •For patients 2-3 times the upper limit of normal, we will obtain enrollment permission from the patient's hepatologist and monitor values at each study visit. If values increase above 3 times the upper limit of normal, the patient will be discontinued from the study.
- •For patients 1-2 times the upper limit of normal, we will obtain enrollment permission from the patient's physician and monitor per request of the physician.
- •Patients with severe or end stage renal disease, defined as a GFR < 15 ml/min or on dialysis
- •Patients with a recent (≤ 12 months) history of seizures.
- •Patients with uncontrolled narrow-angle glaucoma.
- •Patients who have been treated with an experimental agent within the last three months.
研究组 & 干预措施
Milnacipran then placebo
This arm of the study will contain half the study population after randomization. The participants in this arm will receive milnacipran for 6 weeks. They will undergo a one-week taper and a two week washout period and then crossover to a placebo for 6 weeks.
干预措施: Milnacipran (Drug)
Milnacipran then placebo
This arm of the study will contain half the study population after randomization. The participants in this arm will receive milnacipran for 6 weeks. They will undergo a one-week taper and a two week washout period and then crossover to a placebo for 6 weeks.
干预措施: Placebo (Drug)
Placebo then milnacipran
This arm of the study will contain half the study population after randomization. The participants in this arm will receive placebo for 6 weeks. They will undergo a one-week "taper" and a two week "washout" period and then crossover to milnacipran for 6 weeks.
干预措施: Milnacipran (Drug)
Placebo then milnacipran
This arm of the study will contain half the study population after randomization. The participants in this arm will receive placebo for 6 weeks. They will undergo a one-week "taper" and a two week "washout" period and then crossover to milnacipran for 6 weeks.
干预措施: Placebo (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Change
时间窗: Baseline to 6 weeks
A measure of change in scores on the BPI short form, a "24-hr average pain" item, from baseline to 6 weeks, The BPI short form scores ranges from 0-10, with 10 being the worst pain.
次要结局
- Change in Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM)(Baseline to 6 weeks)
- Knee Pain Threshold(Baseline to 6 weeks)
- Symptom Intensity Scale (SIS)(Baseline to 6 weeks)
- Thumbnail Pain Threshold(Baseline to 6 weeks)
- Trapezius Pain Threshold(Baseline to 6 weeks)
- Wrist Pain Threshold(Baseline to 6 weeks)
研究者
Yvonne C. Lee
Yvonne C. Lee, MD, MMSc
Brigham and Women's Hospital