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CompletedNCT00236041Updated May 9, 2014

Efficacy/Safety Study of ACTIQ® for Opioid-Tolerant Children and Adolescents With Breakthrough Pain (BTP)

A Phase 2 interventional study of ACTIQ® in Cancer and Breakthrough Pain, sponsored by Cephalon. Completed at 31 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 3 Years to 15 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-05-09.

Sponsored by Cephalon (part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
38
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
3 Years to 15 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of ACTIQ treatment for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) compared to placebo treatment in children with cancer and non-cancer pain who are receiving around-the-clock (ATC) opioid therapy and who require additional therapy for BTP episodes. This will be determined by the analysis of the pain intensity (PI), measured by the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) administered 15 minutes after the start of each unit of study drug with an optimal ACTIQ dosage.

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The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of ACTIQ treatment for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) compared to placebo treatment in children with pain who are receiving around-the-clock (ATC) opioid therapy and who require additional therapy for BTP episodes. This will be determined by the analysis of the pain intensity (PI), measured by the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) administered 15 minutes after the start of each unit of study drug with an optimal ACTIQ dosage.

The secondary objectives are:

  • to evaluate the characteristics of BTP in children with pain, including their response to treatment
  • to evaluate the efficacy of ACTIQ treatment compared to placebo treatment for these children with regard to time to adequate analgesia by utilizing a stop watch to measure the time for each unit of study drug in the double blind phase
  • to evaluate the efficacy of ACTIQ treatment compared to placebo treatment for these children by assessing the occurrence of inadequate analgesia as assessed by the use of rescue medication
  • to evaluate the efficacy of ACTIQ treatment compared to placebo treatment for these children by assessing the numbers of patients who withdraw from the study because of inadequate analgesia
  • to evaluate the efficacy of ACTIQ treatment compared to placebo treatment for these children by assessing the duration of analgesic effect by using the FPS-R administered at approximately 30, 45, and 60 minutes after the start of each unit of study drug after an optimal dosage is obtained
  • to determine the distribution of optimal doses of ACTIQ treatment for these children by age group (3 to under 6 years, 6 to under 11 years, and 11 to under 16 years)
  • to establish a safe and effective titration scheme for ACTIQ in these children during the open label phase
  • to evaluate the safety of ACTIQ treatment for these children through the assessment of adverse events, clinical laboratory assessments (serum chemistry and hematology), vital sign measurements (including blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration rate), hemoglobin-oxygen saturation level (SpO2, measured via pulse oximetry), electrocardiograms (ECGs), physical examinations, and level of sedation (measured by the University of Michigan Sedation Scale [UMSS])
  • to characterize the pharmacokinetics profile of ACTIQ (fentanyl citrate) in these children
  • to investigate the exposure and efficacy relationship between plasma concentration of fentanyl and clinical measures of analgesia
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Conditions studied

  • Cancer
  • Breakthrough Pain

Keywords

  • Breakthrough Pain
  • Cancer
  • Sickle Cell
  • Severe Burns
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Analgesia
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Non-Cancer
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In context

Neoplasms

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This study's enrollment of 38 is below the median of 60 across 7,703 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Cephalon is the lead sponsor of 75 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

First submitted before Cephalon became part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd..

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
3 Years to 15 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Written of the parent or legal guardian and patient assent, when appropriate, is obtained. (Lack of assent cannot be overturned.)
  2. The child is aged 3 to under 16 years and weighs at least 15 kg.
  3. The child must be using ATC opioid therapy for pain associated with cancer and be opioid-tolerant. NOTE: This requirement is defined as the patient receiving at least 1 mg/kg/day or 40 mg/day or more of oral morphine (or an equi-analgesic dosage of another opioid) or at least 25 mcg/hour of transdermal fentanyl for at least 7 days, (ATC opioid therapy may be administered as patient-controlled analgesia [PCA]).
  4. The child must be experiencing episodes of BTP (defined as a transient flare of pain that requires a bolus of medication as treatment) as follows:

    1. patients with cancer must be experiencing an average of at least 1 BTP episode a day.
    2. patients with non-cancer related pain must be experiencing an average of 2 BTP episodes a day.
  5. The child has an average daily pain score of 6 or less (of 10) on the FPS-R.
  6. Girls who are postmenarche or sexually active must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to the baseline visit, must be using a medically acceptable method of , and must agree to continue use of this method for the duration of the study (and for 30 days after participation in the study). Acceptable methods of birth control include: barrier method with spermicide; steroidal contraceptive (eg, oral, transdermal, implanted, or injected) in conjunction with a barrier method; intrauterine device (IUD); or abstinence.
  7. The child, in the opinion of the investigator, is able to administer ACTIQ treatment effectively (ie, adequately moving the unit around in the mouth and sucking, not biting, the unit).
  8. The child must be an inpatient.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. The child has pain uncontrolled by therapy, as determined by the investigator, that could adversely impact the safety of the patient or could be compromised by treatment with ACTIQ.
  2. The child has known or suspected /allergies or other to any ACTIQ component.
  3. The child has received monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) within 14 days before the first ACTIQ treatment.
  4. The child has moderate to severe oral mucositis.
  5. The child has a neuromuscular disease, significant renal impairment, or significant hepatic impairment as determined by the investigator.
  6. The child has any other medical condition or is receiving concomitant medication/therapy that would, in the opinion of the investigator, compromise the patient's safety or compliance with the study protocol, or compromise data collection.
  7. The child has received any experimental drug/therapy within 14 days of the first ACTIQ treatment. NOTE: Children may not be participating concurrently in another study when the other study requires experimental drug therapy.
  8. A child's exacerbations of pain are only associated with medical procedures (such as radiation therapy, wound dressing, and bone marrow aspiration).
  9. The child is receiving any other treatment that, in the opinion of the investigator, could interfere with the pain response.
  10. For a female patient of : is pregnant or lactating. (Any female patient becoming pregnant during the study will be withdrawn from the study.)
  11. The child has, in the opinion of the investigator, developmental delay that would interfere with the use of ACTIQ therapy.
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Contraception

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Contraindication

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Double
Enrollment
38 participants

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain intensity differences as measured by the FPS-R

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time to adequate analgesia

  2. Duration of analgesia

  3. Percentage of BTP episodes requiring rescue medication, or for which oversedation occurs

  4. Amount of rescue medication

  5. Distribution of optimal doses

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Study locations

31 sites
  • Children's Hospital of Arkansas
    Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, United States
  • UCLA Pediatric Pain Program
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
  • Childrens Hospital of Orange
    Orange, California 92868, United States
  • Lucille Packard Childrens Hospital
    Palo Alto, California 94304, United States
  • Connecticut Childrens Medical Center
    Hartford, Connecticut 06106, United States
  • Children's National Medical Center
    Washington, District of Columbia 20010, United States
  • Nemours Childrens Clinic
    Jacksonville, Florida 32207, United States
  • St. Joseph's Children's Hospital
    Tampa, Florida 33607, United States
  • Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center
    Atlanta, Georgia 30342, United States
  • Kapi'olani Medical Center
    Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, United States
  • Children's Memorial Center
    Chicago, Illinois 60614, United States
  • Children's Memorial Hospital
    Chicago, Illinois 60614, United States
  • University Hospitals of Iowa
    Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
    St. Louis, Missouri 63104, United States
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
    Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, United States
  • Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
  • University of New Mexico
    Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
  • Children's Hospital at Montefiore
    Bronx, New York 10467, United States
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Syracuse, New York 13210, United States
  • Duke University Hospital
    Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
  • Akron Children's Hospital
    Akron, Ohio 44308, United States
  • Tod Children's Hospital
    Youngstown, Ohio 44501, United States
  • Milton S Hershey Medical Center
    Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
  • St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134, United States
  • Vanderbilt University Medical
    Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
  • Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
    San Antonio, Texas 78207, United States
  • Methodist Hospital
    San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
  • Sacred Heart Medical Center
    Spokane, Washington 99204, United States
  • West Virginia University
    Morgantown, West Virginia 99204, United States
  • Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, United States
  • San Jorge Childrens Medical
    San Juan, 00912, Puerto Rico
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Timeline

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Registered
Oct 7, 2005
First posted
Oct 12, 2005
Start
Apr 2004
Completion
Aug 2006
Last update
May 9, 2014
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 9, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00236041
Lead sponsor
Cephalon
First posted
Oct 12, 2005
Start date
Apr 2004
Completion
Aug 2006
Last update
May 9, 2014

Study contacts

John Messina, Pharm D
study director · Cephalon, Inc.
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