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CompletedNCT00314652Updated May 3, 2006

Safety and Efficacy of the Buprenorphine Transdermal Delivery System in Subjects With Osteoarthritis Pain.

A Phase 3 interventional study of Buprenorphine transdermal delivery system in Osteoarthritis, sponsored by Purdue Pharma LP. Completed at 22 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2006-05-03.

Sponsored by Purdue Pharma LP · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
260
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of the buprenorphine transdermal system (5, 10, and 20 mg) in comparison to placebo transdermal system in subjects with osteoarthritis pain. The double-blind treatment intervention duration is 28 days.

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Buprenorphine is a synthetic opioid analgesic with over twenty-five years of international clinical experience indicating it to be safe and effective in a variety of therapeutic situations for the relief of moderate to severe pain. Transdermal systems may offer advantages over currently indicated oral products including ease and convenience of use, improved compliance, possible reduction in patient care, and prolonged and consistent delivery of drug.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteoarthritis

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Keywords

  • Osteoarthritis
  • chronic pain
  • opioid
  • transdermal
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In context

Osteoarthritis

4,399 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis; 583 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 260 is above the median of 70 across 3,440 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.

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Lead sponsor

Purdue Pharma LP is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • documented history and/or radiologic evidence of chronic osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.
  • receiving opioid therapy for osteoarthritis-related pain within the past year or have experienced pain that was inadequately controlled with a full standard dose of NSAIDs.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • receiving opioids at an average daily dose of greater than 90 mg of oral morphine equivalents or patients receiving more than 12 tablets or capsules per day of short-acting opioid-containing products
  • scheduled to have surgery (including dental) during the study period that involved the use of pre- and/or postoperative analgesics or anesthetics.

Other protocol-specific exclusion/inclusion criteria may apply.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double
Enrollment
260 participants

Interventions

  • DrugBuprenorphine transdermal delivery system
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of patients who were treated successfully for pain management

  2. a patient fails if he or she discontinues early due to ineffective treatment or has a Patient Satisfaction Scale score of poor or fair at the final visit

Secondary outcomes

  1. Average pain intensity and patient satisfaction scores

  2. Incidence of early discontinuation due to lack of efficacy

  3. Time to early discontinuation due to lack of efficacy

  4. Dose level at end of titration

  5. Investigator's assessment of therapeutic response

  6. Diary pain scores

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Study locations

22 sites
  • Hawthorne & York, International, Ltd.
    Phoenix, Arizona 85008, United States
  • Arizona Research Center, LLC
    Phoenix, Arizona 85023, United States
  • ACRC/Arizona Clinical Research
    Tucson, Arizona 85712, United States
  • Advanced Clinical Therapeutics
    Tucson, Arizona 85712, United States
  • San Diego Arthritis and Osteoporosis Research
    San Diego, California 92120, United States
  • Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo
    San Diego, California 92128, United States
  • Clinical Research Consultants, Inc.
    Trumbull, Connecticut 06611, United States
  • Tampa Bay Medical Research, Inc.
    Clearwater, Florida 33761, United States
  • University Clinical Research
    Deland, Florida 32720, United States
  • Gainesville Clinical Research Center
    Gainesville, Florida 32605, United States
  • Physicians Research Associates Jacksonville
    Jacksonville, Florida 32216, United States
  • University Clinical Research, Inc.
    Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024, United States
  • Gold Coast Research, Inc.
    Weston, Florida 33331, United States
  • MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC
    Evansville, Indiana 47714, United States
  • Westside Family Medical Center
    Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009, United States
  • Center for Pharmaceutical Research
    Kansas City, Missouri 64114, United States
  • NJP Clinical Research
    Passaic, New Jersey 07055, United States
  • PW Clinical Research, LLC
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103, United States
  • New Century Research Center, Ltd.
    Beaverbrook, Ohio 45431, United States
  • Altoona Center for Clinical Research
    Duncansville, Pennsylvania 16635, United States
  • Mid-South Clinical Research Institute
    Memphis, Tennessee 38120, United States
  • Advanced Clinical Research
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84102, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 3, 2006, 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
NCT00314652
Lead sponsor
Purdue Pharma LP
First posted
Apr 14, 2006
Start date
Jun 1999
Completion
Oct 1999
Last update
May 3, 2006
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