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Not yet recruitingNCT01341548ECHUpdated Apr 23, 2021

Civamide Nasal Solution for Cluster Headache

A Phase 3 interventional study of Civamide nasal solution 0.01% in Episodic Cluster Headache, sponsored by Winston Laboratories. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-23.

Sponsored by Winston Laboratories · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Nov 2025, 1 year ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
180
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intranasally administered civamide nasal solution in the prevention of cluster headaches during an episodic cluster headache period.

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This is a double-blind, randomized, vehicle-controlled, parallel-group, multi-center, phase III efficacy and safety study of civamide nasal solution 0.01% in the prevention of cluster headaches during an episodic cluster headache period. Approximately 180 subjects (about 90 per treatment group),will be enrolled and randomized to double-blind treatment with either civamide nasal solution 0.01% or vehicle solution at approximately 50 study sites with about 2-5 subjects randomized per enrolling site.

This study consists of four periods beginning with a Screening Period, lasting for a minimum of 1 day to a maximum of 12 months, during which a subject previously diagnosed with episodic cluster headaches is not experiencing cluster headaches and is awaiting the onset of their next episodic cluster headache period and subsequent enrollment. The Screening Period is followed by a 31-day study, consisting of a 3-day Baseline Period which may begin with the onset of an episodic cluster headache period and ends on the day prior to initiating treatment (Day -1). Subjects return for Visit 2 (Day 1, Pre-Dose) and the Treatment Period begins, consisting of seven (7) days of double-blind treatment. The Treatment Period is immediately followed by a twenty-one (21) day Post-Treatment Observation Period.

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Conditions studied

  • Episodic Cluster Headache

Keywords

  • Nasal
  • Cluster Headache
  • Episodic Cluster
  • Headache
  • Phase 3
  • Civamide
  • TRPV-1 Receptor
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In context

Cluster Headache

123 studies on the registry are indexed under Cluster Headache; 26 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 180 is above the median of 42 across 90 interventional studies indexed under Cluster Headache.

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Lead sponsor

Winston Laboratories is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Written IRB-approved has been obtained and signed, within 12 months of entering into the Baseline Period (Day -3).
  • Male or female 18 years or older.
  • Subject has ≥2 year history of episodic cluster headache with at least 2 previous episodic cluster headache periods.
  • Cluster Headaches must meet the following International Headache Society Diagnostic Criteria :

    • Severe, unilateral, orbital, superorbital and/or temporal pain lasting 15 to 180 minutes untreated.
    • Headache is associated with at least one of the following which have to be present on the side of the pain:

      • Conjunctival injection
      • Lacrimation
      • Nasal Congestion
      • Rhinorrhea
      • Forehead and facial sweating
      • Miosis
      • Ptosis
      • Eyelid edema or
      • A sense of restlessness or agitation
  • The current episodic cluster headache period is expected to last at least 5 weeks but no more than 24 weeks from the time of entry into the Baseline Period (Day -3), based on the average duration of the subject's usual episodic cluster headache period.
  • At least one cluster headache (but no more than 8) daily on each of the three days of the Baseline Period (Days -3, -2, -1) immediately preceding Study Day 1.
  • The subject is in generally good health, other than history of episodic cluster headache.
  • The subject agrees not to begin any new concurrent medications or restricted medications during their participation in study.
  • All females of must have a negative urine and/or serum pregnancy test prior to entry into the Treatment Period.
  • Females of childbearing potential agree to use an approved form of or to abstain from sexual activity during the study.
  • Subject can read and write in the local language and can be expected to reliably follow study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical, historical or previous laboratory evidence of significant cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, hepatic, endocrine, neurological (not including cluster headaches), psychological, or other systemic disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose an additional risk to the subject.
  • Presence of a significant nasal disorder.
  • Initiation of a medication, discontinuation of a medication or a change in the regimen of existing medication(s) or therapies for prophylaxis of cluster headaches in the 17 days prior to entering the Treatment Period (Study Day 1).
  • Use of systemic to treat the current cluster headache episode.
  • Use of restricted medications/treatments within the given time period prior to the Treatment Period and throughout the study (Table 1 of Protocol)
  • Subject has difficulty distinguishing his/her episodic cluster headache attacks from other types of headaches, such as tension type headaches.
  • Presence of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, transformed migraine, or analgesic rebound headaches.
  • Females who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant during the study.
  • Subject has a history of alcohol and/or drug abuse within 12 months prior to the Screening Visit..
  • Subject has known to or to the use of civamide, capsaicin, or to any of the clinical formulation.
  • Subject has participated in another study or taken another investigational drug within the past 4 weeks.
  • Subject has participated in prior efficacy studies of intranasal civamide: WL-1001-02-01, WL-1001-02-02, WL-1001-02-03 or WL-1001-02-05. (This does not include any subject who entered the screening period for study WL-1001-02-01, WL-1001-02-02, WL-1001-02-03 or WL-1001-02-05 but did not randomize to treatment).
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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.

Contraception

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Investigational drug or device

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
180 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Civamide Nasal Solution 0.01%

    Drug: Civamide nasal solution 0.01%

  • Placebo comparator
    Vehicle Solution

    Drug: Civamide nasal solution 0.01%

Interventions

  • DrugCivamide nasal solution 0.01%

    20ug/dose, BID for 7 days 0.1 ml to each nostril

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The Percent Change in the Number of Cluster Headaches per Week from Baseline to Weeks 1 through 3 of the Post-Treatment Observation Period for the Modified Intent-to-Treat Population

    Time frame: Weeks 1 - 3 of the Post-Treatment Observation Period

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Percent Change in the Number of Cluster Headaches per Week from Baseline to Weeks 1 through 3 of the Post-Treatment Observation Period for the Intent-to-Treat and Per Protocol Populations

    Time frame: Weeks 1 - 3 of the Post-Treatment Observation Period

  2. The Percent Change in the Number of Cluster Headaches per Week from Baseline to Individual Weeks 1, 2, and 3 of the Post-Treatment Observation Period for the Modified Intent-to-Treat and the Per Protocol Populations

    Time frame: Individual Weeks 1, 2 and 3 of the Post-Treatment Observation Period

  3. The Change in the Number of Cluster Headaches per Week from Baseline to Weeks 1 through 3 and to Individual Weeks 1, 2, and 3 for the Post-Treatment Observation Period for the Modified Intent-to-Treat and the Per Protocol Populations

    Time frame: Weeks 1 - 3 and to Individual Weeks 1, 2, and 3 for the Post-Treatment Observation Period

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Nov 2023; primary completion for Nov 2025, 24 months later.

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Registered
Apr 22, 2011
First posted
Apr 25, 2011
StartEst.
Nov 2023
Primary completionEst.
Nov 2025
CompletionEst.
Feb 2026
Last update
Apr 23, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
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.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 23, 2021, 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
NCT01341548
Lead sponsor
Winston Laboratories
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 25, 2011
Start date
Nov 2023 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 23, 2021

Study contacts

Heidi B Fezatte, BS
Contact
heidi@winstonlabs.com
847-362-8200
Scott B Phillips, MD
Contact
scott@winstonlabs.com
847-362-8200
Scott B Phillips, M.D.
study director · Winston Laboratories

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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