A Phase 2 interventional study of Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray and Morphine in Pain, Postoperative, sponsored by INSYS Therapeutics Inc. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-29.
Sponsored by INSYS Therapeutics Inc · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will evaluate the safety and tolerability based on the incidence of adverse experiences of buprenorphine sublingual spray (0.5 milligrams [mg] three times daily [TID]) compared with standard post-operative narcotic therapy in participants with postoperative pain. Standard post-operative narcotic therapy is defined as morphine intravenous (IV) injection (4 mg TID) followed by oxycodone hydrochloride tablet (10 mg TID).
5,640 studies on the registry are indexed under Pain, Postoperative; 1,230 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 100 is above the median of 75 across 4,821 interventional studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.
Browse Pain, Postoperative studies →INSYS Therapeutics Inc is the lead sponsor of 45 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (60%) have results posted.
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If female, is either not of (defined as for at least 1 year or surgically sterile [bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy]) or practicing one of the following medically acceptable methods of :
Exclusion criteria:
Post-surgical eligibility requirements:
The participant will be assessed for the following postoperative eligibility criteria
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.
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.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.
Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ASA physical status
The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers
CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.
Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 milligrams (mg) three times a day (TID) for 7 days.
Drug: Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray · Drug: Zofran
Morphine intravenous (IV), 4 mg TID for 24 hours, followed by oxycodone hydrochloride tablet, 10 mg TID for 6 days.
Drug: Morphine · Drug: Oxycodone Hydrochloride · Drug: Zofran
Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product during the course of a clinical investigation. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of an investigational product, whether or not thought to be related to the investigational product. A TEAE is an AE with onset that occurs after receiving study drug.
Time frame: Days 1 to 8
Percentage of Participants Provided Rescue Medication for Nausea
Zofran was used at the clinician's discretion as rescue medication for nausea.
Time frame: Days 1 to7
Time to First Use of Rescue Medication for Nausea Following Each Dose of the Investigational Product (IP)
Zofran was used at the clinician's discretion as rescue medication for nausea. Time "0" is defined as the time of the administration of study drug.
Time frame: Days 1 to 7
Total Use of Rescue Medication for Nausea Over 0 to 24 Hours, Over 0 to 48 Hours, Over 0-72 Hours and 0-7 Days
Zofran was used at the clinician's discretion as rescue medication for nausea. The total use of rescue medication was calculated for the following 4 time-frames: 0 to 24 hours, 0 to 48 hours, 0 to 72 hours and 0 to 7 days.
Time frame: 0 to 24 hours, 0 to 48 hours, 0 to 72 hours and 0 to 7 days
Pulse Oximetry Levels at 90 Minutes,12, 24, 48 and 72 Hours
Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive method to measure a person's oxygen saturation.
Time frame: 90 Minutes,12, 24, 48 and 72 Hours
Number of Participants With Abnormal Electrocardiograms (ECGs) Findings at 90 Minutes,12, 24, 48 and 72 Hours
A standard 12-lead ECG will be performed after the participant is in the supine (lying face up) position for 5 minutes.
Time frame: Pre-dose and 90 minutes, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after first dose
Number of Participants With Abnormal Oral Cavity Examinations
Study staff will perform a sublingual (under the tongue) assessment, noting the color of mucosa and whether inflammation is present.
Time frame: Pre-dose and 90 minutes, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after first dose on Days 1 to 4 and End of Study Day 8
| Milestone | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 50 | 50 |
| Completed | 40 | 27 |
| Not completed | 10 | 23 |
| Withdrew: Adverse event | 7 | 20 |
| Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject consent | 3 | 1 |
| Withdrew: Lost to follow-up | 0 | 1 |
| Withdrew: Miscellaneous | 0 | 1 |
An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product during the course of a clinical investigation. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of an investigational product, whether or not thought to be related to the investigational product. A TEAE is an AE with onset that occurs after receiving study drug.
| Participants | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) | 33 | 47 |
Zofran was used at the clinician's discretion as rescue medication for nausea.
| percentage of participants | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of Participants Provided Rescue Medication for Nausea | 12 | 35 |
Zofran was used at the clinician's discretion as rescue medication for nausea. Time "0" is defined as the time of the administration of study drug.
| hours | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| Time to First Use of Rescue Medication for Nausea Following Each Dose of the Investigational Product (IP) | NA (NA to NA) | 11.25 (5.60 to 23.13) |
Zofran was used at the clinician's discretion as rescue medication for nausea. The total use of rescue medication was calculated for the following 4 time-frames: 0 to 24 hours, 0 to 48 hours, 0 to 72 hours and 0 to 7 days.
| cumulative number of rescue doses | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 24 hours | 9 | 68 |
| 0 to 48 hours | 18 | 92 |
| 0 to 72 hours | 22 | 110 |
| 0 to 7 days | 42 | 152 |
Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive method to measure a person's oxygen saturation.
| percentage of oxygen saturation | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | 96.3 ± 1.99 | 96.0 ± 2.11 |
| 12 hours | 96.0 ± 1.93 | 95.8 ± 2.06 |
| 24 hours | 96.9 ± 1.63 | 96.6 ± 2.27 |
| 48 hours | 96.5 ± 2.01 | 96.0 ± 2.15 |
| 72 hours | 97.3 ± 1.36 | 96.2 ± 2.66 |
A standard 12-lead ECG will be performed after the participant is in the supine (lying face up) position for 5 minutes.
| Participants | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-dose | 26 | 32 |
| 90 minutes | 33 | 30 |
| 12 hours | 31 | 34 |
| 24 hours | 23 | 29 |
| 48 hours | 18 | 25 |
| 72 hours | 14 | 18 |
Study staff will perform a sublingual (under the tongue) assessment, noting the color of mucosa and whether inflammation is present.
| Participants | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-dose | 0 | 0 |
| 90 minutes | 0 | 0 |
| 12 hours | 0 | 0 |
| 24 hours | 0 | 0 |
| 48 hours | 0 | 1 |
| 72 hours | 0 | 0 |
Collected over Screening to Day 8. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | 0/50 (0%) | 0/50 (0%) | 33/50 (66%) |
| Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg | 0/50 (0%) | 1/50 (2%) | 47/50 (94%) |
| Event | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| HematomaGeneral disorders | 0/50 | 1/50 |
| Event | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg |
|---|---|---|
| NauseaGastrointestinal disorders | 17/50 | 39/50 |
| VomitingGastrointestinal disorders | 6/50 | 26/50 |
| HypoxiaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | 3/50 | 14/50 |
| DizzinessNervous system disorders | 5/50 | 11/50 |
| HeadacheNervous system disorders | 8/50 | 9/50 |
| PruritusSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | 4/50 | 8/50 |
| ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders | 4/50 | 4/50 |
| DyspneaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | 0/50 | 4/50 |
| SomnolenceNervous system disorders | 2/50 | 3/50 |
| Age, Continuous(years) | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 36.2 ± 10.83 | 37.1 ± 11.68 | 36.6 ± 11.22 |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 48 | 48 | 96 |
| Male | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Standard of Care Narcotic Therapy | Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray 0.5 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Asian | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Black or African American | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| White | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ran from Sep 2017 to primary completion in Nov 2017, 2 months.
Results were first posted in Oct 2018, 11 months after primary completion.
Of 49 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Pain, Postoperative, half reached primary completion within 7 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 11. This study's 2 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 140 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 24.
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