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CompletedNCT05773846Updated Sep 19, 2024

A Study to Evaluate Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of PRF-110 for Post-surgical Pain

A Phase 3 interventional study of Ropivacaine in Bunion, sponsored by PainReform LTD. Completed at 7 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-09-19.

Sponsored by PainReform LTD · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Jul 2024, 2 years 3 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
428
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

PRF-110 is a viscous, yellowish clear oily solution of ropivacaine intended for administration into surgical sites to provide post-operative analgesia. The pharmacokinetic profile for PRF-110 suggests that its effect could last up to 72 hours. This is A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Saline Placebo- and Active-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Intra-operative Administration of PRF-110 Following Unilateral Bunionectomy

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PRF-110 is a unique, sustained-release, oil-based solution formulation of ropivacaine intended for administration into surgical sites for the prevention of postoperative pain. The formulation is designed to have an effect for up to 72 hours. It is postulated that PRF-110 will improve postoperative pain management by providing prolonged pain relief at the surgical site; thereby, reducing the amount of systemic analgesia needed after surgery. The slow, local release of ropivacaine following administration of PRF-110 has been demonstrated in dissolution studies, in postoperative pain studies in animals, in an experimental pain study in human volunteers, and in an open-label Phase 2 hernia repair trial to result in very low plasma concentrations of drug, therefore reducing the probability of systemic adverse events. This is a randomized, double-blind study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PRF-110 compared with saline placebo and with ropivacaine hydrochloride injection administered intraoperatively in subjects undergoing unilateral bunionectomy.

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Conditions studied

  • Bunion

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In context

Bunion

58 studies on the registry are indexed under Bunion; 5 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 428 is above the median of 100 across 47 interventional studies indexed under Bunion.

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Lead sponsor

PainReform LTD is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Inclusion criteria:

Subjects must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for inclusion into the study:

  1. Able to provide written prior to any study procedures.
  2. Able to communicate clearly with the Investigators and study staff.
  3. Males and females aged 18 years or older.
  4. Scheduled for elective primary unilateral first metatarsal bunionectomy surgery (osteotomy and internal fixation) with no ancillary procedures.
  5. Female subjects must be surgically sterile; or at least 2 years ; or have a monogamous partner who is surgically sterile; or practicing doublebarrier ; or practicing abstinence (must agree to use double-barrier contraception in the event of sexual activity); or using an insertable, injectable, transdermal, or combination oral contraceptive approved by the FDA for greater than two months prior to screening and commit to the use of an acceptable form of birth control for the duration of the study and for 30 days after completion of the study.
  6. Negative alcohol breath/saliva test and urine drug screen for drugs of abuse at Screening and at Baseline. Subjects with positive results on the alcohol breath/saliva test or urine drug screen at Screening, and/or prior to surgery, will not be allowed to proceed in the study unless the results can be explained by a current prescription or acceptable over-the-counter medication as determined by the Investigator. Note that for those subjects who test positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), if they are willing to abstain from use or consumption of THC-containing products from Screening thru last Follow-up Visit, they may be allowed to participate in the study.
  7. (ASA) Physical Status of I or II (see Appendix, Section 14.1).
  8. (BMI) ≤35.

Exclusion Criteria:

subject will be excluded from the study if any of the following criteria are met:

  1. Has allergies to an opioid, unless has subsequently tolerated other opioids and, in the opinion of the Investigator, could tolerate a rescue drug containing oxycodone.
  2. Has a known or suspected allergy to any local anesthetic or to acetaminophen.
  3. Has a known or suspected history of alcohol, opiate or other drug abuse or dependence within 12 months prior to screening.
  4. Is unable to refrain from alcohol consumption for a period beginning 24 hours prior to surgery through the end of the 72 -hour evaluation period.
  5. Has taken any analgesic or non-opioid pain medication other than acetaminophen (e.g., NSAIDs, cyclooxygenase-2 [COX 2] inhibitors) within 12 hours prior to surgery or any aspirin-containing product within 7 days of the Baseline assessments. Aspirin up to 325 mg once daily for cardiovascular prophylaxis is allowed.
  6. Has taken any opioid analgesics or used systemic within 4 days of surgery.
  7. Has been using opiates or any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug chronically (more than 10 consecutive days) anytime over the past 3 months.
  8. Has used antipsychotics or antiepileptics within 30 days prior to surgery. Use of sedatives, hypnotics, antianxiety agents, and antidepressants (other than monoamine oxidase inhibitors [MAOIs]) are allowed if being used for a nonpain indication and at a stable dose within the previous 30 days.
  9. Has history of or positive test results for or or C at Screening.
  10. Has any history of epilepsy, other than childhood febrile seizures, before the age of 6.
  11. Has any history of psychosis, current clinically significant symptomatic psychiatric disorder, or a history of suicide attempt in the past 10 years.
  12. Has taken herbal agents or nutraceuticals (e.g., chapparal, comfrey, germander, jin bu huan, kava, pennyroyal, skullcap, St. John's wort, or valerian) during any of the 7 days prior to surgery that could potentially confound the analgesic response in the Investigator's opinion.
  13. Has transaminase levels > 2 x , or level > 1.5 x ULN (unless Gilbert's syndrome), or estimated (eGFR) \< 60 mL/min. Has poorly controlled diabetes with >7.5%.
  1. Has any clinically significant condition including an acute or chronic painful physical restrictive condition or any other significant laboratory abnormality that would, in the opinion of the Investigator, confound study assessments or adversely affect subject safety. 16. Has received another drug within 30 days of scheduled surgery.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(14)

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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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

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.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
428 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PRF-110

    PRF-110 3.6% ropivacaine, to be applied into the surgical wound

    Drug: Ropivacaine

  • Placebo comparator
    Saline .9%

    Saline .9%, to b be applied into the surgical wound

    Drug: Ropivacaine

  • Active comparator
    Ropivacaine

    Ropivacaine Hydrochloride 0.5%, up to 10 mL, to be applied into the surgical site

    Drug: Ropivacaine

Interventions

  • A long acting formulation of ropivacaine

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Measurement of patients pain levels as an indication for the analgesic efficacy of PRF-110

    The primary objective of this study is to compare the analgesic efficacy of PRF-110 with placebo during the first 72 hours after completion of bunionectomy surgery by measuring pain levels using an 11-point Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)

    Time frame: 72 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measurement of patients pain levels of PRF-110 as compared to ropivacaine hydrochloride

    Measurement of patients pain levels using an 11-point NRS in order to compare the analgesic efficacy of PRF-110 with ropivacaine hydrochloride (0=no pain and 10=worst pain imaginable) (0.5%) injection administered as an infiltration analgesic during the first 72 hours after completion of bunionectomy surgery.

    Time frame: 72 hours

  2. Comparison of opiate use to saline placebo

    To compare post-surgery opioid consumption (in morphine milligram equivalents) over 72 hours for PRF-110 with that of saline placebo.

    Time frame: 72 hours

  3. Comparison of opiate use to ropivacaine HCL injection

    To compare post-surgery opioid consumption through 72 hours for PRF-110 with that of ropivacaine injection.

    Time frame: 72 hours

  4. Percentage of opiate free subjects

    To compare the percentage of subjects who were opioid free through 72 hours post-surgery for PRF-110 compared with that of ropivacaine injection.

    Time frame: 72 hours

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Study locations

7 sites
  • Woodland International Research Group
    Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, United States
  • Clinical Pharmacology of Miami
    Miami, Florida 33014, United States
  • Midwest Clinical Research Center
    Dayton, Ohio 45417, United States
  • First Surgical Hospital 4801 Bissonnet Street
    Bellaire, Texas 77401, United States
  • Legent Orthopedic Hopital
    Carrolton, Texas 75006, United States
  • Memorial Hermann Hospital
    Houston, Texas 77043, United States
  • Endeavor Clinical Trials
    San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
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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

Ran from Mar 2023 to primary completion in Jul 2024, 16 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 1, 2022
First posted
Mar 17, 2023
StartActual
Mar 13, 2023
Primary completionActual
Jul 30, 2024
CompletionActual
Aug 30, 2024
Last update
Sep 19, 2024
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 Sep 19, 2024, 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
NCT05773846
Lead sponsor
PainReform LTD
Collaborators
Lotus Clinical Research, LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 17, 2023
Start date
Mar 13, 2023
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2024
Completion
Aug 30, 2024
Last update
Sep 19, 2024

Oversight

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