A Study to Demonstrate Improvement in Symptoms of Constipation in Subjects That Require Around-the-clock Opioid Pain Killer Therapy
CompletedPhase 3NCT01438567
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov Recruiting status changes often. Contact the study team listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, and talk to your doctor before joining a study.
This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The primary research objective is to demonstrate that subjects taking OXN PR have improvement in symptoms of constipation as measured by the Bowel Function Index (BFI) compared to subjects taking OxyPR tablets alone with cancer and non-cancer related pain without reducing the effectiveness of pain relief as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI).
Study details
- Official title
- A Randomised, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Parallel-group Multicenter Study to Demonstrate Improvement in Symptoms of Constipation and Non-inferiority in Analgesic Efficacy in Subjects With Non-malignant or Malignant Pain That Require Around-the-clock Opioid Therapy Taking 50/25 - 80/40 mg Twice Daily as Oxycodone/Naloxone Prolonged Release (OXN PR) Tablets Compared to Subjects Taking 50 - 80 mg Twice Daily Oxycodone Prolonged Release (OxyPR) Tablets Alone
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Drug: oxycodone/naloxone prolonged release (OXN PR) tablets
- Drug: oxycodone prolonged release (OxyPR) tablets
- Sponsor
- Mundipharma Research GmbH & Co KG
- Start date
- 2011-09
- Primary completion
- 2014-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria * Subjects who are receiving WHO step III opioid analgesic medication for the treatment of non-malignant or malignant pain. * Documented history of non-malignant or malignant pain that requires around-the-clock opioid therapy Exclusion Criteria * Females who are pregnant or lactating. * Subjects with evidence or significant structural abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract. * Subjects with evidence of impaired liver/kidney function upon entry into the study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01438567