PainPhase 3NCT00410943
Study of the Effectiveness and Tolerability of OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR(Slow-release) Tablets and Immediate-Release Hydromorphone Tablets in Patients With Chronic Pain
A Phase 3 study testing OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) in people with Pain, run by Alza Corporation, DE, USA.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study was to characterize a safe and effective means of conversion and titration to an appropriate dose of hydromorphone HCI, to demonstrate comparable efficacy of OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) and hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) following administration of approximately… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Pain
- What is being tested?
- OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release)
- How many people
- 169 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Start not givento Jun 1999
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients who have chronic non-malignant or cancer pain currently receiving strong or transdermal opioid analgesics on a daily basis or patients suitable for advancement of therapy to step 3 on the WHO (World Health Organization) analgesic ladder
- Patients who, at Visit 2, require the equivalent of at least 80 mg but no more than 300 mg of oral morphine sulfate (exclusive of breakthrough pain medication) every 24 hours or at least 25 micrograms an hour but no more than 75 micrograms an hour of Fentanyl
- Patients must be on a stable dose of a strong opioid medication at Visit 2. Patients will be considered stabilized when the total daily dose of their prestudy opioid medication remains unchanged, with no more than three opioid breakthrough pain doses/day administered for breakthrough pain, for two consecutive days
- Patients who can be expected to have reasonably stable opioid requirements for the duration of the study
Who cannot join
- Patients intolerant of or hypersensitive to hydromorphone (or other opioid agonists)
- Patients who have difficulty swallowing or are unable to swallow tablets
- Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding. Female patients of child-bearing potential must be following a medically recognized contraceptive program prior to and during the study. A negative pregnancy test is required prior to administration of study drug
- Patients with any gastrointestinal disorder, including pre-existing severe gastrointestinal narrowing that may affect the absorption or transit of orally administered drugs
- Patients with any intracranial lesion, increased intracranial pressure, seizure disorder, stroke within the past 6 months, and disorders of cognition
- Patients with clinically significant impaired kidney or liver function, thyroid disease, enlarged prostate, or urethral narrowing
- Patients who may be at risk for serious decreases in blood pressure upon administration of an opioid analgesic
About this study
Official title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Repeated Dose, Parallel-Group Comparison of the Efficacy & Tolerability of Dilaudid SR Tablets and Immediate Release Dilaudid Tablets (Hydromorphone HCI) in Patients With Chronic Pain
The purpose of this study was to characterize a safe and effective means of conversion and titration to an appropriate dose of hydromorphone HCI, to demonstrate comparable efficacy of OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) and hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) following administration of approximately equivalent total daily doses and demonstrate a significant dose-response relationship between OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) for breakthrough pain medication use or alternatively, diary-based analgesic scores
Read the detailed description
This was a randomized (patients are assigned different treatments based on chance), double-blind (neither the patient nor the physician knows whether drug or placebo is being taken, or at what dosage), repeated-dose, three-arm parallel group study conducted in three phases. Following a Prior Opioid Stabilization Phase, wherein patients were required to be on a stable dose of chronic opioid therapy, patients were converted, titrated and stabilized on hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) to achieve acceptable levels of analgesia in the Open-Label Hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) Conversion, Titration, and Stabilization Phase. Supplementary hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) was provided for breakthrough pain, and patients were considered stabilized on hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) when the total daily dose of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) remained unchanged with no more than three hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) breakthrough pain medication doses per day for 2 consecutive days. Patients who were able to achieve a stable total daily dose of at least 20 mg but not more than 60 mg of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) (exclusive of breakthrough pain medication) within the 14 day Open-Label hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) Conversion, Titration, and Stabilization Phase of the study entered the Double-Blind, Randomized, Repeat Dosing Phase of the study. Patients were randomized to receive 7 days of either OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) at a daily dose approximately equal to their stabilized total daily dose of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release), OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) at a daily dose approximately equal to one-half their stabilized total daily dose of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) (1/2 OROS hydromorphone slow release), or hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) at the same daily dose on which they were stabilized (hydromorphone immediate release). Patients who completed the study were eligible for participation in an open-label OROS hydromorphone SR (slow release) long-term extension study (Protocol DO-109). OROS hydromorphone slow release 8, 16 and 32 mg tablets, hydromorphone immediate release 2 and 4 mg tablets, placebo immediate release 2 and 4 mg tablets and placebo slow release 8, 16, and 32 mg tablets taken orally for 7 days
- Conditions
- Pain
- Being tested
- OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release)
- Keywords
- Cancer pain, Oral analgesic, OROS hydromorphone HCI
- Medical subject headings
- Pain, Cancer Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release)Drug
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
This study demonstrated a dose-response relationship with OROS hydromorphone slow release and no statistically significant differences in efficacy results between OROS hydromorphone slow release and immediate release at approximately equal doses.
Secondary outcomes (1)
There were no statistically significant differences between treatment groups in measures of efficacy at baseline or endpoint
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Dec 2006 (estimated)
- Study completionJun 1999
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Enrolment
- 169 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Alza Corporation, DE, USA
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Investigators
- Alza Corporation Clinical Trial, Study director, ALZA
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00410943
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CR013276
- Status last verified
- Apr 2010
- First submitted
- 12 Dec 2006
- Last updated
- 27 Apr 2010
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Apr 2010. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Randomized, Double-Blind, Repeated Dose, Parallel-Group Comparison of the Efficacy & Tolerability of Dilaudid SR Tablets and Immediate Release Dilaudid Tablets (Hydromorphone HCI) in Patients With Chronic Pain
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00410943
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CR013276
- Conditions
- Pain
- Keywords
- Cancer pain, Oral analgesic, OROS hydromorphone HCI
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 169 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Alza Corporation, DE, USAIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study completion
- Jun 1999 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Dec 2006 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study was to characterize a safe and effective means of conversion and titration to an appropriate dose of hydromorphone HCI, to demonstrate comparable efficacy of OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) and hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) following administration of approximately equivalent total daily doses and demonstrate a significant dose-response relationship between OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) for breakthrough pain medication use or alternatively, diary-based analgesic scores
Detailed description
This was a randomized (patients are assigned different treatments based on chance), double-blind (neither the patient nor the physician knows whether drug or placebo is being taken, or at what dosage), repeated-dose, three-arm parallel group study conducted in three phases. Following a Prior Opioid Stabilization Phase, wherein patients were required to be on a stable dose of chronic opioid therapy, patients were converted, titrated and stabilized on hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) to achieve acceptable levels of analgesia in the Open-Label Hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) Conversion, Titration, and Stabilization Phase. Supplementary hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) was provided for breakthrough pain, and patients were considered stabilized on hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) when the total daily dose of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) remained unchanged with no more than three hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) breakthrough pain medication doses per day for 2 consecutive days. Patients who were able to achieve a stable total daily dose of at least 20 mg but not more than 60 mg of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) (exclusive of breakthrough pain medication) within the 14 day Open-Label hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) Conversion, Titration, and Stabilization Phase of the study entered the Double-Blind, Randomized, Repeat Dosing Phase of the study. Patients were randomized to receive 7 days of either OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) at a daily dose approximately equal to their stabilized total daily dose of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release), OROS hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) at a daily dose approximately equal to one-half their stabilized total daily dose of hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) (1/2 OROS hydromorphone slow release), or hydromorphone HCI IR (immediate release) at the same daily dose on which they were stabilized (hydromorphone immediate release). Patients who completed the study were eligible for participation in an open-label OROS hydromorphone SR (slow release) long-term extension study (Protocol DO-109). OROS hydromorphone slow release 8, 16 and 32 mg tablets, hydromorphone immediate release 2 and 4 mg tablets, placebo immediate release 2 and 4 mg tablets and placebo slow release 8, 16, and 32 mg tablets taken orally for 7 days
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Patients who have chronic non-malignant or cancer pain currently receiving strong or transdermal opioid analgesics on a daily basis or patients suitable for advancement of therapy to step 3 on the WHO (World Health Organization) analgesic ladder
- Patients who, at Visit 2, require the equivalent of at least 80 mg but no more than 300 mg of oral morphine sulfate (exclusive of breakthrough pain medication) every 24 hours or at least 25 micrograms an hour but no more than 75 micrograms an hour of Fentanyl
- Patients must be on a stable dose of a strong opioid medication at Visit 2. Patients will be considered stabilized when the total daily dose of their prestudy opioid medication remains unchanged, with no more than three opioid breakthrough pain doses/day administered for breakthrough pain, for two consecutive days
- Patients who can be expected to have reasonably stable opioid requirements for the duration of the study
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients intolerant of or hypersensitive to hydromorphone (or other opioid agonists)
- Patients who have difficulty swallowing or are unable to swallow tablets
- Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding. Female patients of child-bearing potential must be following a medically recognized contraceptive program prior to and during the study. A negative pregnancy test is required prior to administration of study drug
- Patients with any gastrointestinal disorder, including pre-existing severe gastrointestinal narrowing that may affect the absorption or transit of orally administered drugs
- Patients with any intracranial lesion, increased intracranial pressure, seizure disorder, stroke within the past 6 months, and disorders of cognition
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) | Drug | – |
Primary outcome
This study demonstrated a dose-response relationship with OROS hydromorphone slow release and no statistically significant differences in efficacy results between OROS hydromorphone slow release and immediate release at approximately equal doses.
1 secondary outcome
There were no statistically significant differences between treatment groups in measures of efficacy at baseline or endpoint
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Apr 2010.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
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ALZA
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing OROS Hydromorphone HCI SR (slow release) in people with Pain, run by Alza Corporation, DE, USA.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Apr 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
This study demonstrated a dose-response relationship with OROS hydromorphone slow release and no statistically significant differences in efficacy results between OROS hydromorphone slow release and immediate release at approximately equal doses.. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Apr 2010; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.