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A Study to Evaluate the Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of VM902A in Subjects With Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee

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Purdue Pharma

Status and phase

Terminated
Phase 2

Conditions

Osteoarthritis Pain of the Knee

Treatments

Drug: VM902A 200-mg Capsules
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Naproxen 500-mg Capsules
Drug: VM902A 400-mg Capsules

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02847702
TKA2001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the analgesic efficacy, safety, and tolerability of VM902A twice daily compared to placebo in subjects with moderate to severe chronic pain due to OA of the knee.

Enrollment

75 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria Include:

  1. Males and females ≥ 40 and ≤ 75 years of age with moderate to severe chronic OA pain of the knee (lasting several hours daily) as their predominant pain condition for at least 6 months prior to screening

  2. Diagnostic criteria for primary pain condition (American College of Rheumatology [ACR] clinical and radiographic criteria):

    • At least 1 of the following in addition to knee pain: age > 50, stiffness < 30 min, crepitus on active motion, and
    • Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) grade 2 or 3 radiographic evidence at the screening visit as determined by a local radiologist or rheumatologist. Note that K-L grades 2 to 3 require the presence of osteophytes, which is required to meet ACR clinical and radiographic criteria for knee OA
  3. Subjects whose OA pain of the index knee is not adequately treated prior to the screening visit:

    • Subjects must have a self-reported average pain intensity rating of moderate or severe on a verbal rating scale (ie, none, mild, moderate, and severe) over the 7 days prior to the screening visit

  4. The subjects must have "average pain over the last 24 hours" scores ≥ 5 and ≤ 9 on an 11-point numerical rating scale (NRS) for the index knee on ≥ 3 consecutive days during the screening period and come in for randomization within 72 hours after qualification is met

  5. Subjects who are willing and able to stop taking any/all analgesic medications, including over-the-counter pain medications, opioids, marijuana, and topical analgesics for OA pain for the duration of the treatment period, with the exception of study-specific rescue medication.

Key Exclusion Criteria Include:

  1. Subjects with radiographic evidence of OA with K-L grade 0, 1, or 4
  2. Subjects at risk for destructive arthropathy, subjects with a history of osteonecrosis, osteoporotic fracture, rapidly progressive osteoarthritis (RPOA 1 and 2), subchondral insufficiency fracture, and hip/knee dislocations
  3. Subjects considered high risk for surgery based upon American Society of Anesthesiologists physical classification system for surgery grading, or subjects who would not be willing to undergo joint replacement surgery if required
  4. Subjects with chronic pain conditions other than OA of the knee as their predominant pain condition, including gout (except for subjects with gout that is controlled with diet and/or with stable suppressive treatment with uric acid reducing medication(s) and/or colchicine, and who have not had any attack within the past 2 years), pseudogout, psoriatic arthritis, active Lyme disease, rheumatoid arthritis or any other inflammatory arthritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain conditions, bursitis, or acute injury or signs of active infection in the target pain area
  5. Subjects scheduled for surgical interventions of the disease site or any other major surgery during the study conduct period
  6. Subjects with a history of a prior joint replacement of the index knee
  7. Subjects who have had arthroscopy on either knee or hip within 6 months of entering the study, or open surgery on either knee or hip within 12 months of entering the study.

Other protocol-specific inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

75 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

VM902A 200 mg
Experimental group
Description:
VM902A 200-mg Capsules
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo
Drug: VM902A 200-mg Capsules
VM902A 400 mg
Experimental group
Description:
VM902A 400-mg Capsules (2 x 200-mg capsules)
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo
Drug: VM902A 400-mg Capsules
Naproxen
Active Comparator group
Description:
Naproxen 500-mg Capsules
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Naproxen 500-mg Capsules
Placebo
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Placebo
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo

Trial contacts and locations

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