An Efficacy and Safety Study of Fentanyl in Participants With Chronic Pain

Janssen (J&J Innovative Medicine)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Drug: Fentanyl

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00788372

JNS020QD-JPN-N03

CR015583

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of fentanyl one-day transdermal patch (JNS020QD, patch containing a drug that is put on the skin so the drug will enter the body through the skin) in participants with chronic (lasting a long time) pain.

Full description

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), multi-center (conducted in more than one center) and non-comparative study of fentanyl one-day transdermal patch. The study consists of 4 periods: Screening period (3-14 days), Treatment period 1 (4 weeks), Treatment period 2 (48 weeks), Tapering period (0-6 weeks) and Follow-up period (1 week). Treatment will be initiated at 12.5 microgram per hour (mcg/hr). In both Treatment period 1 and 2, the dose will be increased as per the Investigator's discretion, ranging from 12.5 mcg/hr to 100 mcg/hr and the maximum application dose will be 300 mcg/hr. However, in Treatment period 2, the dose will be increased on 7th day before the day of medical examination (only if the participant used rescue treatment for minimum of 3 times per day for minimum of 4 days). The patch will be applied on areas including the chest, abdomen, upper arm and femoral region and replaced daily. Efficacy will primarily be evaluated by visual analog scale (VAS) score. The total duration of the study treatment will be 52 weeks. Participants' safety will be monitored throughout the study.

Enrollment: 142 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants whose medication for chronic pain meets one of the criteria among a to e (2 or more types of opioid analgesics must not be used): a) Participants who are taking non-opioid analgesic at the normal highest dose or more for at least 14 consecutive days during 12 weeks before the informed consent, but were not continuously taking the non-opioid analgesic during 14 days before the informed consent for medical reasons such as safety b) Participants who are continuously taking an additional analgesic with a certain dosage and administration for at least 14 consecutive days before the informed consent c)Participants who are continuously taking codeine phosphate or dihydrocodeine phosphate less than 270 milligram (mg) daily (except for rescue treatment) for at least 14 consecutive days before the informed consent d) Participants who are continuously taking codeine morphine hydrochloride of oral morphine equivalent dose of less than 45 mg daily (except for rescue treatment) for at least 14 consecutive days before the informed consent (less than 30 mg daily for suppositories and less than 15 mg daily for injections) e) Participants who are continuously taking fentanyl citrate injection of less than 0.3 mg daily (except for rescue treatment) for at least 14 consecutive days before the informed consent
• Participants with chronic pain continuing for at least 12 weeks before informed consent
• Participants with an average pain intensity of greater than or equal to 50 millimeter (mm) on the Visual Analog Scale in 24-hour daily living before informed consent
• Participants who can be hospitalized to the 4th day after the initiation of patch application
• Participants who were given a sufficient explanation about the investigational product and the study and gave their own consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Participants whose main cause of the pain to be assessed is considered attributable to psychogenic pain
• Participants with severe respiratory function disorders
• Participants with asthma (breathing disorder in which there is wheezing and difficulty breathing) and bradyarrhythmia (slow, irregular heartbeats)
• Participants with hepatic dysfunction function such as fulminant hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) and liver cirrhosis (serious liver disorder in which connective tissue replaces normal liver tissue, and liver failure often occurs), or renal impairment such as nephritic syndrome, acute renal failure, and chronic renal failure
• Participants with organic disorder in the brain such as brain tumor who have any of these symptoms: intracranial pressure increased, consciousness disturbance or coma and respiratory disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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142 participants in 1 patient group

Fentanyl

Experimental group

Description:

Fentanyl transdermal patch will be applied once daily up to 4 weeks in Treatment period 1, releasing at the rate of 12.5 microgram per hour (mcg/hr), maintained for 2 days and for another 48 weeks in Treatment period 2. The dose will be increased as per Investigators' discretion in both treatment periods and the maximum applied dose will be 300 mcg/hr. Total duration of treatment is 52 weeks.

Treatment:

Drug: Fentanyl