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NCT number NCT01218984
Other study ID # ALK21-004
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received October 8, 2010
Last updated January 3, 2011
Start date March 2002
Est. completion date May 2003

Study information

Verified date January 2011
Source Alkermes, Inc.
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This was a Phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind pilot study in opioid-using adults to assess the presence, duration, and degree of opiate blockade as well as the safety and tolerability of Medisorb® naltrexone (VIVITROL®). Subjects were randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive a single gluteal intramuscular (IM) injection of Medisorb naltrexone 75, 150, or 300 mg.


Description:

Potential subjects were screened within 21 days prior to dosing of study drug (Medisorb naltrexone or placebo) on Day 0. Screening evaluations included a baseline hydromorphone challenge session in which increasing doses of hydromorphone (0 mg [placebo], 3 mg, 4.5 mg, and 6 mg) were administered at hourly intervals to produce a cumulative dose-response curve. Throughout the 4-hour challenge period, subject-rated measures (Visual Analog Scale [VAS] questions) and physiological measures (ie, pupil size) were recorded.

As a safety measure, at least 7 days after the baseline hydromorphone challenge, a naloxone challenge was performed followed by a 1-day oral naltrexone tolerability assessment. On Day 0, eligible subjects were administered a single dose of study drug. To assess the level of opiate blockade and surmountability attributable to Medisorb naltrexone, experimental hydromorphone challenge sessions were conducted postdose at Days 7, 14, 21, 28, 42, and 56, with a single placebo hydromorphone challenge administered at a randomly selected visit. Pupil size was measured 15 minutes prior to the first hydromorphone dose and at 15, 30, 45, and minutes after each ascending hydromorphone/placebo for hydromorphone dose. Blood samples for measurement of naltrexone and 6B-naltrexol were obtained at screening and before hydromorphone/placebo administration on Days 7, 14, 21, 28, 42, and 56.

Subjects were monitored for safety through Day 56.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 27
Est. completion date May 2003
Est. primary completion date May 2003
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 21 Years and older
Eligibility Primary Inclusion Criteria:

- Adults who had used opioids: non-medically for at least 1 year; at least once per week for at least some period during their use history; and fewer than 3 times per week on average for the 30 days prior to screening.

- Provided written informed consent

- Demonstrated a positive response to hydromorphone challenge during screening

- Willing to use contraception for study duration if of childbearing potential

Primary Exclusion Criteria:

- Any clinically significant medical condition or laboratory abnormality at screening

- Participated in a clinical trial within prior 30 days

- Dependent on opioids

- Seeking treatment for opioid abuse

- Psychosis or any major mood or anxiety disorder

- Pregnancy or lactation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Medisorb naltrexone 75 mg
Single administration via intramuscular (IM) injection.
Medisorb naltrexone 150 mg
Single administration via IM injection.
Medisorb naltrexone 300 mg
Single administration via IM injection.
Hydromorphone (10 mg/mL)
Increasing doses of 0, 3, 4.5, and 6 mg were administered at baseline (pre-study drug administration). After study drug administration, additional hydromorphone challenge sessions consisting of administering 0, 3, 4.5, and 6 mg were administered at 1-hr intervals at each of the postdose evaluation visits. In addition, at a randomly selected evaluation visit, subjects received four 0 mg (placebo) doses at 1-hour intervals.
Naloxone Challenge and Oral Naltrexone Tolerability Testing
Administered according to the instructions provided by the respective manufacturer. Testing occurred at least 7 days after the baseline hydromorphone challenge and prior to study drug administration.

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Alkermes, Inc.

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Slope Change From Baseline for Pupil Size Photographs of subjects' pupils were measured horizontally and vertically, 15 minutes before the first hydromorphone dose and every 15 minutes after each hydromorphone/placebo for hydromorphone dose, for up to 1 hour. Size was the product of vertical and horizontal measures. The slope, determined by linear regression, was used as a summary measure of the dose-response relationship between the hydromorphone dose and pupil size. The steeper the slope, the greater the hydromorphone effect. A slope of zero indicated no evidence of a hydromorphone effect. 4 weeks (Baseline to Day 28) No
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