A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Tapentadol ER Compared With Placebo in Patients With Chronic, Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of orally administered tapentadol extended release (ER) at dosages of 100 to 250 mg twice daily compared with placebo in patients with moderate to severe pain due to chronic, painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) who tolerated tapentadol (ER) and have an initial treatment effect (pain improvement) after a 3-week, open-label titration period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01041859

Run by

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

People needed

460

Starts

2009-12-01

Expected to finish

2011-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus must have a documented clinical diagnosis of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy with symptoms and signs for at least 6 months, and pain present at the time of screening
• Diagnosis must include pain plus reduction or absence of pin sensibility and/or vibration sensibility on Total Neuropathy Score - Nurse (TNSn) examination in lower and/or upper extremities at screening
• The investigator considers the patient's blood glucose to be controlled by diet, or hypoglycemics, or insulin for at least 3 months prior to enrolling in the study
• Patients have been taking analgesic medications for the condition for at least 3 months prior to screening (patients taking opioid analgesics must be dissatisfied with current treatment, and patients taking non-opioid analgesics must be dissatisfied with current analgesia)
• Patients currently requiring opioid treatment must be taking daily doses of an opioid-based analgesic equivalent to <=160mg of oral morphine

You may not qualify if…

• Significant history of pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, metabolic (except diabetes mellitus), neurological, psychiatric disorders (resulting in disorientation, memory impairment or inability to report accurately as in schizophrenia)
• History of moderate to severe hepatic impairment
• Severely impaired renal function
• Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities
• Clinically significant cardiac disease
• History of seizure disorder or epilepsy
• History of any other clinically significant disease that in the investigator's opinion may affect efficacy or safety assessments or may compromise patient safety during study participation

Where it is running

• Study site — Chandler, Arizona, United States
• Study site — Mesa, Arizona, United States
• Study site — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Study site — Fresno, California, United States
• Study site — Orange, California, United States
• Study site — Redding, California, United States
• Study site — Sacramento, California, United States
• Study site — San Francisco, California, United States
• Study site — Spring Valley, California, United States
• Study site — Walnut Creek, California, United States
• Study site — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Study site — Clearwater, Florida, United States
• Study site — Hallandale, Florida, United States
• Study site — Miami, Florida, United States
• Study site — Ormond Beach, Florida, United States
• Study site — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
• Study site — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Study site — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
• Study site — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Study site — Marietta, Georgia, United States
• Study site — Boise, Idaho, United States
• Study site — Eagle, Idaho, United States
• Study site — Meridian, Idaho, United States
• Study site — Avon, Indiana, United States
• Study site — Mobile, Alabama, United States

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