Dose Ranging Trial to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of EMA401 in Patients With PHN

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2016-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparison (two dose levels of EMA401 versus a placebo group), of safety and efficacy in patients with postherpetic neuralgia.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Spinifex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
• Collaborators: INC Research; Syneos Health

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be diagnosed as suffering from PHN defined as pain in the region of the rash persisting for more than six months after onset of herpes zoster rash.

• Be assessed as suffering from moderate to severe pain across the Screening Period. The assessment of moderate and severe pain will be made using an algorithm proprietary to Spinifex. The Investigator/site staff will be informed immediately as to whether the patient is eligible or ineligible on the ePRO website based on the patient entering all relevant pain scores in the eDiary device.

• Women of child bearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative urine pregnancy test at the Screening Visit (Visit 1) and within 72 hours prior to administration of IP.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients taking any topical treatment for their PHN at the time of Screening Visit 2 will be excluded, including lidocaine plaster, capsaicin patch, and any other topical preparations of these or any other topical medications (e.g., aspirin, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)) for their PHN.

• Have a blood pressure reading, after resting for at least five minutes, outside a systolic blood pressure range of 84-151 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure > 95 mmHg. If the blood pressure is outside of the range, a repeat measurement can be taken after the patient has rested. The repeat measurement should be used as the screening value.

• Have serum aspartate transaminase (AST) or alanine transaminase (ALT) levels > 1.5 x the upper limit of normal or have total bilirubin concentrations > 1.5 x the upper limit of normal at Screening (Visit 1).

• Patients who have a known diagnosis of diabetes and are stable on medication with a hemoglobin A1c > 8%. Those who do not have a known diagnosis of diabetes with a hemoglobin A1c > 7%.

• Have active herpes zoster upon physical examination at Screening (Visit 1) or during the study.

• Known history of, or positive laboratory result for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as defined by being seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), HCV antibodies or HIV antibodies respectively.