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NCT Number: NCT00803023

Safety and Tolerability Study Comparing Sodium Oxybate Given as an Oral Solution to a Single-blinded Combination of Oral Tablets Plus Oral Solution in Subjects With Fibromyalgia

To compare the safety and tolerability of sodium oxybate given as a combination of an oral solution and oral tablets for 4 weeks in subjects with fibromyalgia (FM).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Arizona Research Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject is able to understand the written informed consent
  • Subject is 18 years of age or older.
  • Subject meets the ACR criteria for fibromyalgia
  • Subject is willing to discontinue prohibited by the protocol
  • Subject agrees to use only non-sedating over-the-counter (OTC)medication
  • Subject is willing to abstain from the ingestion of alcohol for the duration of the trial.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject has protocol prohibited medical & psychiatric conditions that would exclude subject
  • Subject has a current or past history of a substance use disorder including alcohol abuse
  • Subject has a clinically significant history of seizure disorder either past or present
  • Female subject who is pregnant, nursing or lactating.
  • Subject is diagnosed with sleep apnea
  • Subject is unable to discontinue protocol prohibited medications
  • Subject is experiencing fatigue and/or drowsiness/sedation in association with intake of allowed medications.
  • Subject has taken any investigational drug within 5 half-lives of the investigational drug prior to signing the informed consent form.
  • Subject has an allergic reaction to GHB or sodium oxybate or any of its constituents (e.g. malic acid).
  • Subject is on a sodium-restricted diet.
  • Subject has abnormal liver function test or other abnormal lab values
  • Subject has an occupation that requires variable shift work or routine night shifts or cannot routinely spend at least 6 hours per night in bed.
  • Subject has any other problems that, in the investigator's opinion, would preclude the subject's participation and completion of this trial or compromise reliable representation of subjective symptoms.
  • Subject has been randomized into a previous Xyrem (sodium oxybate) clinical trial.

Treatment and study plan

Sodium Oxybate

Drug

4.5 grams per night taken in two equally divided doses

Sodium Oxybate & 6 Tablets

Drug

4.5 grams taken as a combination of liquid and 6 Placebo tablets in two equally divided doses per night

Sodium Oxybate & 8 Tablets

Drug

6 grams taken as a combination of liquid and 8 Placebo tablets in two equally divided doses per night

Sodium Oxybate Oral Solution (6 grams)

Drug

6 grams per night taken in two equally divided doses

Primary outcomes

  1. Summary of Most Frequent Adverse Events (Per Arm) Experienced by Study Subjects

    Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Tolerability Assessed by Adverse Events

    Time frame: 4 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
First posted
Dec 5, 2008
Registry last updated
Aug 19, 2011

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