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NCT Number: NCT03472677

The Effect of Injection Site Cooling on Pain Experienced After the Administration of CNTX-4975-05 Into the Knee

A clinical study to measure the effects of injection-site cooling on pain experienced after knee injections of capsaicin in healthy subjects and in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

MAC Clinical Research

Manchester, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Cohort 1 Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subject is aged between 18 and 45 years, inclusive.
  • Subjects Body Mass Index (BMI) is between 18 and 32 kg/m^2, inclusive and subject's weight is greater than or equal to 50 kg.
  • Subjects must be in good health, in the opinion of the Investigator, as determined by a medical history, physical examination, clinical laboratory tests, vital signs and 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG).

Cohort 1 Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject has had a clinically significant illness that has not completely resolved in the four weeks before screening.
  • Subject has a history of neurological disorder which may impact the perception of pain or impairs the subject's ability to fully participate in the trial.

Cohorts 2-4 Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subject is aged between 45 and 75 years, inclusive.
  • Subject's BMI is between 18 and 32 kg/m^2, inclusive and subject's weight is greater than or equal to 50 kg.
  • Subject has a diagnosis of bilateral moderate to severe painful knee OA (subjects will be required to have a score on Pain with walking in the previous 24 hours, of 4 to 9, inclusive NPRS 0-10). The condition must be chronic with a history of painful arthritis for at least 3 months prior to entry in the study.

Cohorts 2-4 Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject has had a clinically significant illness, other than osteoarthritis, that has not completely resolved in the four weeks before screening.
  • Subject has a history of neurological disorder which may impact the perception of pain or impairs the subject's ability to fully participate in the trial.
  • Subject has used analgesic medications in the 2 days prior to dosing, except for paracetamol, as needed.
  • Subject has used topical medications applied to the knee for OA pain (including capsaicin, lidocaine, prescription or OTC medications) from 90 days prior to screening through to dosing.
  • Subject has been injected with corticosteroids in the knee 90 days prior to screening through to dosing.
  • Subject currently uses opioids for any condition other than OA knee pain (maximum dose 15 mg hydrocodone, or equivalent, per day prescribed by a physician).

Treatment and study plan

Ice Pack and Cooling Device

Other

A comparison of two cooling methodologies in healthy volunteers after single intra-articular (IA) injection (15 mL) of 2% lidocaine (without epinephrine).

CNTX-4975-05 (trans-capsaicin)

Drug

Controlled cooling wrap vs ice pack cooling after single IA injection of 1 mg CNTX-4975-05 in each arm after single IA (15 mL) injection of 2% lidocaine (without epinephrine).

Capsaicin

Drug

Four intradermal injections of capsaicin, two on each forearm.

Primary outcomes

  1. Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS): Injection-site Pain

    Time frame: Days 1 and 7

    Cohorts 2-4: Change in injection-site pain following intra-articular (IA) administration of CNTX-4975-05 (trans-capsaicin) scored using NPRS on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 corresponding to no pain and 10 corresponding to the worst pain imaginable.

Secondary outcomes

  1. IA Temperature

    Time frame: Days 1 and 7

    Cohorts 1-4: IA temperature measurements.

  2. Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS): Procedural Pain

    Time frame: Days 1 and 7

    Cohort 1: Procedural pain following single intra-articular (IA) injection (15 mL) of 2% lidocaine (without epinephrine) using NPRS on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 corresponding to no pain and 10 corresponding to the worst pain imaginable.

  3. Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS): Procedural Pain

    Time frame: Days 1 and 7

    Cohorts 2-4: Procedural pain following intradermal (ID) administration of the challenge agent capsaicin as a function of temperature scored using NPRS on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 corresponding to no pain and 10 corresponding to the worst pain imaginable.

  4. Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS): Pain with Walking

    Time frame: Screening through Day 42

    Cohorts 2-4: Average pain with walking over the past 24 hours scored using NPRS on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 corresponding to no pain and 10 corresponding to the worst pain imaginable.

  5. Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)

    Time frame: Screening through Day 42

    Cohorts 2-4: Calculation of KOOS for each painful osteoarthritis knee on a scale of 0 to 100 with 0 representing extreme problems and 100 representing no problems.

  6. Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC)

    Time frame: Screening through Day 42

    Cohorts 2-4: Change in knee pain for each painful osteoarthritis knee scored using PGIC on a scale of 1 to 7 with 1 representing very much improved and 7 representing very much worse.

  7. Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS): Thermal Pain

    Time frame: Between Days 28 and 35 inclusive; and Day 42

    Cohorts 1-4: Thermal pain approximately two weeks following intradermal (ID) administration of the challenge agent capsaicin scored using NPRS on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 corresponding to no pain and 10 corresponding to the worst pain imaginable.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centrexion Therapeutics

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1b Study to Characterize the Effect of Injection Site Cooling on Pain Experienced After CNTX-4975-05 (Trans-capsaicin) Intra-articular and Capsaicin Intradermal Injections in Healthy Volunteers and Subjects With Bilateral Painful Knee Osteoarthritis

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Mar 21, 2018
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2018

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