NCT01275755

Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of ADL5945 Once Daily for the Treatment of Opioid-induced Constipation in Adults Taking Opioid Therapy for Chronic Noncancer Pain

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ADL5945 Once Daily for the Treatment of Opioid-induced Constipation in Adults Taking Opioid Therapy for Chronic Noncancer Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA) · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Morphine and related opioid analgesics are known to slow gastrointestinal (GI) motility and reduce intestinal secretion through their binding to μ opioid receptors (MORs) within the GI tract. The most common symptoms associated with the effects of opioids are constipation and nausea and/or vomiting. Moreover, constipation is a common and distressing side effect of long-term opioid therapy. The primary objective of this study was to compare ADL5945 once daily, a MOR antagonist, with placebo in the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in adults taking long-term opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain.

Conditions

• Constipation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Placebo
DRUG	ADL5945 0.25 mg

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-19
• Primary completion: 2011-07-15
• Completion: 2011-07-15
• First posted: 2011-01-12
• Last updated: 2018-11-15
• Results posted: 2015-06-08