NCT00757679

Brief Summary

Evaluation of the antinociceptive effect of 7 weeks of treatment with milnacipran, compared to placebo, in fibromyalgia out-patients

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
153

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_2

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2006

Typical duration for phase_2

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2006

Completed
2.1 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 22, 2008

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 23, 2008

Completed
11 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2009

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 2009

Completed
Last Updated

July 11, 2013

Status Verified

July 1, 2013

Enrollment Period

3 years

First QC Date

September 22, 2008

Last Update Submit

July 10, 2013

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • To assess the antinociceptive effect of 7 weeks of treatment with milnacipran, compared to placebo, in fibromyalgia outpatients.

    7 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • The analgesic effect of 7 weeks of treatment with milnacipran, compared to placebo

    7 weeks

  • The correlation of the antinociceptive and analgesic effects of milnacipran with the cytochrome CYP2D6 and COMT phenotype polymorphism determinations

    7 weeks

  • The safety/tolerability and compliance of 8 weeks of treatment with milnacipran

    8 weeks

  • The therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and carry out the PK/PD correlations

    7 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Milnacipran

EXPERIMENTAL
Drug: Milnacipran

Placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR
Drug: Placebo

Interventions

capsules

Milnacipran

capsules

Placebo

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 70 Years
Sexfemale
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • patient with FMS according to the 1990 ACR criteria
  • patient willing to withdraw from CNS-active therapies commonly used for FMS, including anti-depressants, anti-convulsivants, opiates
  • patient willing to discontinue treatment with tender and trigger point injections, joint injections and anesthetics

You may not qualify if:

  • severe psychiatric illness
  • current Major Depressive Episode (MDE)
  • significant risk of suicide
  • history of substance abuse
  • epilepsy
  • myocardial infarction in the past 24 months
  • active cardiac disease
  • congestive heart failure
  • prosthetic heart valve
  • haemodynamically significant valvular heart disease
  • known cardiac rhythm anomalies or conduction abnormalities
  • unstable and uncontrolled arterial hypertension or supine arterial blood pressure over 160/90 mmHg
  • pulmonary dysfunction
  • active liver disease
  • renal impairment
  • +14 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology Multidisciplinary Pain Centre

Geneva, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Milnacipran

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesRheumatic DiseasesNeuromuscular DiseasesNervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

CyclopropanesCycloparaffinsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicHydrocarbons, CyclicHydrocarbonsOrganic Chemicals

Study Officials

  • Jules Desmeules, MD

    Centre Hospitalier HUG Genève - SUISSE

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 22, 2008

First Posted

September 23, 2008

Study Start

September 1, 2006

Primary Completion

September 1, 2009

Study Completion

September 1, 2009

Last Updated

July 11, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-07

Locations