Efficacy and Tolerability of Carbamazepine CR in Diabetic Neuropathy Pain

July 10, 2017 updated by: Novartis

Phase IV Open Non Comparative Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Tegretol® in Diabetes Neuropathy Pain.

The trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of carbamazepine in neuropathic pain in diabetic patients

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

123

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Rabat, Morocco
        • Novartis Investigational site

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diabetes patients with Diabetes neuropathy DN4 > or equal to 4
  • Male or female aged from 21 to 65 years
  • Informed consent
  • HbA1C < 11%

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior Hospitalization for Acido- cetosis
  • Prior hospitalization for severe hypoglycemia
  • Pregnancy
  • Hepatitis
  • Diabetes foot
  • AVB (auriculo-ventricular conduction disturbance)
  • Patient treated by antidepressant drugs
  • Patient treated with other antiepileptic drug
  • Patients with blood ion disturbance
  • Patient with neutropenia
  • Glaucoma
  • Bladder Adenoma
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Creatinin clearance < 60 ml/ minute

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Carbamazepine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The decrease of neuropathic pain in diabetic patients using Brief Pain Inventory scale (BPI)
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Evaluate the tolerability of carbamazepine (including Adverse Events, Serious Adverse Events and abnormal laboratory finding)
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks
Evaluate the quality of life
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 17, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 18, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 19, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 13, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 10, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2011

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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