Naloxegol in Cancer Opioid-Induced Constipation
A Phase II, Randomized, Single Center, Pilot Feasibility Study to Evaluate Naloxegol for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Cancer Patients
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a common symptom in patients with cancer-related pain and requires burdensome self-titration of laxatives for prophylaxis and treatment. Consequently, naloxegol may have an important role in this setting. Naloxegol has been evaluated in relieving OIC with cancer patients in a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial over 4 weeks with a 12-week extension phase. However, accrual was challenging and the trial was closed early. Given the complexity of cancer and its treatment, a key first step is to determine if evaluating naloxegol versus standard of care is feasible in the management of OIC in this setting.
Subjects will receive naloxegol 25mg daily or usual care for a 2-week initial treatment period followed by 3-day washout period, then a 2-week crossover treatment period where subjects will receive naloxegol or usual care. Treatment assignment during the initial and crossover treatment periods will be dictated by the randomization arm. Subjects will also have the option to participate in a 12-week extension phase of naloxegol.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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California
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La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
- UCSD Moores Cancer Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults greater than or equal to 18 years old.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) less than or equal to 3.
- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) greater than or equal to 30 ml/min/1.73m2 by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD).
- Corrected serum calcium level less than or equal to 10.5 mg/dL.
- Estimated life expectancy greater than or equal to 6 months.
- Negative pregnancy test prior to initiating study treatment for females of childbearing potential.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients receiving the following medications within 3 days of Study Day 1 and/or are planned to receive throughout the duration of the study period: opioid antagonist, mixed antagonist, a strong CYP3A4 and/or P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitor, a moderate CYP3A4 and/or P-gp inhibitor, and/or a strong CYP3A4 inducer.
- Concurrent total parenteral nutrition and/or use of metoclopramide.
- Patients at high risk for bowel perforation.
- Constipation that was not primarily caused by opioids in the investigator's medical opinion.
- A condition that may have affected the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (e.g., known brain metastases, meningeal metastases, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, recent brain injury, uncontrolled epilepsy)
- Patient has clinically active diverticular disease.
- Past medical history of irritable bowel syndrome, signs of active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, acute surgical abdomen, bowel stents, indwelling peritoneal catheter, mechanical GI obstruction, fecal impaction, or fecal ostomy.
- Patient has motility/neurologic disorders including autonomic failure (spinal cord lesions, tumor invasion of nerves) and/or poorly controlled endocrine/metabolic disorders (hypercalcemia, hypokalemia, diabetes, hypothyroidism), as determined by the investigator.
- Uncontrolled cancer pain despite analgesic therapy
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
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Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: A
Patients in Arm A will receive a single daily dose of 25mg naloxegol for the 2-week initial treatment period, followed by a 3-day washout period and 2-week crossover treatment period in which the patient will receive the treating physician's usual care for OIC using a stimulant laxative + rescue medication.
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Other Names:
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Active Comparator: B
Patients in Arm B will receive the treating physician's usual care for OIC using a stimulant laxative + rescue medication for the 2-week initial treatment period, followed by a 3-day washout period and 2-week crossover period in which the patient will receive a single daily dose of 25mg naloxegol.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Participants That Completed Naloxegol 25mg and the Number of Participants That Completed Standard of Care
Time Frame: 4 weeks
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completion of treatment defined as participants receiving all single daily doses for 2 weeks
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4 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 160121
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