Naldebain for Pain Control After Bariatric Surgery

Efficacy of Preoperative Injection of Naldebain® in Management of Acute and Chronic Pain After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Laparoscopic gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries the most common bariatric procedures for weight loss and improved management of metabolic syndromes. Patients may suffer from wound pain or referred pain after laparoscopic bariatric operation. Most importantly, 11.8% of these patients complained surgical-related pain one year after operation, and 8% of them required prolonged use of opioid to control chronic postoperative pain (CPSP). However, there are currently lack of clinical practice guidelines or recommendations for prevention of CPSP after laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Although regional block techniques (i.e. truncal block or intrathecal opioid) are considered as effective supplementary analgesic approaches to improve postoperative pain control, parenteral administration of analgesics remain as the mainstay for pain management of laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Naldebain® is prodrug of nalbuphine, which was approved by the Taiwan FDA in 2017. Naldebain® is an extended-release dinalbuphine sebacate, and is rapidly hydrolyzed by tissue of plasma esterase to release nalbuphine. A number of clinical studies have shown that single-dose of pre-operative intramuscular administration of Naldebain® provides significantly higher analgesic effect up to 1 week in hemorrhoidectomy and laparotomy surgery with a well-tolerated safety profile. Therefore, this PI-initiated randomized, double-blind, placebo-control trial aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of Naldebain® in management of acute postoperative pain in patients receiving laparoscopic gastric sleeve or bypass surgery, and prevention of the development of CPSP after surgery. This study will also analyze the plasma levels of nalbuphine following a single intramuscular injection in obese patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Obesity; Pain, Postoperative; Pharmacokinetics; Pain, Chronic; Bariatric Surgery
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Dinalbuphine sebacate; Drug: Placebo solution

Detailed Description

Clinical studies indicate that more than 80% of patients suffer from surgical-related pain in the first few days after major laparotomy or laparoscopic abdominal surgery and about 10% of these patients may develop chronic postoperative pain (CPSP), which can last up to several years after surgery. One of the major risk factors for developing CPSP is inadequate management of the acute postoperative pain. Laparoscopic gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries the most common bariatric procedures for weight loss and improved management of metabolic syndromes. Patients may suffer from wound pain or referred pain after laparoscopic bariatric operation. Most importantly, 11.8% of these patients complained surgical-related pain one year after operation, and 8% of them required prolonged use of opioid to control CPSP. However, there are currently lack of clinical practice guidelines or recommendations for prevention of CPSP after laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Although regional block techniques (i.e. truncal block or intrathecal opioid) are considered as effective supplementary analgesic approaches to improve postoperative pain control, parenteral administration of analgesics remain as the mainstay for pain management of laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Nalbuphine is a semi-synthetic opioid that acts as a mixed kappa opioid agonist and mu opioid antagonist, but its clinical applications in relieving acute postoperative pain is limited by the relatively short duration of action of 3-6h. Naldebain® is prodrug of nalbuphine, which was approved by the Taiwan FDA in 2017. Naldebain® is an extended-release dinalbuphine sebacate, and is rapidly hydrolyzed by tissue of plasma esterase to release nalbuphine. A number of clinical studies have shown that single-dose of pre-operative intramuscular administration of Naldebain® provides significantly higher analgesic effect up to 1 week in hemorrhoidectomy and laparotomy surgery with a well-tolerated safety profile. Naldebain® has not been tested in laparoscopic bariatric surgery and its pharmacokinetic profiles in overweight patients are undetermined. Therefore, this PI-initiated randomized, double-blind, placebo-control trial aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of Naldebain® in management of acute postoperative pain in patients receiving laparoscopic gastric sleeve or bypass surgery, and prevention of the development of CPSP after surgery. This study will also analyze the plasma levels of nalbuphine following a single intramuscular injection in obese patients.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 60
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Chen-Fuh Lam, MD, PhD; Phone Number: 253045 +8867-6150011; Email: lamcf@ncku.edu.tw

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Kaohsiung
    • Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 824
      • Recruiting
      • E-DA Hospital
      • Contact: Chen-Fuh Lam, MD, PhD; Email: lamcf@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient scheduled to receive laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery or laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Laparotomy bariatric surgery
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status > or =4
• Chronic opioid user
• Allergy to nalbuphine, benzyl benzoate or sesame oil
• Anticipated to receive ventilator support via an endotracheal tube after operation
• Not able for verbal pain assessment or not able to participate questionnaire survey

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: QUADRUPLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Naldebain group; Patients assigned to Naldebain® group will receive a single intramuscular injection of dinalbuphine sebacate (150 mg in 2 ml solvent containing benzyl benzoate and sesame oil) into the gluteus muscles under ultrasound-guidance.	Drug: Dinalbuphine sebacate; Naldebain dissolved in benzyl benzoate and sesame oil (a total volume of 2ml) will be prepared in a 5-ml syringe 30 min before administration. Intramuscular injection into the gluteal muscles will be performed by an anesthesiologist under sonography-guidance.; Other Names: Naldebain ER®; Sebacoyl Dinalbuphine Ester Injection
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo group; Patients assigned to placebo group will receive a single intramuscular injection of 2 ml solvent containing benzyl benzoate and sesame oil into the gluteus muscles under ultrasound-guidance.	Drug: Placebo solution; Benzyl benzoate and sesame oil served as placebo solution (a total volume of 2ml) will be prepared in a 5-ml syringe 30 min before administration. Intramuscular injection into the gluteal muscles will be performed by an anesthesiologist under sonography-guidance.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Acute postoperative pain	Pain score measured by visual analogue scale (VAS 1-10, a continuum scale in which 0 represents "no pain" and and 10 represents "worst pain.")	7 days after operation
Total requirement dose of rescue analgesics	Total doses of opioids, NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors administered	7 days after operation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of chronic post-surgical pain	Pain that newly develops after operation and lasts >2 months and other causes of pain are excluded	3 months after operation
Quality of life after surgery	Quality of life will be assessed by the HRQoL SF -12 Questionnaire, which consists a physical component summary (PCS) and a mental component summary (MCS). The rating scales range from yes-no to likert scales, and the final score of PCS and MCS will be calculated by an algorithm (QualityMetric's SF-12v1®). Scores range from 0 to 100, in which lower scores mean lower health related quality of life.	3 months after operation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: E-DA Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Chen-Fuh Lam, MD, PhD, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): June 24, 2021
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): March 31, 2022
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): June 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 25, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 25, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): December 3, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): December 28, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2021
• Last Verified: December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Dinalbuphine sebacate; Opioid; Nalbupine; Naldebain; Laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery; Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Postoperative Complications; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Pain, Postoperative; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: EMRP-73109N

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No