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- Clinical Trial NCT05036174
Diphenhydramine Ointment for Knee Osteoarthritis
August 30, 2021 updated by: Ivan Shirinsky, MD, PhD, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution, Research Institute of Fundamental and Clinical Immunology
Diphenhydramine 5% Ointment for Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis: a Randomised Double-blind Placebo-controlled Pilot Feasibility Study
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate whether recruitment rates are adequate to power a future RCT.
The secondary aims are to obtain preliminary information about safety and efficacy of topical diphenhydramine 5% ointment in patients with knee OA.
Study Overview
Status
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
30
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Ivan Shirinsky, MD, Doctor of Science
- Phone Number: +73832282547
- Email: ivan.shirinsky@gmail.com
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Valery Shirinsky, Professor, MD
- Phone Number: +73832282547
- Email: valery.shirinsky@gmail.com
Study Locations
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Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, 630047
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunopharmacology
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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
50 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- ACR clinical criteria of knee OA
- Radiographic knee OA (Kellgren-Lawrence grade >1)
- Age ≥ 50 years
- VAS pain >= 40/100 mm at baseline
- Non-use of NSAIDs one week before the baseline
- Symptoms present on most days for at least 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any form of inflammatory arthritis
- Use of another topical product at the application site
- Treatment with intraarticular hyaluronic acid within 6 months
- Treatment with intraarticular glucocorticoid within 2 months
- Knee injury/surgery or diagnostic arthroscopy within 3 months
- Allergic reaction to diphenhydramine or any component of the formulation
- Participant has clinical signs and symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, eg, fever, dry cough, dyspnea, sore throat, fatigue or confirmed infection by appropriate laboratory test within the last 4 weeks prior to Screening
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: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Diphenhydramine
Topical 5% diphenhydramine ointment applied at knee joint at a dose of 2 g three times a day for 7 days
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Diphenhydramine 5% ointment
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Vehicle (placebo) ointment applied at knee joint at a dose of 2 g three times a day for 7 days
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Placebo matched to diphenhydramine 5% ointment
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Recruitment rates
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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Ability to recruit 8 patients per month
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through study completion, an average of 1 year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Refusal rate
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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Number of eligible patients who refuse to participate
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through study completion, an average of 1 year
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Adherence
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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Number of patients adhering to 80% of allocated treatment
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through study completion, an average of 1 year
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Visual Analogue Scale for Pain
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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The Visual Analogue Scale for Pain varies from 0 to 10 cm.
Higher values represent worse outcomes.
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Baseline to week 1
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Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - subscale Pain
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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KOOS Pain consists of 9 items, which are answered on a 4-point likert scale (0=no problems, 4=extreme problems).
Scores are transformed to a 0-100 scale, with zero representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems..
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Baseline to week 1
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Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - subscale Symptoms
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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KOOS Symptoms consists of 7 items, which are answered on a 4-point likert scale (0=no problems, 4=extreme problems).
Scores are transformed to a 0-100 scale, with zero representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems.
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Baseline to week 1
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Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - subscale Activities of daily living (ADL)
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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KOOS ADL consists of 17 items, which are answered on a 4-point likert scale (0=no problems, 4=extreme problems).
Scores are transformed to a 0-100 scale, with zero representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems.
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Baseline to week 1
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Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - subscale of function in sports and recreation (Sport/Rec)
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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KOOS Sport/Rec consists of 5 items, which are answered on a 4-point likert scale (0=no problems, 4=extreme problems).
Scores are transformed to a 0-100 scale, with zero representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems.
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Baseline to week 1
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Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - subscale of quality of life (QOL)
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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KOOS QOL subscale of quality of life consists of 4 items, which are answered on a 4-point likert scale (0=no problems, 4=extreme problems).
Scores are transformed to a 0-100 scale, with zero representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems.
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Baseline to week 1
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Visual Analogue Scale for patient global assessment
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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The Visual Analogue Scale for patient global assessment varies from 0 to 10 cm.
Higher values represent worse outcomes.
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Baseline to week 1
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Global evaluation of treatment by patient
Time Frame: Baseline to week 1
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Global evaluation of treatment by patient on 5 point Likert scale.
The Global Evaluation of treatment varies from 0 to 5. Higher values represent worse outcomes.
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Baseline to week 1
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Percentage of patients achieving minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) of visual analogue scale (VAS) pain
Time Frame: Week 1
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Percentage of patients achieving MCII of VAS pain.
The cut-off for MCII changes will be 15 of 100 for absolute improvement and 20% for relative improvement
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Week 1
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Percentage of patients achieving minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) of visual analogue scale (VAS) patient's global assessment
Time Frame: Week 1
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Percentage of patients achieving MCII of VAS patient's global assessment The cut-offs for MCII changes will be 15 of 100 for absolute improvement and 20% for relative improvement for patient's global assessment
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Week 1
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Percentage of patients achieving minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) of Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) function of daily living
Time Frame: Week 1
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Percentage of patients achieving MCII of Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscale of function of daily living. The cut-offs for MCII changes will be 8 of 100 for absolute improvement for KOOS function in daily living subscale score |
Week 1
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Adverse events
Time Frame: Baseline to Week 1
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Any adverse event occurred during the study
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Baseline to Week 1
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
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 (Anticipated)
September 1, 2021
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
April 1, 2022
Study Completion (Anticipated)
April 1, 2022
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
June 8, 2021
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
August 30, 2021
First Posted (Actual)
September 5, 2021
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
September 5, 2021
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
August 30, 2021
Last Verified
August 1, 2021
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Joint Diseases
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Rheumatic Diseases
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Autonomic Agents
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Sensory System Agents
- Anesthetics
- Antiemetics
- Gastrointestinal Agents
- Dermatologic Agents
- Hypnotics and Sedatives
- Anesthetics, Local
- Anti-Allergic Agents
- Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical
- Histamine H1 Antagonists
- Histamine Antagonists
- Histamine Agents
- Antipruritics
- Diphenhydramine
- Promethazine
Other Study ID Numbers
- 415-5.13.04.2021-1
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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