Study of Intravenous Amisulpride for Prophylaxis of Post-operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) in Pediatric Patients

Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 2/3 Study of IV Amisulpride as Prevention of Post-operative Nausea and Vomiting in Pediatric Patients

Randomized, double-blind, pediatric trial of amisulpride for prophylaxis of post operative nausea and vomiting

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Dexamethasone; Drug: Amisulpride Injection

Detailed Description

Randomized, double-blind, Phase 2/3 study of IV amisulpride as prevention of post-operative nausea and vomiting in pediatric patients

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 453
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
      • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Quebec
    • Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H4A 3J1
      • McGill University Health Centre - The Montréal Children's Hospital
• France
  • Bron, France, 69677
    • HCL - Hôpital Mère Enfant
  • Strasbourg, France, 67200
    • CHU Strasbourg - Hopital Hautepierre
• Germany
  • Aue, Germany, 08280
    • Helios Klinikum Aue
  • Bayern
    • Würzburg, Bayern, Germany, 97080
      • Universitatsklinikum Wurzburg
  • Hessen
    • Marburg, Hessen, Germany, 35043
      • Universitaetsklinikum Giessen Und Marburg Gmbh
    • Marburg, Hessen, Germany, 35039
      • Ambulantes Operieren Marburg
  • Nordrhein-Westfalen
    • Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 53127
      • Universitaetsklinikum Bonn - Klinik für Anaesthesiologie & Operative Intensivmedizin
• United States
  • Alabama
    • Sheffield, Alabama, United States, 35660
      • Helen Keller Hospital
  • Georgia
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
      • Emory Healthcare - Emory University Hospital
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
      • University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
      • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 second to 17 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female patients aged from full-term birth to 17 years of age
2. Signed informed consent form and/or assent and willingness of patient and parents to participate in the trial
3. Patients undergoing non-emergency surgery, preferentially eye surgery, adenotonsillectomy or otoplasty, under general anesthesia (other than total intravenous anesthesia with propofol) expected to last at least 30 minutes from induction of anesthesia to removal of Endotracheal tube (ETT) or Laryngeal mask airway (LMA)
4. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk score I-III
5. For females of child-bearing potential: ability and willingness to use a highly effective form of contraception (as defined in ICH M3 guidance, e.g., true (not periodic) abstinence from sexual intercourse, surgical sterilization (of subject or partner), combined oral contraceptive pill, or any other method or combination of methods with a failure rate generally considered to be <1% per year) between the date of screening and at least 48 hours after administration of study drug.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients scheduled to undergo transplant or Central Nervous System (CNS) surgery
2. Patients scheduled to receive only a local anesthetic and/or regional neuraxial (intrathecal or epidural) block (without general anesthesia) or to receive general anesthesia involving total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol
3. Patients who, in the opinion of the Investigator, are expected to remain ventilated for a significant period after surgery
4. Patients who are expected to need a naso- or orogastric tube in situ after surgery is completed
5. Patients who are expected to receive systemic pre/peri-operative corticosteroid therapy other than as anti-emetic prophylaxis
6. Patients receiving amisulpride for any indication within the 2 weeks prior to randomization
7. Patients known to be allergic to amisulpride or any of the excipients of amisulpride drug product; or to dexamethasone or ondansetron
8. Patients with a significant ongoing history of vestibular disease or dizziness
9. Patients being treated with regular anti-emetic therapy (dosed at least three times per week), which is still ongoing less than 1 week prior to screening
10. Patients being treated with levodopa, or any other dopamine D2-agonist
11. Patients who are pregnant or breast feeding
12. Patients with congenital long QT interval (QT) syndrome
13. Patients with a tumor of the anterior pituitary
14. Patients who have received emetogenic anti-cancer chemotherapy in the previous 4 weeks
15. Any other concurrent disease or illness that, in the opinion of the investigator makes the patient unsuitable for the study
16. Patients who have previously participated in this study or who have participated in another interventional clinical study involving pharmacological therapy within the previous 28 days (or longer exclusion period, if required by national or local regulations)
17. Where local laws/regulations require: patients under legal protection

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Stage 1 - Group 1: IV amisulpride 0.035 mg/kg + IV dexamethasone	Drug: Dexamethasone; Standard of care treatment; Other Names: Decadron; Drug: Amisulpride Injection; Dose finding treatment for continuation to phase 3; Other Names: Barhemsys
Experimental: Stage 1 - Group 2: IV amisulpride 0.07 mg/kg + IV dexamethasone	Drug: Dexamethasone; Standard of care treatment; Other Names: Decadron; Drug: Amisulpride Injection; Dose finding treatment for continuation to phase 3; Other Names: Barhemsys

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluate Complete Response	Defined as no vomiting/retching (absence of PONV) and no use of anti-emetic rescue medication, during the first 24 hours after completion of surgery. Subjects will be questioned and assessed.	1 Day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Occurrence of post-operative vomiting/retching	Subjects considered able to understand and provide a meaningful response should be asked if they have nausea ("feel sick" or other equivalent words) at the following times after completion of surgery (wound closure), unless an episode of PONV or discharge of the subject from the site has already occurred prior to the time point: 1 hour, 2 hours, 6 hours and 24 hours or when they first vomit, retch or receive rescue medication. In subjects aged ≥ 6 years, at the above time points and for any spontaneously reported nausea episode, nausea severity should be scored using the validated 6-point Baxter Retching Faces (BARF) scale.	1 Day
Use of rescue medication	Document use of rescue medication.	1 Day
Occurrence and severity of post-operative nausea	An episode of nausea should be recorded any time that a subject spontaneously complains of nausea (including a request for rescue medication due to nausea). Subjects considered able to understand and provide a meaningful response should be asked if they have nausea ("feel sick" or other equivalent words) at the following times after completion of surgery (wound closure), unless an episode of PONV or discharge of the subject from the site has already occurred prior to the time point: 1 hour, 2 hours, 6 hours and 24 hours or when they first vomit, retch or receive rescue medication. In subjects aged ≥ 6 years, at the above time points and for any spontaneously reported nausea episode, nausea severity should be scored using the validated 6-point Baxter Retching Faces (BARF) scale.	1 Day
Time to emergence of PONV	Observe for, question and document emergence of vomiting/retching and nausea. In subjects aged ≥ 6 years, at specified time points and for any spontaneously reported nausea episode, nausea severity should be scored using the validated 6-point Baxter Retching Faces (BARF) scale.	1 Day
Time to emergence of vomiting/retching, significant nausea, and rescue medication, individually	Observe for emergence of vomiting/retching, determine significance of nausea, and note rescue medication, individually.	1 Day
Different variables during different time ranges after the end of surgery (0-2 h, 2-6 h and 6-24 h)	Subjects considered able to understand and provide a meaningful response should be asked if they have nausea ("feel sick" or other equivalent words) at the following times after completion of surgery (wound closure), unless an episode of PONV or discharge of the subject from the site has already occurred prior to the time point: 1 hour, 2 hours, 6 hours and 24 hours or when they first vomit, retch or receive rescue medication. In subjects aged ≥ 6 years, at the above time points and for any spontaneously reported nausea episode, nausea severity should be scored using the validated 6-point Baxter Retching Faces (BARF) scale.	1 Day
The above variables in the sub-groups of patients who did and did not receive opioid analgesia	Concomitant medications will be reviewed.	1 Day
Key pharmacokinetics parameter - Peak Plasma Concentration	Plasma samples will be drawn as required at specified timepoints to determine the PK profile of peak plasma concentration of amisulpride in subjects.	1 Day
Key pharmacokinetics parameter - Total Exposure	Plasma samples will be drawn as required at specified timepoints to determine the PK profile of total exposure of amisulpride in subjects.	1 Day
Safety: The nature and frequency of adverse events and laboratory and electrocardiography (ECG) abnormalities	Adverse events, laboratory and ECG abnormalities will be noted. Blood samples should be drawn at screening (unless recent pre-existing results are available) and again post-operatively, as soon as practically possible after the patient's entry to the post-anesthesia care unit, recovery room or equivalent, and in any event within 1 hour after the end of surgery. Twelve-lead ECGs will be collected at screening. An ECG already taken as part of medical care within the period of 2 weeks prior to screening may be used to determine eligibility and to provide baseline ECG data. In the peri-/post-operative period, continuous Holter monitoring of the ECG will be performed, from at least 10 minutes prior until at least 2 hours after the start of administration of amisulpride study medication.	7 Days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Acacia Pharma Ltd
• Collaborators: Premier Research Group plc; Amicus CD LLC
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kumar Belani, MD, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 18, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 3, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): June 3, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 16, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): September 19, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): June 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 20, 2025
• Last Verified: June 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Postoperative Complications; Pathologic Processes; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Nausea; Vomiting; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting; Antineoplastic Agents; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antiemetics; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Central Nervous System Depressants; Neurotransmitter Agents; Tranquilizing Agents; Psychotropic Drugs; Dopamine Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; Antipsychotic Agents; Dopamine Antagonists; Amisulpride; Dexamethasone
• Other Study ID Numbers: DP10027

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No