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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00490919
Date of registration: 21/06/2007
Primary sponsor: Purdue Pharma LP
Public title: Buprenorphine Transdermal System (BTDS) in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Chronic Low Back Pain
Scientific title: Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled With Open Label run-in Study Assessing Efficacy, Tolerability, Safety of BTDS 10 or 20 Compared to Placebo in Opioid-naïve Subjects With Moderate to Severe, Chronic Low Back Pain
Date of first enrolment: June 2007
Target sample size: 539
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00490919
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with moderate to severe chronic low back pain (lasting several hours daily)
as their predominant pain condition for at least 3 months prior to screening,

- Subjects treated within the 14 days prior to screening with nonopioid therapy only,
or with therapy including opioids at a dose of <5 mg oxycodone (or equivalent) per
day,

- Subjects whose low back pain is not adequately controlled with non-opioid analgesic
medication and who the Investigator feels are appropriate candidates for
around-the-clock opioid therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects who had a surgical procedure directed towards the source of back pain within
6 months of screening or planned during the study conduct period,

- Subjects who are allergic to buprenorphine or who had a history of allergies to other
opioids,

- Subjects who have allergies or other contraindications to transdermal delivery
systems or patch adhesives.

Other protocol-specific inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Low Back Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: Buprenorphine transdermal system
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Average Pain Over the Last 24 Hours Scores at Week 12 of the Double-blind Phase. [Time Frame: Prerandomization phase consisted of a 6-10 day screening period and a <27 day open-label run-in period; and a 12-week double-blind phase.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The Mean Daily Number of Tablets of Nonopioid Supplemental Analgesic Medications Taken During Weeks 2 Through 12 of the Double-blind Phase [Time Frame: weeks 2-12]
The Sleep Disturbance Subscale in the Medical Outcome Study (MOS) Sleep Scale at Weeks 4, 8, and 12 of the Double-blind Phase [Time Frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12 of double-blind phase]
Secondary ID(s)
BUP3024
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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