A Study to Evaluate Tapentadol (CG5503) in the Treatment of Chronic Tumor-Related Pain Compared With Placebo and Morphine

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

622

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2012

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2012

Conditions
TumorPain
Interventions
DRUG

Tapentadol Extended Release

Tablet taken orally, twice daily, morning \& evening with preferably 12 hours (not less than 6 hours) between doses. Titration phase: Starting at 100 mg, increasing at a minimum of 3 day intervals by 50 mg, with a maximum dose of 250 mg.

DRUG

Matching Placebo after Tapentadol in the Titration Phase.

Tablet taken orally, twice daily, morning \& evening with preferably 12 hours (not less than 6 hours) between doses. In the maintenance phase only to participants that were randomized to tapentadol in the titration phase.

DRUG

Morphine Sulphate Controlled Release

Capsule taken orally, twice daily, morning \& evening with preferably 12 hours (not less than 6 hours) between doses. Titration phase: Starting at 40 mg, increasing at a minimum of 3 days intervals by 20 mg, with a maximum dose of 100 mg. Maintenance phase: continuing on dose level established in titration phase.

Trial Locations (71)

1013

Site 034004, Seville

1020

Site 043002, Vienna

1090

Site 043001, Vienna

1100

Site 043005, Vienna

1784

Site 359008, Sofia

2025

Site 373001, Chisinau

Site 373002, Chisinau

2900

Site 036005, Komárom

3233

Site 036003, Mátraháza

4004

Site 359014, Plovdiv

4043

Site 036001, Debrecen

4412

Site 036002, Nyíregyháza

5300

Site 359013, Gabrovo

5800

Site 359011, Pleven

7100

Site 036010, Szekszárd

8000

Site 036006, Székesfehérvár

Site 036009, Székesfehérvár

9003

Site 359012, Varna

9020

Site 043004, Klagenfurt

9700

Site 359004, Shumen

10000

Site 385002, Zagreb

Site 385003, Zagreb

11000

Site 381003, Belgrade

Site 381004, Belgrade

Site 381005, Belgrade

12627

Site 049009, Berlin

14467

Site 049020, Potsdam

17176

Site 046001, Stockholm

18000

Site 381002, Niš

18181

Site 420004, Prague

21204

Site 381001, Kamenitz

30460

Site 420001, Pilsen

31000

Site 385007, Osijek

31008

Site 034012, Pamplona

35000

Site 385001, Slavonski Brod

37087

Site 420002, České Budějovice

42000

Site 385004, Varaždin

45122

Site 049014, Essen

46014

Site 034002, Valencia

46063

Site 420007, Liberec

49210

Site 385006, Zabok

50005

Site 420006, Hradec Králové

50996

Site 049012, Cologne

60355

Site 048007, Poznan

62500

Site 420005, Brno

65000

Site 033101, Tarbes

65185

Site 049002, Wiesbaden

74245

Site 049007, Löwenstein

77520

Site 420008, Olomouc

79183

Site 049006, Waldkirch

80131

Site 039001, Napoli

80286

Site 048005, Gdansk

85796

Site 048004, Bydgoszcz

97517

Site 421005, Banská Bystrica

125284

Site 007003, Moscow

150054

Site 007005, Yaroslavl

163045

Site 007010, Arkhangelsk

300239

Site 040007, Timișoara

362007

Site 007012, Vladikavkaz

400015

Site 040005, Cluj-Napoca

500074

Site 040006, Brasov

603140

Site 007007, Nizhny Novgorod

700106

Site 040001, Iași

02781

Site 048001, Warsaw

022328

Site 040002, Bucharest

Site 040003, Bucharest

Site 040004, Bucharest

04191

Site 421001, Košice

08208

Site 034009, Barcelona

08221

Site 034005, Barcelona

07703

Site 034006, Mahon

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

INDUSTRY

lead

Grünenthal GmbH

INDUSTRY