Status:

COMPLETED

A Comparison of the Addiction Liability of Hydrocodone and Sustained Release Morphine

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, Davis

Conditions:

Chronic Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Characterize the relative abuse liability of a short versus a long acting opioid in chronic pain patients.

Detailed Description

A placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover trial will be conducted providing study subjects either hydrocodone/acetaminophen 30mg/975mg, sustained release morphine 45mg or placebo on separate GCRC ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with chronic pain for periods greater than 6 months
  • Patients taking greater than 80 mg morphine equivalents of a short acting opioid (\>8 vicodin or 4 oxycodone/day)
  • Referral to Pain or Substance Abuse Clinic for self-escalation of opioids

Exclusion

  • Inability to understand and comprehend spoken English
  • Patients with Munchausen's syndrome
  • Patient has a history of Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • Patient has a history of Raynaud's Phenomenon
  • Liver Disease; Child's classification greater than 1 (liver cirrhosis) will be excluded
  • Renal disease (BUN \>25 or Cr \>1.5)
  • Congestive Heart Failure; Subjects with New York Heart Association (NYHA)Heart Failure Symptom Classification System Level of Impairment II, III and IV will be excluded
  • Coronary artery disease; recent MI within the past six months or recent history of angina not controlled with NTG within the past six months
  • Hypertension; 1)previously normotensive subject; systolic bp \>140 mm Hg and diastolic bp \> 90 mm Hg 2) Hx of active treatment with antihypertensive medications; systolic bp \>150 mm Hg and diastolic bp \> 100 mm Hg
  • Cerebrovascular disease; recent history within the past year of a transient ischemic attack or recent history within the past year of a cerebrovascular event
  • Malignancy requiring active treatment
  • Patient is pregnant (as ascertained by a self-report and a mandatory commercial pregnancy test before any study medication is consumed)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

12 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00314340

Start Date

November 1 2005

End Date

April 1 2008

Last Update

May 30 2017

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