Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy and Tolerability of Buscopan Plus in Painful Gastric or Intestinal Spasms

Lead Sponsor:

Boehringer Ingelheim

Conditions:

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Study to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of Buscopan® plus versus Buscopan®, paracetamol, and placebo in patients with painful gastric or intestinal spasms.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female patients
  • Age: 18 - 70 years
  • Diagnosis: recurring painful gastric or intestinal spasms such as occur e.g. in irritable bowel syndrome, which are not organic in origin, have been present for at least 2 months, and are serious enough to interfere with everyday activities
  • Patient briefing as per §§ 40/41 of the Arzneimittelgesetz (AMG) and patient's declaration of Informed Consent in writing, in agreement with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and current legal requirements
  • A pain assessment of 3 cm or more on the visual analog scale on at least one of the 2 days immediately preceding the second visit

Exclusion

  • Painful gastric or intestinal spasms of organic origin such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, lactose intolerance
  • Tumour pain/malignant growths
  • Patients with other severe pain states of organic origin (e.g. biliary colic)
  • Mechanical stenoses of the gastrointestinal tract, megacolon
  • Urinary retention associated with mechanical stenoses of the urinary tract (e.g. in prostate adenoma)
  • Narrow-angle glaucoma
  • Tachyarrhythmia
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (danger of haemolytic anaemia)
  • Known hypersensitivity to N-butylscopolammonium bromide or paracetamol
  • Severe liver impairment (e.g. through chronic alcohol abuse, hepatitis):
  • a) Serum-Glutamate-Oxalacetat-Transaminase/ Aspartate Aminotransferase (SGOT) higher than four times the norm
  • b) Bilirubin \> 3 mg/dl
  • c) Quick's value \< 70%
  • Meulengracht-Gilbert syndrome (metabolic disturbance with episodes of jaundice)
  • Severe kidney failure: creatinine \> 2 mg/dl
  • Known depression or known mental illness, anxiety disturbance
  • Concomitant intake of analgesics, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or spasmolytics, anticholinergics, nitrates
  • Concomitant medication affecting gastrointestinal motility
  • Regular (daily) use of laxatives
  • Drugs that induce liver enzymes
  • Concomitant administration of chloramphenicol
  • Use of narcotics
  • Antidepressant treatment or treatment with psychoactive drugs
  • Pregnancy and lactation
  • Alcohol abuse (more than 60 g alcohol/day)
  • Frequent vomiting that might prevent adequate absorption of the active ingredient after the film-coated tablet is taken
  • Patients who are unlikely to be able to keep the examination appointments or cannot reliably take the study medication regularly
  • Simultaneous participation in another clinical study
  • Patients who are not trained in the VAS (PI) at Visit 1

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 1998

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

1637 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02229786

Start Date

February 1 1998

Last Update

September 1 2014

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