NEWS HIGHLIGHTSMedia Articles Related to Opana (Oxymorphone)
62-Year-Old Man Becomes First Patient In China Implanted With Rechargeable Neurostimulator For Chronic Pain
Source: Health News from Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced that a 62-year-old man from Shenzhen, Guangdong province has become the first patient in China to be implanted with the Eon™ neurostimulator, a rechargeable device used to help manage chronic pain. Despite prior back surgeries, the patient suffered from chronic back pain for more than a decade.
Common Pain Relief Medication May Encourage Cancer Growth
Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells. Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models.
CNSBio Inc. To Present Latest Clinical Trial Data For CNSB015 At Neuropathic Pain Conference In San Francisco
Source: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News From Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
CNSBio Inc. will present recent Phase IIa proof-of-concept clinical trial data for CNSB015, an orally administered potassium channel modulator used in combination with opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, at the 12th International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain on November 20-21, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. Dr.
Transplanting People's Own Stem Cells Into Heart Lessens Pain, Improves Ability To Walk
Source: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News From Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn't receive stem cells.
FDA Approves New Drug For Pain That Persists After Shingles
Source: Dermatology News From Medical News Today [2009.11.18]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it has approved Qutenza (capsaicin) 8% patch for the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), an often excruciating pain that can persist for weeks, months and even years in 10 to 15 per cent of people who get shingles. The medicated skin patch, which is made by Lohmann Therapie-Systems AD of Andernach, Germany and distributed in the US by NeurogesX Inc.
Published Studies Related to Opana (Oxymorphone)
The pain quality response profile of oxymorphone extended release in the treatment of low back pain. [2009.02]
OBJECTIVE: In controlled trials of analgesics, the primary outcome variable is most often a measure of global pain intensity. However, because pain is associated with a variety of pain sensations, the effects of analgesic treatments on different sensations could go undetected if specific pain qualities are not assessed...
Oxymorphone extended release for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a retrospective pooled analysis of enriched-enrollment clinical trial data stratified according to age, sex, and prior opioid use. [2009.02]
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the potential effects of age, sex, and prior opioid use on the response to oxymorphone extended release (ER) in patients with moderate to severe chronic low back pain... CONCLUSION: In the enriched population of patients who successfully titrated to oxymorphone ER, oxymorphone ER was effective and generally well tolerated, independent of patients' age, sex, or previous opioid use.
Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of hydromorphone and oxymorphone in dogs and cats: a randomized blinded study. [2008.07]
OBJECTIVE: To determine if oxymorphone and hydromorphone are equally efficacious as analgesics in both dogs and cats and to determine the side-effects of each drug in painful animals...
Efficacy and tolerability of oxymorphone immediate release for acute postoperative pain after abdominal surgery: a randomized, double-blind, active- and placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial. [2007.06]
BACKGROUND: Patients are typically switched from parenteral opioids to oral opioids during the 24 to 48 hours after surgery. In June 2006, an oral immediate-release (IR) tablet formulation of oxymorphone was approved for the treatment of acute moderate to severe pain. Single doses of oxymorphone IR have been reported to provide significant pain relief after orthopedic surgery. OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the efficacy and tolerability of multiple fixed doses of oxymorphone IR in the treatment of acute postoperative pain after abdominal surgery... CONCLUSION: In this predominantly female population undergoing abdominal surgery, oxymorphone IR given every 4 to 6 hours for up to 48 hours provided efficacious and tolerable analgesia for moderate to severe pain.
Efficacy and Safety of OPANA ER (Oxymorphone Extended Release) for Relief of Moderate to Severe Chronic Low Back Pain in Opioid-Experienced Patients: A 12-Week, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study. [2007.02]
Opioid-experienced (N = 250) patients with chronic, moderate to severe low back pain (LBP) were converted from their prestudy opioid(s) to an approximately equianalgesic dose of OPANA ER (oxymorphone extended release). Patients continued slow titration, with 56% stabilized within 1 month to a dose of OPANA ER that reduced average pain to <40 mm on a visual analog scale with good tolerability...
Clinical Trials Related to Opana (Oxymorphone)
Effect of Extended-Release Oxymorphone Taking With or Without Food on Cognitive Functioning [Recruiting]
The purpose of the study is to determine whether extended-release oxymorphone hydrochloride
taken orally with a high-fat meal, generating an approximately 50% higher Cmax, impacts
cognitive functioning, using Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB)
tests, to a greater extent than when taking under conditions of fasting.
A Pilot Study of Ultra Rapid Opioid Rotation and Titration of Oxymorphone [Recruiting]
This project will explore the safety and feasibility of performing a successful intravenous
patient controlled analgesia (IV PCA) Oxymorphone titration and conversion to oral ER
Oxymorphone (extended release or OPANA ER) in the outpatient setting.
A Pilot Study of Switching From One Pain Medication to Another (Opioid Rotation) [Recruiting]
he purpose of this study is to see if changing from one pain medication like morphine or
oxycodone to another pain medication, oxymorphone (OPANA®), will be helpful to patients. This
study will examine if the swithcing from one pain medication to another can be done over a 24
hour period. Oxymorhone, the drug being studied, is an FDA approved drug for treatment of
severe pain.
Open-Label Safety and Tolerability of Oxymorphone IR and ER in Opioid Tolerant Pediatric Subjects [Recruiting]
Patients will convert from current opioid to Oxymorphone ER and undergo titration. During
the Titration Period, subjects will receive daily oxymorphone Extended Release tablets(s)
every 12 hours. Dosing adjustments will be based on the review of the subject's pain
scores. Oxymorphone IR 5 mg will be provided to be used as supplemental "breakthrough" pain
medication (as needed). Titration Period will end when the fixed dose of study medication
is tolerated and the subject achieves adequate analgesia. Subjects will then proceed to the
open-label 3-month maintenance period on the fixed dose of study medication established
during the Titration Period.
Open-Label Safety and Tolerability Study of Oxymorphone for Acute Postoperative Pain in Pediatric Subjects. [Recruiting]
When post-operative parenteral analgesia is discontinued, oral dosing with study medication
may begin once the subject has developed a moderate level of pain as defined by a 100 mm VAS
(pain intensity score greater than or equal to 40).
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