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TREXIMA and RELPAX Gastric Scintigraphy Inside and Outside a Migraine

Information source: Pozen
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Migraine With or Without Aura

Intervention: Combination Product (sumatriptan succinate / naproxen sodium) (Drug); RELPAX(eletriptan) 40mg Tablet (Drug)

Phase: Phase 1

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: Pozen

Summary

An evaluation of tablet disintegration and absorption and gastric transit of sumatriptan and naproxen sodium from a TREXIMA tablet and eletriptan from a RELPAX 40mg tablet.

Clinical Details

Official title: An Open Label, Single Dose, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate Absorption and Transit Characteristics of TREXIMA and RELPAX in Patients Inside and Outside of an Acute Migraine Attack.

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Bio-availability Study

Primary outcome: tablet disintegration, transit throught the gastrointestinal tract, pharmacokinetic parameters both during a migraine and when not experiencing a migraine

Secondary outcome: safety and adverse experiences

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 55 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Consented males and nonpregnant females using adequate contraception, between 18 and

55 years of age, with at least 1-6 migraines per month for past 6 months. Subjects will be excluded for confirmed or suspected ischemic heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension at screening; a history of epilepsy or structural brain lesions which lowered the convulsive threshold; confirmed or suspected cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, peripheral vascular, congenital heart disease, or ischemic bowel disease; impaired hepatic or renal function; basilar or hemiplegic migraine. Other exclusion criteria included use of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor within 2 weeks before screening; ergot prophylactics in past 3 months; anticoagulants; smoking more than 10 cigarettes/day, evidence of alcohol or substance abuse; GI bleeding disorders, inflammatory bowel disease; or any concurrent medical or psychiatric condition that in the investigator's opinion could affect interpretation of efficacy or safety information or which otherwise contraindicated participation in the study.

Locations and Contacts

Scintipharma, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky 40503, United States
Additional Information

Starting date: September 2006
Last updated: December 18, 2007

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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