Title

2PX (Topical Strontium Chloride Hexahydrate) in Patients With Post-Amputation Stump Pain.
A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of 2PX (Topical Strontium Chloride Hexahydrate) in Patients With Persistent, Moderate-to-Severe Lower Limb Post-Amputation Stump Pain.
  • Phase

    Phase 2
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted
  • Intervention/Treatment

    strontium-89 ...
  • Study Participants

    22
The objective of this study is to investigate the analgesic effect of topical strontium chloride in stump pain, and to prospectively determine other efficacy and safety measures of topical strontium chloride in stump pain.
Study Started
Aug 31
2007
Primary Completion
Dec 31
2007
Study Completion
Dec 31
2007
Last Update
Jan 11
2008
Estimate

Drug Strontium chloride hexahydrate

Cutaneous solution, 1 ml dose per 100 sq cm of affected skin area, To be applied twice daily for 28 days.

  • Other names: 2PX

Drug Placebo

Cutaneous saline solution, 1 ml dose per 100 sq cm of affected skin area, To be applied twice daily for 28 days.

1 Experimental

2PX

2 Placebo Comparator

Placebo

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Lower limb amputation at least 6 months prior to inclusion
Presenting with moderate-to-severe pain intensity (above 50 on 100 mm VAS) at screening, to be confirmed prior to randomisation as: Mean (over the 14 days run-in period) stump API rating above 50 on a 100 mm VAS
Outpatients, aged 18 years and above
Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects who have received treatment with any potent opioid in the 4 weeks prior to study entry (i.e. an opioid assumed to cause abstinence symptoms upon abrupt cessation)
Subjects taking any analgesic medication (except for rescue medication as defined in this protocol)
Subjects with expressed dissatisfaction with their prosthesis comfort
Pregnant or breast-feeding women
Any malignant disease
Subjects who have received an investigational drug or used an investigational device in the 30 days prior to study entry.
Subjects unable to comply with the study assessments
Subjects with documented or suspected alcohol or drug abuse
No Results Posted