STTEPP: Safety, Tolerability and Dose Limiting Toxicity of Lacosamide in Patients With Painful Chronic Pancreatitis (STTEPP)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05603702

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : November 3, 2022

Last Update Posted : September 25, 2023

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Collaborator:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Evan Fogel, Indiana University

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	December 31, 2024
Estimated Study Completion Date :	December 31, 2024

Publications of Results:

Agarwal D, Udoji MA, Trescot A. Genetic Testing for Opioid Pain Management: A Primer. Pain Ther. 2017 Jun;6(1):93-105. doi: 10.1007/s40122-017-0069-2. Epub 2017 Apr 13.

Angst MS, Clark JD. Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: a qualitative systematic review. Anesthesiology. 2006 Mar;104(3):570-87. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200603000-00025.

Bannister K. Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: where are we now? Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2015 Jun;9(2):116-21. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000137.

Bannister K, Bee LA, Dickenson AH. Preclinical and early clinical investigations related to monoaminergic pain modulation. Neurotherapeutics. 2009 Oct;6(4):703-12. doi: 10.1016/j.nurt.2009.07.009.

Ben-Menachem E, Biton V, Jatuzis D, Abou-Khalil B, Doty P, Rudd GD. Efficacy and safety of oral lacosamide as adjunctive therapy in adults with partial-onset seizures. Epilepsia. 2007 Jul;48(7):1308-17. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01188.x.

Cawello W. Clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile of lacosamide. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2015 Sep;54(9):901-14. doi: 10.1007/s40262-015-0276-0.

Dowell D, Haegerich TM, Chou R. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2016 Mar 18;65(1):1-49. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.rr6501e1. Erratum In: MMWR Recomm Rep. 2016;65(11):295.

Colvin LA, Fallon MT. Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: a clinical challenge. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Feb;104(2):125-7. doi: 10.1093/bja/aep392. No abstract available.

Cote GA, Yadav D, Slivka A, Hawes RH, Anderson MA, Burton FR, Brand RE, Banks PA, Lewis MD, Disario JA, Gardner TB, Gelrud A, Amann ST, Baillie J, Money ME, O'Connell M, Whitcomb DC, Sherman S; North American Pancreatitis Study Group. Alcohol and smoking as risk factors in an epidemiology study of patients with chronic pancreatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Mar;9(3):266-73; quiz e27. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.10.015. Epub 2010 Oct 26.

Cote GA, Durkalski-Mauldin VL, Serrano J, Klintworth E, Williams AW, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Arain M, Buxbaum JL, Conwell DL, Fogel EL, Freeman ML, Gardner TB, van Geenen E, Groce JR, Jonnalagadda SS, Keswani RN, Menon S, Moffatt DC, Papachristou GI, Ross A, Tarnasky PR, Wang AY, Wilcox CM, Hamilton F, Yadav D; SHARP Consortium. SpHincterotomy for Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis Randomized Trial: Rationale, Methodology, and Potential Implications. Pancreas. 2019 Sep;48(8):1061-1067. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001370.

Cotton PB, Durkalski V, Romagnuolo J, Pauls Q, Fogel E, Tarnasky P, Aliperti G, Freeman M, Kozarek R, Jamidar P, Wilcox M, Serrano J, Brawman-Mintzer O, Elta G, Mauldin P, Thornhill A, Hawes R, Wood-Williams A, Orrell K, Drossman D, Robuck P. Effect of endoscopic sphincterotomy for suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction on pain-related disability following cholecystectomy: the EPISOD randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 May;311(20):2101-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.5220.

Dean L. Lacosamide Therapy and CYP2C19 Genotype. 2018 Apr 18. In: Pratt VM, Scott SA, Pirmohamed M, Esquivel B, Kattman BL, Malheiro AJ, editors. Medical Genetics Summaries [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); 2012-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493589/

Deuis JR, Dekan Z, Wingerd JS, Smith JJ, Munasinghe NR, Bhola RF, Imlach WL, Herzig V, Armstrong DA, Rosengren KJ, Bosmans F, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD, Escoubas P, Minett MS, Christie MJ, King GF, Alewood PF, Lewis RJ, Wood JN, Vetter I. Pharmacological characterisation of the highly NaV1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 20;7:40883. doi: 10.1038/srep40883. Erratum In: Sci Rep. 2017 May 26;7:46816.

Due MR, Piekarz AD, Wilson N, Feldman P, Ripsch MS, Chavez S, Yin H, Khanna R, White FA. Neuroexcitatory effects of morphine-3-glucuronide are dependent on Toll-like receptor 4 signaling. J Neuroinflammation. 2012 Aug 16;9:200. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-9-200.

Due MR, Yang XF, Allette YM, Randolph AL, Ripsch MS, Wilson SM, Dustrude ET, Khanna R, White FA. Carbamazepine potentiates the effectiveness of morphine in a rodent model of neuropathic pain. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 15;9(9):e107399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107399. eCollection 2014.

Elmunzer BJ, Scheiman JM, Lehman GA, Chak A, Mosler P, Higgins PD, Hayward RA, Romagnuolo J, Elta GH, Sherman S, Waljee AK, Repaka A, Atkinson MR, Cote GA, Kwon RS, McHenry L, Piraka CR, Wamsteker EJ, Watkins JL, Korsnes SJ, Schmidt SE, Turner SM, Nicholson S, Fogel EL; U.S. Cooperative for Outcomes Research in Endoscopy (USCORE). A randomized trial of rectal indomethacin to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 12;366(15):1414-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1111103.

Fogel EL, Lehman GA, Tarnasky P, Cote GA, Schmidt SE, Waljee AK, Higgins PDR, Watkins JL, Sherman S, Kwon RSY, Elta GH, Easler JJ, Pleskow DK, Scheiman JM, El Hajj II, Guda NM, Gromski MA, McHenry L Jr, Arol S, Korsnes S, Suarez AL, Spitzer R, Miller M, Hofbauer M, Elmunzer BJ; US Cooperative for Outcomes Research in Endoscopy (USCORE). Rectal indometacin dose escalation for prevention of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in high-risk patients: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Feb;5(2):132-141. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30337-1. Epub 2019 Nov 25.

Gilron I, Bailey JM, Tu D, Holden RR, Weaver DF, Houlden RL. Morphine, gabapentin, or their combination for neuropathic pain. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 31;352(13):1324-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa042580.

Goodman CW, Brett AS. Gabapentin and Pregabalin for Pain - Is Increased Prescribing a Cause for Concern? N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 3;377(5):411-414. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1704633. No abstract available.

Hall TC, Garcea G, Webb MA, Al-Leswas D, Metcalfe MS, Dennison AR. The socio-economic impact of chronic pancreatitis: a systematic review. J Eval Clin Pract. 2014 Jun;20(3):203-7. doi: 10.1111/jep.12117. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

Haugan F, Rygh LJ, Tjolsen A. Ketamine blocks enhancement of spinal long-term potentiation in chronic opioid treated rats. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2008 May;52(5):681-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01637.x.

Hearn L, Derry S, Moore RA. Lacosamide for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Feb 15;2012(2):CD009318. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009318.pub2.

Hewitt DJ. The use of NMDA-receptor antagonists in the treatment of chronic pain. Clin J Pain. 2000 Jun;16(2 Suppl):S73-9. doi: 10.1097/00002508-200006001-00013.

Ibrahim SA, Albany Z, Albany C. Significant response to lacosamide in a patient with severe chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. J Community Support Oncol. 2015 May;13(5):202-4. doi: 10.12788/jcso.0136.

Isensee J, Krahe L, Moeller K, Pereira V, Sexton JE, Sun X, Emery E, Wood JN, Hucho T. Synergistic regulation of serotonin and opioid signaling contributes to pain insensitivity in Nav1.7 knockout mice. Sci Signal. 2017 Jan 10;10(461):eaah4874. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aah4874.

Jo S, Bean BP. Lacosamide Inhibition of Nav1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels: Slow Binding to Fast-Inactivated States. Mol Pharmacol. 2017 Apr;91(4):277-286. doi: 10.1124/mol.116.106401. Epub 2017 Jan 24.

Li X, Angst MS, Clark JD. A murine model of opioid-induced hyperalgesia. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2001 Jan 31;86(1-2):56-62. doi: 10.1016/s0169-328x(00)00260-6.

Liang D, Shi X, Qiao Y, Angst MS, Yeomans DC, Clark JD. Chronic morphine administration enhances nociceptive sensitivity and local cytokine production after incision. Mol Pain. 2008 Feb 22;4:7. doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-7.

Minville V, Fourcade O, Girolami JP, Tack I. Opioid-induced hyperalgesia in a mice model of orthopaedic pain: preventive effect of ketamine. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Feb;104(2):231-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/aep363. Epub 2009 Dec 22.

Moore RA, Wiffen PJ, Derry S, McQuay HJ. Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Mar 16;(3):CD007938. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007938.pub2.

Mullady DK, Yadav D, Amann ST, O'Connell MR, Barmada MM, Elta GH, Scheiman JM, Wamsteker EJ, Chey WD, Korneffel ML, Weinman BM, Slivka A, Sherman S, Hawes RH, Brand RE, Burton FR, Lewis MD, Gardner TB, Gelrud A, DiSario J, Baillie J, Banks PA, Whitcomb DC, Anderson MA; NAPS2 Consortium. Type of pain, pain-associated complications, quality of life, disability and resource utilisation in chronic pancreatitis: a prospective cohort study. Gut. 2011 Jan;60(1):77-84. doi: 10.1136/gut.2010.213835.

Oken MM, Creech RH, Tormey DC, Horton J, Davis TE, McFadden ET, Carbone PP. Toxicity and response criteria of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Am J Clin Oncol. 1982 Dec;5(6):649-55. No abstract available.

Park KD, Yang XF, Dustrude ET, Wang Y, Ripsch MS, White FA, Khanna R, Kohn H. Chimeric agents derived from the functionalized amino acid, lacosamide, and the alpha-aminoamide, safinamide: evaluation of their inhibitory actions on voltage-gated sodium channels, and antiseizure and antinociception activities and comparison with lacosamide and safinamide. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2015 Feb 18;6(2):316-30. doi: 10.1021/cn5002182. Epub 2014 Dec 9.

Rao RD, Michalak JC, Sloan JA, Loprinzi CL, Soori GS, Nikcevich DA, Warner DO, Novotny P, Kutteh LA, Wong GY; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Efficacy of gabapentin in the management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial (N00C3). Cancer. 2007 Nov 1;110(9):2110-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23008.

Rauck RL, Shaibani A, Biton V, Simpson J, Koch B. Lacosamide in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a phase 2 double-blind placebo-controlled study. Clin J Pain. 2007 Feb;23(2):150-8. doi: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210957.39621.b2.

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Serrano J, Andersen DK, Forsmark CE, Pandol SJ, Feng Z, Srivastava S, Rinaudo JAS; Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer: From Concept to Reality. Pancreas. 2018 Nov/Dec;47(10):1208-1212. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001167.

Shaibani A, Biton V, Rauck R, Koch B, Simpson J. Long-term oral lacosamide in painful diabetic neuropathy: a two-year open-label extension trial. Eur J Pain. 2009 May;13(5):458-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.05.016. Epub 2008 Jul 10.

Shaibani A, Fares S, Selam JL, Arslanian A, Simpson J, Sen D, Bongardt S. Lacosamide in painful diabetic neuropathy: an 18-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial. J Pain. 2009 Aug;10(8):818-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.01.322. Epub 2009 May 5.

Sheets PL, Heers C, Stoehr T, Cummins TR. Differential block of sensory neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels by lacosamide [(2R)-2-(acetylamino)-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropanamide], lidocaine, and carbamazepine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008 Jul;326(1):89-99. doi: 10.1124/jpet.107.133413. Epub 2008 Mar 31.

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