| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated | 
| Patients who undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedure for a first time |  
| Potilaat, joille tehdään ensimmäistä kertaa mahalaukun tähytystoimenpide |  | 
| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language | 
| Impared digestion Heartburn
 Bloody vomiting
 Vomiting
 Abdominal pain
 Black stool
 |  
| Närästys Oksentelu
 Verioksentelu
 Vatsakipu
 Veriulosteet
 Imeytymishäiriö
 
 |  | 
| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Digestive System Diseases [C06] | 
| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| 
| E.1.2 | Version | 17.0 |  
| E.1.2 | Level | PT |  
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10014819 |  
| E.1.2 | Term | Endoscopy upper gastrointestinal tract |  
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10022891 - Investigations |  | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | 
| The purpose of this study is to examine in prospective, double-blinded randomised manner the ability of novel articaine-containing lozenge (2% and 1%) to enhance the procedure related compliance (compared to placebo) of the adult patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy |  
| Tutkimuksen tarkoitus on on selvittää parantaako 2%  ja 1% artikaiinikurlausliuos  verrattuna lumeeseen potilaiden tyytyväisyyttä tähystystoimenpiteeseen ja potilaiden yhteistyökykyä toimenpiteen aikana |  | 
| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial | 
| Endoscopists´ procedural satisfaction assessed within 30 minutes after the procedure |  
| Toimenpidelääkärin tyytyväisyys toimenpiteen kulun sujuvuuteen arvioituna toimenpiteen jälkeen |  | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria | 
| -elective procedure -weight over 40 kg
 -American Society of Anesthesiology class I-III
 -first upper GI endoscopy procedure
 -finnish or/and swedish
 speaking
 - age 20-75
 - both gender
 |  | 
| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
| -amide and/or esther local anaesthetic allergy -paraben allergy
 -Child-Pugh grade B/C liver failure
 -renal insufficiency (calculated glomerular filtration rate under 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 according to Cockcroft-Gault scale )
 -dementia
 -those presenting with swallowing problem
 -chronic pain condition
 -chronic use of pain medication
 -pregnancy
 -lactation
 |  | 
| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| Percentage of participants with 15% change in tolerability points according to Visual Analogue Scale (compared to baseline Visual Analogue Scale) |  | 
| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |  | 
| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) | 
| Endoscopists´ procedural satisfaction points after the procedure assessed by using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Cumulative consumption of alfentanil during the procedure (mg)
 |  | 
| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |  | 
| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes | 
| E.6.4 | Safety | No | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response | No | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No | 
| E.6.13 | Others | No | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other | No | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open | No | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other | No | 
| E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other | No | 
| E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 3 | 
| E.8.3 | The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned | Yes | 
| E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No | 
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No | 
| E.8.8 | Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial |  | 
| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months |  | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days |  |