| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
| Healthy volunteers (Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction) |
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| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
| Healthy volunteers (Adverse effects of opioids on the gut) |
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| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Body processes [G] - Digestive System and Oral Physiological Phenomena [G10] |
| MedDRA Classification |
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.2 | Version | 18.0 |
| E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10071128 |
| E.1.2 | Term | Opioid induced constipation |
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004856 |
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| 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 |
| To investigate the effect on naloxegol on opioid induced bowel dysfunction (OIBD) using a compressive, objective design to explore motility, secretion and sphincter function |
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
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| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
•Signed informed consent.
•Able to read and understand Danish.
•Male of Northern European descent (in order to minimize genetic variance in the study population).
•The researcher believes that the subject understands the study details, is compliant and is expected to complete the study.
•Opioid naïve
•Between 20 and 60 years of age.
•Healthy.
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
•Known hypersensitivity or allergy towards the pharmaceutical compounds used in the study or pharmaceutical compounds similar to those used in the study.
•Participation in other studies within 14 days prior to first visit.
•Expected need of medical/surgical treatment during the course of the study.
•Any disease, which investigator concludes will affect the trial (including all contraindicated complications: severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary heart disease, severe bronchial asthma, paralytic ileus, hypercapnia, serious respiratory depression with hypoxia, moderate to severe decreased liver function, gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation, acute surgical abdominal complications such as appendicitis, Mb. Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, and toxic mega colon).
•History of substance abuse.
•Family history of substance abuse.
•Daily alcohol consumption
•Daily nicotine consumption (e.g. cigarette smoking, nicotine patch, etc.).
•Consumption of grapefruit juice or juice from Seville oranges.
•Need to operate motor vehicle within the study periods.
•Metal implants or pacemaker.
•Use of prescription medicine and/or herbal medicine.
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| E.5 End points |
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
| Gastric emptying, small intestinal, and colorectal transit time (MTS-2). |
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| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
| Continuous measuring from day 1 to day 6, in the total 6-day study period. |
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| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
•Subjective assessments of adverse effects (questionnaires).
•Faecal volume in ascending, transverse, descending colon (MR colonography).
•Gut motility index (MR small intestine)
•Sphincter function (FLIP).
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| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
•Subjective assessments of adverse effects (questionnaires): Day 1 to day 6, each day in the total 6 day-study period
•Faecal volume in ascending, transverse, descending colon (MR colonography): Day 1, day 2, and day 6
•Gut motility index (MR small intestine): Day 1, day 2, and day 6
•Sphincter function (FLIP): Day 1 and day 6
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| 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 | No |
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
| 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) | Yes |
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
| 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 | No |
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Yes |
| 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 | 2 |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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
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| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 5 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 5 |