| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
major elective knee surgery (cruciate ligament surgery)
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| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
planned knee surgery either for mending cruciate ligament rupture
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| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E] - Anesthesia and Analgesia [E03] |
| MedDRA Classification |
| 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 |
| Trial objective is to investigate the use of additional analgesic medication via PCA during the first 24 hours postoperatively. |
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
| Assessment of the local and systemic tolerability and safety of the clinical study medications (i.e. Neodolpasse® Infusion Solution and 75 mg diclofenac only infusion). |
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| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
General enrolment criteria are: - Elective knee surgery (cruciate ligament surgery) - Confirmed patient suitability for planned surgery - Age 18 to ≤ 85 years - Legally valid signed written informed consent provided - Female patients are confirmed non-pregnant or not breast feeding - Adequate renal function defined by a creatinine value lower than 1.80 mg/dL for male and ower than 1.50 mg/dL for female patients - No known intolerabilities / hypersensitivities to any part of the study medication - No reoperation/revision within 6 months after the initial surgery - Absence of history of abuse of analgesics or other drug - No analgesics within 48 hours prior to surgery (surgery-related excluded) - No current / recent (within 4 weeks prior to enrollment) experimental treatment - No current / recent (within 4 weeks prior to enrollment) participation in another clinical study - No foreseeable difficulties with regard to protocol compliance
IMP-related enrollment criteria are: - Known hypersensibility against the active ingredients diclofenac or orphenadrine - Known hypersensibility against the other ingredients of the investigational medicinal product - Absence of congestive heart failure classes 2 or higher according to the NYHA classification - Absence of ischemic heart disease - Absence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease - Absence of cerebro-vascular disease - Absence of significant risk factors for cardiovascular events (e.g., hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, type-2 diabetes, moderate smoking)
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
| Please refer to list of principal inclusion criteria (=enrolment criteria) for details. |
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| E.5 End points |
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
| - Total dose of analgesic delivered by PCA over the first 48 hours post-surgery |
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| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
| - Total PCA dose: during first 48 hours post-surgery |
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| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
- Pain intensity assessed during the first 48 hours after the surgical intervention by using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with focus on the infusion periods
- Total dose of analgesic delivered by PCA over the first 8 and 16 hours post-surgery
- Delirium state of the study patients assessed by Delirium Detection Score for Orphenadrine safety
- Laboratory safety values, vital signs and adverse event profile until 48 hours post-surgery to assess overall safety and tolerability of IMP
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| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
- Pain intensity (VAS): until 48 hours post-surgery (end of follow-up) - Total PCA dose: until 48 hours post-surgery (end of follow-up) - Delirium state: 4 hours after start of every IMP infusion - Laboratory safety values: at registration/randomization and until 48 hours post-surgery (end of follow-up) Vital signs: at registration/randomization Adverse event profile: until 48 hours post-surgery (end of follow-up) |
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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 | No |
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes |
| 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) | Yes |
| 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
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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 | 0 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 12 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 0 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 12 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |