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Study protocol of the TEC-ORL clinical trial: a randomized comparative phase II trial investigating the analgesic activity of capsaicin vs Laroxyl in head and neck Cancer survivors presenting with neuropathic pain sequelae.
Boden, Antoine; Lusque, Amélie; Lodin, Sabrina; Bourgouin, Marie; Mauries, Valérie; Moreau, Christelle; Fabre, Amandine; Mounier, Muriel; Poublanc, Muriel; Caunes-Hilary, Nathalie; Filleron, Thomas.
Affiliation
  • Boden A; Support Care Department, Institut Claudius Regaud IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France.
  • Lusque A; Biostatistics & Health Data Science Unit, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France.
  • Lodin S; Clinical Trials Office, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France.
  • Bourgouin M; Support Care Department, Institut Claudius Regaud IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France.
  • Mauries V; Support Care Department, Institut Claudius Regaud IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France.
  • Moreau C; Biostatistics & Health Data Science Unit, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France.
  • Fabre A; Clinical Trials Office, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France.
  • Mounier M; Clinical Trials Office, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France.
  • Poublanc M; Clinical Trials Office, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France.
  • Caunes-Hilary N; Support Care Department, Institut Claudius Regaud IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France.
  • Filleron T; Biostatistics & Health Data Science Unit, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 avenue Irène Joliot Curie, 31059, Toulouse, France. Filleron.thomas@iuct-oncopole.fr.
BMC Cancer ; 22(1): 1260, 2022 Dec 05.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36471253
BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain is common in cancer survivorship and is one of the most distressing symptoms for patients previously treated for head and neck cancer. Persistent neuropathic pain, when it is ongoing and uncontrolled, has a detrimental effect and erodes patients' quality of life. Patients treated for head and neck cancer are chronic opioid users to manage their post-treatment pain, which may entail an increased risk of addiction and overdose. We propose to evaluate the analgesic activity of high-concentration capsaicin patches for the treatment of head and neck cancer survivors presenting with neuropathic pain sequelae. METHODS: TEC-ORL is a parallel, multicenter randomized comparative phase II study evaluating whether Capsaïcin patches (Qutenza®) reduce neuropathic pain when compared to Amitriptyline (Laroxyl®) in head and neck cancer survivors presenting with neuropathic pain sequelae. The primary efficacy outcome is the rate of patients with a pain reduction of at least two points at 9 months compared to baseline. Assuming that 5% of patients become lost to follow-up, 130 patients will need to be randomized to detect a 25% improvement (i.e., standard: 25%, experimental: 50%) using a one-sided chi-square test with an alpha of 0.05%. According to the recommendations for comparative phase II trials, the target differences and type I error rates are relaxed. Randomized patients will either be treated with a capsaicin 8% (Qutenza®) patch applied at three time intervals in the experimental arm or with Amitriptyline (Laroxyl®) (oral solution 40 mg/ml) taken for 9 months at the recommended daily dose of 25 mg to 75 mg in the control arm. DISCUSSION: TEC-ORL is a randomized comparative phase II trial designed to comprehensively evaluate the analgesic activity of capsaicin compared to Laroxyl in Head and Neck Cancer survivors presenting with neuropathic pain sequelae. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04704453 Date of registration: 2021/01/13.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Capsaicin / Head and Neck Neoplasms / Amitriptyline / Analgesics / Neuralgia Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Guideline Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: BMC Cancer Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS Year: 2022 Document type: Article Affiliation country: France Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Capsaicin / Head and Neck Neoplasms / Amitriptyline / Analgesics / Neuralgia Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Guideline Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: BMC Cancer Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS Year: 2022 Document type: Article Affiliation country: France Country of publication: United kingdom