The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of a single dose of an ibuprofen 600 mg extended release formulation in post-operative dental pain. There is concern that the manufacturing process may affect the performance characteristics of the selected prototype. Therefore, two formulations of this prototype manufactured by two different processes, \[roller compaction\] and \[wet granulation\] will be included in this study. The preferred prototype manufactured by two different methods will be compared to placebo and each other. This study will also characterize the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship with these formulations.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
196
Jean Brown Research Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Time-weighted Sum of Pain Intensity Difference Score From 0 to 12 Hours (SPID 0-12)
Pain intensity difference (PID) score based on 4-point categorical pain intensity rating scale. Participants asked, "How much pain do you have at this time?" Range of scale: None (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2), Severe (3). SPID derived by adding the time-weighted sums of PID scores over the time interval. Scores could range from -12 to 36 where higher positive values indicated improvement (decrease in pain intensity).
Time frame: Baseline (0 hour) to 12 hours post dose
Time-weighted Sum of Pain Intensity Difference Score From 8 to 12 Hours (SPID 8-12)
PID score based on 4-point categorical pain intensity rating scale. Participants asked, "How much pain do you have at this time?" Range of scale: None (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2), Severe (3). SPID score derived by adding the time-weighted sums of PID scores over the time interval. Scores could range from -4 to 12 where higher positive values indicated improvement (decrease in pain intensity).
Time frame: 8 to 12 hours post dose
Time to First Perceptible Pain Relief
Time to first perceptible relief (confirmed by meaningful relief) was defined as the elapsed time from dosing until the participant depresses the first stopwatch labelled "first perceptible relief", if the participant also depressed the second stopwatch labelled as "meaningful relief" by 6 hours. If the confirmation was not achieved, the participant was censored at 6 hours. Perceptible relief defined as when participant first begins to feel any pain relieving effect whatsoever of the drug. Does not necessarily mean the participant feels completely better, but when the participant first feels any difference in the pain he/she has currently.
Time frame: Baseline to 6 hours
Time to Treatment Failure
Time to first rescue medication or discontinuation due to lack of efficacy
Time frame: Baseline to 24 hours
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Percentage of Participants With Treatment Failure
Treatment failure defined as use of rescue medication or discontinuation due to lack of efficacy.
Time frame: 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 hours
Time-weighted Sum of Pain Intensity Difference From 0 to 4 Hours (SPID 0-4) and 4 to 8 Hours (SPID 4-8)
Time-weighted sum of PID score. PID based on 4-point categorical pain intensity rating scale. Participants asked, "How much pain do you have at this time?" Range of scale: None (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2), Severe (3). SPID score derived by adding the time-weighted sums of PID scores over the time interval. Scores could range from -4 to 12 where higher positive values indicated improvement (decrease in pain intensity).
Time frame: 0 to 4 hours and 4 to 8 hours
Time-weighted Sum of Pain Relief and Pain Intensity Difference Scores (SPRID)
Time-weighted sum of PRID score where PRID=PID+PR. PID: 4-point categorical pain intensity difference scale, 0 (none) to 3 (severe), score derived by subtracting postdose score from baseline, ranged from -1 to 3. Baseline pain intensity score of at least 2 required for enrollment. Higher positive PID values = improvement. PR: 5-point categorical pain relief scale None (0), A Little (1), Some (2), A Lot (3) or Complete (4). SPRID 0-4, SPRID 4-8, and SRID 8-12 scores ranged from -4 to 28, SPRID 0-12 ranged from -12 to 84, higher scores = greater improvement.
Time frame: 0 to 4 hours, 4 to 8 hours, 8 to 12 hours, and 0 to 12 hours
Time-weighted Sum of Pain Relief Scores (TOTPAR)
TOTPAR based on 5-point categorical pain relief scale. Participants asked, "How much relief do you have from your starting pain?" Range of scale: None (0), A Little (1), Some (2), A Lot (3) or Complete (4). Higher scores indicated improvement (better pain relief). For time-weighted sum of pain relief scores from 0 to 4 hours (TOTPAR 0-4), from 4 to 8 hours (TOTPAR 4-8), and from 8 to 12 hours (TOTPAR 8-12): range of scores 0 (worst) to 16 (best). TOTPAR 0-12 range of scores 0 (worst) to 48 (best).
Time frame: 0 to 4 hours, 4 to 8 hours, 8 to 12 hours, and 0 to 12 hours
Percentage of Participants Achieving First Perceptible Relief Confirmed by Meaningful Relief
The elapsed time from dosing until the participant indicated first perceptible relief, provided the participant also indicated achieving meaningful relief. Perceptible relief defined as when participant first begins to feel any pain-relieving effect whatsoever of the drug. Does not necessarily mean the participant feels completely better, but when the participant first feels any difference in the pain he/she currently has now.
Time frame: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 120 minutes and every 60 minutes up to 360 minutes
Time to Meaningful Pain Relief
Participants evaluated the time to meaningful relief by depressing a second stopwatch at the moment they first began to experience meaningful relief, defined as relief from the pain that is considered meaningful to the participant.
Time frame: Baseline to 6 hours
Percentage of Participants Achieving Meaningful Pain Relief
Participants evaluated the time to first perceptible pain relief by depressing a stopwatch at the moment they first began to experience perceptible relief and the time to meaningful relief by depressing a second stopwatch at the moment they first began to experience meaningful relief defined as relief from the pain that is considered meaningful to the participant.
Time frame: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 120 minutes and every 60 minutes up to 360 minutes
Participant Global Evaluation of Study Medication at 12 Hours
Participant rated global evaluation of study medication; results reported by evaluation categories and included very poor (0), poor (1), fair (2), good (3), very good (4), and excellent (5).
Time frame: 12 hours
Participant Global Evaluation of Study Medication at 24 Hours
Participant rated global evaluation of study medication; results reported by evaluation categories and included very poor (0), poor (1), fair (2), good (3), very good (4), and excellent (5).
Time frame: 24 hours
Pain Intensity Difference (PID) Score
PID based on 4-point categorical pain intensity rating scale. Participants asked, "How much pain do you have at this time?" Range of scale: None (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2), Severe (3). PID score derived by subtracting postdose score from baseline score and could range from -1 to 3. A baseline pain intensity score of at least 2 was required for study enrollment. Higher positive PID values indicated greater improvement (decrease in pain intensity).
Time frame: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 minutes and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 24 hours
Pain Relief (PR) Score
PR score based on 5-point categorical pain relief scale. Participants asked, "How much relief do you have from your starting pain?" Range of scale: None \[0\], A Little \[1\], Some \[2\], A Lot \[3\] or Complete \[4\]. Higher scores indicated improvement (better pain relief).
Time frame: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 minutes and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 24 hours
Pain Relief Combined With Pain Intensity Difference (PRID) Score
PRID=PID+PR, where PID: 4-point categorical pain intensity difference scale, 0 (none) to 3 (severe), score derived by subtracting postdose score from baseline and could range from -1 to 3. Baseline pain intensity score of at least 2 was required for study enrollment. Higher positive PID values indicated improvement. PR: 5-point categorical pain relief scale (None \[0\], A Little \[1\], Some \[2\], A Lot \[3\], Complete \[4\]). PRID score could range from -1 to 7 where higher scores indicated better pain relief and decrease in pain intensity.
Time frame: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 minutes and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 24 hours
Peak Pain Relief Score
Maximum PR score over the scheduled pain relief assessments. PR score based on 5-point categorical pain relief scale. Participants asked, "How much relief do you have from your starting pain?" Range of scale: None (0), A Little (1), Some (2), A Lot (3) or Complete (4). Higher scores indicated improvement (better pain relief).
Time frame: Baseline to 12 hours