This is an open label compassionate use study of subcutaneously administered methylnaltrexone (MNTX) in participants with advance medical illness and opioid-induced constipation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
26
Methylnaltrexone will be administered as per the dose and schedule specified in the arm.
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Tarrytown, New York, United States
Number of Participants With Opioid Induced Side Effects
Opioid induced side effects included nausea, myoclonus, mental clouding (confusional state), vomiting, sedation, pruritus, sweating (hyperhidrosis), constipation, and urinary retention. A summary of serious and all other non-serious adverse events regardless of causality is located in the Reported Adverse Events module.
Time frame: From start of treatment until end of study (up to maximum 3.4 years)
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