This study aims to evaluate topical application of Cocaine HCl 4% and 10% on safety and efficacy in local (topical) anesthesia for diagnostic procedures and surgeries on or through accessible mucous membranes of the nasal cavities.
Randomized, prospective, multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of a Placebo Topical Solution versus Cocaine HCl 4% or 10% Topical Solution as an anesthetic prior to a diagnostic procedure or surgery. In the Safety and Efficacy first phase, subjects will be randomized in a 1:1:1 fashion to one of the three treatment groups (placebo, Cocaine HCl 4% or 10% topical solution) pre-procedure and given one application of up to 4 mL from one bottle of the assigned test product. After pre-procedure Von Frey filament testing, the blind will be broken, but only relative to placebo versus cocaine, not relative to the strength of the cocaine. The placebo subjects will then exit participation in the efficacy portion of the trial, and be followed for safety for 7 days. Treatment group subjects who do not feel pain after Von Frey testing will receive their surgery or diagnostic procedure and also be followed for safety for 7 days. In the Safety second phase, subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to one of the two treatment groups (Cocaine HCl 4% or 10% topical solution) pre-procedure and given one application of up to one 4 mL of the assigned test product. After pre-procedure Von Frey filament testing reveals a pain score of 0, subjects will receive their surgery or diagnostic procedure, and then all subjects will be followed for safety for 7 days.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
159
Cocaine HCl 4% Topical Solution
Cocaine HCl 10% Topical Solution
Placebo Topical Solution
The Connecticut Sinus Center, PC
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Research Across America
Plano, Texas, United States
Immediate and Sustained Analgesic Success
The primary endpoint for this trial is analgesic success immediately after application of study drug and sustained throughout the diagnostic procedure or surgery for each nostril that received the study drug application. A subject will be considered a treatment success if they meet the following: Prior to the procedure or surgery, a 0 pain score on the 10 point pain scale (0=no pain, 10=unbearable pain) based on the Von Frey filament challenge after application of the assigned treatment solution (placebo, 4% or 10% Cocaine HCl). During the procedure or surgery, no further analgesic treatment is required (only 4% and 10% Cocaine HCl subjects who receive a procedure or surgery). Otherwise, the subject will be considered a treatment failure. Subjects with missing primary outcome data are marked as treatment failures in all treatment groups.
Time frame: Prior to and During a one-day Surgery or Diagnostic Procedure
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