This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of twice-daily (BID) oral difelikefalin (CR845) in adult subjects with notalgia paresthetica and moderate to severe pruritus.
The study will consist of a 37-day Screening period, a 7-day Run-In period, a 8-week Placebo-Controlled Treatment period followed by a 4-week Active Extension period and a Follow Up visit approximately 14 days after the last dose of study drug. All subjects will sign an informed consent form (ICF) and undergo screening for study eligibility. Subjects will be randomized to receive either placebo or difelikefalin (CR845) tablets at a dose of 2.0 mg, orally BID. Intake of the first dose of study drug will be at Day 1. Subjects who complete the Placebo-Controlled Treatment period of the study will transition into the Active Extension period upon completion of the Week 8 visit assessments. All subjects in the Active Extension will receive difelikefalin (CR845).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
126
Oral difelikefalin 2.0 mg administered twice daily
Oral Placebo administered twice daily
Change from baseline in the weekly mean of the daily 24-hour Worst Itch-Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS) score at Week 8.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 8
Improvement in itch-related quality of life as assessed by the change from baseline to Week 8 in total Skindex-10 Scale score
Time frame: Baseline, Week 8
Change from baseline in itch-related Sleep Disturbance Subscale measured by the Itch Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) at Week 8
Time frame: Baseline, Week 8
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