A a Single Dose Efficacy Study in Inducing Laxation in Advance Illness Patients

Summary

To test the effectiveness of MNTX in advanced illness subjects.

Timeline

Start

2003-02

Primary completion

2005-02

Completion

2005-02

Publications

• Chamberlain BH, Rhiner M, Slatkin NE, Stambler N, Israel RJ. Subcutaneous methylnaltrexone for opioid-induced constipation in advanced-illness patients with or without active cancer. Pain Manag. 2020 Mar;10(2):73-84. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2019-0045. Epub 2020 Jan 17.
• Janku F, Johnson LK, Karp DD, Atkins JT, Singleton PA, Moss J. Treatment with methylnaltrexone is associated with increased survival in patients with advanced cancer. Ann Oncol. 2016 Nov;27(11):2032-2038. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdw317. Epub 2016 Aug 29.
• Nalamachu SR, Pergolizzi J, Taylor R Jr, Slatkin NE, Barrett AC, Yu J, Bortey E, Paterson C, Forbes WP. Efficacy and Tolerability of Subcutaneous Methylnaltrexone in Patients with Advanced Illness and Opioid-Induced Constipation: A Responder Analysis of 2 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials. Pain Pract. 2015 Jul;15(6):564-71. doi: 10.1111/papr.12218. Epub 2014 May 10.
• Slatkin N, Thomas J, Lipman AG, Wilson G, Boatwright ML, Wellman C, Zhukovsky DS, Stephenson R, Portenoy R, Stambler N, Israel R. Methylnaltrexone for treatment of opioid-induced constipation in advanced illness patients. J Support Oncol. 2009 Jan-Feb;7(1):39-46.

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