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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/11/060049 [Registered on: 21/11/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/06/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Dentistry 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Polmacoxib and Paracetamol combination effectiveness in pain relief after dental extraction 
Scientific Title of Study   A Prospective, Multicentric, Double blind, Randomized, Active Controlled, Parallel Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Fixed Dose Combination of Polmacoxib 2mg and Paracetamol 325mg compared to Fixed Dose Combination of Etoricoxib 60mg and Paracetamol 325mg in Adults with Acute Pain due to Dental Extraction 
Trial Acronym  Nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
HCR/III/POLPARAPI/03/2023 Version 2.0 Date 14-06-2023  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Shubhadeep Sinha MD 
Designation  Senior Vice President and Head 
Affiliation  Hetero Group 
Address  Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Hetero Corporate, 7-2-A2, Industrial Estates, Sanath Nagar

Hyderabad
TELANGANA
500018
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  sd.sinha@hetero.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Sreenivasa Chary S 
Designation  Senior General Manager 
Affiliation  Hetero Labs Limited 
Address  Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Hetero Corporate, 7-2-A2, Industrial Estates, Sanath Nagar Hyderabad TELANGANA

Hyderabad
TELANGANA
500018
India 
Phone  914023704923  
Fax  914023801902  
Email  Sreenivasa.Chary@hetero.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Subhadeep Sinha MD 
Designation  Senior Vice President 
Affiliation  Hetero Labs Limited 
Address  Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Hetero Corporate, 7-2-A2, Industrial Estates, Sanath Nagar Hyderabad TELANGANA

Hyderabad
TELANGANA
500018
India 
Phone  914023704923  
Fax  914023801902  
Email  sd.sinha@hetero.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Hetero Labs Limited, Hetero Corporate, 7-2-A2, Industrial Estates, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India-500018 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Hetero Labs Limited 
Address  Hetero Labs Limited, Hetero Corporate, 7-2-A2, Industrial Estates, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India-500018 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 5  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr D Srihari  ACSR Government Medical College& Hospital  Department of Dentistry, 2nd Floor,Room No18 ,Dargamitta, Nellore 524004,India
Nellore
ANDHRA PRADESH 
7780630757

doddagasrihari@gmail.com 
Dr Vishwesh Prashant Joshi  Hi-Tech Multispeciality Hospital  Department of Dentistry, Room No 02 , Ground Floor, Sector3-D, Plot No.1180, Gh Road, Nr. Gh-11/2 Bus stand, 382003, India
Gandhinagar
GUJARAT 
9426455174

vishweshjoshi1905@gmail.com 
Dr Balram Choudhary  Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College  Department of Dentistry, Ground Floor , Room No 101, Kala Bagh, Ajmer-305001,India
Ajmer
RAJASTHAN 
8118877284

clinical.jln@gmail.com 
Dr Soma Halder  Medical College and Hospital  Department of Dentistry, Second Floor ,Room No, 409, 88 College Street, Kolkata 700073,India
Kolkata
WEST BENGAL 
9475679714

somahalderortho2@gmail.com 
Dr Archana H Lanje  MLB Medical College  Department of Dentistry, 1st Floor, Room No 77,Kanpur Road ,Jhansi 284128,India
Jhansi
UTTAR PRADESH 
8009446767

drarchanamisurya@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 5  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ethics Committee, MLB Medical College& Associated Hospital  Submittted/Under Review 
Hi-Tech Ethics Committee  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee ACSR Government Medical College& Hospital  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Ethics Committee for Human Research, Medical College and Hospital  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Ethics Committee Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College  Submittted/Under Review 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: G978||Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Etoricoxib 60mg and Paracetamol 325mg Tablets  One tablet once a day with food for 3 days 
Intervention  Polmacoxib 2mg and Paracetamol 325mg tablets  One tablet once a day with food for 3 days 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Adult male or female subjects aged of 18-65 years.
2. Subjects willing to give written, signed, and dated informed consent to participate
in the study.
3. Subjects requiring dental extraction other than 3rd molar.
4. Patients who agree not to use any other approved or experimental
pharmacological treatments for their pain, other than mentioned in the protocol,
at any time during the study.
5. Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active must agree to use
barrier contraception and can neither be pregnant nor lactating from screening
throughout the duration of the study.
6. Clinical laboratory evaluations (including clinical chemistry, hematology, and
complete urinalysis) within the reference range for the testing laboratory or the
results are deemed not clinically significant for inclusion into this study by the
investigator. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Patients with any contraindication, hypersensitivity or intolerance to either
paracetamol or polmacoxib or with history of hypersensitivity reactions to drugs
of similar chemical classes or to any of its excipients
2. History of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or HIV infection.
3. Patients on anticonvulsants, antidepressants (e.g., tricyclic, tetracyclic, atypical),
aspirin at doses >81 mg/day, benzodiazepines, opioids, herbal medications,
mexiletine HCl.
4. Patients using the following medications:
a. Use of anticoagulants within 2 weeks of screening
b. Use of analgesics within 48 hours before screening (except
acetaminophen 650 mg/ day as rescue medication)
c. Use of steroids within 6 weeks or currently on steroids.
5. Concurrent use of corticosteroids, herbal medicines, traditional medicines,
nutraceuticals, glucosamine, and/or chondroitin sulfate.
6. Patients with HbAlc greater than 8% at screening
7. Patients with history of epilepsy or seizure disorder requiring treatment with antiepileptic
drugs.
8. Patients with known alcohol or other substance abuse within last one year.
9. Patients with history of cardiovascular disease (uncontrolled hypertension i.e.
≥140/90 mm of Hg, congestive heart failure, ischemic.
10. If serum NT-pro-BNP level is greater than 125 pg/mL.
11. Subjects with history of rheumatic fever.
12. Subjects with history of blood dyscrasia (i.e. hemophilia or platelet disorders.
13. Subjects with acute pericoronal abscess or pericoronitis or Ludwig’s angina.
14. Subjects with history of heavy irradiation for dental lesions.
15. Dental extraction site is in proximity to an area of infection or malignancy.
16. Subjects with history of malignant disorders like leukemia and lymphoma.
17. Medical condition or disorder that would interfere with the ADME of study drugs. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Permuted block randomization, variable 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator, Outcome Assessor and Date-entry Operator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Percent change in mean pain intensity decrease measured by Numeric Pain Rating
Scale from start of medication to 48 hours 
48 hours 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Percent change in mean pain intensity decrease measured by Numeric Pain Rating
Scale 
Baseline, 6, 24, 48 hours 
Change in mean pain intensity decrease measured by Numeric Pain Rating Scale  Baseline to 6 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours 
Mean Sum of Pain Intensity Difference (SPID)
(NPRS SPID-6, NPRS SPID-24, NPRS SPID-48) 
0 to 6, 0 to 24 and 0 to 48 hours 
Change in mean pain relief score on a 5-point scale  6 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours 
Total pain relief (TOTPAR-6,
TOTPAR-24, TOTPAR-48) 
0 to 6, 0 to 24 and 0 to 48 hours  
Proportion of subjects used rescue medication during the study period  48 hours 
Patient’s Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I)  6 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours 
Treatment emergent clinical & laboratory adverse events (TEAEs).  48 hours 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="160"
Sample Size from India="160" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   30/11/2023 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Closed to Recruitment of Participants 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

This prospective, multicentric, double blind, randomized, active controlled, parallel study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of FDC of polmacoxib 2mg and paracetamol 325mg (test- drug) compared to FDC of etoricoxib 60mg and paracetamol 325mg (reference drug) in adults with acute pain due to dental extraction. 

Adult male and female subjects (18 – 65 years), across the country among 10-12 geographically distributed study sites, with acute pain due to dental extraction would be recruited, who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria, to assess the pain intensity with Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS).  Since the study is designed to carry in 1:1 ratio of test versus reference treatments, 144 patients (72 per arm) would be sufficient to prove non-inferiority of test drug compared to reference drug at one sided 2.5% level of significance, 80% power and -20% of noninferiority margin. The demographic and baseline characteristics will be assessed before initiating the study.

Percent change in mean pain intensity decrease measured by NPR scale from start of medication to 48 hours, percent change in mean pain intensity decrease measured by NPR scale from start of medication to 6 hours and 24 hours are the primary and secondary study endpoints respectively.

Change in mean pain intensity decrease, mean sum of pain intensity difference over 0 to 6, 0 to 24 and 0 to 48 hours (NPRS SPID-6, NPRS SPID-24, NPRS SPID-48), change in mean pain relief score on a 5-point scale at 6 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours, total pain relief (TOTPAR) over 0 to 6, 0 to 24 and 0 to 48 hours (TOTPAR-6, TOTPAR-24, TOTPAR-48), proportion of subjects used rescue medication during the study period, patient’s global impression of improvement (PGI-I) at 6 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours are the different treatment outcome measures at respective time points.

Treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), adverse drug reactions (ADRs), clinical & laboratory parameters, vital signs, and electrocardiogram (ECG) data in 8 weeks. 


 
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