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. 2020 May 26;13:1209–1222. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S243435

Table 4.

Safety of Oral Naldemedine in Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Trial Ref Phase and Study Design No of Patients Treatment Primary Endpoint Secondary Endpoints
TEAEs Serious TEAEs TEAEs Leading to Discontinuation TEAEs of Opioid Withdrawal
V9231 – COMPOSE 1 Hale et al37 Phase III Multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial Nal 274
Placebo 273
Nal 0.2 mg OD for 12 wks Nal 49%
Placebo 45% #
Nal 5%
Placebo 2%
Nal 1%
Placebo 0%
Nal 1%
Placebo <1%
V9232 – COMPOSE 2 Hale et al37 Phase III. Multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial Nal 277 Placebo 276 Nal 0.2 mg OD for 12 wks Nal 50%
Placebo 48% #
Nal 3%
Placebo 5%
Nal 1%
Placebo1%
Nal 0%
Placebo 0%
V9235 – COMPOSE 3 Webster et al38 Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Nal 621 Placebo 619 Nal 0.2 mg OD for 52 wks Nal 68.4%
Placebo 72.1%
Nal 9.7%
Placebo 11.8%
Nal 6.3%
Placebo 5.8%
Nal 1.8%
Placebo 1.1%
V9238 – COMPOSE 6 Saito et al39 Phase III. Single-arm, open-label study Nal 43 Nal 0.2 mg OD for 48 wks Nal 88% Nal 9% Nal 7% NA
V9239 – COMPOSE 7 Saito et al39 Phase III. Single-arm, open-label study Nal 10 Nal 0.2 mg once daily for 48 wks Nal 90% Nal 0% Nal 10% NA

Note: #In COMPOSE 1 and 2 TEAEs is not the primary endpoint.

Abbreviations: Nal, naldemedine; TEAEs, treatment-emergent adverse events.