Efficacy and Safety of ASP0819 in Patients with Fibromyalgia: Results of a Proof-of-Concept, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

ASP0819 is a novel, non-opioid K_Ca3.1 channel opener that reverses abnormal nerve firing of primary sensory afferent nerves. Currently available treatments for fibromyalgia provide only modest relief and are accompanied by a host of adverse side effects.

Patients and methods

In this phase 2a, double-blind trial (NCT03056690), adults meeting fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria were randomized 1:1 to receive either 15 mg/day of oral ASP0819 (n=91) or placebo (n=95). The primary endpoint was the change from baseline to Week 8 in the mean daily average pain score. Changes in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised (FIQR) symptoms, function, and overall impact subscales, as well as changes in the patients' global impression of change, were secondary endpoint

SUBMITTER: Arnold LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735791 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature