Randomized Pilot Study for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leiomyomas With Botulinum Toxin
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Skin Cancer, Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | January 2009 |
| End Date: | February 2015 |
Cutaneous leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin. They can be very painful,
and current treatments for the tumors and for the associated pain do not produce
satisfactory results. One potential treatment for localized severe muscle pain involves
injections with botulinum toxin A. This study will investigate the effectiveness, side
effects, and dosage of botulinum toxin A (BOTOX) as a treatment for patients with pain
associated with cutaneous leiomyomas.
This study will include 18 subjects, all of whom will be 18 years of age and older, who have
pain associated with cutaneous leiomyomas.
For the 24-week study, patients will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups.
Neither the study team nor the patient will know to which group patients have been assigned.
Before the study begins, all participants must provide a full medical history for research
and evaluation purposes, fill out pain and quality-of-life questionnaires, and undergo an
ice test in which researchers will apply ice to the site of the cutaneous leiomyomas and ask
participants to evaluate the level of pain before and after ice application. Both groups
will be required to keep a pain diary throughout the study to record their level of pain on
a daily basis, and will be asked to avoid or restrict the use of specific medications or
other remedies to treat the pain.
At the first visit (Week 0), one group will receive a prescribed dose of botulinum toxin A,
which will be administered as an injection into the leiomyoma, and the other (control) group
will receive a placebo injection of a saline solution. Patients will return 4 weeks later,
at which time they will undergo a medical examination, and the ice test, and complete
questionnaires to assess responses and level of pain. Patients will return in Week 12, at
which time the group assignment will be revealed (un-blinded) to investigators and patients.
Patients who received placebo injections will be offered the opportunity to receive
injection of botulinum toxin A into their leiomyomas. All patients will undergo a medical
examination, the ice test, complete questionnaires, and continue completing their daily pain
diaries at home. The final visit, in Week 24, will follow the same procedure as the Week 4
visit.
At the end of the study, patients may be eligible to have one or more of the painful
cutaneous leiomyomas surgically removed if the researchers believe that the skin lesions can
be removed with a reasonable cosmetic result.
and current treatments for the tumors and for the associated pain do not produce
satisfactory results. One potential treatment for localized severe muscle pain involves
injections with botulinum toxin A. This study will investigate the effectiveness, side
effects, and dosage of botulinum toxin A (BOTOX) as a treatment for patients with pain
associated with cutaneous leiomyomas.
This study will include 18 subjects, all of whom will be 18 years of age and older, who have
pain associated with cutaneous leiomyomas.
For the 24-week study, patients will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups.
Neither the study team nor the patient will know to which group patients have been assigned.
Before the study begins, all participants must provide a full medical history for research
and evaluation purposes, fill out pain and quality-of-life questionnaires, and undergo an
ice test in which researchers will apply ice to the site of the cutaneous leiomyomas and ask
participants to evaluate the level of pain before and after ice application. Both groups
will be required to keep a pain diary throughout the study to record their level of pain on
a daily basis, and will be asked to avoid or restrict the use of specific medications or
other remedies to treat the pain.
At the first visit (Week 0), one group will receive a prescribed dose of botulinum toxin A,
which will be administered as an injection into the leiomyoma, and the other (control) group
will receive a placebo injection of a saline solution. Patients will return 4 weeks later,
at which time they will undergo a medical examination, and the ice test, and complete
questionnaires to assess responses and level of pain. Patients will return in Week 12, at
which time the group assignment will be revealed (un-blinded) to investigators and patients.
Patients who received placebo injections will be offered the opportunity to receive
injection of botulinum toxin A into their leiomyomas. All patients will undergo a medical
examination, the ice test, complete questionnaires, and continue completing their daily pain
diaries at home. The final visit, in Week 24, will follow the same procedure as the Week 4
visit.
At the end of the study, patients may be eligible to have one or more of the painful
cutaneous leiomyomas surgically removed if the researchers believe that the skin lesions can
be removed with a reasonable cosmetic result.
Background:
- Cutaneous leiomyomas are smooth muscle tumors that may arise sporadically or in
association with an inherited cancer-related genodermatosis.
- Leiomyomas may be severely painful, and current management is generally unsatisfactory.
- Studies demonstrate increased nerve density within and around leiomyomas as well as
increased acetylcholinesterase staining of associated nerves.
- Botulinum toxin-A has been used in the treatment of pain syndromes.
- Based on the known mechanisms of action of botulinum toxin-A, treatment with botulinum
toxin-A (BOTOX; Allergan, Inc.), may ameliorate the severe paroxysmal pain of
symptomatic cutaneous leiomyomas.
Objectives:
- Primary: To assess change in worst lesional pain in the past week based on Brief Pain
Inventory (BPI) from Week 0 to Week 4 in treated patients versus controls.
- Primary: To assess improvement in pain based on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) after
application of ice at Week 4 compared to baseline in treated patients versus controls.
- Secondary: To assess change in magnitude and in frequency of painful episodes based on
a weekly patient diary in treated patients versus controls.
- Secondary: To assess persistence of pain control at Weeks 12 based on the BPI and VAS.
- Secondary: To assess the frequency of rescue pain medication use in treated patients
versus controls during the 24 week study period.
- Secondary: To determine the impact of leiomyoma treatment on quality of life.
- Secondary: To assess change in patient s condition based on the Patient Global
Impression of Change.
- Secondary: To evaluate the immunohistochemical staining of nerve fibers and muscle in
cutaneous leiomyomas in control and treated lesions following the conclusion of the
study.
Eligibility:
- Subjects greater than or equal to18 years with at least 1 symptomatic cutaneous
leiomyoma.
- Pain symptoms must occur at least once a week and be characterized as greater than or
equal to 5 out of 10.
Design:
- A 12-week double-blind placebo controlled pilot study of 18 subjects with symptomatic
leiomyomas will include initial assessment with BPI, photography, and skin biopsies,
followed by treatment of subjects who initially received placebo.
- Cutaneous leiomyomas will undergo intralesional injection with botulinum toxin-A.
- Subjects will return at Weeks 4 and 12 for repeat assessment using pain and quality of
life questionnaires and photography. Skin biopsies will be performed at week 12.
- Cutaneous leiomyomas are smooth muscle tumors that may arise sporadically or in
association with an inherited cancer-related genodermatosis.
- Leiomyomas may be severely painful, and current management is generally unsatisfactory.
- Studies demonstrate increased nerve density within and around leiomyomas as well as
increased acetylcholinesterase staining of associated nerves.
- Botulinum toxin-A has been used in the treatment of pain syndromes.
- Based on the known mechanisms of action of botulinum toxin-A, treatment with botulinum
toxin-A (BOTOX; Allergan, Inc.), may ameliorate the severe paroxysmal pain of
symptomatic cutaneous leiomyomas.
Objectives:
- Primary: To assess change in worst lesional pain in the past week based on Brief Pain
Inventory (BPI) from Week 0 to Week 4 in treated patients versus controls.
- Primary: To assess improvement in pain based on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) after
application of ice at Week 4 compared to baseline in treated patients versus controls.
- Secondary: To assess change in magnitude and in frequency of painful episodes based on
a weekly patient diary in treated patients versus controls.
- Secondary: To assess persistence of pain control at Weeks 12 based on the BPI and VAS.
- Secondary: To assess the frequency of rescue pain medication use in treated patients
versus controls during the 24 week study period.
- Secondary: To determine the impact of leiomyoma treatment on quality of life.
- Secondary: To assess change in patient s condition based on the Patient Global
Impression of Change.
- Secondary: To evaluate the immunohistochemical staining of nerve fibers and muscle in
cutaneous leiomyomas in control and treated lesions following the conclusion of the
study.
Eligibility:
- Subjects greater than or equal to18 years with at least 1 symptomatic cutaneous
leiomyoma.
- Pain symptoms must occur at least once a week and be characterized as greater than or
equal to 5 out of 10.
Design:
- A 12-week double-blind placebo controlled pilot study of 18 subjects with symptomatic
leiomyomas will include initial assessment with BPI, photography, and skin biopsies,
followed by treatment of subjects who initially received placebo.
- Cutaneous leiomyomas will undergo intralesional injection with botulinum toxin-A.
- Subjects will return at Weeks 4 and 12 for repeat assessment using pain and quality of
life questionnaires and photography. Skin biopsies will be performed at week 12.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
1. Subjects must be age greater than or equal to18 years.
2. Subjects must have a prior biopsy-proven diagnosis of cutaneous leiomyoma.
3. Subjects must have at least 1 symptomatic leiomyomas or regions less than or
equal to 60 cm^2 of leiomyomas with pain characterized as greater than 4 based
on a 10-point scale, indicating pain of at least moderate severity.
4. Pain episodes must occur at least once a week.
5. Subjects must have the ability to participate fully and comply with the
procedures of the protocol in the opinion of the investigator.
6. Written informed consent has been obtained including consenting to have tissue
samples stored, however subjects are allowed to refuse sample storage.
7. Negative urine or serum pregnancy test in females of childbearing potential.
8. Subjects who are clinically stable such that they can be expected to complete
the 24-week study.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
1. Subjects with allergies to BTX-A.
2. Females with a positive pregnancy test, or who are breast-feeding, planning a
pregnancy during the study, who think that they may be pregnant at the start of the
study or females of childbearing potential who are unable or unwilling to use a
reliable form of contraception during the study.
3. Subjects with neuromuscular junction disorders (ie. myasthenia gravis or
Lambert-Eaton syndrome) or peripheral motor neuropathic diseases (ie. amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis or motor neuropathy).
4. Subjects with infection at the intended sites of injection.
5. Subjects who have had prior Botulinum toxin product within the past 6 months.
6. Subjects with pain resulting from other disease(s), specifically:
- pain that requires intermittent or ongoing treatment with narcotics
- severe, debilitating, or acute pain originating from sources other than
leiomyomas
7. Subjects taking pain medications, neuroactive agents, or other therapy directed
toward treatment of cutaneous leiomyomas concurrently or within 5 days or 5
half-lives (whichever is longer) of BTX-A treatment, other than specified rescue pain
medications). Patients currently on therapy directed toward OTHER mild to moderate
chronic pain will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis for inclusion. Patients with
well-controlled mild to moderate chronic pain such as that associated with
osteoarthritis, who do not require narcotic therapy, will NOT be excluded. Aspirin
for pain relief or for other indications is also acceptable.
8. Subjects with late-stage cancers or unstable disease (such as hemodynamic
instability, i.e., systolic or diastolic blood pressure fall of 20 mm Hg or greater
from the stable patient s baseline measurement).
9. A condition or situation that, in the investigator's opinion, may put the subject at
significant risk or interfere significantly with the subject's participation in the
study.
We found this trial at
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site
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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