Clinical trial • Phase III • Haematology

LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE for Sickle cell disease

Phase III trial of LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE for Sickle cell disease.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Haematology
Trial Disease
Sickle cell disease
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
16-07-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
05-11-2025

Trial design

Randomised, placebo (sodium chloride solution for injection) + standard of care; administered as a placebo infusion matching the lidocaine infusion for up to 72 hours (day 1–3).-controlled Phase III trial across 11 sites in France.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Placebo (SODIUM CHLORIDE solution for injection) + standard of care; administered as a placebo infusion matching the lidocaine infusion for up to 72 hours (Day 1–3).
Target Sample Size
104
Trial Duration For Participant
28

Eligibility

Recruits 104 Consent: "Patient or next of kin informed about the study and having consented to participation of the patient in the study. If patient is no competent and no next of kin can be contacted during screening for the study, trial inclusion will be completed as an emergency procedure by the intensive care unit physician, in compliance with French law." Vulnerable populations: study excludes "Patients under guardianship, curatorship or under legal protection"; emergency inclusion by ICU physician is allowed under French law when patient is not competent and no next of kin can be contacted..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant women or nursing mothers; Women of child bearing potential will be tested for pregnancy before inclusion
Vulnerable Population
Consent: "Patient or next of kin informed about the study and having consented to participation of the patient in the study. If patient is no competent and no next of kin can be contacted during screening for the study, trial inclusion will be completed as an emergency procedure by the intensive care unit physician, in compliance with French law." Vulnerable populations: study excludes "Patients under guardianship, curatorship or under legal protection"; emergency inclusion by ICU physician is allowed under French law when patient is not competent and no next of kin can be contacted.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥18 years\n- Known sickle cell disease with an SS, SC, Sβ0, or Sβ+ genotype\n- Patient admitted to the intensive care unit for vaso-occlusive crisis and/or acute chest syndrome as the main reason for admission : Vaso-occlusive crisis defined by acute pain or tenderness, affecting at least one part of the body, including limbs, ribs, sternum, head (skull), spine, and/or pelvis, not attributable to other cause / Acute chest syndrome defined by the association of clinical respiratory sign(s): dyspnea and/or chest pain and/or auscultatory abnormality (crepitants and/or bronchial breathing) with a new pulmonary infiltrate on chest X-ray, thoracic CT-scan, or lung ultrasound.\n- Treatment with parenteral morphine or oxycodone started less than 72 hours prior to inclusion\n- Patient or next of kin informed about the study and having consented to participation of the patient in the study. If patient is no competent and no next of kin can be contacted during screening for the study, trial inclusion will be completed as an emergency procedure by the intensive care unit physician, in compliance with French law\n- French speaking\n- Patient with health care insurance"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnant women or nursing mothers; Women of child bearing potential will be tested for pregnancy before inclusion\n- Epileptic patients\n- Hypovolemic shock or shock of other cause at screening for inclusion\n- Known atrioventricular block, QT prolongation or other heart conduction disorder or heart failure\n- Chronic respiratory failure with long term non invasive ventilation (excluding Continuous Positive Air way pressure), or long term oxygen therapy at home\n- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome according to The 2012 Berlin definition\n- Acute or Chronic liver failure with MELD > 19 according to CKD-EPI\n- Acute or Chronic kidney failure with clearance <30mL/min/m2\n- Body weight <40kg and >120kg\n- Prior inclusion in the study in the last 3 months\n- Patients under guardianship, curatorship or under legal protection\n- Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated\n- Sickle cell disease acute complication other than vaso-occlusive crisis or acute chest syndrome as the main reason for admission : priapism, stroke, acute splenic sequestration, acute hepatic sequestration, bone marrow necrosis.\n- Patients wearing a lidocaine-medicated plaster at the time of screening for inclusion\n- Known or assumed hypersensitivity to lidocaine hydrochloride, other local anaesthetics (e.g., bupivacaine or ropivacaine) or an excipient\n- Patients treated with anti-arhythmic drugs known to induce torsade de pointe\n- Patients on chronic or occasional treatment with drugs that interact with the 3A cytochrome isoenzymes (CYP3A) and/or 1A2 cytochrome isoenzymes (CYP1A2)\n- Patients with recurrent porphyria, porphyria in remission, or known asymptomatic carriage of gene mutations responsible for porphyria\n- Patient under invasive mechanical ventilation\n- Altered consciousness with Glasgow coma scale <13"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Cumulative parenteral opioid dose between randomisation and discharge from the intensive care unit expressed in morphine milligram equivalent. Only parenteral morphine and parenteral oxycodone will be taken in account, as tramadol and codein are weak opioids, and stronger opioids like fentanyl or sufentanyl are not likely to be used for spontaneously breathing patients.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured as cumulative parenteral opioid dose between randomisation and ICU discharge, expressed in morphine milligram equivalents (only parenteral morphine and parenteral oxycodone counted)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Intensive care unit length of stay, in days, from randomisation\n- Hospital length of stay, in days, from randomisation\n- Visual Analogue pain Scale score and Categorical Pain Score score during intensive care unit stay\n- Time from randomisation to vaso-occlusive crisis resolution, defined as presence of at least three of the following four criteria: continuous apyrexia for the last 8 hours, no need for intravenous opioid infusion for the last 8 hours, ability to walk or move without pain, and absence of spontaneous pain with a Categorical Pain Scale ≤1\n- Time from randomisation to the last parenteral opioid dose\n- Frequency of vaso-occlusive crisis complications: a) secondary acute chest syndrome (i.e. acute chest syndrome occurring after randomisation), b) need for blood transfusion, c) need for red blood cell exchange, d) need for life-supporting therapies defined as invasive mechanical ventilation or dialysis or vasopressor support\n- Score of French version of Adult Sickle Cell Quality of Life Measurement Information System (ASCQ-Me) at D28\n- Frequency of any adverse events and frequency of serious adverse events at D28\n- Frequency of re-admissions in hospital (medicine ward or intensive care unit) or emergency-room visits by D28\n- Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (cost par Quality-Adjusted Life-Year, QALY) comparing lidocaine + standard of care to standard of care alone","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ICU and hospital length of stay measured in days from randomisation; pain measured using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Categorical Pain Score during ICU stay; vaso-occlusive crisis resolution defined by ≥3 of: continuous apyrexia for last 8 hours, no IV opioid infusion for last 8 hours, ability to walk/move without pain, absence of spontaneous pain with CPS ≤1; time to last parenteral opioid dose measured from randomisation; complications recorded as specified (secondary ACS, transfusion, RBC exchange, need for life-supporting therapies); ASCQ-Me score at Day 28; adverse events and serious adverse events frequency at Day 28; readmissions/ER visits by Day 28; incremental cost-effectiveness ratio calculated as cost per QALY comparing lidocaine + SOC vs SOC alone."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
104
Recruitment Window Months
25
Consent Approach
Informed consent obtained from the patient or next of kin. If the patient is not competent and no next of kin can be contacted during screening, inclusion may be completed as an emergency procedure by the intensive care unit physician, in compliance with French law. Study documents include subject information and informed consent forms for patients and for next of kin; inclusion requires participants to be French speaking.

Methods

  • Recruitment of eligible patients admitted to intensive care units at participating hospitals in France; enrolment performed in the ICU setting with patients or next of kin provided with study information and asked to consent; if patient is not competent and no next of kin can be contacted during screening, emergency inclusion can be completed by the ICU physician in compliance with French law.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
11
Total Number Of Participants
104

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
03-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
05-11-2025
Processing Time Days
63
Number Of Sites
11
Number Of Participants
104

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Orléans
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Marie SKARZYNSKI
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Arthur DURAND
Contact Person Email
arthur.durand@chu-lille.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Charlotte SALMON-GANDONNIERE
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Arthur ORIEUX
Contact Person Email
arthur.orieux@chu-bordeaux.fr
Site Name
Hopital Tenon
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Muriel FARTOUKH
Contact Person Email
muriel.fartoukh@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Delphine CHATELLIER
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De La Guadeloupe
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Frédéric MARTINO
Site Name
Hôpital de la Timone
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Jérémy BOURENNE
Contact Person Email
jeremy.bourenne@ap-hm.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Maximillien GRALL
Contact Person Email
maximillien.grall@chu-rouen.fr
Site Name
IUCT-Oncopole
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Sihem BOUAHARAOUA
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Department Name
Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Contact Person Name
Maïté AGBAKOU
Contact Person Email
maite.agbakou@chu-nantes.fr

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Active Substance
LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Parenteral
Route
Parenteral (injection/infusion)
Authorisation Status
Off-label use
Frequency
Continuous infusion for up to 72 hours (Day 1–3)
Maximum Dose
Max daily 3060 mg; max total 8820 mg
Investigational Product Name
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Active Substance
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Parenteral
Route
Parenteral (injection/infusion)
Frequency
Continuous infusion for up to 72 hours (placebo matching lidocaine)
Maximum Dose
Max daily 3060 mg; max total 8820 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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