Clinical trial • Phase III • Musculoskeletal
Orphenadrine citrate; Paracetamol; Diclofenac potassium for Low back pain
Phase III trial of Orphenadrine citrate; Paracetamol; Diclofenac potassium for Low back pain.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Musculoskeletal
- Trial Disease
- Low back pain
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 30-05-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 25-09-2025
Trial design
Randomised, diclofenac + orphenadrine + paracetamol / verisfield film-coated tablets (test product); cataflam sugar coated tablets 50mg (diclofenac potassium) (comparator); norgesic 35 mg / 450 mg tablets (orphenadrine citrate + paracetamol) (comparator); placebo red (placebo); placebo white (placebo). dose strengths are provided in product names where available; dosing schedule not specified in the available record.-controlled Phase III trial across 5 sites in Greece.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Diclofenac + Orphenadrine + Paracetamol / Verisfield film-coated tablets (test product); CATAFLAM Sugar Coated Tablets 50mg (diclofenac potassium) (comparator); Norgesic 35 mg / 450 mg tablets (orphenadrine citrate + paracetamol) (comparator); Placebo Red (placebo); Placebo White (placebo). Dose strengths are provided in product names where available; dosing schedule not specified in the available record.
- Target Sample Size
- 224
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 7
Eligibility
Recruits 224 Vulnerable populations are not selected for this trial. Consent must be provided as voluntary written informed consent by the participant; where applicable the protocol refers to legally authorized representatives. Subject information and informed consent form for adults is provided (L1_ICF adults)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding or childbearing potential not protected by a highly effective contraceptive method of birth control
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable populations are not selected for this trial. Consent must be provided as voluntary written informed consent by the participant; where applicable the protocol refers to legally authorized representatives. Subject information and informed consent form for adults is provided (L1_ICF adults).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- age 18-64 years old"}
- {"criterion_text":"- presenting with acute low back pain having started ≤7 days with severe intensity (≥75 mm on VAS)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- able to understand the requirements of the clinical trial and to agree to return for the required follow-up visits (also refers to legally authorized representatives, where applicable)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- willing to provide voluntary written informed consent before any clinical trial related procedure is performed (also refers to legally authorized representatives, where applicable)"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Hypersensitivity to any of the active substances or excipients."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients in whom the use of acetylsalicylic acid or other NSAIDs can precipitate asthma, angioedema, urticaria or acute rhinitis (i.e. NSAID-induced cross-reactivity reactions)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Untreated active hepatopathy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Severe hepatocellular failure"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Hepatic failure"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Renal Failure (GFR <15 mL/min./1.73m2)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Established congestive heart failure (NYHA II-IV), ischemic heart disease, peripheral arterial disease and/or cerebrovascular disease"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Glaucoma"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Urinary retention (e.g. prostatic hypertrophy or cervical bladder obstruction)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Severe myasthenia"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Obstructive conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. pyloric stenosis, duodenum stenosis, stenotic stomach ulcer, megacolon."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Active gastric or intestinal ulcer, bleeding or perforation."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participants who are performing some type of oral, physical or topical treatment for low back pain (e.g., acupuncture, local heat and yoga) and / or initiation of physiotherapy program in the last 2 months before the start of the study"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Use of prohibited medication (See Section 9.1)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Treatment with NSAIDs or skeletal muscle relaxants within the past 24 hours"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participation in another trial within the last 30 days, using IMPs or device"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Unwillingness or inability to comply with the clinical trial procedures"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Unwillingness to consent to storage, saving and transmission of pseudonymous medical data for clinical trial reasons"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Legal incapacitation"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Legal detention in an official institute"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Chronic malnutrition"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Other back-related conditions that may interfere with study assessments (See Section 7.6.3)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Other conditions that can interfere with study assessments (See Section 7.6.3)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Neurological or Psychiatric Conditions (See Section 7.6.3)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Active or history of recurrent peptic ulcer/haemorrhage (two or more distinct episodes of proven ulceration or bleeding)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, relating to previous NSAID therapy."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Pregnancy or breast-feeding or childbearing potential not protected by a highly effective contraceptive method of birth control"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The primary endpoint is the cumulative, time-weighted sum of pain intensity differences (SPID), expressed as the sum of seven daily SPIDs from 0 to 6 hours post-dose (SPID0-6h) across the 7-day treatment period, compared between groups.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Cumulative time-weighted sum of daily SPID0-6h values over 7 days (sum of seven daily SPIDs from 0–6 hours post-dose). Compared between groups."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Average analgesic effect: The daily SPID0-6h for each one of the 7 treatment days, compared between groups.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Daily SPID0-6h calculated for each treatment day (days 1–7) and compared between groups."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Rescue medication use: Mean number of rescue medication tablets consumed per participant from baseline to day 7 compared between groups.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean number of rescue medication tablets consumed per participant from baseline to day 7; compared between groups."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Responder rate: Proportion of patients achieving mild pain (e.g., VAS <45 mm) by day 7 compared between groups.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients with VAS <45 mm by day 7; compared between groups."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety and tolerability: Incidence and proportion of participants experiencing adverse events throughout the study period compared between groups.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence and proportion of participants with adverse events collected throughout study and compared between groups."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Functional improvement: Mean percent change in Finger-to-Floor Distance (FFD) test score from baseline to day 7 compared between groups.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean percent change in FFD test score from baseline to day 7; compared between groups."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 224
- Recruitment Window Months
- 18
- Consent Approach
- Voluntary written informed consent required from participants prior to any trial procedures; the protocol also refers to legally authorized representatives where applicable. A subject information and informed consent form for adults (L1_ICF adults) is provided. No assent procedures for minors are applicable because the eligible age range is 18–64.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 5
- Total Number Of Participants
- 224
Greece
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 25-08-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 19-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 206
- Number Of Sites
- 5
- Number Of Participants
- 224
Sites
- Site Name
- Peiraiko Therapeftirio S.A.
- Department Name
- Orthopaedic Clinic
- Principal Investigator Name
- George Christodoulakis
- Principal Investigator Email
- christodoulakisgeorge@yahoo.gr
- Contact Person Name
- George Christodoulakis
- Contact Person Email
- christodoulakisgeorge@yahoo.gr
- Site Name
- Kat Attica General Hospital
- Department Name
- 5th Orthopaedic Clinic
- Principal Investigator Name
- Georgios Koundis
- Principal Investigator Email
- geokoundis@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Georgios Koundis
- Contact Person Email
- geokoundis@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Kat Attica General Hospital
- Department Name
- 2nd Orthopaedic Clinic
- Principal Investigator Name
- Stamatios Papadakis
- Principal Investigator Email
- sanpapadakis@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Stamatios Papadakis
- Contact Person Email
- sanpapadakis@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Kat Attica General Hospital
- Department Name
- 3rd Orthopaedic Clinic
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anastasios Mourikis
- Principal Investigator Email
- mourikisanastasios@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Anastasios Mourikis
- Contact Person Email
- mourikisanastasios@gmail.com
- Site Name
- General Hospital of Patras “Agios Andreas”
- Department Name
- Orthopaedic Clinic
- Principal Investigator Name
- Dimitrios Ntourantonis
- Principal Investigator Email
- info@agandreashosp.gr
- Contact Person Name
- Dimitrios Ntourantonis
- Contact Person Email
- info@agandreashosp.gr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Verisfield Single Member S.A.
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Greece
Third parties
- {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Agilis S.A. Statistics & Informatics","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 6, 7","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Ioannis Bassiakos","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 10","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Diclofenac + Orphenadrine + Paracetamol / Verisfield film-coated tablets
- Active Substance
- Orphenadrine citrate; Paracetamol; Diclofenac potassium
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- euMpNumber: PRD12298487; prodAuthStatus: 1
- Maximum Dose
- maxTotalDoseAmount: 15 (doseUomTotal: Other)
- Investigational Product Name
- CATAFLAM Sugar Coated Tablets 50mg
- Active Substance
- Diclofenac potassium
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- marketingAuthNumber: 18492; authorisationCountryCode: CY; prodAuthStatus: 2
- Starting Dose
- 50 mg (as in product name)
- Maximum Dose
- maxTotalDoseAmount: 15 (doseUomTotal: Other)
- Investigational Product Name
- Norgesic 35 mg / 450 mg δισκία
- Active Substance
- Orphenadrine citrate; Paracetamol
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- marketingAuthNumber: 14219/21-05-2013; authorisationCountryCode: GR; prodAuthStatus: 2
- Starting Dose
- 35 mg / 450 mg (as in product name)
- Maximum Dose
- maxTotalDoseAmount: 30 (doseUomTotal: Other)
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo Red
- Modality
- Other
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo White
- Modality
- Other
- Investigational Product Name
- DEPON 500 mg δισκίο
- Active Substance
- Paracetamol
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- marketingAuthNumber: 38698/01-07-2020; authorisationCountryCode: GR; prodAuthStatus: 2
- Starting Dose
- 500 mg (as in product name)
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount: 1000 mg; maxTotalDoseAmount: 5000 mg
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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