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CompletedPhase 3

Efficacy and Safety of RTX-GRT7039 in Adult Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis

Key facts

Who runs it
Grünenthal GmbH
Where
Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Poland100 sites in 9 countriesChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
People taking part
469 people enrolled
Started
26 Aug 2022
Ended
18 Nov 2024
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • RTX-GRT7039
  • Placebo
Record updated
18 March 2026

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • The participant has given written informed consent to participate
  • The participant is 18 years of age or older at the Screening Visit
  • The participant has a diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee based on American College of Rheumatology criteria and functional capacity class of I to III
  • There is a documented history indicating that participant has insufficient pain relief with previous Standard of Care

Who cannot take part

  • The participant has past joint replacement surgery of the index knee
  • The participant is currently participating or was participating in another investigational drug trial within 3 months prior to the Screening Visit
  • The participant has a history of significant trauma or surgery (e.g., open or arthroscopic) to the index knee within 12 months of Screening
  • The participant has pre-existing osteonecrosis, subchondral insufficiency fracture, atrophic osteoarthritis, severe bone on bone osteoarthritis, knee pain attributable to disease other than osteoarthritis, or the participant has rapidly progressing osteoarthritis (RPOA) Type I or Type II
  • The participant has other conditions that could affect trial endpoint assessments of the index knee
  • The participant has current clinically significant disease(s) or condition(s) that may affect efficacy or safety assessments, or any other reason which, in the investigator's opinion, may preclude the participant's participation for the full duration of the trial
  • The participant has a history of hypersensitivity to resiniferatoxin (RTX) or any similar component (capsaicin, chili peppers)
  • The participant has periarticular pain from any cause other than osteoarthritis, including referred pain, bursitis, or tendonitis
  • The participant has clinical hip osteoarthritis on the side of the index knee
  • The participant has significant malalignment of anatomical axis (medial angle formed by the femur and tibia) of the target knee (varus >10, valgus >10) by X-ray as assessed by independent Central Readers at Screening Visit
  • The participant is an employee of the investigator or trial site, with direct involvement in the proposed trial or other trials under the direction of that investigator or trial site or is a family member of the employees or the investigator

This trial has no sites in United States.

It has sites in 9 countries. Choose a country to see its sites.

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multi-site, clinical trial to confirm the efficacy and safety of repeated injections of RTX-GRT7039 versus placebo in patients who have pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee despite standard of care.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • RTX-GRT7039Treatment being tested

    Participants will receive intra-articular injections of RTX-GRT7039 during the 52-week double-blind treatment period.

  • PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison

    Participants will receive intra-articular injections of placebo matching to RTX-GRT7039 during the 52-week double-blind treatment period.

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase III Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intra-articular Injections of RTX-GRT7039 in Adult Subjects With Pain Associated With Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Publications
Record updated
18 March 2026