New drug offers hope for chronic stomach pain and nausea
NCT ID NCT05621811
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new drug called naronapride in 328 adults with moderate to severe gastroparesis (stomach paralysis). Participants took either 10, 20, or 40 mg of the drug or a placebo daily for 12 weeks. The goal was to see if the drug could reduce symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and bloating better than a placebo.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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328 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women between ≥18 and ≤75 years of age, * Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥16 and \<35 kg/m2 , * History of idiopathic or diabetic gastroparesis cardinal symptoms (e.g., nausea, vomiting, early satiety, postprandial fullness, bloating or upper abdominal pain) for ≥3 months, * Evidence of delayed gastric emptying by 13C-spirulina gastric emptying breath test (GEBT) for solids with gastric emptying T1/2 ≥ 85.33 minutes (≥ 90th percentile of normative data) during the screening phase, * Average weekly total symptom score of the ANMS GCSI-DD ≥2.0 based on the daily symptom scores recorded for at least 5 of 7 consecutive days in the week prior to Baseline, * Participants with a type I or type II diabetes mellitus diagnosis must have a controlled diabetes mellitus defined as HbA1c ≤11% under stable antidiabetic medication, * Exclusion of any mechanical and/or anatomical obstructions, stenosis, structural diseases, or gastric ulcers by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy during screening phase (previous endoscopic results within 12 months are acceptable, if no relevant changes in patient's disease status occurred since that time), * No evidence of intestinal stenosis as determined by an imaging technique (i.e., either abdominal sonography, Magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\] or imaging by computed tomography \[CT\] during screening phase (previous MRI/CT imaging or sonography results within 12 months are acceptable, if no relevant changes occurred in patient's disease status since that time), Exclusion Criteria: * History of major gastrointestinal surgery such as gastric bypass, anti-reflux surgery, gastric per oral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM), gastrointestinal malignancy, colectomy, * Intrapyloric botulinum toxin injection within 12 months, * Gastric stimulator implant, * Known secondary causes of gastroparesis including but not limited to Parkinson's Disease, cancer, or connective tissue diseases,
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Chula Vista, California, 91910, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Lomita, California, 90717, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Doral, Florida, 33126, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Hollywood, Florida, 33021, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Maitland, Florida, 32751, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Miami, Florida, 33144, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Miami, Florida, 33183, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Viera, Florida, 32940, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Topeka, Kansas, 66606, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Crestview Hills, Kentucky, 41017, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Houma, Louisiana, 70363, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Marrero, Louisiana, 70072, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Flint, Michigan, 48439, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Flint, Michigan, 48503, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
New York, New York, 10033, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19087, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Cordova, Tennessee, 38018, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Nashville, Tennessee, 37211, United States
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Dr Falk Investigational Site
Harlingen, Texas, 78550, United States
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University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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