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Patients aged 18 years or older at the time of informed consent |
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Patients who are male or female |
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Patients who are inpatient or outpatient |
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Patients who are diagnosed with herpes zoster and have acute pain |
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Patients who are within 28 days after the onset of herpes zoster |
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Patients whose mean NRS pain score is 4 or higher despite the use of the following drugs during the period between 24 hours and 120 minutes before the study drug administration. During this period, one or two of the following drugs should have been used, and the same drug should have been used at least twice |
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Non-opioid analgesics (excluding its sustained release formulations and topical drugs used for other sites than the target site for efficacy) |
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Ca2＋ channels α2δ ligands (excluding gabapentin) |
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Tramadol (excluding its sustained release formulations) |
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An extract from inflammatory rabbit skin inoculated by vaccinia virus |
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Patients whose NRS pain score immediately before the study drug administration is 4 or higher |
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(8) Patients who are able to perform NRS self-assessment appropriately. (9) Patients who |
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gave written informed consent based on their own free will after receiving adequate |
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explanation and fully understanding the details of the explanation in participating in the |
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study |
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Patients who are suspected to be increased intracranial pressure
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Patients who are complicated with epilepsy, serious mental or neuropsychiatric
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disorders (including dementia, Parkinson's disease, or schizophrenia) or consciousness
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disturbance
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Patients who are being treated for malignancy. However, those who do not interfere
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with daily life and have good general condition may be included in the study
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Patients who are being treated for HIV infection or those who are receiving
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immunosuppressant (including biologics). However, those who do not interfere with
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daily life and have good general condition may be included in the study
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Patients who are being treated for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia
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Patients who have other severe pain that may affect the assessment of pain associated
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with acute herpes zoster
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Patients who have received non-opioid analgesics (excluding its sustained release
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formulations and topical drugs used for other sites than the target site for
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efficacy), Ca2＋ channel-α2δ ligands (excluding gabapentin), tramadol (excluding its
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sustained release formulations), or an extract from inflammatory rabbit skin
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inoculated by vaccinia virus during the period from 120 minutes before the study drug
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administration to the start of study drug administration
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Patients who have received the following drugs during the period from 24 hours before
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the study drug administration to immediately before the study drug administration
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Non-opioid analgesics (its sustained release formulations)
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Gabapentin
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Tramadol (its sustained release formulations)
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Opioid analgesics
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Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (systemic) for treatment of herpes zoster and
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pain associated with acute herpes zoster
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Antidepressants, antiarrhythmics (excluding those in Vaughan Williams class Ⅱ)
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NMDA receptor antagonists, centrally acting muscle relaxants, and anesthetics
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(excluding topical drugs used for other sites than the target site for efficacy)
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Patients who have sinus bradycardia or advanced conduction disturbance
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Patients who have a history of hypersensitivity to hydantoin
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Patients who are receiving drugs that are contraindicated in the package insert for
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fosphenytoin
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Patients who have received amenamevir during the period from 24 hours before the study
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drug administration to immediately before the study drug administration
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Patients who are complicated with meningitis or have symptoms of meningeal irritation
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Patients who have serious cardiac disease, respiratory disorder, or hepatic or renal
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dysfunction (as a guide, seriousness corresponding to Grade 3 of "Standards for
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Classification of Seriousness of Adverse Drug Reactions (Notification No. 80 of the
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Pharmaceutical Safety Notification ")
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Patients who are receiving fosphenytoin, phenytoin, ethotoin, or a combination of
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these drugs or have received these drugs as adjuvant analgesics
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Patients who have participated in other clinical study within 3 months of the date of
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the screening test
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Pregnant women, lactating women or patients of childbearing potential during the study
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period
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Patients who are unable to give appropriate contraception in accordance with the
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instructions of the investigator or sub-investigator (hereafter, the investigators)
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during the period from after obtaining informed consent to the end of the follow-up
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period
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Other patients who are deemed inappropriate for participation in the study by the
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investigators
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