Clinical trial NCT00603902: BLOSSOM: Behavioral Modification and Lorcaserin Second Study for Obesity Management
Official title: A 52-Week, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Lorcaserin Hydrochloride in Overweight and Obese Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Obesity
Keywords: Obesity
Weight loss
lorcaserin
APD356
BLOSSOM
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Sleep apnea
glucose tolerance
cardiovascular disease
Arena
Lead sponsor: Eisai Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2008-01-29
Enrollment: 4008
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to assess the weight loss effect of lorcaserin during and at the end of 1 year of treatment in overweight and obese patients.

Detailed description: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group assessment of the effects of lorcaserin hydrochloride during 52 weeks of administration to overweight or obese male and female volunteers aged 18 to 65 years inclusive.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Overweight and/or obese men and women with a body mass index (BMI) 30 to 45 kg/m2 with or without a comorbid condition (e.g., hypertension, dyslipidemia, CV disease, glucose intolerance, sleep apnea), or 27 to 29.9 kg/m2 with at least one comorbid condition.
* Ability to complete a 1 year study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnancy
* Diabetes mellitus (type I, II or other)
* History of symptomatic heart valve disease
* Serious or unstable current or past medical conditions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Co-primary Endpoint- Percentage of Participants Achieving Greater Than or Equal to 5% Weight Loss From Baseline to Week 52
timeFrame: Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Percent Change in Body Weight From Baseline to Week 52
timeFrame: Baseline and Week 52
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Diego
country: United States
facility: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
state: California
Study officials:
References:
citation: Weissman NJ, Smith SR, Fain R, Hall N, Shanahan WR. Effects of lorcaserin on pre-existing valvulopathy: A pooled analysis of phase 3 trials. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Jan;25(1):39-44. doi: 10.1002/oby.21695. Epub 2016 Nov 26.
citation: Handelsman Y, Fain R, Wang Z, Li X, Fujioka K, Shanahan W. Lorcaserin treatment allows for decreased number needed to treat for weight and glycemic parameters in week 12 responders with >/=5% weight loss. Postgrad Med. 2016 Nov;128(8):740-746. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2016.1240591. Epub 2016 Oct 19.
citation: Nguyen CT, Zhou S, Shanahan W, Fain R. Lorcaserin in Obese and Overweight Patients Taking Prohibited Serotonergic Agents: A Retrospective Analysis. Clin Ther. 2016 Jun;38(6):1498-1509. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.04.004. Epub 2016 May 17.
citation: Nesto R, Fain R, Li Y, Shanahan W. Evaluation of lorcaserin on progression of prediabetes to type 2 diabetes and reversion to euglycemia. Postgrad Med. 2016 May;128(4):364-70. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2016.1178590.
citation: Weissman NJ, Sanchez M, Koch GG, Smith SR, Shanahan WR, Anderson CM. Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac valvular regurgitation with lorcaserin from analysis of 3 phase 3 clinical trials. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Jul;6(4):560-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.000128. Epub 2013 May 9.
citation: Fidler MC, Sanchez M, Raether B, Weissman NJ, Smith SR, Shanahan WR, Anderson CM; BLOSSOM Clinical Trial Group. A one-year randomized trial of lorcaserin for weight loss in obese and overweight adults: the BLOSSOM trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Oct;96(10):3067-77. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-1256. Epub 2011 Jul 27.