Clinical trial NCT00253968: Efficacy and Safety of Eplivanserin Treatment for Sleep Maintenance Insomnia
Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Eplivanserin 5mg/Day on Sleep Maintenance Insomnia: a 12-week, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Insomnia
Keywords: Primary Insomnia
Sleeplessness
Early Awakening
Chronic Insomnia
Lead sponsor: Sanofi
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2005-11-15
Enrollment: 967
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to assess efficacy and safety of eplivanserin in the population of patients complaining of sleep maintenance insomnia. The patients suffering from that condition frequently wake up during the night, their sleep is nonrestorative and they suffer from a significant distress or impairment in their daily activities consecutive to insomnia.

Detailed description: 12 weeks for each patient (double-blind period) + 1 week of run-in (placebo), and 2 weeks of run-out (placebo)

Total Duration of observation: 15 weeks for each patient

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Out patients
* Each patient must have primary insomnia in accordance with DSM-IV-TR-Axis I (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fourth Edition-Text Revision) criteria
* Based on patient's information, the patient must complain of at least one hour of wakefulness after sleep onset for at least 3 nights per week over the preceding month
* Patient must report impact daytime functioning associated with sleep maintenance insomnia as measured by question 3 of Insomnia Severity Index at screening visit and randomization visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Females who are lactating or pregnant
* Woman of childbearing potential with a positive serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test at screening and not using an acceptable form of contraception
* Patients presenting with acute or chronic pain resulting in insomnia
* Patients with history of epilepsy or seizures
* Consumption of xanthine containing beverage (i.e. tea, coffee, or cola) comprising more than 5 glasses/day
* Evidence of any clinically significant, severe, or unstable acute or chronically progressive medical or surgical disorder which may affect patient safety
* BMI \>32
* Acute or chronic pain resulting in insomnia
* Patients with current psychiatric disorders according to DSM-IV-TR criteria, mental retardation, or dementia
* Clinically significant and abnormal EKG (QTc interval \>=500 msec)
* Positive for hepatitis B or C
* Serious head injury or stroke within 1 year
* Use of OTC (over-the-counter) medications such as valerian root, kava, melatonin, St. John's Wort, or alluna; prescription sleep medications or anxiolytics within 1 week or 5 half-lives
* Participation in another trial within two month before the screening visit
* Use of any substance with psychotropic effects or properties known to affect sleep/wake
* Unable to complete the study questionnaires
* Night shift workers, and individuals who nap 3 or more times per week over the preceding month
* History of:

  * Primary hypersomnia
  * Narcolepsy
  * Breathing-related sleep disorder (such as sleep apnea)
  * Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
  * Parasomnia (somnambulism)
  * Dyssomnia (such as periodic leg movements)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline of the mean pr-WASO (wake time after sleep onset using patient's sleep questionnaire)
timeFrame: at week 12
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline of the mean of the FOSQ (Functional Outcome of Sleep Questionnaire) items 1 and 2 (concentration/memory)
timeFrame: at week 12
measure: Change from baseline of the mean of the FOSQ items 4 and 10 (hobby/work)
timeFrame: at week 12
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bridgewater
country: United States
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
state: New Jersey
city: Buenos Aires
country: Argentina
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Macquarie Park
country: Australia
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Laval
country: Canada
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Santiago
country: Chile
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Praha
country: Czech Republic
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Paris
country: France
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Berlin
country: Germany
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Mexico
country: Mexico
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Gouda
country: Netherlands
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Guildford
country: United Kingdom
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Study officials:
affiliation: Sanofi
name: ICD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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