Clinical trial NCT00610649: Trial to Determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) Based on Safety and Tolerability, of Org 26576 in Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (174001/P05704/MK-8777-001)
Official title: Single Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Establish Maximum Tolerated Dose, Optimal Titration Schedule, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Org 26576 in Patients Diagnosed With Major Depressive Disorder (Protocol No. P174001)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Depression
Keywords: randomized
placebo controlled
maximum tolerated dose
Lead sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2008-02-08
Enrollment: 54
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: Trial to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) based on safety and tolerability of MK-8777 (Org 26576, SCH 900777) in participants with major depressive disorder.

Detailed description: This is a randomized, placebo-controlled, safety and tolerability study examining MK-8777 in participants with major depressive disorder. In Part I of the trial, four different cohorts of six participants each will receive multiple rising doses of MK-8777 (ranging from 100 mg twice a day \[BID\] to 300 mg BID) or placebo for up to 16 days. In Part 2, a new cohort of participants will be randomly assigned to receive 100 mg BID of MK-8777, 400 mg BID of MK-8777, or placebo. Following titration (3 days per step), participants will be maintained on the assigned BID dose until Day 27, followed by one day of once a day (QD) dosing, for a total of 28 days. There were 11 treatment arms in total for Part 1 and Part 2 (see Interventions).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Female who is non-pregnant, nonlactating, using an acceptable method of birth control, or is not of child-bearing potential;
* be diagnosed with current major depressive disorder either mild or severe, as evidenced by a score of at least 9 but not more than 20 on the Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology - Clinician Rated (QIDS-C);
* be anti-depressant naïve;
* be able to refrain from all use of grapefruit containing products from the time of admission until the last assessment is performed at discharge;
* smokes less than or equal to 10 cigarettes or equivalent daily.

Exclusion Criteria:

* has any current and primary Axis I disorder other than major depressive disorder;
* has any history of bipolar I or II disorder, dysthymia, psychotic depression, psychotic disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, or eating disorder;
* the duration of the current depressive episode is longer than 2 years at screening;
* has any history of a significant suicide attempt, or poses a current risk of attempting suicide;
* is known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, or positive for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis A antibodies or hepatitis C total antibodies;
* has any clinically significant concurrent endocrine, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, hematological, immunological, cerebrovascular, neurological, malignancy, or any other concurrent medical condition, or has any history of diabetes mellitus;
* donation of blood within 60 days prior to the anticipated first dose of trial medication.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Part 1: Number of Participants With Moderate Intensity Adverse Events (AEs)
timeFrame: Up to 7 days following the last dose of study drug (Up to 23 days)
measure: Part 1: Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
timeFrame: Up to 30 days following the last dose of study drug (Up to 46 days)
measure: Part 1: Number of Participants With AEs Leading to Discontinuation of Study Drug
timeFrame: Up to the last dose of study drug (Up to 16 days)
measure: Part 2: Number of Participants With AEs
timeFrame: Up to 7 days following the last dose of study drug (Up to 35 days)
measure: Part 2: Number of Participants With AEs Leading to Discontinuation of Study Drug
timeFrame: Up to the last dose of study drug (Up to 28 days)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Part 1: Change From Baseline in the Montgomery-Ashberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
timeFrame: Baseline and end of treatment (Up to Day 16)
measure: Part 2: Change From Baseline in the MADRS
timeFrame: Baseline and end of treatment (Up to Day 28)
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References:
citation: Dean RL, Hurducas C, Hawton K, Spyridi S, Cowen PJ, Hollingsworth S, Marquardt T, Barnes A, Smith R, McShane R, Turner EH, Cipriani A. Ketamine and other glutamate receptor modulators for depression in adults with unipolar major depressive disorder. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 12;9(9):CD011612. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011612.pub3.
citation: Nations KR, Dogterom P, Bursi R, Schipper J, Greenwald S, Zraket D, Gertsik L, Johnstone J, Lee A, Pande Y, Ruigt G, Ereshefsky L. Examination of Org 26576, an AMPA receptor positive allosteric modulator, in patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder: an exploratory, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Psychopharmacol. 2012 Dec;26(12):1525-39. doi: 10.1177/0269881112458728. Epub 2012 Sep 6.