Conditions: Nocturia
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 799
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of several doses of the melt formulation of desmopressin in a broad population of adult patients with nocturia.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Participants took a placebo 'melt' for 28 days to complete part 1 of the study. In part 2, placebo patients were randomized to one of the other 4 treatment arms based on assignments predetermined at the initial randomization, to receive active desmopressin melt for between 1 and 6 months (until the database for part 1 was locked and treatment was unblinded). arm 2: Participants took desmopressin melt 10 μg for 28 days to complete part 1 of the study. Participants continued on this dose in part 2 of the study for between 1 and 6 months (until the database for part 1 was locked and treatment was unblinded). arm 3: Participants took desmopressin melt 25 μg for 28 days to complete part 1 of the study. Participants continued on this dose in part 2 of the study for between 1 and 6 months (until the database for part 1 was locked and treatment was unblinded). arm 4: Participants took desmopressin melt 50 μg for 28 days to complete part 1 of the study. Participants continued on this dose in part 2 of the study for between 1 and 6 months (until the database for part 1 was locked and treatment was unblinded). arm 5: Participants will take desmopressin melt 100 μg for 28 days to complete part 1 of the study. Participants will continue on this dose in part 2 of the study for between 1-6 months (until the database for part 1 is locked and treatment is unblinded).

Interventions: intervention 1: desmopressin acetate intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Oral lyophilisate of desmopressin acetate placed under the participant's tongue, without water, once daily approximately 1 hour before bedtime in the assigned dosage: 10, 25, 50 or 100 μg intervention 2: Oral placebo placed under the participant's tongue, without water, once daily approximately 1 hour before bedtime.

Protocol document: