Pediatric Bipolar DisorderPhase 4NCT00592358
Invega (Paliperidone) for the Treatment of Mania in Children and Adolescents Ages 6-17 With Bipolar Disorder
A Phase 4 study testing paliperidone in people with Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, run by Massachusetts General Hospital at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This will be an 8-week open-label trial, using daily doses of paliperidone (Invega) in the treatment of children and adolescents who meet DSM-IV criteria of Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 6 to 17 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
- What is being tested?
- paliperidone
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 17 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Nov 2007to Dec 2009
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 6 to 17 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Male and female outpatients 6-17 years of age (inclusive).
- Subjects with the diagnosis of Bipolar or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder and currently displaying manic, hypomanic, or mixed symptoms (with or without psychotic features), by DSM-IV, as manifested in clinical evaluation and confirmed by structured interview. Bipolar Spectrum Disorder (or sub- threshold bipolar disorder) is operationalized as having severe mood disturbance, which meets DSM-IV Criteria A for bipolar disorder but display fewer elements in Criteria B (only require 2 items for elation category and 3 for irritability).
- Subjects must score ≥ 20 on the YMRS.
- Subjects and their legal representative must have a level of understanding sufficient to communicate intelligently with the investigator and study coordinator, and to cooperate with all tests and examinations required by the protocol.
- Subjects and their legal representative must be considered reliable reporters.
- Each subject and his/her authorized legal representative must understand the nature of the study. The subject's authorized legal representative must sign an informed consent document and the subject must sign an informed assent document (if ≥ 7 years old).
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- Subject must be able to participate in mandatory blood draws.
- Subject must be able to swallow pills.
- Subjects with comorbid Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), anxiety and depressive disorders will be allowed to participate in the study provided they do not meet for any of the exclusionary criteria.
- For concomitant therapy used to treat ADHD, subjects must have been on a stable dose of the medication for 1 month prior to study enrollment. The dose of the ADHD therapy will not change throughout the duration of the study.
Who cannot join
- Investigator and his/her immediate family; defined as the investigator's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild.
- Serious, unstable illness including hepatic, renal, gastroenterological, respiratory, cardiovascular (including ischemic heart disease), endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease.
- Uncorrected hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.
- Non-febrile seizures without a clear and resolved etiology.
- DSM-IV substance (except nicotine or caffeine) dependence within past 6 months.
- Judged clinically to be at serious suicidal risk.
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- Any other concomitant medication with primary central nervous system activity other than specified in the Concomitant Medication portion of the protocol.
- Current diagnosis of schizophrenia.
- Mental retardation (IQ < 75).
- Pregnant or nursing females.
- Known hypersensitivity to Invega® or similar formulations (paliperidone, risperidone).
- A non-responder or history of intolerance to Invega®, after treatment at adequate doses as determined by the clinician.
- Severe allergies or multiple adverse drug reactions.
- Subjects with a hematological disorder.
- Subjects with diabetes.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138
About this study
Official title: Open-Label Study of Invega for the Treatment of Mania in Children and Adolescents Ages 6-17 With Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
This will be an 8-week open-label trial, using daily doses of paliperidone (Invega) in the treatment of children and adolescents who meet DSM-IV criteria of Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. Specific hypotheses are as follows:
Hypothesis 1: Bipolar Disorder symptomatology in children and adolescents with DSM-IV Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder will be responsive to Invega treatment.
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Hypothesis 2: Invega -associated improvement in bipolar disorder symptomatology in children and adolescents will translate into improved functional capacities (neuropsychological, social, and occupational), as well as an increased quality of life throughout treatment.
Hypothesis 2: Invega treatment will be safe and well tolerated as reflected by a low drop out rate and absence of major side effects.
Read the detailed description
Invega (paliperidone), a second generation antipsychotic (SGA), is a psychotropic agent belonging to the chemical class of benzisoxazole derivatives. Invega is approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Initial data suggest a promising role for Invega in the treatment of bipolar disorder with minimal adverse events of weight gain. We propose to study the safety and efficacy of Invega therapy in children and adolescents with Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. The study results will be used to generate hypotheses for a larger, randomized, controlled clinical trial with explicit hypotheses and sufficient statistical power.
The proposed study includes 1) use of a 8-week design to document the response rate, 2) assessment of the impact of Invega on functional capacities (quality of life, psychosocial function) and cognition, and 3) careful assessment of safety and tolerability.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
- Being tested
- paliperidone
- Keywords
- bipolar disorder, children, adolescents, Invega
- Medical subject headings
- Bipolar Disorder
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
paliperidoneDrug
Also called Invega
tablet, 3mgQAM - 6mgQAM, taken daily for 8 weeks
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Not described Receives: Drug: paliperidone |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Symptoms Measured by Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
The YMRS is an 11-item instrument used to assess the severity of mania in patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Four items are graded on a 0 to 8 scale (irritability, speech, thought content, and disruptive/aggressive behavior), while the remaining seven itemsare graded on a 0 to 4 scale. The maximum possible total score is 60 (worse outcome, severe symptoms), and the minimum possible total score is 0 (no symptoms).
Measured: Baseline and 8 weeks (or final study visit, if subjects completed the study before 8 weeks)
Secondary outcomes (1)
Change in Symptoms Measured by DSM-IV Mania Symptoms Checklist
A 13-item clinician-rated symptom checklist developed by Massachusetts General Hospital to measure symptoms of mania. Each item is given a rating for frequency (1=less than 4 days, 2=greater than or equal to 4 days, 3=daily) and intensity (1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe), which are combined to yield a composite severity score ranging from 0 (least severe) to 3 (most severe). The composite severity scores from all 13 items are summed to yield a total measure score, with a minimum score of 0 (least severe) and a maximum score of 39 (most severe).
Measured: Baseline and 8 weeks (or final study visit, if subjects completed the study before 8 weeks)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 Jan 2008 (estimated)
- Study startNov 2007
- Primary completionDec 2009
- Study completionDec 2009
Why it stopped: Slow enrollment.
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for Pediatric Bipolar DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Massachusetts General HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 17 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Janet Wozniak, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Investigators
- Janet Wozniak, MD, Principal investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00592358
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2007-P-001525
- Status last verified
- Jun 2012
- First submitted
- 28 Dec 2007
- Last updated
- 4 Jul 2012
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Jul 2012. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Open-Label Study of Invega for the Treatment of Mania in Children and Adolescents Ages 6-17 With Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00592358
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2007-P-001525
- Conditions
- Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
- Keywords
- bipolar disorder, children, adolescents, Invega
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Slow enrollment.
- Enrolment
- 17 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Nov 2007
- Primary completion
- Dec 2009 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 14 Jan 2008 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 4 Jul 2012
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This will be an 8-week open-label trial, using daily doses of paliperidone (Invega) in the treatment of children and adolescents who meet DSM-IV criteria of Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. Specific hypotheses are as follows:
Hypothesis 1: Bipolar Disorder symptomatology in children and adolescents with DSM-IV Bipolar I, Bipolar II, or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder will be responsive to Invega treatment.
Hypothesis 2: Invega -associated improvement in bipolar disorder symptomatology in children and adolescents will translate into improved functional capacities (neuropsychological, social, and occupational), as well as an increased quality of life throughout treatment.
Hypothesis 2: Invega treatment will be safe and well tolerated as reflected by a low drop out rate and absence of major side effects.
Detailed description
Invega (paliperidone), a second generation antipsychotic (SGA), is a psychotropic agent belonging to the chemical class of benzisoxazole derivatives. Invega is approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Initial data suggest a promising role for Invega in the treatment of bipolar disorder with minimal adverse events of weight gain. We propose to study the safety and efficacy of Invega therapy in children and adolescents with Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. The study results will be used to generate hypotheses for a larger, randomized, controlled clinical trial with explicit hypotheses and sufficient statistical power.
The proposed study includes 1) use of a 8-week design to document the response rate, 2) assessment of the impact of Invega on functional capacities (quality of life, psychosocial function) and cognition, and 3) careful assessment of safety and tolerability.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Drug: paliperidone |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 6 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Male and female outpatients 6-17 years of age (inclusive).
- Subjects with the diagnosis of Bipolar or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder and currently displaying manic, hypomanic, or mixed symptoms (with or without psychotic features), by DSM-IV, as manifested in clinical evaluation and confirmed by structured interview. Bipolar Spectrum Disorder (or sub- threshold bipolar disorder) is operationalized as having severe mood disturbance, which meets DSM-IV Criteria A for bipolar disorder but display fewer elements in Criteria B (only require 2 items for elation category and 3 for irritability).
- Subjects must score ≥ 20 on the YMRS.
- Subjects and their legal representative must have a level of understanding sufficient to communicate intelligently with the investigator and study coordinator, and to cooperate with all tests and examinations required by the protocol.
- Subjects and their legal representative must be considered reliable reporters.
Key exclusion criteria (15 listed)
- Investigator and his/her immediate family; defined as the investigator's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild.
- Serious, unstable illness including hepatic, renal, gastroenterological, respiratory, cardiovascular (including ischemic heart disease), endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease.
- Uncorrected hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.
- Non-febrile seizures without a clear and resolved etiology.
- DSM-IV substance (except nicotine or caffeine) dependence within past 6 months.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| paliperidoneAlso: Invegatablet, 3mgQAM - 6mgQAM, taken daily for 8 weeks | Drug | 1 |
Primary outcome
Change in Symptoms Measured by Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks (or final study visit, if subjects completed the study before 8 weeks)
The YMRS is an 11-item instrument used to assess the severity of mania in patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Four items are graded on a 0 to 8 scale (irritability, speech, thought content, and disruptive/aggressive behavior), while the remaining seven itemsare graded on a 0 to 4 scale. The maximum possible total score is 60 (worse outcome, severe symptoms), and the minimum possible total score is 0 (no symptoms).
1 secondary outcome
Change in Symptoms Measured by DSM-IV Mania Symptoms Checklist
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks (or final study visit, if subjects completed the study before 8 weeks)
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Jul 2012.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Janet Wozniak, MD principal investigator
Massachusetts General Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 4 study testing paliperidone in people with Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, run by Massachusetts General Hospital at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 15 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Jul 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 4 Jul 2012). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Symptoms Measured by Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) (time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks (or final study visit, if subjects completed the study before 8 weeks)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Jul 2012.