Angina PectorisPhase 1NCT01294709
A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Effects of MK-0974 (Telcagepant) on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Stable Angina (MK-0974-014)
A Phase 1 study testing telcagepant in people with Angina Pectoris and Coronary Heart Disease, run by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC.
Trial summary
This study will assess the safety of telcagepant in coronary artery disease (CAD) participants with stable angina during exercise treadmill testing and evaluate whether calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonism by telcagepant reduces exercise tolerance in these participants. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 85 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Angina Pectoris, Coronary Heart Disease, Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide Receptor
- What is being tested?
- telcagepant
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 64 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 12 Feb 2008to 13 Mar 2009
- Phase
- Phase 1
- 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 18 to 85 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Participant has clinically documented stable coronary artery disease as demonstrated by coronary angiography, echocardiogram, or stress test, etc., or participant is on stable doses of current medication for the treatment of coronary artery disease for a minimum of 30 days.
- Participant has a history of stable angina (chronic stable angina pectoris that is triggered by physical effort and relieved by rest and/or sublingual nitroglycerin) for at least 3 months prior to study start, with no intervening symptoms of unstable angina.
- Participant is able to demonstrate reproducibly positive exercise tests by completing treadmill tests on 2 separate days, within 1-8 days.
- Participant agrees to refrain from drinking alcohol from 24 hours prior to study drug administration, on study procedure days, and until release from the study facility.
- Participants agrees to refrain from smoking from midnight before study procedures until study procedures are complete for the day.
- Participant has no clinically significant abnormality on screening laboratory safety assessment.
- Participant agrees to refrain from unaccustomed strenuous physical activity from the prestudy (screening) visit, throughout the study, and until the post-study visit.
Who cannot join
- Participant is pregnant (positive serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [β-hCG] test at prestudy), breast-feeding, or is a female expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the study. Postmenopausal women who are currently using hormone replacement therapy are excluded from participation in the study.
- Participant has electrocardiogram (ECG) findings that interfere with ECG interpretation or may cause false positive stress test (e.g., > 1 mm horizontal or downsloping ST-segment depression at rest in any standard electrocardiographic lead, Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW), left bundle branch block (LBBB), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with repolarization abnormality, pectus excavatum, ventricular pacemaker, etc.). Note: these ECG findings may affect stress test results; there may be other findings that have not been included which may affect test results. These ECG findings are exclusions only if these findings may jeopardize interpretation of stress test results.
- Participant has heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) (Bazett) > 500 ms on resting ECG.
- Participant has uncontrolled high blood pressure at prestudy screening.
- Participant has a baseline heart rate of <40 or >96 beats per minute at screening.
- Participant has unstable angina, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, congenital cardiac defect, severe aortic stenosis, class III or IV heart failure.
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- Participant has diabetes and is, in the opinion of the investigator, unable to comply with the pre-and post-dosing fasting requirements of the study due to risks of hypoglycemia.
- Participant is unable to withhold acetohexamide, chlorpropamide, glimepride, glimepiride and pioglitazone, glimepride and rosiglitazone, glipizide, glipizide and metformin, glyburide, glyburide and metformin, tolazamide, tolbutamide, or any other medication, that in the opinion of the investigator is likely to result in hypoglycemia within 8 hours of dosing.
- Participant has had myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization within the prior 2 months.
- Participant has acute myocarditis or pericarditis.
- Participant is obese, with adipose tissue which may interfere with ECG interpretation, or in the opinion of the investigator, whose obesity puts the participant at medical risk.
- Participant has clinically significant hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia.
- Participant has a history of any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or poses an additional risk to the participant by their participation in the study.
- Participant must not have taken any of the following medications in the time frame specified: Participant is unable to refrain from or anticipates the use of any herbal remedies beginning approximately 2 weeks (or 5 half-lives) prior to administration of the initial dose of study drug, throughout the study (including washout intervals between treatments), until the post-study visit; participant is unable to refrain from taking a drug metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) until at least 48 hours post dose (the exact length of time a specific drug metabolized by CYP3A4 is withheld is dependent on the therapeutic index of the drug and the extent to which it is metabolized by CYP3A4); participant consumes excessive amounts of alcohol which, in the opinion of the investigator, puts the participant at medical risk by participating in the study (participant has clinical [e.g., enlarged liver] or laboratory evidence [e.g., elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)], of chronic alcoholism or drug abuse, in the opinion of the investigator); participants is currently a regular user (including: recreational use") of any illicit drugs or has a history of drug (including alcohol) abuse within approximately 6 months; participant has taken potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, including but not limited to cyclosporine, systemic (oral/intravenous) itraconazole, ketoconazole, erythromycin, clarithromycin, telithromycin, nefazodone, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors within 1 month prior to dosing with MK-0974 or placebo and throughout the study period; participant has taken moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors, including but not limited to verapamil, diltiazem, fluconazole, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, aprepitant within 2 weeks prior to dosing with MK-0974 or placebo and throughout the study period; participant has taken potent CYP3A4 inducers, including but not limited to rifampicin, rifabutin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, barbiturates, systemic glucocorticoids (replacements and inhaled are permitted), nevirapine, efavirenz, pioglitazone, primidone, St. John's wort within 1 month prior to dosing MK-0974 or placebo and throughout the study period; participant has taken triptans, ergot alkaloids within 48 hours prior to dosing MK-0974 or placebo and throughout the study period; participant has taken digoxin, medications that prolong QTc interval such as Class IA and Class III anti-arrhythmics (quinidine, procainamide, amiodarone, sotalol, etc), Seldane (terfenadine), Hismanal (astemizole), Propulsid (cisapride) within 1 month prior to dosing MK-0974 or placebo and throughout the study period; participant has received an investigational medication within 4 weeks prior to the prestudy (screening) visit.
- Participant has a history of multiple and/or severe allergies, or has had an anaphylactic reaction or intolerability to prescription or non-prescription drugs or food.
- There is any concern by the investigator regarding the safe participation of a participant in the study, or for any other reason the investigator considers the participant inappropriate to participate in the study.
About this study
Official title: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, 2-Period Crossover Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Effects of MK-0974 on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Stable Angina
This study will assess the safety of telcagepant in coronary artery disease (CAD) participants with stable angina during exercise treadmill testing and evaluate whether calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonism by telcagepant reduces exercise tolerance in these participants. Primary hypothesis is that telcagepant does not significantly decrease exercise duration compared to placebo, as measured by a treadmill exercise test; that is, the true treatment difference in exercise duration (MK-0974 - Placebo) >= -60 seconds.
Read the detailed description
Amendment 3 of the protocol reduced the dose of telcagepant to be administered from a single dose of 900 mg to a single dose of 600 mg. Pooled data from both the 600-mg and the 900-mg group wiil be utilized in the analyses. Also due to supply issues regarding the 300 mg telcagepant capsules, 280 mg telcagepant tablets with demonstrated bioequivalence to the 300 mg telcagepant capsules, could be administered to participants enrolled after the implementation of Amendment 3.
- Being tested
- telcagepant, Placebo to telcagepant
- Keywords
- angina pectoris, coronary artery disease, calcitonin gene-related peptide, exercise tolerance,
- Medical subject headings
- Angina Pectoris, Coronary Disease, Coronary Artery Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
telcagepantDrug
Also called MK-0974
Placebo to telcagepantDrug
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Telcagepant/ Placebo | Experimental | Participants receive single oral dose of 600 mg (two 300 mg capsules or two bioequivalent 280 mg tablets) or 900 mg telcagepant (three 300 mg capsules) in Period 1 and single oral dose of two capsules or tablets of placebo for telcagepant (or three capsules of placebo for telcagepant) in Period 2 of the crossover. Each treatment period is separated by a washout of 96-240 hours. Receives: Drug: telcagepant; Drug: Placebo to telcagepant |
| Placebo/Telcagepant | Experimental | Participants receive single oral dose of two capsules or tablets of placebo for telcagepant (or three capsules of placebo for telcagepant) in Period 1 and a single oral dose of 600 mg (two 300 mg capsules or two bioequivalent 280 mg tablets) or 900 mg telcagepant (three 300 mg capsules) in Period 2 of the crossover. Each treatment period is separated by a washout of 96-240 hours. Receives: Drug: telcagepant; Drug: Placebo to telcagepant |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Number of Participants With Clinical Adverse Events (AEs)
An AE was defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a preexisting condition which was temporally associated with the use of the product, was also an AE. A clinical AE was an AE reported as a result of a clinical examination or reported by the participant.
Measured: Up to 10 days post dose in Period 1 and up to 14 days post dose in Period 2
Number of Participants With Laboratory Adverse Events
An AE was defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a preexisting condition which was temporally associated with the use of the product, was also an AE. A laboratory AE was an AE reported as a result of a laboratory assessment or test.
Measured: Up to 10 days post dose in Period 1 and up to 14 days post dose in Period 2
Total Exercise Duration on the Treadmill Test
Bruce (and Modified Bruce) Protocol was used to assess the exercise duration on a treadmill. This protocol consists of a standardized gradual incremental increase in external workload every 3 minutes while the participant's electrocardiogram (ECG), symptoms, and arm blood pressure were continuously monitored. Regardless of whether the participant believed he or she could continue, the test was discontinued upon evidence of chest discomfort, severe shortness of breath, dizziness, fatigue, ST-segment depression of greater than 2 mm, a fall in systolic blood pressure exceeding 10 mmHg, or the development of a ventricular tachyarrhythmia
Measured: 2.5 to approximately 2.75 hours post dose of each treatment period
Secondary outcomes (2)
ST Segment Depression at Peak Exercise
Bruce (and Modified Bruce) Protocol was used to assess the exercise duration on a treadmill. This protocol consists of a standardized gradual incremental increase in external workload every 3 minutes while the participant's ECG, symptoms, and arm blood pressure were continuously monitored. The time of peak exercise was considered the time at which the participant reached at least one of the criteria for stopping the treadmill test (evidence of chest discomfort, severe shortness of breath, dizziness, fatigue, ST-segment depression of greater than 2 mm, a fall in systolic blood pressure exceeding 10 mmHg, or the development of a ventricular tachyarrhythmia). The ECG for that timepoint (time of peak exercise) was evaluated and the amount of ST segment depression was determined.
Measured: 2.5 to approximately 2.75 hours post dose of each treatment period
Time to 1 mm ST Segment Depression
Bruce (and Modified Bruce) Protocol was used to assess the exercise duration on a treadmill. This protocol consists of a standardized gradual incremental increase in external workload every 3 minutes while the participant's ECG, symptoms, and arm blood pressure were continuously monitored. The ECG was reviewed and the time to the first ST segment depression of 1 mm was recorded.
Measured: 2.5 to approximately 2.75 hours post dose of each treatment period
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Feb 2011 (estimated)
- Study start12 Feb 2008
- Primary completion28 Feb 2009
- Study completion13 Mar 2009
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.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Angina PectorisStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCThe 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 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 64 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Medical Director, Study director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01294709
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 0974-014
- Status last verified
- Sep 2018
- First submitted
- 10 Feb 2011
- Last updated
- 18 Oct 2018
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: https://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/pdf/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf
Publications
Chaitman BR, Ho AP, Behm MO, Rowe JF, Palcza JS, Laethem T, Heirman I, Panebianco DL, Kobalava Z, Martsevich SY, Free AL, Bittar N, Chrysant SG, Ho TW, Chodakewitz JA, Murphy MG, Blanchard RL. A randomized, placebo-controlled study of the effects of telcagepant on exercise time in patients with stable angina. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Mar;91(3):459-66. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.246. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
PubMed 22278333
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Oct 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, 2-Period Crossover Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Effects of MK-0974 on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Stable Angina
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01294709
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 0974-014
- Keywords
- angina pectoris, coronary artery disease, calcitonin gene-related peptide, exercise tolerance,
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 64 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- 12 Feb 2008 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 28 Feb 2009 (actual)
- Study completion
- 13 Mar 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 11 Feb 2011 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 10 Sep 2014
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will assess the safety of telcagepant in coronary artery disease (CAD) participants with stable angina during exercise treadmill testing and evaluate whether calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonism by telcagepant reduces exercise tolerance in these participants. Primary hypothesis is that telcagepant does not significantly decrease exercise duration compared to placebo, as measured by a treadmill exercise test; that is, the true treatment difference in exercise duration (MK-0974 - Placebo) >= -60 seconds.
Detailed description
Amendment 3 of the protocol reduced the dose of telcagepant to be administered from a single dose of 900 mg to a single dose of 600 mg. Pooled data from both the 600-mg and the 900-mg group wiil be utilized in the analyses. Also due to supply issues regarding the 300 mg telcagepant capsules, 280 mg telcagepant tablets with demonstrated bioequivalence to the 300 mg telcagepant capsules, could be administered to participants enrolled after the implementation of Amendment 3.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Telcagepant/ Placebo | Experimental | Drug: telcagepant, Drug: Placebo to telcagepantParticipants receive single oral dose of 600 mg (two 300 mg capsules or two bioequivalent 280 mg tablets) or 900 mg telcagepant (three 300 mg capsules) in Period 1 and single oral dose of two capsules or tablets of placebo for telcagepant (or three capsules of placebo for telcagepant) in Period 2 of the crossover. Each treatment period is separated by a washout of 96-240 hours. |
| Placebo/Telcagepant | Experimental | Drug: telcagepant, Drug: Placebo to telcagepantParticipants receive single oral dose of two capsules or tablets of placebo for telcagepant (or three capsules of placebo for telcagepant) in Period 1 and a single oral dose of 600 mg (two 300 mg capsules or two bioequivalent 280 mg tablets) or 900 mg telcagepant (three 300 mg capsules) in Period 2 of the crossover. Each treatment period is separated by a washout of 96-240 hours. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 85 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Participant has clinically documented stable coronary artery disease as demonstrated by coronary angiography, echocardiogram, or stress test, etc., or participant is on stable doses of current medication for the treatment of coronary artery disease for a minimum of 30 days.
- Participant has a history of stable angina (chronic stable angina pectoris that is triggered by physical effort and relieved by rest and/or sublingual nitroglycerin) for at least 3 months prior to study start, with no intervening symptoms of unstable angina.
- Participant is able to demonstrate reproducibly positive exercise tests by completing treadmill tests on 2 separate days, within 1-8 days.
- Participant agrees to refrain from drinking alcohol from 24 hours prior to study drug administration, on study procedure days, and until release from the study facility.
- Participants agrees to refrain from smoking from midnight before study procedures until study procedures are complete for the day.
Key exclusion criteria (16 listed)
- Participant is pregnant (positive serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [β-hCG] test at prestudy), breast-feeding, or is a female expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the study. Postmenopausal women who are currently using hormone replacement therapy are excluded from participation in the study.
- Participant has electrocardiogram (ECG) findings that interfere with ECG interpretation or may cause false positive stress test (e.g., > 1 mm horizontal or downsloping ST-segment depression at rest in any standard electrocardiographic lead, Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW), left bundle branch block (LBBB), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with repolarization abnormality, pectus excavatum, ventricular pacemaker, etc.). Note: these ECG findings may affect stress test results; there may be other findings that have not been included which may affect test results. These ECG findings are exclusions only if these findings may jeopardize interpretation of stress test results.
- Participant has heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) (Bazett) > 500 ms on resting ECG.
- Participant has uncontrolled high blood pressure at prestudy screening.
- Participant has a baseline heart rate of <40 or >96 beats per minute at screening.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| telcagepantAlso: MK-0974 | Drug | Placebo/Telcagepant, Telcagepant/ Placebo |
| Placebo to telcagepant | Drug | Placebo/Telcagepant, Telcagepant/ Placebo |
Primary outcome
Number of Participants With Clinical Adverse Events (AEs)
Time frame: Up to 10 days post dose in Period 1 and up to 14 days post dose in Period 2
An AE was defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a preexisting condition which was temporally associated with the use of the product, was also an AE. A clinical AE was an AE reported as a result of a clinical examination or reported by the participant.
Number of Participants With Laboratory Adverse Events
Time frame: Up to 10 days post dose in Period 1 and up to 14 days post dose in Period 2
An AE was defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a preexisting condition which was temporally associated with the use of the product, was also an AE. A laboratory AE was an AE reported as a result of a laboratory assessment or test.
Total Exercise Duration on the Treadmill Test
Time frame: 2.5 to approximately 2.75 hours post dose of each treatment period
Bruce (and Modified Bruce) Protocol was used to assess the exercise duration on a treadmill. This protocol consists of a standardized gradual incremental increase in external workload every 3 minutes while the participant's electrocardiogram (ECG), symptoms, and arm blood pressure were continuously monitored. Regardless of whether the participant believed he or she could continue, the test was discontinued upon evidence of chest discomfort, severe shortness of breath, dizziness, fatigue, ST-segment depression of greater than 2 mm, a fall in systolic blood pressure exceeding 10 mmHg, or the development of a ventricular tachyarrhythmia
2 secondary outcomes
ST Segment Depression at Peak Exercise
Time frame: 2.5 to approximately 2.75 hours post dose of each treatment period
Time to 1 mm ST Segment Depression
Time frame: 2.5 to approximately 2.75 hours post dose of each treatment period
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Oct 2018.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Results publication: PubMed 22278333Chaitman BR, Ho AP, Behm MO, Rowe JF, Palcza JS, Laethem T, Heirman I, Panebianco DL, Kobalava Z, Martsevich SY, Free AL, Bittar N, Chrysant SG, Ho TW, Chodakewitz JA, Murphy MG, Blanchard RL. A randomized, placebo-controlled study of the effects of telcagepant on exercise time in patients with stable angina. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Mar;91(3):459-66. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.246. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. https://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/pdf/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf
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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.
Medical Director study director
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing telcagepant in people with Angina Pectoris and Coronary Heart Disease, run by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC.
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 7 inclusion and 16 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Oct 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
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 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
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 10 Sep 2014). 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?
Number of Participants With Clinical Adverse Events (AEs) (time frame: Up to 10 days post dose in Period 1 and up to 14 days post dose in Period 2). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01294709, which also lists 1 linked publication.
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 18 Oct 2018.