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Overactive BladderPhase 1NCT01500382

A Study of the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Vibegron (MK-4618) in Women With Overactive Bladder (MK-4618-004)

A Phase 1 study testing Vibegron, Tolterodine ER and Prophylactic Antibiotic in people with Overactive Bladder and Overactive Urinary Bladder, run by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The study is designed to investigate the effects of the investigational drug vibegron (MK-4618) compared to placebo on maximum urinary bladder capacity in women with overactive bladder. The study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple oral doses of vibegron in women with overactive bladder. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 to 75 years, women only
What is being tested?
Vibegron, Tolterodine ER and Prophylactic Antibiotic
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
4 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
27 Feb 2012to 2 Jan 2013
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 40 to 75 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Non-child bearing potential (status post menopausal or post hysterectomy,oophorectomy or tubal ligation). If of reproductive potential, must be non-pregnant (confirmed via blood test) and agree to use (and/or have their partner use) two acceptable methods of birth control beginning at least 2 weeks prior to administration of the first dose of study drug,throughout the study (including washout intervals between treatment periods/panels) and until at least 2 weeks after administration of the last dose of study drug in the last treatment period.
  • Body mass index (BMI) of ≤40 kg/m^2 (ie, not morbidly obese)
  • Clinical history of overactive bladder symptoms (OAB) for at least 3 months
  • Capable of completing an accurate daily diary for reporting purposes

Who cannot join

  • Mentally or legally incapacitated, such as significant emotional problems (other than situational depression) or diagnosed with a significant psychiatric disorder during the past 5-10 years
  • Other types of urinary incontinence (ie,stress or mixed)
  • History (current or past)of interstitial cystitis, painful bladder syndrome, or chronic pelvic pain or Stage III or greater pelvic organ prolapse
  • Other types of kidney/urinary bladder disease/obstruction or infection. Participants with with a history of uncomplicated kidney stones may be enrolled in the study at the discretion of the investigator
  • Inability to control bowel movements
  • History of narrow angle glaucoma, immunocompromise, stroke, chronic seizures, major neurological disorders and/or other serious and chronic organ-system health conditions (ie, heart disease)
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  • Urinary catheter, either permanent or intermittent placement
  • Failure to meet medication profile requirements or directives required for study eligibility
  • Condition for which there is a warning, contraindication, or precaution against the use of tolterodine ER or anticipates the use of prescription medications contraindicated with the use of tolterodine ER
  • Daily alcohol or caffeine intake exceeds study requirements (for alcohol: defined as greater than 2 glasses of alcoholic beverages (1 glass is approximately equivalent to: beer [284 mL/10 ounces], wine [125 mL/4 ounces], or distilled spirits [25 mL/1 ounce]) per day; and for caffeine: defined as greater than 3 servings (1 serving is approximately equivalent to 120 mg of caffeine) of coffee,tea, cola, or other caffeinated beverages (ie, Red Bull) per day
  • Inability to refrain from smoking throughout the study's duration
  • Illicit drug use
  • Recent surgery or recent participation in another clinical trial
  • Severe, frequent allergies or history of life-threatening reactions or intolerability to prescription or non prescription medications or food
  • Intended or unintended extended absence or exposure to significant change in time zone or sleep schedule (ie, transmeridian travel or shift work) that will interfere with accurate completion of scheduled daily diary entries

About this study

Official title: A Placebo and Active-Comparator Controlled Multiple-Dose Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of MK-4618 in Patients With Overactive Bladder

The study is designed to investigate the effects of the investigational drug vibegron (MK-4618) compared to placebo on maximum urinary bladder capacity in women with overactive bladder. The study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple oral doses of vibegron in women with overactive bladder. Overactive bladder is best described as urgency and frequency of urination, with or without involuntary urination and/or the need to awaken during the night to urinate.

The primary efficacy hypothesis is that vibegron is superior to placebo with respect to change from baseline in maximum cystometric capacity at 2 hours postdose on Day 7 (i.e., steady state) in participants with overactive bladder. A true mean increase (vibegron/placebo) of 25% in bladder volume is expected.

The primary safety hypothesis is that administration of multiple oral doses of vibegron is sufficiently well-tolerated in participants with overactive bladder, based on assessment of clinical and laboratory adverse experiences, to permit continued clinical investigation.

Read the detailed description

Participants will be randomized in each of 2 treatment periods to 1 of 4 possible treatments, which will be administered in double-dummy fashion, and participants will undergo urodynamic procedures prior to dosing on Day 1 and after 7 days of treatment.

Being tested
Vibegron, Tolterodine ER, Placebo (vibegron), Placebo (tolterodine ER), Prophylactic Antibiotic
Medical subject headings
Urinary Bladder, Overactive

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • VibegronDrug

    Also called MK-4618

    Tablet, 50 or 100 mg, once daily, for up to 10 days based on treatment assignments and treatment period.

  • Tolterodine ERDrug

    Also called Detrol LA™

    Capsule, 4 mg, once daily, for up to 10 days based on treatment assignment and treatment period.

  • Placebo (vibegron)Other

    Inactive agent in tablet form, oral administration, once daily, up to 5 weeks, based on treatment assignment in each treatment period.

  • Placebo (tolterodine ER)Other

    Inactive agent in capsule form, oral administration, once daily, up to 5 weeks, based on treatment assignment in each treatment period.

  • Prophylactic AntibioticDrug

    Also called Levaquin, Biocef, Ed A-Ceph, Keflex

    A pre-procedural prophylactic antibiotic (ie, levofloxacin 250 mg, cephalexin) administered orally, 30 minutes prior to each scheduled urodynamic study intervention. It is up to the discretion of the Investigator, based on study protocol recommendations, as to which type of antibiotic may be administered.

Study groups in NCT01500382
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Vibegron 100 mg + tolterodine ER 4 mg → placeboExperimentalDuring Treatment Period 1, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily vibegron 100 mg and tolterodine extended-release (ER) 4 mg. Participants will then complete a 2-week single-blind double-dummy placebo washout period prior to Treatment Period 2. During Treatment Period 2, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily placebo to match vibegron and placebo to match tolterodine ER.
Receives: Drug: Vibegron; Drug: Tolterodine ER; Other: Placebo (vibegron); Other: Placebo (tolterodine ER); Drug: Prophylactic Antibiotic
Placebo → vibegron 100 mgExperimentalDuring Treatment Period 1, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily placebo to match vibegron and placebo to match tolterodine ER. Participants will then complete a 2-week single-blind double-dummy placebo washout period prior to Treatment Period 2. During Treatment Period 2, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily vibegron 100 mg and placebo to match tolterodine ER.
Receives: Drug: Vibegron; Other: Placebo (vibegron); Other: Placebo (tolterodine ER); Drug: Prophylactic Antibiotic
Placebo → tolterodine ER 4 mgActive comparatorDuring Treatment Period 1, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily placebo to match vibegron and placebo to match tolterodine ER. Participants will then complete a 2-week single-blind double-dummy placebo washout period prior to Treatment Period 2. During Treatment Period 2, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily tolterodine 4 mg and placebo to match vibegron.
Receives: Drug: Tolterodine ER; Other: Placebo (vibegron); Other: Placebo (tolterodine ER); Drug: Prophylactic Antibiotic
Placebo → vibegron 50 mgExperimentalDuring Treatment Period 1, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily placebo to match vibegron and placebo to match tolterodine ER. Participants will then complete a 2-week single-blind double-dummy placebo washout period prior to Treatment Period 2. During Treatment Period 2, participants will receive 7 days of once-daily vibegron 50 mg and placebo to match tolterodine ER.
Receives: Drug: Vibegron; Other: Placebo (vibegron); Other: Placebo (tolterodine ER); Drug: Prophylactic Antibiotic

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Fold-change From Baseline in Maximum Cystometric Capacity Post-dose on Day 7

    Filling cystometry procedures were performed pre-dose on Day 1 and post-dose on Day 7 in each treatment period. Individual values in fold-change from baseline and post-dose on Day 7 will be natural log-transformed and evaluated with a linear mixed effects model having period and treatment as fixed effects and participant as a random effect.

    Measured: Baseline (pre-dose Day 1) and Day 7 (post-dose)

  2. Number of Participants Who Experienced an Adverse Event (AE)

    An AE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to this medicinal product.

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks (up to 3 weeks in Period 1 and up to 3 weeks in Period 2)

  3. Number of Participants Who Discontinued Use of Study Drug Due to an AE

    An AE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to this medicinal product. The number of participants who discontinued study drug due to an AE were reported.

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks (up to 3 weeks in Period 1 and up to 3 weeks in Period 2)

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Fold-change From Baseline in Volume of Urine at First Desire to Void Post-dose on Day 7

    Filling cystometry procedures were performed pre-dose on Day 1 and post-dose on Day 7 in each treatment period. Individual values in fold-change from baseline and post-dose on Day 7 will be natural log-transformed and evaluated with a linear mixed effects model having period and treatment as fixed effects and participant as a random effect.

    Measured: Baseline (pre-dose Day 1) and Day 7 (post-dose)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Dec 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study start27 Feb 2012
  3. Primary completion2 Jan 2013
  4. Study completion2 Jan 2013

Why it stopped: This study was terminated early due to insufficient recruitment.

Resources

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
4 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01500382
Sponsor's protocol ID
4618-004
Status last verified
Dec 2018
First submitted
22 Dec 2011
Last updated
24 Dec 2018
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: https://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/pdf/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Vibegron, Tolterodine ER and Prophylactic Antibiotic in people with Overactive Bladder and Overactive Urinary Bladder, 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 4 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 24 Dec 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 26 Sep 2016). 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?

Fold-change From Baseline in Maximum Cystometric Capacity Post-dose on Day 7 (time frame: Baseline (pre-dose Day 1) and Day 7 (post-dose)). 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?
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 24 Dec 2018; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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