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Cocaine Use DisorderPhase 1NCT02537873

Drug Interaction and Self Administration Studies of Compounds for Cocaine Use Disorder

A Phase 1 study testing Lorcaserin and Cocaine Intravenous (IV) in people with Cocaine Use Disorder, run by Virginia Commonwealth University at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

The overall goal of this project is to develop initial human data on effects of novel compounds on safety (interactions with cocaine) and efficacy (subjective response to cocaine and self administration data) in non-treatment seeking cocaine use disorder subjects. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 59 years
Conditions the study is for
Cocaine Use Disorder
What is being tested?
Lorcaserin and Cocaine Intravenous (IV)
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
29 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2015to 19 Jul 2018
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 59 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

In order to participate in this study, subjects must:

  1. Males and females between 18 and 59 years-of-age.
  2. Understand the study procedures and provide written informed consent.
  3. Meet current DSM-5 criteria for cocaine use disorder, at least moderate severity, and current DSM-IV diagnosis of cocaine dependence, but are not seeking treatment.
  4. Currently using cocaine by smoking or intravenous route of administration as determined by self-report and have a positive urine drug screen for cocaine during screening.
  5. Have vital signs as follows: resting pulse below 95 bpm, blood pressures below 140 mm Hg systolic and 90 mm Hg diastolic.
  6. Have no clinically significant abnormalities in the judgment of the study physician in hematology and chemistry laboratory tests including liver function tests.
  7. Have sinus rhythm with normal conduction (including QTcF less than 440 ms) by ECG.
  8. Have no contraindications for study participation as determined by medical history and physical examination.
  9. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of study procedures and follow instructions including behavioral laboratory testing.
  10. No pregnant or nursing women will be permitted in the study, and women must either be unable to conceive (i.e., surgically sterilized, sterile, or postmenopausal) or be using a reliable form of contraception (e.g., abstinence, birth control pills, intrauterine device with spermicide, or condoms). Men will be advised to use condoms. All females must provide negative pregnancy urine tests before study entry, at each visit during the study, and at the end of study participation.
  11. Have hemoglobin/hematocrit values within normal limits based on age and gender.

In order to participate in the study, subjects must not:

  1. Meet current DSM-5 diagnosis of any psychoactive substance use disorder other than cocaine, opiates, marijuana, or nicotine. Diagnosis of mild to moderate use disorder for alcohol will not be considered exclusionary.
  2. Have a DSM-5 axis I psychiatric disorder other than substance use disorder including but not limited to Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, ADHD, or Schizophrenia or a neurological disorder requiring ongoing treatment and/or making study participation unsafe.
  3. Have any previous medically adverse reaction to cocaine, including loss of consciousness, chest pain, or epileptic seizure.
  4. Have any clinically significant medical disorder including cardiovascular (including hypertension), pulmonary, CNS, hepatic, or renal disorder.
  5. Have a history of seizures (excluding childhood febrile seizures), or loss of consciousness for more than 20 minutes.
  6. Have significant current suicidal or homicidal ideation or a history of suicide attempt within the past 6 months.
  7. Have conditions of probation or parole requiring reports of drug use to officers of the court.
  8. Have impending incarceration.
  9. Have a positive HIV test by self-report or history.
  10. Be pregnant or nursing or not using a reliable form of contraception if able to conceive. All females must provide negative pregnancy urine tests at screening, and daily after hospital admission.
  11. Have any other illness, or condition, which in the opinion of the PI would preclude safe and/or successful completion of the study.
  12. Have a positive breath alcohol test or urine drug screening positive for drugs of abuse with the exception of cocaine, opiates, cocaine metabolites, and marijuana.
  13. Have a score greater than 5 on the Clinical Opiates Withdrawal Scale (COWS) on any screening, monitoring or hospital study visit.
  14. Subjects who are allergic to lorcaserin.
  15. Subjects who have taken any investigational drug within 90 days prior to baseline.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies

    Richmond, Virginia, 23219

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About this study

Official title: Phase I Drug Interaction and Self Administration Studies of Compounds for Cocaine Use Disorder

The overall goal of this project is to develop initial human data on effects of novel compounds on safety (interactions with cocaine) and efficacy (subjective response to cocaine and self administration data) in non-treatment seeking cocaine use disorder subjects. The compound to be studied will be the 5-HT2CR agonist lorcaserin. Lorcaserin and other 5-HT2CR agonists have been shown to reduce cocaine self-administration and cue reactivity in rodents. In addition there is human safety data in non-cocaine using subjects for lorcaserin as it is currently FDA approved for obesity, and safety data from a cocaine interaction study in rodents , but there is no human cocaine interaction/PK data and no PD data to support potential dosages for phase II clinical trials.

Read the detailed description

The overall goal of this project is to develop initial human data on effects of novel compounds on safety (interactions with cocaine) and efficacy (subjective response to cocaine and self-administration data) in non-treatment seeking cocaine use disorder subjects. This project will provide innovative data on effects of novel compounds on cocaine self-administration in addition to needed safety data on drug interactions with cocaine. This is a Phase I human drug interaction study examining the safety of concurrent administration of cocaine with novel compounds, and the effects of the novel compounds on subjective response to cocaine and cocaine self-administration in non-treatment seeking cocaine use disorder subjects. This data will provide important information for go/no-go decisions on phase II clinical trials using medications as a tool to enhance abstinence. The initial compound to be studied will be the 5-HT2CR agonist lorcaserin, which has been shown to reduce cocaine self-administration and cue reactivity in rodents. In addition there is human safety data in non-cocaine using subjects for lorcaserin as it is currently FDA approved for obesity, but there is no human cocaine interaction/PK data and no PD data to support potential dosages for phase II clinical trials.

This is a single center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, 1b/2a study. 18 of subjects are planned. Each subject will be administered a single dose of study drug three times, one week apart, consisting each time of various doses of active or placebo. Each subject will receive three of the four experimental treatments. Subjects will be assigned to the treatments in random order. Evaluations will be taken at baseline and 4 hours at each of the 3 study visits.

Screening data will be reviewed to determine subject eligibility. Subjects who meet all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be entered into the study. If subjects meet inclusion criteria, they will be admitted as hospital inpatients during the 14 study days to prevent drug and alcohol use and maintain complete monitoring for adverse events.

The following treatment regimens will be used:

Lorcaserin will be 10mg once daily increasing to 10mg twice daily. Placebo or Comparator - identical placebo capsules administered at the same time as lorcaserin.

Total duration of subject participation including eligibility screening (Study days -3 - 0), on-unit study days (Study days 1-14), and follow-up visits (Study days 16 and 20) will be three weeks. Total duration of the study is expected to be 18 months.

Detailed description of the in-hospital portion of study (Study days 1-14) is as follows:

After a screening cocaine infusion to determine safety, eligible subjects will be randomized to Group A -placebo only or Group B -placebo followed by an ascending dose of lorcaserin. Six subjects will be assigned to Group A (placebo) and 12 subjects will be assigned to Group B (active lorcaserin).

  1. Days 1-2: All subjects will receive placebo on days 1-2 in a single blind fashion. Vital signs including heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate will be obtained 15 minutes before and 15, 30 and 60 minutes after placebo administration. Days 1-2 will be single-blind placebo, whereas all remaining study days will be double-blind.
  2. Days 3-9: On days 3-9, subject group A will receive one placebo pill twice daily, and group B will receive one placebo pill in the morning and one matching lorcaserin 10 mg pill in the evening, for a total dose of 10 mg daily. ECG with QTc will be performed daily. If the QTc is prolonged greater than 30ms over baseline lorcaserin dosage will be held.
  3. Days 10-12: subjects in group B will have a blinded dosage increase to 10 mg of lorcaserin twice daily. Vital signs including heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate will be obtained 15 minutes before and 15, 30 and 60 minutes after placebo/lorcaserin administration. ECG with QTc will be performed daily under the supervision of a study physician. If the QTc is prolonged greater than 30ms over baseline lorcaserin dosage will be held.
  4. Day 13 subjects in group B will be administered 10mg of lorcaserin in the morning only, and subjects in group A will be administered matching placebo in the morning. Subjects will be discharged on day 14.
  5. Cocaine Infusion Sessions (Days 1, 2, 6, and 12): All subjects will undergo an ascending dose intravenous cocaine administration after admission on day 1 to ensure safety of later cocaine studies.

To assess the safety and subjective effects of cocaine in the presence of lorcaserin, subjects will receive ascending doses of intravenous cocaine (10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg), with each cocaine administration separated by one hour. In addition, 0 mg cocaine (saline) infusion will be randomly given after the first dose of cocaine in order to aid in blinding investigators and subjects to the order of drug administration. Infusions will be carried out at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am and 12:00pm (Day 1), or at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. (Days 2, 6, and 12).

Being tested
Lorcaserin, Cocaine Intravenous (IV), Placebo comparator
Keywords
Cocaine Use Disorder

What participants receive

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

  • LorcaserinDrug

    Also called Belviq

    Lorcaserin HCL 10mg tablets (Belviq, Arena Pharmaceuticals)

  • Cocaine Intravenous (IV)Drug

    Cocaine IV administered at doses of 10, 20 and 40 mg during 4 dosing sessions

  • Placebo comparatorDrug

    Dextrose in gelatin capsule

Study groups in NCT02537873
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm 1: Lorcaserin and Cocaine IVExperimentalLorcaserin 10 mg administered orally once daily for 6 days then increasing to twice daily for 3 days. Cocaine IV (intravenous) administered in ascending doses of 0, 10, 20, 40 mg on study days 1, 2, 6 and 12.
Receives: Drug: Lorcaserin; Drug: Cocaine Intravenous (IV)
Arm 2: Placebo Comparator and Cocaine IVPlacebo comparatorDextrose placebo in gelatin capsule identical to experimental drug. Cocaine IV (intravenous) administered in ascending doses of 0, 10, 20, 40 mg on study days 1, 2, 6 and 12.
Receives: Drug: Cocaine Intravenous (IV); Drug: Placebo comparator

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (Safety and Tolerability) - Heart Rate

    Change in Heart rate (HR) measures during saline infusions will be compared to HR and BP after each cocaine infusion.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 5 hours on up to day 12 of the study

  2. Cocaine Self-administration Choice Selection

    During a study visit 13 days after participant enrollment, participants will be allowed to choose to receive an infusion of cocaine or $5. Number of times participants self-administered Cocaine over an approximately 2 1/2 hour period in the morning and in the afternoon will be counted.

    Measured: 13 days

  3. Change in Subjective Experience

    During a study visit, participants will be given an infusion of cocaine. Participants will rate their subjective craving for cocaine on a visual analog scale. The scale is rated from Not at all to Extremely. Scores are calculated by measuring in centimeters from Not at all (0) to where the participant marked with the highest score being 100. Participants will rate their subjective experience at baseline (prior to drug infusion) and after cocaine infusion.

    Measured: Day 12, pre-infusion to post-infusion (up to 5 hours)

  4. Cocaine PK With Placebo

    Regardless of randomization category, all participants will receive the placebo on days 1 and 2 in a single blind fashion. Plasma concentration-time profiles of cocaine after cocaine infusion during placebo administration (Day 2) will be analyzed to determine how many participant's pharmacokinetic (PK) parameter estimates after using cocaine differ from expected PK parameter estimates for a typical individual using cocaine.

    Measured: 2 days

  5. Cocaine PK With Study Drug

    Plasma concentration-time profiles of cocaine after cocaine infusion during study drug (Lorcaserin or placebo) administration (Day 12) will be analyzed to determine how many participant's pharmacokinetic (PK) parameter estimates after using cocaine differ from expected PK parameter estimates for a typical individual using cocaine.

    Measured: Day 12

  6. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (Safety and Tolerability) - Change in Blood Pressure

    Change in blood pressure (BP) measures during saline infusions will be compared to HR and BP after each cocaine infusion.

    Measured: Day 12, baseline to final cocaine infusion (approximately 5 hours)

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Response Inhibition During Immediate Memory Task (IMT)

    Commission errors on the IMT (Immediate Memory Task) will be compared between lorcaserin and placebo subjects to determine the extent to which this measure is modified by the administration of lorcaserin using repeated measures ANOVA.

    Measured: 3 days (Study days 1, 8, 11)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted2 Sep 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2015
  3. Primary completion19 Jul 2018
  4. Study completion19 Jul 2018

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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
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator
Enrolment
29 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02537873
Sponsor's protocol ID
HM20003768
Other IDs
1U54DA038999
Status last verified
May 2020
First submitted
25 Aug 2015
Last updated
12 May 2020
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Lorcaserin and Cocaine Intravenous (IV) in people with Cocaine Use Disorder, run by Virginia Commonwealth University 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?

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 12 May 2020. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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 12 May 2020). 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?

Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (Safety and Tolerability) - Heart Rate (time frame: Baseline to up to 5 hours on up to day 12 of the study). The study lists 6 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 12 May 2020.

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