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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT00390533
Ethics application status
Date submitted
19/10/2006
Date registered
20/10/2006
Date last updated
24/05/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
An Eight-week Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 2 Doses of Saredutant in Patients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Scientific title
An Eight-Week, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study, to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Two Fixed Doses (100 and 30 mg Once Daily) of Saredutant in Patients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
SR48968
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
EFC5582
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Generalized Anxiety 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Anxiety

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Saredutant
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Saredutant 30 mg - Saredutant 30 mg once daily for a maximum of 8 weeks

Experimental: Saredutant 100 mg - Saredutant 100 mg once daily for a maximum of 8 weeks

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Placebo for saredutant once daily for one week during the screening phase and for a maximum of 8 weeks during the acute phase


Treatment: Drugs: Saredutant
oral administration (capsules)

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
oral administration (capsules)
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from baseline to Day 56 of treatment in the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) total score.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
56 days
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from baseline to Day 56 of treatment in the Clinical Global Impression Severity of Illness score.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
56 days

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) criteria and confirmed by the Mini
International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) Plus Generalized Anxiety Disorder
module.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Total score of less than 22 on the HAM-A.

- Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score greater than 18.

- Patients with a current history (within 6 months) of major depressive disorder or
history or presence of bipolar disorders or psychotic disorders.

- Patients with alcohol dependence or abuse or substance dependence or abuse in the past
12 months except nicotine or caffeine dependence.

- Patients who have used the following prior to entry into Acute Phase: antipsychotics
within 3 months, antidepressants including Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) within
1 month, anxiolytics within 2 weeks, mood-stabilizer (lithium, anticonvulsants) within
1 month, and/or high dose or prolonged benzodiazepine (continuous use for 3 months
prior to admission) use.

The investigator will evaluate whether there are other reasons why a patient may not
participate.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2006
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2008
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
428
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office - Macquarie Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Macquarie Park
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [1] 0 0
New Jersey

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Sanofi
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of two fixed doses (100 mg and 30 mg once
daily) of saredutant compared to placebo in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. The
secondary objectives are to evaluate the efficacy of saredutant on disability and quality of
life in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, and to evaluate blood levels of
saredutant.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00390533
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Clinical Sciences & Operations
Address 0 0
Sanofi
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries