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Registration number
NCT05455684
Ethics application status
Date submitted
10/07/2022
Date registered
13/07/2022
Date last updated
22/05/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study of Aticaprant as Adjunctive Therapy in Adult Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) With Moderate-to-severe Anhedonia and Inadequate Response to Current Antidepressant Therapy
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter, Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Aticaprant 10 mg as Adjunctive Therapy in Adult Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) With Moderate-to-severe Anhedonia and Inadequate Response to Current Antidepressant Therapy
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2022-000439-22
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
CR109217
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
VENTURA-1
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Depressive Disorder, Major 0 0
Anhedonia 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Other mental health disorders
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Depression

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

Experimental: Aticaprant - Participants will receive aticaprant tablets orally once daily for 42 days during double-blind treatment phase in addition to the current antidepressant selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor/serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SSRI/SNRI) therapy. Participants who will complete the double-blind treatment phase (Day 43) may be eligible to participate in a separate 52-week open-label long-term safety study (67953964MDD3003).

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Participants will receive matching placebo orally once daily for 42 days during double-blind treatment phase in addition to their current antidepressant (SSRI/SNRI) therapy. Participants who will complete the double-blind treatment phase (Day 43) may be eligible to participate in a separate 52-week open-label long-term safety study (67953964MDD3003).


Treatment: Drugs: Aticaprant
Aticaprant will be administered orally as tablets.

Other interventions: Placebo
Placebo will be administered orally as tablets.
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Treatment: Drugs
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Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Change from Baseline in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) Total Score to Day 43
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Baseline to Day 43
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from Baseline in Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS) Total Score to Day 43
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline to Day 43
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change from Baseline in MADRS Total Score over Time
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Baseline up to Day 57
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Responders on Depressive Symptoms Scale from Baseline to Day 43
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Baseline to Day 43
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Participants with Remission of Depressive Symptoms Defined as a MADRS Total Score <=10 at Day 43
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Day 43
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change from Baseline in Patient Health Questionnaire, 9-Item (PHQ-9) Total Score to Day 43
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline to Day 43
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change from Baseline in DARS Total Score Over Time
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Baseline up to Day 57
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Change from Baseline in the PHQ-9 Anhedonia-specific Item (PHQ-9, item 1) Over Time
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline up to Day 57
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Percentage of Participants with a Score Less than (<) 2 in the PHQ-9 Anhedonia-specific Item (PHQ-9, Item 1) at Day 43
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Day 43
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Change from Baseline in the Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Short Form-Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities - 8a (PROMIS-APS 8a) Over Time
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Baseline up to Day 57
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Change from Baseline over Time in the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI:D)
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline up to Day 43

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Be medically stable on the basis of physical examination, medical history, vital
signs, and 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) performed at screening and baseline

- Have a Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 item (HDRS-17) total score of 20 or higher
at the first and second screening interviews and must not demonstrate a clinically
significant improvement between the first and the second independent HDRS-17
assessments

- Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th edition (DSM-5)
diagnostic criteria for recurrent or single episode major depressive disorder (MDD),
without psychotic features, based upon clinical assessment and confirmed by the
structured clinical interview for DSM-5 Axis I disorders-clinical trials version
(SCID-CT). Participants 65 years of age or older must have had the first onset of
depression prior to 55 years of age

- Have had an inadequate response to at least 1 oral antidepressant treatment,
administered at an adequate dose (at or above the minimum therapeutic dose per
Massachusetts General Hospital Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire [MGH
ATRQ]) and duration (at least 6 weeks) in the current episode of depression. An
inadequate response is defined as less than(<) 50% reduction in depressive symptom
severity but with some improvement (>0%) (ie, there may be minimal to moderate
symptomatic improvement since the initiation of treatment, but some of the initial
symptoms are still present, troubling to the participant and affecting behavior and
function), as assessed by the MGH ATRQ

- Is currently receiving and tolerating well any one of the following selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
(SNRI) for depressive symptoms at screening, in any approved formulation and available
in the participating country/territory: citalopram, duloxetine, escitalopram,
fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, milnacipran, levomilnacipran, paroxetine, sertraline,
venlafaxine, desvenlafaxine at a stable dose for at least 6 weeks. The current
antidepressant cannot be the first antidepressant treatment for the first lifetime
episode of depression

- Participant's current major depressive episode, and antidepressant treatment response
in the current depressive episode, must all be confirmed by the site independent
qualification assessment
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
74 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Have had in the current depressive episode, no response (treatment failure) to 5 or
more antidepressant treatments including the current SSRI/SNRI (that is, the one
presumed to be continued in the treatment phase) assessed using the Massachusetts
General Hospital Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire (MGH ATRQ)

- Has a history or evidence of clinically meaningful noncompliance with current
antidepressant therapy

- Has a history of moderate-to-severe substance use disorder including alcohol use
disorder according to DSM-5 criteria within 6 months before screening

- Has had in the current episode an inadequate response to adequate course of
intravenous or intranasal ketamine or esketamine, electroconvulsive therapy, vagal
nerve stimulation, or deep brain stimulation device

- Has current, or a history (past 6 months), of seizures

- Has a current homicidal ideation/intent, per the investigator's clinical judgment, or
has suicidal ideation with some intent to act within 3 months prior to the start of
the Screening Phase, per the investigator's clinical judgment or based on the Columbia
Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), corresponding to a response of "Yes" on Item 4
or Item 5, or a history of suicidal behavior within the past 6 months prior to the
start of the Screening Phase. Participants reporting suicidal ideation with intent to
act or suicidal behavior at baseline should be excluded

- Has one or more of the following diagnoses: a) A DSM-5 diagnosis (which has been the
primary focus of psychiatric treatment within the past 2 years) of any of the
following: panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder,
specific phobia; b) A current (in the past year) DSM-5 diagnosis of:
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anorexia
nervosa, bulimia nervosa; c) A current or prior (lifetime) DSM-5 diagnosis of: a
psychotic disorder or MDD with psychotic features, bipolar or related disorders,
intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, borderline personality disorder,
antisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic
personality disorders, somatoform disorders

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
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
22/06/2022
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/10/2024
Actual
Sample size
Target
538
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
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Peninsula Therapeutic & Research Group - Frankston
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Albert Road Clinic - Melbourne
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3199 - Frankston
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3004 - Melbourne
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of aticaprant compared with placebo as
adjunctive therapy to an antidepressant in improving depressive symptoms in adult
participants with major depressive disorder (MDD) with moderate-to-severe anhedonia (ANH+)
who have had an inadequate response to current antidepressant therapy with a selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05455684
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
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Janssen Research & Development, LLC
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Contact person for public queries
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Study Contact
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844-434-4210
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Participate-In-This-Study@its.jnj.com
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05455684