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Registration number
NCT02432703
Ethics application status
Date submitted
29/04/2015
Date registered
4/05/2015
Date last updated
2/09/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Safety and Efficacy Study of JNJ-42165279 in Participants With Social Anxiety Disorder
Scientific title
A Phase 2a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Multi-center Study Investigating the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of JNJ-42165279 in Subjects With Social Anxiety Disorder.
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42165279SAX2001
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CR106641
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Phobic Disorders 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 - JNJ-42165279
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: JNJ-42165279 - Participants will receive 25 milligram (mg) JNJ-42165279 orally once-daily from Day 1 up to 12 weeks.

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Participants will receive a matching placebo orally once-daily from Day 1 up to 12 weeks.


Treatment: Drugs: JNJ-42165279
Participants will receive 25 milligram (mg) JNJ-42165279 orally once-daily from Day 1 up to 12 weeks.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Participants will receive a matching placebo orally once-daily from Day 1 up to 12 weeks.
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Change From Baseline in Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) Total Score
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Baseline and Week 12
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Change From Baseline in LSAS Fear/Anxiety and Avoidance Subscales
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Baseline and Week 12
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Percentage of Participants With Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 50 Percent (%) Improvement From Baseline (Responders) on LSAS Total Score
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Week 12
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Percentage of Participants With >=30% Improvement From Baseline (Remitters) on LSAS Total Score
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Week 12
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (SIGH-A) Total Score
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM)-A6 Score
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS)-17 Total Score
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Change From Baseline in HDRS17 Anxiety/Somatization Factor Total Score
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Change From Baseline in HAM-D6 Total Score
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
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Percentage of Participants With Change From Baseline in Clinical Global Impression- Improvement (CGI-I) Score
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Week 12
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With >=50% Improvement From Baseline (Responders) in SIGH-A Total Score
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Baseline, Week 12

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Must have a primary DSM-5 diagnosis of Social anxiety disorder (SAD) except those with
performance only as a specifier. Participants with a diagnosis of comorbid Generalized
Anxiety Disorder (GAD) or Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) may be included if the
Investigator considers SAD to be the predominant diagnosis. Participants with current
or lifetime history of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and specific
phobia may be included as well

- Must have a Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale score greater than or equal (>=) 70 at
Screening and Baseline

- Participants with a current episode of MDD must have a HDRS17 total score less than or
equal to (<=) 18

- Must have a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 35 kilogram per meter square
(kg/m^2), inclusive, at screening

- Female participants must be either postmenopausal or surgically sterile
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
64 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Participants who have performance only SAD are excluded. Participants with other
current significant psychiatric condition(s) (Axis 1 under DSM-IV), including, but not
limited to, MDD with psychotic features (lifetime), bipolar disorder (including
lifetime diagnosis), obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder,
eating disorder (e.g., bulimia, anorexia nervosa), autism spectrum disorders,
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or schizophrenia are excluded. Participants with
a diagnosis of comorbid GAD or MDD may be included

- Participants is currently receiving specific psychotherapy for SAD

- Has a history of more than two unsuccessful adequate pharmacological treatment trials
for SAD, defined as lack of response to at least 10 weeks of treatment at adequate
doses (e.g., paroxetine >= 40 milligram per day (mg/day) or its equivalent; or
clonazepam >= 2.5 mg/day or its equivalent)

- Concurrent use of psychotropic medications

- has a history of or current thyroid disease, thyroid dysfunction and is currently
untreated for it

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 2
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
11/06/2015
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
9/08/2018
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
150
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
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- Adelaide
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- Frankston
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- Melbourne
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- Perth
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- Adelaide
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- Frankston
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- Melbourne
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- Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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California
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Connecticut
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Florida
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Illinois
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Massachusetts
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New York
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Utah
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Canada
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Alberta
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Canada
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Ontario

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 investigate the efficacy of JNJ-42165279 during 12 weeks of
treatment in participants with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02432703
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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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02432703