Status:

COMPLETED

Study of Telotristat Etiprate (LX1606) in Participants With Symptomatic Carcinoid Syndrome Not Managed by Stable-Dose Octreotide Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals

Conditions:

Carcinoid Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of telotristat etiprate (LX1606) versus a placebo control in participants with symptomatic carcinoid syndrome not managed by stable...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males and females, aged 18 and older
  • Biopsy-proven metastatic carcinoid tumor of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract with disease extent confirmed by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or radionuclide imaging
  • Symptoms not managed by stable-dose long-acting octreotide therapy (≥4 bowel movements per day)
  • Ability to provide written informed consent

Exclusion

  • ≥12 high volume, watery bowel movements per day associated with a clinical syndrome of volume contraction, dehydration, or hypotension compatible with a "pancreatic cholera"-type clinical syndrome
  • Sponsor-unacceptable clinical laboratory values for hematology and liver function tests at screening
  • Karnofsky status ≤70% - unable to care for self
  • Surgery within 60 days prior to screening
  • A history of short bowel syndrome
  • Life expectancy \<12 months
  • History of substance or alcohol abuse within 2 years prior to screening
  • Previous exposure to a tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) inhibitor
  • Administration of any investigational drug within 30 days of screening or any therapeutic protein or antibody within 90 days of screening

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

23 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00853047

Start Date

March 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2014

Last Update

December 26 2018

Active Locations (9)

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1

Hematology Oncology Services of Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205

2

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

San Francisco, California, United States, 94115

3

St. Francis Medical Group Oncology and Hematology Specialists

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46237

4

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242