Status:

TERMINATED

A Safety and Cognitive Function Study of EVP-6124 Versus Placebo in Subjects With Nicotine Dependence

Lead Sponsor:

A. Eden Evins

Collaborating Sponsors:

FORUM Pharmaceuticals Inc

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

Nicotine Dependence

Smoking Cessation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the initial evidence for efficacy of the investigational medicine, EVP-6124, to improve smoking cessation outcomes with and without a standard taper of nicotine repl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Self-report of smoking an average of ≥10 cigarettes/day for 6 months and expired carbon monoxide (CO) ≥10 parts per million (ppm) or urine cotinine ≥ 100 ng/mL at screening or self-report of smoking an average of 5-9 cigarettes/day for 6 months and a urine cotinine ≥30ng/ml at screening
  • Have a negative urine drug screen at screening
  • Fertile, sexually active subjects (males and females) must use an effective method of contraception from the first dose of study drug and for 3 months after the last dose of study drug
  • If female and capable of conception, must have a negative urine Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) pregnancy test at screening and Day 1

Exclusion

  • Have unstable medical illness with hospitalization for treatment likely within 6 months
  • Have life-threatening arrhythmia, cerebrovascular or cardiovascular event within 6 months of enrollment
  • Have liver function tests elevated \>2.5 times the upper limit of normal range
  • Have a tumor or a seizure disorder
  • Currently using other tobacco- or nicotine-containing products and unwilling to try to quit
  • Have a 6-month history of substance use disorder other than nicotine or caffeine or major depressive disorder
  • Have a history of multiple adverse drug reactions
  • Non-response (past 3 months) to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) \>20 mg/day, bupropion \>150 mg/day, or varenicline 2 mg/day for ≥4 weeks
  • Use of excluded concomitant medications
  • Hospitalization for any reason within 30 days of screening
  • Use of any investigational drug or device within 30 days of screening
  • Have clinically significant abnormal serum electrolytes
  • Have insufficiently controlled diabetes mellitus
  • Have renal insufficiency (serum creatinine \>1.8 mg/dL)
  • Malignant tumor within the last 5 years, with the exception of squamous and basal cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ
  • Have a clinically significant cardiovascular abnormality on the screening EKG
  • Lifetime history of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bulimia, organic mental disorder, dementia, pervasive developmental disorder
  • Have untreated, clinically significant hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism
  • Have a positive self-report of human immunodeficiency virus infection
  • Females who are pregnant or nursing
  • Any experimental drug currently or within 30 days before baseline
  • Have a serious risk of suicide
  • Have a screening electrocardiogram (ECG) with a corrected QT (QTc) interval using Bazett's formula \>450 msec for males and \>470 msec for females or the presence of any clinically significant cardiac abnormalities

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

345 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01480232

Start Date

December 1 2011

End Date

September 1 2015

Last Update

April 6 2017

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114