A Study of the Efficacy and Safety of MK-4618 in Patients with Overactive Bladder (OAB)

• Conditions: Overactive Bladder; MedDRA version: 16.0Level: LLTClassification code 10059617Term: Overactive bladderSystem Organ Class: 100000004857; Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Symptoms and general pathology [C23]

• Registration Number: EUCTR2010-022121-15-SE
• Lead Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 10 July 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1295

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patient is male or female of non-childbearing potential between 40 and 75 years of age inclusive on day of signing informed consent.
2.Patient has a clinical history of OAB (may be verbal per patient) for at least 3 months prior to Visit 1. OAB is defined as urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually associated with frequency and nocturia. Urodynamic evaluation is not required.
3.Patient is able to read, understand and complete questionnaires and voiding diaries as well as collect, measure and record voided volume by herself/himself using a graduated beaker, which will be provided by the SPONSOR.
4.Patient meets either the OAB wet or OAB dry criteria described below based on the screening diary returned at Visit 2 and the placebo run-in diary returned at Visit 3:
•OAB wet criteria: An average of = 8 micturitions/day and average number of urge incontinence episodes is = 1 per diary day AND the total number of urge incontinence episodes exceeds the total number of stress incontinence episodes from the screening diary.
OR
•OAB dry criteria: An average of = 8 micturitions/day and the average number of strong urge episodes is = 3 per diary day from the screening diary.

Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 890
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 405

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patient has evidence of diabetes insipidus, uncontrolled hyperglycemia (fasting blood glucose >150 mg/dL or 8.33 mmol/l and/or non fasting blood glucose >180 mg/dL or 10.0 mmol/l), or uncontrolled hypercalcemia (blood total calcium >11 mg/dL or 2.75 mmol/l).
2.Patient has a systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg or resting heart rate (by pulse) > 100 beats per minute at Visit 1.
3.Patient has evidence from current history of symptomatic orthostatic hypotension.
4.Patient has a history of cerebral vascular accident, transient ischemic attack, unstable angina, or myocardial infarction within the previous 6 months.
5.Patient has lower urinary tract pathology that could, in the opinion of the investigator, be responsible for urgency, frequency, or incontinence; including but not limited to stress incontinence, urolithiasis, interstitial cystitis, urothelial tumor, prostatitis, and clinically relevant benign prostatic hypertrophy or bladder outlet obstruction as judged by the investigator.
6.Patient has a history of injury, surgery, or neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis) that could affect the lower urinary tract or its nerve supply.
7.Patient has a history of continual urine leakage or patient is unaware of urine leakage.
8.Patient has a history of surgery to correct stress urinary incontinence or prolapsed uterus within 6 months.
9.Patient has a known history of elevated postvoid residual defined per the investigator's local standard of care.
10.Patient has undergone bladder training or electrostimulation within 2 weeks prior to Visit 1 or plans to initiate either during the study.
11.Patient has active or recurrent (>6 episodes per year) urinary tract infections by clinical history, clinical symptoms, or laboratory criteria (= 5 WBC or = 26 bacteria (moderate) per high-powered field in a spun specimen and/or a positive urine culture defined as = 104 colony forming units (CFU)/mL in 1 specimen.
12.Patient has hematuria, including microscopic hematuria (> 5 RBCs/hpf).
13.Patient has a requirement for an indwelling catheter or intermittent catheterization.
14.Patient has a history of fecal incontinence.
15.Patient is not willing to discontinue use of the following therapies at least 2 weeks prior to completing the screening voiding diary and remain off these therapies for the duration of the study:
•Anticholinergics including but not limited to oxybutynin, tolterodine, trospium, darifenacin, solifenacin, fesoterodine, hyoscyamine, and propantheline.
•Smooth muscle relaxants including but not limited to flavoxate, dicyclomine, propiverine.
•Beta 2 adrenergic agonists used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence including but not limited to clenbuterol.
•Synthetic antidiuretic hormones, including but not limited to desmopressin.
16.Patient is receiving therapy with any of the following medications for less than 8 weeks prior to Visit 1 or plans to initiate or change therapy during the study.
•Tricyclic antidepressants or combinations including but not limited to amitiptyline, imipramine, and doxepin.
•Serotonin and/or norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors including but limited to fluoxetine, paroxetine, and duloxetine.
•Alpha-adrenergic agonists, including nonspecific sympathomimetic amines, such as but not limited to ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylephrine.
•Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, including but not limited to enalapril,

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
• Study Design: Not specified