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Evaluation of Prucalopride in Male Subjects With Chronic Constipation.

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Male Subjects With Chronic Constipation
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT01147926
Lead Sponsor
Shire
Brief Summary

This is a multi-centre, randomised, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial to evaluate the efficacy of prucalopride versus placebo over 12 weeks of treatment in male subjects with chronic constipation.

Furthermore the safety, tolerability, effect on quality of life and effect on symptoms of prucalopride will be assessed.

Detailed Description

In this phase III trial subjects will be screened and enter a 2-week run-in period (or a 3-week run-in period if the subject is using agents that influence bowel habit) during which the presence of constipation will be confirmed \[the subject will complete an electronic daily diary (e-diary)\]. At the start of run-in, all existing laxative medication will be withdrawn and subjects will be instructed not to change their diet or lifestyle during the trial. Subjects will be allowed to take a laxative \[Dulcolax (bisacodyl)\] as rescue medication during the trial, but only if they have not had a bowel movement (BM) for 3 or more consecutive days. An enema can only be used after unsuccessful use of Dulcolax (bisacodyl). No Dulcolax (bisacodyl) should be taken or enemas used between 48 hours before and 48 hours after the first intake of study medication.

After the run-in subjects will be randomly assigned to placebo or prucalopride in an equal ratio (1:1) if the subject fulfils the constipation criteria for inclusion. Randomisation will be stratified by country and by the average number of complete bowel movements (CBM) during run-in: 0 CBM/week and \> 0 CBM/week.

Adult subjects (i.e. subjects ≥18 to \<65 years of age) will take 2 mg prucalopride or matching placebo once daily before breakfast during the entire 12-week treatment period. Elderly subjects (i.e. subjects ≥65 years of age) will start at a dose of 1 mg prucalopride or matching placebo once daily before breakfast. In case of insufficient response, defined as an average of \<3 spontaneous complete bowel movements (SCBM)/week during the preceding 2 weeks of treatment (i.e. since the previous visit) at Week 2 or Week 4, the daily dose has to be increased to 2 mg (or matching placebo). Once the dose is increased to 2 mg once daily the subject will stay on this dose for the remainder of the trial. After Week 4 (Visit 4) no changes in dose are allowed anymore.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
374
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Subject is a male out-patient ≥18 years of age (no upper age limit).

  2. Subject has a history of constipation. The subject reports an average of ≤ 2 SBM/week that result in a feeling of complete evacuation (SCBM) and one or more of the following for at least 6 months before the selection visit:

    1. Very hard (little balls) and/or hard stools for at least a quarter of the stools;
    2. Sensation of incomplete evacuation following for at least a quarter of the stools;
    3. Straining at defecation for at least a quarter of the time. This includes subjects who never have SBMs. The above criteria are only applicable for SBMs, i.e. BMs not preceded within a period of 24 hours by the intake of a laxative agent or by the use of an enema.
  3. Subject agrees to stop his current laxative treatment and is willing to use rescue medication according to the rescue rule [Dulcolax® (bisacodyl)/enemas]

  4. Subject's constipation is chronic.

  5. Subject is able and willing to complete the questionnaires (if a validated version in the language of the subject is available) and the e-diary.

  6. Subject voluntarily signs the written Informed Consent Form (ICF) in accordance with the regional laws/regulations, prior to the first trial-related activity.

  7. Subject is willing to adhere to all trial requirements (amongst others colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy, if required).

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Subjects in whom constipation is thought to be drug-induced.

  2. Subjects using any disallowed medication

  3. Subjects suffering from secondary causes of chronic constipation, such as:

    Endocrine disorders, e.g. hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, hypercalcaemia, pseudohypoparathyroidism, pheochromocytoma or glucagon-producing tumours, unless these are controlled by appropriate medical therapy. Subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus should always be excluded, also if the subjects are under appropriate medical therapy; Metabolic disorders (e.g. porphyria, uraemia, hypokalaemia or amyloid neuropathy, unless these are controlled by appropriate medical therapy); Neurological disorders (e.g. Parkinson's disease, cerebral tumours, cerebrovascular accidents, multiple sclerosis, meningocele, aganglionosis, hypoganglionosis, hyperganglionosis, autonomic neuropathy or neuropathy due to chemotherapy, spinal cord injury, Chaga's disease, major depression); Surgery. Subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus should always be excluded, irrespective of whether the constipation started prior to or after the onset of diabetes.

  4. Subjects with a significant history of cancer (i.e. less than a 5-year disease-free survival).

  5. Subjects with intestinal perforation or obstruction due to structural or functional disorder of the gut wall, obstructive ileus, severe inflammatory conditions of the intestinal tract, such as Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis and toxic megacolon/megarectum. Results of an endoscopy or radiologic bowel evaluation is required to rule out polyps, cancer, stricture or other structural or organic disease:

    1. For patients ≤ 50 years: a flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy after the onset of constipation symptoms and within the previous 5 years;
    2. For patients > 50 years: a flexible sigmoidoscopy /double contrast barium enema or colonoscopy after the onset of constipation symptoms and within the previous 5 years.
    3. For subjects, regardless of age, even if results of this test are available within the previous 5 years but if the patient has alarm symptoms such as anemia, weight loss, heme positive stool, or rectal bleeding: a flexible sigmoidoscopy and double contrast barium enema or colonoscopy is needed after the onset of symptoms.
    4. If abnormalities have been detected during the sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy e.g., because of polyps, the subject can be included in the trial if the polyps were removed. If clinically indicated, a repeat colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy needs to be performed at latest within one week after the screening visit. If no barium enema with flexible sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopic examination has been performed within the period as described above, the assessment is to be scheduled on the screening visit or within the week following screening. When it is clinically indicated that a repeat colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy is needed to confirm results of a colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy performed after the screening visit, the subject should be a screen failure.
  6. Subjects with known serious illness: clinically significant cardiac, vascular, liver, pulmonary, or psychiatric disorders (as evaluated by the Investigator).

  7. Subjects with any condition that in the opinion of the Investigator would complicate or compromise the trial or the well-being of the subject or evidence of clinically relevant pathology that could interfere with the trial results or put the subject's safety at risk.

  8. Subjects known to have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or AIDS, hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

  9. Subjects with impaired renal function, i.e. serum creatinine concentration >180 μmol/l or calculated creatinine clearance ≤30 ml/min, including subjects requiring dialysis.

  10. Subjects with clinically significant abnormalities of haematology, urinalysis, or blood chemistry as determined by the Investigator. If the results of the haematology, biochemistry or urinalysis tests are not within the laboratory's reference ranges, the subject can be included only on the condition that the Investigator judges that the deviations are not clinically significant. This should be clearly recorded in the electronic Case Report Form (e-CRF).

  11. Subjects with a known history of alcohol or drug abuse in the previous 6 months.

  12. Subjects with lactose intolerance for whom it is expected that low doses of lactose can lead to diarrhoea, or a known allergy to ingredients or excipients of the trial medication.

  13. Subjects who received an investigational drug in the 30 days preceding the run-in period of the trial.

  14. Subjects who previously used prucalopride.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboPlacebo
PrucalopridePrucalopride1 milligram (mg) or 2 mg
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The Percentage of Subjects With an Average of ≥3 Spontaneous Complete Bowel Movements (SCBM) Per WeekOver 12 week treatment period

Spontaneous Bowel Movements defined as a bowel movement that is not preceded within a period of 24 hours by the intake of a laxative agent or by the use of an enema.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Subjects With an Increase of at Least 1 SCBM Per WeekOver 12 week treatment period
Percent SBM With a Consistency of Normal and Hard/Very HardOver 12 week treatment period

Consistency measured using the 7-point Bristol scale where 1-2 indicate constipation (=hard/very hard), 3-4 are ideal stools (=normal), and 5-7 tending toward diarrhea.

Percentage of Subjects With an Average Weekly Frequency of at Least 3 SCBM Per Week and an Increase of ≥ 1 SCBM Per Week for ≥ 75% of the 12-week Treatment Period and ≥ 75% of the Last Third of the 12-week Treatment PeriodOver 12 week treatment period
SCBM Per WeekOver 12 week treatment period
Percent of Subjects on the Subject Global Evaluation on Severity of Constipation Score Rating Constipation as Severe to Very Severe at Final On-Treatment AssessmentOver 12 week treatment period

Subject was asked to rate the severity of his constipation using a 5-point Likert scale: 0=absent, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=very severe

Percent of Subjects on the Subject Global Evaluation on Efficacy of Treatment Score Rating Treatment as Quite a Bit to Extremely Effective at Final On-Treatment AssessmentOver 12 week treatment period

The subject was asked to rate his global evaluation of the efficacy of treatment using the following 5-point scale: 0=not at all effective 1=a little bit effective 2=moderately effective 3=quite a bit effective 4=extremely effective.

Percent SCBM With No Straining and Severe/Very Severe StrainingOver 12 week treatment period

Straining was evaluated on a 5-point scale (0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, or 4=very severe)

Percent SBM With Sensation of Complete EvacuationOver 12 week treatment period
Time to First SCBM After Investigational Product Intake on Day 1Day 1
Days With Rescue Medication Taken Per WeekOver 12 week treatment period
Percent of Subjects With an Improvement of ≥ 1 Point on the Patient Assessment of Constipation - Symptom (PAC-SYM) Questionnaire Total Score at Final On Treatment AssessmentOver 12 week treatment period

The PAC-SYM is a validated 12-item questionnaire for the evaluation of severity of symptoms of constipation in subjects with constipation. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale: 0=absent, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=very severe. Total score ranges from 0 to 48. Lower scores indicate improvement in symptoms. A 1-point improvement in PAC-SYM total score was considered clinically meaningful.

Percent of Subjects With an Improvement of ≥ 1 Point on the Patient Assessment of Constipation - Quality of Life (PAC-QOL) Total Score at Final On Treatment AssessmentOver 12 week treatment period

The PAC-QOL is a validated 28-item questionnaire for the evaluation of quality of life in subjects with constipation. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale: 0=not at all/none of the time, 1=a little bit/a little bit of the time, 2=moderately/some of the time, 3=quite a bit/most of the time, 4=extremely/all of the time. Total score ranges from 0-112. Lower scores indicate improvement in symptoms. A 1-point improvement in PAC-QOL total score was considered clinically meaningful.

Bisacodyl Tablets Taken Per WeekOver 12 week treatment period

Trial Locations

Locations (71)

Cliniques Universitaires St Luc

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Bruxelles, Belgium

CHU Sart Tilman

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Liege, Belgium

Meander Medisch Centrum

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Amersfoort, Netherlands

Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei

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Ede, Netherlands

Indywidualna Specjalistyczna Praktyka Lekarska w Dziedzinie Chirurgii Ogólnej i Gastroenterologii

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Torun, Poland

Przychodnia Polskiej Fundacji Gastroenterologii Filia Nr 1 NZOZ

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Warszawa, Poland

CMI Dr. Lenghel Augustin

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Oradea, Bihor, Romania

Centrul Medical Valahia SRL

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Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania

Maastricht Universitair medisch Centrum

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Maastricht, Netherlands

Erasmus MC

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cabinet Medical Dr. Lokos Barna-Csaba

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Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Spitalul Universitar de Urgenta Militar Central "Dr. Carol Davila"

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Bucuresti, Sector 1, Romania

Endocenter Medicina Integrativa SRL

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Bucuresti, Sector 2, Romania

SC Cabinet Medical Dr. Blaj Stefan SRL

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Bucuresti,, Sector 5, Romania

SC Mediclass Sananova SRL

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Bucuresti, Sector 5, Romania

Centrul Medical Humanitas

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Bucuresti,, Sector 6, Romania

Centrul Medical Tuculanu SRL

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Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Centrul Medical Sana

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Bucuresti, Romania

Spitalul Clinic Judetean Cluj,Clinica Medicala I

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Cluj, Romania

Gastromedica SRL

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Iasi, Romania

Spitalul Clinic Judetean de Urgenta Sibiu

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Sibiu, Romania

CMI de Gastroenterologie Dobru Daniela

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Targu-Mures, Romania

Policlinic Algomed SRL

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Timisoara, Romania

4 MHAT

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Cabinet Médical

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Thouars, France

CCBR Czech Republic Brno

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Brno, Czechia

emovis GmbH

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Berlin, Germany

Krajska Nemocnice T. Bati a.s.

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Zlin, Czechia

Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie am Johannisplatz

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Leipzig, Germany

Hopital Avicenne, Centre d'exploitation fonctionnelle et reducation digestive

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Bobigny, France

ARK Clinical Research

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Vendome, France

CCBR DK Aalborg

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Aalborg, Denmark

ARK Clinical Research (Proust)

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Angers, France

CCBR Czech Republic Pardubice

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Pardubice, Czechia

Hospital Slany

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Slany, Czechia

Fachartzpraxis für Innere Medizin

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Wiesbaden, Germany

MONSE s.r.o.

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Prague, Czechia

CHU - Hopital Nord, service gastro-enterologie et hepatologie

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Amiens, France

PT&R / PreCare Trial & Recruitment

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Beek, Netherlands

Ikazia Ziekenhuis

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Endoskopia Sp. z o.o.

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Sopot, Poland

NZOZ Vivamed

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Warszawa, Poland

Universtiy Hospital Kralovske Vinhorady

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Prague 10, Czechia

Oldfield Surgery

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Bath, United Kingdom

CCBR DK Ballerup

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Ballerup, Denmark

CCBR DK Vejle

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Vejle, Denmark

ARK Clinical Research (Jean XXIII)

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Angers, France

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

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Lyon cedex 3, France

Hôpital Pontchaillou - Service des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif

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Rennes, France

Hopital Archet 2- service gastro-enterologie et hepatologie

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Nice, France

Avondale Surgery

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Chesterfield, United Kingdom

University Hospital & Warwickshire -

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Wythenshawe Hospital

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Manchester, United Kingdom

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Durham, United Kingdom

Burbage Surgery

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Hinckley, United Kingdom

Sherbourne Medical Centre

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Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Gastro-Kliniek cvba

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Antwerpen 7, Belgium

UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg

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Leuven, Belgium

GP / Huisartsenpraktijk De Regenboog

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Deurne, Belgium

Private Practice

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Wetteren, Belgium

KKN a.s.

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Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Orlickoustecka nemocnice

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Usti nad Orlici, Czechia

Krajska Nemocnice T. Bati a.s., Interni oddeleni - klinika IPVZ; Nemocnicni Lekarna

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Zlin, Czechia

ARK Clinical Research - Chanzy

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Angers, France

Service de Gastroenterologie & INSERM CIC-P 803 - CHU de Dijon

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Dijon Cedex, France

VU Medisch Centrum

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gabinet Lekarski Janusz Rudziński

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Bydgoszcz, Poland

Instytut Medycyny Wsi im. Witolda Chodźki - Zaklad Endoskopowych Badań Kliniczncyh

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Lublin, Poland

Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 4 w Lublinie

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Lublin, Poland

SC Quantum Medical Center SRL

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Bucuresti, Sector 1, Romania

Townhead Research

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Irvine, United Kingdom

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