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A Study of Bitopertin (RO4917838) in Combination With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in Participants With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Drug: SSRI
Registration Number
NCT01674361
Lead Sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Brief Summary

This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of bitopertin in combination with SSRI in participants with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Participants will be randomized to receive either bitopertin 30 milligrams (mg) or bitopertin 10 mg or placebo orally daily in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants will be allocated to one of two strata. Participants in Stratum 1 will start study drug on Day 1. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 (placebo lead-in) and will then start study drug at the Week 2 visit. Participants in both strata will receive the study drug in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI until Week 16.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
99
Inclusion Criteria
  • Primary diagnosis of OCD as per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR)
  • On a stable dose of SSRI for at least 8 weeks prior to screening an between screening and Day 1
  • An insufficient response to current treatment with an SSRI given at an adequate dose for at least 12 weeks prior to Day 1
  • Females who are not postmenopausal or surgically sterile and who have (or may have) male sexual partners must agree to use two adequate methods of contraception as defined by protocol from the start of screening until 90 days after the last dose of study drug
Exclusion Criteria
  • Primary OCD symptom of hoarding
  • More than two unsatisfactory trials within the last 2 years with different serotonin reuptake inhibitors (not including the current treatment with an SSRI) given in an adequate dose for at least 12 weeks
  • Failure of more than three augmentation therapies within the last 2 years
  • Undergoing acute behavioral therapy or having acute behavioral therapy that was completed less than 4 weeks prior to Day 1
  • Any primary DSM-IV-TR Axis I disorder other than OCD
  • Current or prior history of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, schizoaffective disorder, autism or autistic spectrum disorders, borderline personality disorder, or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome if symptoms have persisted into adulthood
  • Any eating disorder within the last 6 months
  • History of DSM-IV-TR-defined substance dependence and/or substance abuse in the last 6 months, with the exception of nicotine
  • Previous treatment with bitopertin or another Glycine transporter 1 inhibitor
  • Positive urine drug screening for cannabis, amphetamines (including 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA]/ecstasy), cocaine, barbiturate, and/or opiates
  • Prior or current general medical condition that may impair cognition or other neuropsychiatric functioning
  • Body mass index less than (<) 18.5 kilogram per square meter (kg/m^2) or greater than (>) 40 kg/m^2
  • Pregnant or lactating women

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Bitopertin 30 mgPlaceboParticipants in Stratum 1 will receive bitopertin 30 mg from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 and will then start bitopertin 30 mg at the Week 2 until Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
Bitopertin 30 mgSSRIParticipants in Stratum 1 will receive bitopertin 30 mg from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 and will then start bitopertin 30 mg at the Week 2 until Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
Bitopertin 10 mgPlaceboParticipants in Stratum 1 will receive bitopertin 10 mg from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 and will then start bitopertin 10 mg at the Week 2 until Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
Bitopertin 10 mgSSRIParticipants in Stratum 1 will receive bitopertin 10 mg from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 and will then start bitopertin 10 mg at the Week 2 until Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
PlaceboPlaceboParticipants (both Stratum 1 and Stratum 2) will receive placebo from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
PlaceboSSRIParticipants (both Stratum 1 and Stratum 2) will receive placebo from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
Bitopertin 30 mgBitopertinParticipants in Stratum 1 will receive bitopertin 30 mg from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 and will then start bitopertin 30 mg at the Week 2 until Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
Bitopertin 10 mgBitopertinParticipants in Stratum 1 will receive bitopertin 10 mg from Day 1 to Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI. Participants in Stratum 2 will receive placebo from Day 1 and will then start bitopertin 10 mg at the Week 2 until Week 16 in addition to their background therapy with an SSRI.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in Total Score on Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1), Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2), Week 14
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) Score After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1), Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2), Week 14
Change From Baseline in Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14
Change From Baseline in SF-36 - Physical Component Summary After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14
Area Under The Concentration-Time Curve of BitopertinPre-dose (0 hour) on Day 56 (Week 8), Day 84 (Week 12), Day 98 (Week 14), Day 112 (Week 16); 3 and 6 hours post-dose on Day 112 (Week 16)
Percentage of Participants with Response as per Pre-defined Criteria Based on the Y-BOCS and CGIStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14

Response will be defined as having:

At least a 35 percent (%) reduction on the total Y-BOCS score from baseline. A much or very much improved on the Clinical Global Impression of Change (CGI-C) rating from baseline.

A combination of at least 35% reduction on the total Y-BOCS score from baseline and much or very much improved on the CGI-C from baseline.

Achieved remission, as shown by a total Y-BOCS score less than or equal to (≤)10.

Change From Baseline in Global Social Functioning Using Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) Total Score After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1), Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2), Week 14
Change From Baseline in Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) Score After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) - Mental Component Summary After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14
Change From Baseline in Global Social Functioning Using SDS Domain Scores After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14
Change From Baseline in SF-36 - Domain Scores After 12 Weeks of TreatmentStratum 1: Baseline (Day 1) up to Week 12; Stratum 2: Baseline (Week 2) up to Week 14

Trial Locations

Locations (33)

Keystone Clinical Studies, LLC

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Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States

Compass Research North, LLC

🇺🇸

Leesburg, Florida, United States

McMaster University - MacAnxiety Research Centre

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

True North Clinical Research-Halifax

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chokka Center for Integrative Health

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

iResearch Atlanta

🇺🇸

Decatur, Georgia, United States

Eastside Therapeutic Resource

🇺🇸

Kirkland, Washington, United States

FutureSearch Trials, LP

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Medical Research Network - New York

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

True North Clinical Research Kentville

🇨🇦

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

North Star Research

🇺🇸

Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States

Uni of Chicago; Centre For Advanced Medicine

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital - East

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ambulatory Research Center (ARC), Department of Psychiatry

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Boston Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ips Research Company

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Sunny Johnson Medical Research Associates Inc.; Medical Research Associates

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

START Clinic for Mood & Anxiety Disorders

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Stanford, California, United States

Excell Research

🇺🇸

Oceanside, California, United States

University of South Florida

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Medical Research Group of Central Florida

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Orange City, Florida, United States

Carman Research

🇺🇸

Smyrna, Georgia, United States

Louisiana Research Associates

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Precise Research Centers

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Flowood, Mississippi, United States

Butler Hospital - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

St Louis Clinical Trials

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Clinical Neuroscience Solutions,Inc

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Okanagan Clinical Trials

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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Dean Foundation

🇺🇸

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

Yale University School of Medicine; Neuroscience Research Training Program

🇺🇸

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Finger Lakes Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

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