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Efficacy and Safety of Gefapixant (MK-7264) in Adult Participants With Recent Onset Chronic Cough (MK-7264-043)

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Cough
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT04193202
Lead Sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of gefapixant in participants with recent onset chronic cough (duration \>8 weeks after onset of cough symptoms) for \<12 months and a diagnosis of refractory or unexplained chronic cough. The primary hypothesis is that gefapixant is superior to placebo in improving cough-related quality of life measured as change from baseline in the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) total score at Week 12.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
419
Inclusion Criteria
  • Chest radiograph or CT thorax (within 1 year of Screening/Visit 1 and after the onset of chronic cough) not demonstrating any abnormality considered to be significantly contributing to the chronic cough or any other clinically significant lung disease, in the opinion of the principal investigator or the subinvestigator
  • Has chronic cough (defined as duration of >8 weeks after onset of cough symptoms) for <12 months prior to the screening visit (<14 months after onset of cough symptoms)
  • Has a diagnosis of refractory chronic cough or unexplained chronic cough
  • Female participants are not pregnant, not breastfeeding, not of childbearing potential, or agree to follow contraceptive guidance
Exclusion Criteria
  • Is a current smoker
  • Has given up smoking within 12 months of screening
  • Is a former smoker with a smoking history greater than 20 pack-years (1 pack of 20 cigarettes per day for 20 years)
  • Has a history of respiratory tract infection or recent change in pulmonary status within 4 weeks of screening
  • Has a history of chronic bronchitis, defined as cough that produces >1 tablespoon of phlegm, that occurs every day for at least 3 months in a row
  • Has a history of malignancy ≤5 years prior to signing informed consent except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or cervical cancer
  • Is a user of recreational or illicit drugs or a recent history (within the last year) of drug or alcohol abuse
  • Has a history of anaphylaxis or cutaneous adverse drug reaction to sulfonamide-containing drugs
  • Has a known allergy to gefapixant or its excipients
  • Has donated or lost ≥1 unit (~300 mL) of blood within 8 weeks prior to first dose of gefapixant
  • Has previously received gefapixant
  • Is currently participating or has participated in an interventional clinical study within 30 days of participating in this current study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
GefapixantGefapixantParticipants will receive gefapixant at a dose of 45 mg administered as an oral tablet twice daily for 12 weeks.
PlaceboPlaceboParticipants will receive placebo matching gefapixant, administered as an oral tablet twice daily for 12 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) Total Score at Week 12Baseline, Week 12

Participants will be asked to complete the LCQ to assess the impact of their cough severity on health related quality of life (HRQoL) over the past 2 weeks. The LCQ is a 19-item, cough-specific HRQoL questionnaire. Each item on the LCQ assesses symptoms using a 7-point scale ranging from 1 to 7. The LCQ contains three domains on physical, psychological, and social functioning, and each domain score is calculated as the mean score of the items (range: 1 to 7) within the domain. The LCQ total score is the sum of the 3 domains, with a range from 3 (lowest total score) to 21 (highest total score). Higher scores indicate better HRQoL. The change from baseline in LCQ total score is calculated.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in the Cough Severity Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Score at Week 12Baseline, Week 12

Participants will be asked to complete the VAS questionnaire to assess the severity of their cough over the past 24-hours. The Cough Severity VAS is a single-item questionnaire asking the participant to rate the severity of their cough on a 100-point scale ranging from 0 ("No Cough") to 100 ("Extremely Severe Cough"). Higher scores indicate greater severity of cough. The change from baseline in VAS score is calculated.

Percentage of Participants With One or More Adverse Events (AEs)Up to approximately 14 weeks

An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. The percentage of participants with one or more AEs is presented.

Percentage of Participants Who Discontinue Study Drug Due to an AEUp to approximately 12 weeks

An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. The percentage of participants who discontinue study drug due to an AE is presented.

Trial Locations

Locations (91)

Clinica Medica Especializada en Neumologia ( Site 0502)

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Guatemala, Guatemala

Konkuk University Medical Center ( Site 1504)

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System ( Site 1503)

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Specjalistyczny osrodek .All-Med. Grazyna Pulka ( Site 1203)

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Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland

Moscow City Clinical Hospital Number 13 ( Site 1460)

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Moscow, Moskva, Russian Federation

Centrum Medyczne Pratia Bydgoszcz ( Site 1206)

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Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-pomorskie, Poland

Centrum Medyczne Pratia Katowice ( Site 1205)

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Katowice, Slaskie, Poland

Hospital Ramon y Cajal ( Site 1815)

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon ( Site 1823)

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Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad De, Spain

Private Clinic ( Site 0505)

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Guatemala, Guatemala

Wonju Severance Christian Hospital ( Site 1502)

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Wonju-si, Kang-won-do, Korea, Republic of

Asan Medical Center ( Site 1505)

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Songpagu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Hospital Clinico San Carlos ( Site 1822)

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Madrid, Spain

Asociacion Civil por la Salud ( Site 0602)

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Lima, Peru

NZOZ CENTRUM ALERGOLOGII ( Site 1207)

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Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland

Medinova North London Dedicated Research Centre ( Site 2705)

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Northwood, United Kingdom

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago ( Site 1820)

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Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Spain

Family Clinic ( Site 1465)

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Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

State health Agency Ulyanovsk regional clinical hospital ( Site 1415)

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Ulyanovsk, Ul Yanovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

MI Zaporizhzhia City Multispecialty Clinical Hospital 9 ( Site 2803)

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Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizka Oblast, Ukraine

Medical Center of LLC Medical Clinic Blahomed ( Site 2815)

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Kyiv, Ukraine

MeDiNova Yorkshire Dedicated Research Centre ( Site 2715)

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Shipley, Bradford, United Kingdom

West Walk Surgery ( Site 2700)

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Yate, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Centrum Medyczne Silmedic Sp z o o ( Site 1204)

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Katowice, Slaskie, Poland

Gyncentrum Clinic Sp. z o.o. ( Site 1208)

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Katowice, Slaskie, Poland

Medinova South London Research Centre ( Site 2706)

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Orpington, Kent, United Kingdom

Zhytomyr Central City Hospital No. 1 ( Site 2807)

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Zhytomyr, Zhytomyrska Oblast, Ukraine

Kherson City Clinical Hospital n.a. Y.Y. Karabelesh ( Site 2811)

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Kherson, Khersonska Oblast, Ukraine

Pulmonary Associates, PA ( Site 0016)

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Springfield Clinic, LLP ( Site 0018)

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Springfield, Illinois, United States

Center for Clinical Trials, LLC ( Site 0035)

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Paramount, California, United States

Chesapeake Clinical Research, Inc ( Site 0037)

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White Marsh, Maryland, United States

Albuquerque Clinical Trials ( Site 0030)

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Montefiore Einstein Center ( Site 0022)

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Bronx, New York, United States

American Health Research ( Site 0047)

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, PC ( Site 0028)

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Medford, Oregon, United States

Northwest Research Center ( Site 0039)

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Portland, Oregon, United States

AAPRI Clinical Research Institute ( Site 0051)

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Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States

Allergic Disease and Asthma Center ( Site 0027)

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Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Diagnostics Research Group ( Site 0021)

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Allergy & Asthma Center ( Site 0001)

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Waco, Texas, United States

Bellingham Asthma & Allergy ( Site 0011)

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Bellingham, Washington, United States

Recherche GCP Research ( Site 0802)

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Diex Recherche Quebec Inc ( Site 0805)

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Quebec, Canada

Fundacion Centro de Investigacion Clinica CIC ( Site 0401)

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Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana - Clinica Universitaria Bolivariana ( Site 0408)

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Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

Healthy Medical Center S.A.S ( Site 0404)

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Zipaquira, Cundinamarca, Colombia

MedPlus Medicina Prepagada S.A. ( Site 0402)

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Bogota, Distrito Capital De Bogota, Colombia

Centro Especializado en Enfermedades Pulmonares. ( Site 0410)

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Bogota, Distrito Capital De Bogota, Colombia

Instituto Neumologico del Oriente ( Site 0403)

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Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia

Zentrum fuer ambulante pneumologische Forschung Marburg GbR ( Site 0910)

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Marburg, Hessen, Germany

Ballenberger Freytag Wenisch Institut fuer klinische Forschung GmbH ( Site 0917)

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Neu-Isenburg, Hessen, Germany

Pneumologicum im Suedstadtforum ( Site 0916)

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Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Pneumologisches Studienzentrum ( Site 0911)

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Berlin, Germany

Celan SA ( Site 0500)

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Guatemala, Guatemala

Clinica Medica Especializada en Neumologia y Tisiologia ( Site 0504)

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Guatemala, Guatemala

Odesa regional clinical hospital ( Site 2804)

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Odesa, Odeska Oblast, Ukraine

City Polyclinic N20 ( Site 2806)

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Odesa, Odeska Oblast, Ukraine

Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. M.I. Pyrogov ( Site 2814)

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Vinnytsia, Vinnytska Oblast, Ukraine

Private Small-Scale Enterprise Medical Centre "Pulse" ( Site 2809)

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Vinnytsya, Vinnytska Oblast, Ukraine

Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital ( Site 2816)

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Lutsk, Volynska Oblast, Ukraine

Clinique Specialisee en Allergie de la Capitale - CSAC ( Site 0800)

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Quebec, Canada

Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 1501)

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Clinica Belen ( Site 0604)

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Piura, Peru

City Clinical Hospital No. 3 them. M. A. Podgorbunskogo ( Site 1401)

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Kemerovo, Kemerovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

Open Joint Stock Company Clinical and Diagnostic Center Euromedservice ( Site 1467)

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Moscow, Moskva, Russian Federation

SPb SBHI City Consultative Diagnostic Center 1 ( Site 1409)

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Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation

Clinica Ricardo Palma ( Site 0601)

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San Isidro, Lima, Peru

Hospital Parc Tauli ( Site 1821)

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Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain

Centrum Medyczne Lucyna Andrzej Dymek - Zawadzkie ( Site 1200)

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Zawadzkie, Opolskie, Poland

SEIHPE Saint Petersburg SMU ( Site 1435)

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Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation

Limited Liability Company Kurator ( Site 1425)

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St. Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation

F.G.Yanovskyy Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology ( Site 2802)

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Kyiv, Kyivska Oblast, Ukraine

SE Road Clinical Hospital 2 of Kyiv station ( Site 2812)

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Kyiv, Kyivska Oblast, Ukraine

SE O.S.Kolomiychenko Institute of Otolaryngology of NAMS of Ukraine ( Site 2817)

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Kyiv, Kyivska Oblast, Ukraine

Clinica Privada Dr. Jose Francisco Flores Lopez ( Site 0503)

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Guatemala, Guatemala

Instituto De Alergias y Enfermedades Respiratorias ( Site 0501)

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Guatemala, Guatemala

Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza ( Site 0607)

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Lima, Peru

RCMed ( Site 1202)

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Sochaczew, Mazowieckie, Poland

Centrum Medyczne Puławska ( Site 1215)

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Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

RSBHI Belgorod regional clinical hospital of Prelate Ioasafa ( Site 1417)

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Belgorod, Belgorodskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

GBUZ Regional Clinical Hospital 3 ( Site 1421)

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Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

Voronezh Regional Clinical Hospital #1 ( Site 1441)

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Voronezh, Voronezskaja Oblast, Russian Federation

SBCIH of the Yaroslavl region Central city hospital ( Site 1429)

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Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

F.G.Yanovskyy Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology ( Site 2808)

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Kyiv, Kyivska Oblast, Ukraine

Clinic of FSBEI HE OmSMU of Minzdrav ( Site 1439)

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Omsk, Omskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

GBUZ LO Center of Occupational Pathology ( Site 1447)

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Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation

advisory diagnostic center No.85 ( Site 1455)

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Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation

Saratov City Clinical Hospital 2 n.a. V.I. Razumovsky ( Site 1453)

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Saratov, Saratovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

Poltava City Clinical Hospital -1 ( Site 2813)

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Poltava, Poltavska Oblast, Ukraine

Tidewater Physician Multispecialty Group, PC ( Site 0048)

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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

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