A Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Optimization Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Pediatric Subjects With Tourette Syndrome
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Placebo oral capsule
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome
- Sponsor
- Neurocrine Biosciences
- Enrollment
- 127
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change From Baseline to Week 12 in the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) Total Tic Score (TTS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a Phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-optimization study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of NBI-98854 titrated to the subject's optimal dose administered once daily (qd) for a total of 12 weeks of treatment in pediatric subjects with TS.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Have a clinical diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome (TS)
- •Have at least moderate tic severity
- •Have TS symptoms that impair school, occupational, and/or social function
- •If using maintenance medication(s) for TS or TS spectrum diagnoses (e.g. obsessive-compulsive disorder \[OCD\], Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder \[ADHD\]), be on stable doses
- •Be in good general health
- •Adolescent subjects (12 to 17 years of age) must have a negative urine drug screen for amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepine, phencyclidine, cocaine, opiates, or cannabinoids and a negative alcohol screen
- •Subjects of childbearing potential who do not practice total abstinence must agree to use hormonal or two forms of nonhormonal contraception (dual contraception) consistently during the screening, treatment and follow-up periods of the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Have an active, clinically significant unstable medical condition within 1 month prior to screening
- •Have a known history of long QT syndrome or cardiac arrhythmia
- •Have a known history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- •Have a cancer diagnosis within 3 years prior to screening (some exceptions allowed)
- •Have an allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to VMAT2 inhibitors
- •Have a blood loss ≥250 mL or donated blood within 30 days prior to screening
- •Have a known history of substance dependence, substance (drug) or alcohol abuse
- •Have a significant risk of suicidal or violent behavior
- •Have initiated Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) during the screening period or at baseline or plan to initiate CBIT during the study
- •Have received an investigational drug within 30 days before screening or plan to use an investigational drug (other than NBI-98854) during the study
Arms & Interventions
Placebo
Participants received placebo (matching valbenazine) once daily for 12 weeks.
Intervention: Placebo oral capsule
Valbenazine
Participants received valbenazine once daily for 12 weeks. The starting dose was 20 mg for participants \<50 kg at baseline and 40 mg for participants ≥50 kg at baseline, and could be escalated in increments of 20 mg every 2 weeks to a maximum of 60 mg for subjects \<50 kg and 80 mg for subjects ≥50 kg to achieve an optimal dose of valbenazine for each participant.
Intervention: Valbenazine
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change From Baseline to Week 12 in the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) Total Tic Score (TTS)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 12
The YGTSS is designed to rate the overall severity of motor and phonic tic symptoms across a range of dimensions: number, frequency, intensity, complexity, and interference. The YGTSS was administered by the investigator (or qualified designee) using a computer-based structured clinical interview. The TTS is the sum of the 5 motor tic items and the 5 phonic (vocal) tic items and ranges from 0 to 50, with higher scores representing greater severity.
Secondary Outcomes
- Participants Who Are a Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) Total Tic Score (TTS) Responder at Week 12(Baseline, Week 12)
- Participants Who Are a Clinical Global Impression of Tourette Syndrome Improvement (CGI-TS-Improvement) Responder at Week 12(Week 12)
- Change From Baseline to Week 12 in the Clinical Global Impression of Tics Severity (CGI-Tics-Severity) Score(Baseline, Week 12)