A clinical study to look at the effect, safety and tolerability of NRL001 for 8 weeks treatment in patients with faecal (bowel) incontinence.

• Conditions: Faecal incontinence; MedDRA version: 14.1Level: PTClassification code 10016092Term: Faecal incontinenceSystem Organ Class: 10017947 - Gastrointestinal disorders; Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Digestive System Diseases [C06]

• Registration Number: EUCTR2011-003206-25-HU
• Lead Sponsor: orgine Ltd

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-03-30
• Last Update Posted: 10 March 2014

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 480

Inclusion Criteria

1.An ultrasound assessment of the internal anal sphincter within the previous 12 months confirming an intact circular internal sphincter with minimal scars (maximum 60 degrees scarring circumferentially).
2.Diagnosis of faecal incontinence with a Wexner score of 8 – 20 inclusive at Visit 1 - Screening Visit.
3.Historical clinical evidence (past 6 months prior to Visit 1 – Screening Visit.) of faecal incontinence episodes (solids, liquid, gas or mucus).
4.Greater than or equal to two faecal incontinence episodes (solids, liquid, gas or mucus) per week during the 4 week historical period prior to Visit 1 – Screening Visit and during the screening period (between Visit 1 - Screening Visit and Visit 2 - Randomisation Visit).
5.Able and willing to receive rectal examinations and treatments.
6.Patients must be aged =18 without significant acute or uncontrolled chronic disease.
7.Patients must understand the purpose and risks of the study and be able to provide written informed consent and willing, able and competent to complete the entire study and comply with study instructions as defined in the protocol.
8.Female patients must be postmenopausal (for at least one year and confirmed by serum FSH at screening), or surgically sterile (status post bilateral tubal occlusion, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy). Female patients of childbearing potential must be practicing one of the following methods of birth control and agree to continue with this regimen throughout the study period:
- Oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives (for a minimum of 3 months before study entry) in combination with a condom;
- Intrauterine device in combination with a condom;
- Double barrier method (condoms, sponge, diaphragm, or vaginal ring with spermicidal jellies or cream);
- True sexual abstinence; and have a negative urine pregnancy test at Visit 1 - Screening Visit
9.Sexually active male patients must use condoms with their partners throughout the study and for 90 days after completion of the study in addition to their partner’s normal mode of contraception.
10.Male patients must not donate sperm during the study and for 90 days after the completion of the study.
11.Patients taking any continuous medication need to have been on a stable regimen for at least 1 month prior to Visit 1 – Screening Visit.
12. Patients using any medical device for faecal incontinence:
a. that completely occlude the anal canal e.g. anal plug, must stop using the device for at least 8 weeks prior to Visit 1 - Screening Visit.
b. which do not occlude the anal canal e.g. sacral nerve stimulation device, bulking agents must continue to use the device in the same way throughout the clinical study period provided that all other inclusion/exclusion criteria are satisfied and that the patient has been using the device for at least 1 month prior to Visit 1 - Screening Visit.
c. which are implanted and can be deactivated e.g. sacral nerve stimulation device are included. Patients who choose not to use the device during the clinical study must stop using the device for at least 8 weeks prior to Visit 1 - Screening Visit.
13. Patients who are capable of understanding the nature, significance and implications of the clinical study and of making an informed decision based on the information provided.

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 240
F.1.3 Eld

Exclusion Criteria

1.External anal sphincter disruption related to faecal incontinence caused by trauma.
2.Patients with complicating gastrointestinal (GI) disease including those with active inflammatory bowel diseases e.g. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, patients that have received radiotherapy or surgery for anal cancer and patients with rectal prolapse.
3.Relevant history of or presence of any significant or uncontrolled cardiovascular risk including:
a.Systolic > 160mmHg or Diastolic > 100mmHg. Patients on a stable regimen for > 3 months with controlled hypertension prior to Visit 1 – Screening Visit.
b.Clinically significant abnormal 24 hour Screening Holter and/or EKG, corrected QT interval (QTcf) prolongation with cut-off values of >460 ms for females and >430 ms for males, acute arrhythmia, nocturnal bradycardia with heart rate (HR) = 40bpm, atrial fibrillation, AV block Type II and III, Sick Sinus Syndrome, vasovagal syncope.
c.Fixed cardiac output states (severe aortic stenosis (AS), hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
d.Significant mitral regurgitation (MR).
e.Cardiac failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) stage II-IV).
4.Severe or uncontrolled asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease determined by clinical history, physical examination, lung function tests or exercise tolerance.
5.Chronic liver disease (e.g. liver cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, severe hepatic insufficiency).
6.Vascular claudication after <50 metres walking distance.
7.Severe renal impairment defined as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) = 30 ml/min, uncontrolled and reno-vascular end stage renal disease.
8.Patients with diabetic polyneuropathies.
9.Any type of chronic diarrhoea or frequent diarrhoea (defined as > 5 loose stools per day)
10.Faecal impaction and overflow diarrhoea.
11.Male patients with clinically diagnosed and symptomatic prostatic hyperplasia.
12.Clinically significant electrolyte abnormalities, e.g. clinically significant low/high potassium and/or low sodium.
13.Presence of clinical symptomatic haemorrhoids (grade III and IV), anal fissures or anorectal fistulas.
14.Less than 2 episodes of faecal incontinence episodes (solids, liquid, gas or mucus) per week during the 4 week historical period prior to Visit 1 – Screening Visit and during the screening period (between Visit 1 - Screening Visit and Visit 2 - Randomisation Visit).
15.Participation in a clinical drug study during the 90 days preceding the initial dose in this study.
16.Known history of allergy to methoxamine or any other ingredients of the Investigational Medicinal Product.
17.Patients who, in the opinion of the Investigator, are unsuitable for participation in the study due to any dependencies, medical conditions or significant illness.
18.Use of any disallowed concomitant medication or other medication that the Investigator believes may affect the study including over-the-counter (OTC) products within 30 days prior to the Investigational Medicinal Product administration.
19.A personal or family history of QTcf prolongation or sudden death.
20.Patients taking Loperamide (2mg) >8 tablets per day for faecal incontinence either alone or in combination with codeine phosphate and/or paracetamol.
21.Patients who suffer from closed-angle glaucoma or patients with other diseases with light sensitivity and/or mydriasis.
22.Patients with uncontrolled hyperthyroidism 1 month prior to Visit 1 - Screening Visit.
23.Females who are breast feeding

Study & Design

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