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A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Pagoclone for Adults With Stuttering

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Stuttering
Interventions
Other: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00830154
Lead Sponsor
Endo Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

A multicenter, randomized, 3 arm, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of pagoclone for adults with stuttering.

Detailed Description

A multicenter, randomized, 3-arm, placebo controlled, parallel group study with 24 weeks of double blind treatment followed by an 8 week double blind washout and then long-term open-label extension phase.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
321
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male and females age 18 to 80 years presenting with a history of stuttering with onset prior to age 8 years old.
  • Stuttering severity must be notable for > 3 syllables stuttered on a reading and cenversational task at scereening and with at least 2% contributed individually from conversational and reading tasks.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with unstable hematological, autoimmune, endocrine, neurological, renal, hepatic, retinal, gastrointestinal, or cardiovascular disease.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
3placeboplacebo
1pagoclone0.30 mg pagoclone BID
2pagoclone0.60 mg pagoclone BID
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To assess whether treatment with pagoclone 0.30 mg BID or 0.60 mg BID reduces the percentage of syllables stuttered in people who stutter compared with placebo.Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement in the Clincal Global Impressions-improvement (CGI-I)scale. Patient Global Assessment of Stuttering (PGS-S) assessment. Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) scores.24 weeks
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