Saturday, April 9, 2011

Clinical Trial: Safety and Efficacy of LCI699 in Cushing's Disease Patients

This exploratory study is a proof of concept study to determine whether LCI699 can safely reduce the level of urinary free cortisol in patients with Cushing's disease...

Date First Received: April 6, 2011

Last Updated: April 6, 2011

Verified by: Novartis, April 2011

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 2 | Start Date: March 2011

Overall Status: Recruiting

Estimated Enrollment: 12

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Brief Summary

Official Title: “A Proof of Concept, Open-label, Forced Titration, Multi-center Study to Assess the Safety/Tolerability and Efficacy of 10-weeks Treatment of LCI699 in Patients With Cushing's Disease”

This exploratory study is a proof of concept study to determine whether LCI699 can safely reduce the level of urinary free cortisol in patients with Cushing's disease.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Study Primary Completion Date: December 2011

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: LCI699

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

  • Experimental: LCI699

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • Change in 24 hour urine free cortisol concentration
    • Time Frame: 10 weeks
      Safety Issue?: No

Secondary Measures

  • Changes in hormone levels, e.g. testosterone, estradiol
    • Time Frame: 10 weeks
      Safety Issue?: No
  • Changes in metabolic abnormalities, e.g. insulin, Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C)
    • Time Frame: 10 weeks
      Safety Issue?: No

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with confirmed Cushing's Disease with confirmation of pituitary origin of excess Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
  • Patients on medical treatment must complete a washout period prior to baseline

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients treated with mitotane 6 months prior to Visit 1
  • Patients with compression of the optic chiasm
  • Patients with a known inherited syndrome as the cause for hormone over secretion
  • Patients with Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion or adrenal Cushing's syndrome
  • Patients with pseudo-Cushing's syndrome
  • Patients who are not biochemically euthyroid
  • Diabetic patients with poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c >9%)
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 75 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Investigator Information

Lead Investigator: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Industry

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Study Director Novartis Pharmaceuticals  

Overall Contact: Novartis Pharmaceuticals 001-862-778-8300 

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on April 07, 2011

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01331239

Study ID Number: CLCI699C2201

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01331239

Health Authority: France: Afssaps - French Health Products Safety Agency

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From http://clinicaltrialsfeeds.org/clinical-trials/show/NCT01331239

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