6-Month Chronic Efficacy & Safety Study of Eszopiclone in Adult Subjects With Primary Insomnia

Primary Insomnia Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Six-Month, Chronic Efficacy and Safety Study of Eszopiclone in Adult Subjects With Primary Insomnia: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00352144
• Other study ID #: 190-050
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: July 12, 2006
• Last updated: February 21, 2012
• Start date: October 2003
• Est. completion date: October 2004

Study information

• Verified date: February 2012
• Source: Sunovion
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate the long-term efficacy of eszopiclone administered for up to 6 months in subjects with primary insomnia on subjective sleep measures, compared to placebo.

Description:

This is a double blind, randomized (2:1; eszopiclone : placebo), placebo-controlled, multicenter, study of eszopiclone in subjects with primary insomnia. The study will involve up to 9 visits and subject participation will be approximately 224 days. After meeting all screening criteria, subjects will be randomized to either eszopiclone 3 mg QD or placebo. This study was previously posted by Sepracor Inc. In October 2009, Sepracor Inc. was acquired by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma., and in October 2010, Sepracor Inc's name was changed to Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 830
• Est. completion date: October 2004
• Est. primary completion date: October 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 21 Years to 64 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

• Subject meets DSM-IV criteria for primary insomnia and reports sleeping no more than 6.5 hours per night and/or taking more than 30 minutes each night to fall asleep for at least one month prior to screening.

• Male and female subjects must be between 21 and 64 years of age, inclusive, at the time of consent.

• Female subjects of childbearing potential must sign the Women of Childbearing Potential Addendum to the informed consent form. Females considered not of childbearing potential must be surgically sterile or greater than one-year post menopausal, defined as a complete cessation of menstruation for at least one year.

• Subject must be in general good health, based on screening physical examination (including brief neurological examination), medical history, 12-lead ECG, and clinical laboratory values (hematology, serum chemistry and urinalysis).

Exclusion Criteria

• Subject has any clinically significant unstable medical abnormality, chronic disease, or a history of a clinically significant abnormality of the cardiovascular, respiratory, hepatic, or renal systems.

• Subject has a history of cancer within the past 5 years, or current malignancy except for non melanomatous skin cancer.

• Subject has a psychiatric diagnosis with psychosis, dementia or delirium. Subjects with Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders or other non-psychotic disorders will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Subject has one of the following Personality Disorders: schizotypal, schizoid, or borderline personality disorder.

• Subject has difficulties in sleep initiation or maintenance associated with known medical diagnosis (e.g. sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome (RLS), or periodic leg movement syndrome (PLMS), or has any condition that has or may affect sleep (e.g., chronic pain, BPH, etc.).

• Subject has participated in a previous eszopiclone clinical trial.

• Subject has a known sensitivity to racemic zopiclone, any benzodiazepine, any sedative hypnotic, any substance that is contained in the formulation, or has been hospitalized for any allergic conditions (e.g. recurrent dermatitis, drug hypersensitivity, drug allergy, etc.).

• Subject has history of substance abuse in the past 10 years or substance dependence at any time or positive urine drug test at screening .

• Subject tests positive at screening for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody or has a history of a positive result.

• Subject is known to be seropositive for HIV.

• Female subjects who are pregnant, lactating or within 6 months post partum.

• Subject self-reports consumption of more than two alcoholic beverages daily, 14 or more alcoholic beverages weekly, or five or more alcoholic beverages on any given day.

• Subject has taken any psychotropic medications or other medications known to affect sleep within the 3 days prior to screening visit or is anticipated to need any of these types of medications during double-blind treatment .

• Subject has participated in any investigational study within 30 days prior to screening.

• Subject has taken herbal supplements, purported to have central nervous system effects,(tablets, powders, extracts or tinctures) or combination products with herbs or melatonin within 14 days prior to screening or St. John's Wort within 30 days prior to screening.

• Subject is a rotating or third/night shift worker.

• Subject is a staff member or relative of a staff member.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Primary Insomnia
• Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Intervention

Drug:
• Eszopiclone
Eszopiclone 3 mg
• Placebo
Placebo tablet

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sunovion

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Average of Subjective Sleep Latency		Days -14, 1, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180	No
Secondary	Average of Total Sleep Time (TST) and Wake Time After Sleep Onset (WASO)		Days -14, 1, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180	No
Secondary	SF-36		Days 1, 30, 90, 180	No
Secondary	Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ)		Days 1, 30, 90, 180	No
Secondary	Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)		Days 1, 30, 90, 180	No
Secondary	Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)		Days 1, 30, 90, 180	No
Secondary	Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)		Days 1, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180	No
Secondary	Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Symptom Questionnaire (BWSQ)		Day 180	No
Secondary	Healthcare Utilization Questionnaire (HUQ)		Days 1, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180	No