Treatment With Lorcaserin for Cocaine Use: The TLC Study

Cocaine Use Disorder Clinical Trial

— TLC  

Official title:

Treatment With Lorcaserin for Cocaine Use: The TLC Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03192995
• Other study ID #: 17-21502
• Secondary ID: 1R34DA042161
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: January 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: University of California, San Francisco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project is a placebo-controlled, double-blind randomized trial evaluating the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and adherence for lorcaserin among actively using, men who have sex with men (MSM) with cocaine use disorders.The study will enroll 45 individuals who will randomly be assigned to either the treatment (lorcaserin) arm or the placebo arm, to be taken twice a day for 12 weeks.

Description:

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 12-week parallel group pilot study with 2:1 random assignment to 20 mg of extended-release oral lorcaserin versus placebo. Participants are recruited via street outreach, recruitment flyers, sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV clinics, needle exchanges, community organizations, MSM bars, online Web sites, and social media. Potential participants complete a brief telephone screen to assess initial eligibility and, if eligible, are scheduled for an in-person screening visit. All participants give informed consent using University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved consent forms. A 10-item true/false questionnaire is used to verify participants' understanding of the trial. The target sample size for the study was 45 participants (The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closed down the study early due to a long-term safety study showing that long term use of lorcaserin could be hazardous to your health). Only 22 of the 45 participants were randomized to the study. With the proposed sample size, we estimate that proportions for our feasibility and acceptability outcomes would be estimated within margins of sampling error (Mean squared error (MSEs); i.e., half widths of 95% confidence intervals) of ≤14.4 percentage points, and means with MSEs of 0.30 standard deviations, both typical for a small pilot study. Participants are screened for eligibility based on inclusion criteria. At Enrollment, participants are instructed to take one pill each day of extended-release lorcaserin 20mg or placebo. Medications are dispensed in bottles with Medication Events Monitoring (MEMS) caps, which are wireless medication monitoring devices that record each opening as a real-time medication event. All participants are asked about potential adverse events at each follow-up visit; symptom-driven physical exams and safety laboratory monitoring are done at weeks 4, 8, and 12. Adverse events are classified using the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Table for Grading Severity of Adult Adverse Experiences for HIV Prevention Trials Network. Participants are seen every week for substance use counseling and urine tests for cocaine metabolites. Trained staff, supervised by a clinical psychologist, administered brief (20-30 minutes) substance use counseling at follow-up visits. Audio-computer assisted self-interviews (ACASI) are used to standardize data collection and minimize reporting bias. Standardized measures are used to assess drug and alcohol use using timeline followback, substance use treatment, craving and severity of cocaine dependence, and sexual risk behavior. Acceptability measures include questions on attitudes about trial participation, level of satisfaction with trial procedures, and trial medication.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 28, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male gender assigned at birth and transgender men;
• self-reported anal intercourse with men in the prior six months while under the influence of cocaine;
• cocaine use disorder by (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-V) and Structured clinical interviews (SCID) criteria;
• current cocaine use confirmed by urinalysis and cocaine use at least 15 days in the past 30 days;
• HIV-negative by rapid test or HIV-positive with a medical record of HIV infection;
• no current acute illnesses requiring prolonged medical care;
• no chronic illnesses that are likely to progress clinically during trial;
• able and willing to provide informed consent and adhere to visit schedule;
• age 18-65 years;
• baseline complete blood count (CBC), total protein, albumin, glucose, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine, Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN), and electrolytes without clinically significant abnormalities as determined by study clinician in conjunction with symptoms, physical exam, and medical history

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any psychiatric condition (e.g., depression with suicidal ideation, schizophrenia) or medical condition that would preclude safe study participation;
• HIV-positive test result at screening visit but previously unaware of HIV infection (i.e., newly diagnosed with HIV infection at screening; those with a medical record of HIV infection are eligible);
• any moderate to severe alcohol or substance use disorders (other than cocaine use disorders), according to DSM-V criteria;
• known allergy or previous adverse reaction to lorcaserin;
• current T-cell count (CD4) count < 200 cells/mm3 ;
• moderate/sever liver disease (Aspartate Transferase (AST), Alanine Transaminase (ALT) > 3 times upper limit or normal);
• severely impaired renal function (creatinine clearance £ 30 ml/min);
• use of medications that affect the serotonergic neurotransmitter system (e.g., selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), selective serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs));
• predisposition to priapism;
• currently participating in another longitudinal intervention research study;
• body mass index (BMI) < 15; or = 30 with desire to use weight management medication, or BMI > 35;
• anticipated use of agents that are associated with valvulopathy and/or pulmonary hypertension
• Are currently treated with an opiate-substitute (buprenorphine or methadone) maintenance treatment or received therapy with any opiate-substitute within 30 days preceding screening
• Currently in court-mandated cocaine use treatment;
• Had previous history of suicidal behavior in the last 12 months ("yes" answer to the suicidal behavior question 6 of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)); or currently have suicidal ideation as determined by 'yes' answers to questions 4 or 5 on the C-SSRS administered by a study clinician;
• Any physical condition affecting drug absorption (e.g., gastrectomy);
• 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) demonstrating Corrected QT interval (QTc) > 450 or a Q wave, R wave and S wave (QRS) interval > 120 msec at screening. If Fridericia (QTcF) exceeds 450 msec, or QRS exceeds 120 msec, the ECG should be repeated two more times and the average of the three QTc values should be used to determine the subject's eligibility. (Note: Participants newly diagnosed with HIV at screening who consent to be contacted for re-screening will be called in the subsequent month, or later, depending on participant preference).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cocaine Use Disorder

Intervention

Drug:
• lorcaserin
lorcaserin 20 mg tablet
• Placebo Oral Tablet
placebo 20 mg. tablet

Behavioral:
• Substance use counseling
Manual-driven psychosocial substance use counseling program using cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing techniques and incorporating the Stages of Change Model.
• ACASI
Audio-computer assisted self-interviews (ACASI) is a self-administered standardized questionnaire on substance and alcohol use, substance use treatment, sexual risk behavior, partnership sexual risk, and

Diagnostic Test:
• Cocaine metabolites
Rapid qualitative urine test Medtox Verdict II (Medtox Diagnostics, Burlington, NC) and tamper-evident sweat patches (PharmChek®, PharmChem, Inc., Fort Worth, Tx)

Behavioral:
• Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)
EMA are questions sent to the participant 4-5 times a day to determine real-time behavior and participant experiences.
• Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART)
BART is a computerized measure of risk taking behavior. The BART models real-world risk behavior through the conceptual frame of balancing the potential for reward versus loss. This is a test for impulsivity.
• Qualitative Exit Interview
The qualitative exit interview assessed acceptability measures and included questions on attitudes about trial participation, level of satisfaction with trial procedures, and trial medication.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	San Francisco Department of Public Health	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Glenn-Milo Santos	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mean Percentage of Weekly Follow-up Visits of Randomized Study Participants	To determine the feasibility of retaining individuals on lorcaserin vs. placebo, the investigators have calculated the mean weekly percentage of follow-up visits of those randomized in the study	12 weeks
Primary	Adverse Clinical Events in the Lorcaserin and Placebo Arms (Descriptive)	To explore the tolerability of lorcaserin vs. placebo the investigators will compute the number of adverse events, both overall and by type. A participant could have more than one AE.	12 weeks
Primary	Cumulative Percent Adherence of Medication Events Monitoring (MEMs) Cap	To evaluate the adherence of lorcaserin vs. placebo, the investigators measured adherence as the frequency of taking the study drug as measured by the number of MEMS cap openings (wireless medication monitoring devices that record each opening as a real-time medication event). Cumulative percent adherence was calculated by dividing the frequency of openings at a given time point divided by the number of days since baseline.	12 weeks
Primary	Proportion of Self-reported Past Week Cocaine Use Among Lorcaserin and Placebo Groups at Baseline and at 12 Weeks	The outcome measure determines the proportion of self-reported past week cocaine use by Time-Line-Follow-back (TLFB) among lorcaserin and placebo groups at Baseline and at 12 weeks.	12 weeks
Primary	Proportion of Urine-positive Samples With Cocaine Positivity Among Lorcaserin and Placebo Groups at Baseline and at Week 12	The outcome measure determines the proportion of urine-positive samples with cocaine positivity among lorcaserin and placebo groups at Baseline and at Week 12	Week 12