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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT00195767
Other study ID # M02-555
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received September 14, 2005
Last updated March 17, 2007
Start date July 2004

Study information

Verified date March 2007
Source Abbott
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine if long-term treatment, up to 6 months, with Depakote ER is safe and effective in the treatment of bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 150
Est. completion date
Est. primary completion date
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 10 Years to 17 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject and subject's legal representative have voluntarily signed and dated an IRB-approved informed assent form and an IRB-approved informed consent form, respectively, before any study-specific procedures or tests are performed.

- The subject was randomized into Study M01-342 and either completed the study or prematurely discontinued due to ineffectiveness.

- The subject is male or a non-pregnant, non-lactating female.

- Subject is judged to be in general good health based upon the results of a physical examination, vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), and laboratory profile (as described in Section 5.3.1)

Exclusion Criteria

- Subject is female, of childbearing potential, and not using an effective method of birth control (e.g., total sexual abstinence or contraceptives).

- Subject experienced a serious adverse event in Study M01-342, which the investigator considered "possibly" or "probably related" to study drug.

- Subject is violent, homicidal, or suicidal such that, in the opinion of the investigator, the subject is at significant imminent risk of hurting self or others.

- Subject has any of the following abnormal laboratory results at the last assessment prior to Day 1: Platelet count </= 100,000/µL; ALT or AST >/= 2 times Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)

- The subject is taking a protocol allowed medication for ADHD that has not been stable for at least 3 months prior to Day 1, is expected to require a dosage adjustment during the study, or that, in the investigators opinion, may be exacerbating mood symptoms.

- Subject requires treatment with or has taken a protocol-prohibited medication (see Appendix D) within 5 elimination half lives of Day 1.

- Subject has received an investigational drug, other than Depakote ER in Study M01-342, within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study.

- In the investigator's opinion, long-term treatment with Depakote ER for the subject's mania associated with bipolar disorder is contraindicated.

- For any reason, subject is considered by the investigator to be an unsuitable candidate for this study.

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
divalproex sodium


Locations

Country Name City State
United States Global Medical Information-Abbott North Chicago Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Abbott

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Safety outcome measures
Secondary Y-MRS
Secondary CGI-S
Secondary C-GAS
Secondary CDRS-R
Secondary CGSQ
Secondary responders
Secondary remitters