24-week Placebo-controlled Trial of Flibanserin Once Daily in Premenopausal Women With Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

NCT ID: NCT00360529

Last Updated: 2016-06-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

880 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-07-31

Study Completion Date

2008-04-30

Brief Summary

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This trial is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of flibanserin in the treatment of premenopausal women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) that meets standard diagnostic criteria. Efficacy for flibanserin will be assessed vs. a parallel placebo group.

Detailed Description

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This trial was designed as a prospective, multicenter trial containing a 24-week, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, parallel-group period that assessed the effects of flibanserin (maximum total daily dose: 100 mg q.d.) compared with placebo in premenopausal women with HSDD, determined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV- Text Revision (DSM IV-TR®) criteria. Three hundred patients were to be randomized to each treatment group. This trial examined the safety and efficacy of flibanserin compared to placebo for 24 weeks.

Conditions

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Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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fibanserin

flibanserin 50 mg q.h.s.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

flibanserin

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin placebo versus 50 mg qhs versus 100 mg qhs

flibanserin

flibanserin 100 mg q.h.s.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

flibanserin

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin placebo versus 50 mg qhs versus 100 mg qhs

placebo

placebo q.h.s.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

flibanserin

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin placebo versus 50 mg qhs versus 100 mg qhs

Interventions

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flibanserin

flibanserin placebo versus 50 mg qhs versus 100 mg qhs

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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flibanserin 50 mg flibanserin 100mg placebo

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Women who are 18 years of age and older.
2. Premenopausal women having regular menstrual periods who have HSDD (decreased sexual desire), generalized acquired type, according to DSM IV-TR criteria.
3. Patient must meet minimum cut-off scores on questionnaires relating to sexual functioning and sexual distress.
4. Patients must be willing to try to have sexual activity (e.g., any act involving direct genital stimulation) at least once monthly.
5. Patients must be willing and able to use an electronic diary (eDiary) on a daily basis (e.g., have access to a working land line telephone for daily data transmissions).
6. At the Baseline Visit, patients must have complied with eDiary use adequately.
7. Patients must be in a stable, monogamous, heterosexual relationship that is secure and communicative, for at least 1 year prior to the Screen Visit. The partner is expected to be physically present at least 50% of each month.
8. Patients must have used a medically acceptable method of contraception for at least 3 months before the Baseline Visit (Visit 2) and continue to use that medically acceptable method of contraception during the trial.
9. In the investigators opinion, patients must be reliable, honest, compliant, and agree to co-operate with all trial evaluations as well as to be able to perform them.
10. Patients must be able and willing to give meaningful, written informed consent prior to participation in the trial, in accordance with regulatory requirements. Patients must have sufficient understanding to communicate effectively with the investigator, and be willing to discuss their sexual functioning with the investigative staff.
11. Patients must have a clinically acceptable Pap smear as read by a cytology facility (no evidence of malignancy or squamous intraepithelial lesions) within 6 months before the Screen Visit.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who have taken any medication noted in the protocols List of Prohibited Medications within 30 days before screening.
2. Patients whose sexual function was affected (enhanced or worsened) in the investigators opinion by any medication within 30 days before the Screen Visit and anytime prior to the Baseline Visit.
3. Patients with a history of drug dependence or abuse within the past one year.
4. Patients with a history of multiple severe reactions (i.e., allergic or oversensitivity to usual doses) to drugs that affect the brain.
5. Patients with a history of participation in a trial of another investigational medication within one month prior to the Screen Visit, or participation in any previous clinical trial of flibanserin.
6. Patients who meet accepted diagnostic criteria for sexual disorders that would interfere with improvement in HSDD (sexual aversion, substance-induced sexual problems, urge to live as a man, etc.
7. Patients who indicate that their sexual partner has inadequately treated sexual problems that could interfere with the patients response to treatment.
8. Patients who have entered the menopausal transition or menopause or have had a hysterectomy.
9. Patients with findings at the Screen Visit of infection, inflammation, undue tenderness, or shrinkage (atrophy) of the female organs.
10. Patients who are breast feeding or have breastfed within the last 6 months prior to the Baseline Visit.
11. Patients who are pregnant or have been pregnant within the last 6 months prior to the Baseline Visit.
12. Patients with a history of Major Depressive Disorder within 6 months prior the Screen Visit, a score indicating depression on a depression scale, a history of suicide attempt, or current suicidal ideation evident at the Screen or Baseline Visit.
13. Patients with a history of any other psychiatric disorders that could impact sexual function, risks patients safety, or may impact compliance.

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Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sprout Pharmaceuticals

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Sprout Pharmaceuticals

Locations

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511.71.01034 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Site Status

511.71.01042 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

South Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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511.71.01016 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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511.71.01041 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

La Mesa, California, United States

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511.71.01011 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

San Diego, California, United States

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511.71.01027 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Westlake Village, California, United States

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511.71.01035 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Denver, Colorado, United States

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511.71.01010 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Groton, Connecticut, United States

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511.71.01021 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

New Britain, Connecticut, United States

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511.71.01037 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Newark, Delaware, United States

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511.71.01001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Boynton Beach, Florida, United States

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511.71.01032 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Clearwater, Florida, United States

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511.71.01014 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Miami, Florida, United States

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511.71.01025 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States

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511.71.01006 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Plantation, Florida, United States

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511.71.01015 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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511.71.01038 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Marietta, Georgia, United States

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511.71.01036 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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511.71.01029 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Evansville, Indiana, United States

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511.71.01028 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Renton, Indiana, United States

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511.71.01024 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

New Orlean, Louisiana, United States

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511.71.01040 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Towson, Maryland, United States

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511.71.01045 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Brighton, Massachusetts, United States

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511.71.01005 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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511.71.01030 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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511.71.01007 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Rochester, New York, United States

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511.71.01012 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

The Bronx, New York, United States

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511.71.01023 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

New Bern, North Carolina, United States

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511.71.01002 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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511.71.01044 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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511.71.01026 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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511.71.01039 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States

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511.71.01003 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

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511.71.01033 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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511.71.01031 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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511.71.01022 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, United States

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511.71.01020 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Germantown, Tennessee, United States

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511.71.01017 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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511.71.01018 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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511.71.01008 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Huntington, West Virginia, United States

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511.71.02002 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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511.71.02006 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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511.71.02011 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

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511.71.02007 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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511.71.02008 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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511.71.02012 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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511.71.02010 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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511.71.02001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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511.71.02004 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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511.71.02013 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

London, Ontario, Canada

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511.71.02009 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

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511.71.02003 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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511.71.02005 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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511.71.02014 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Québec, Quebec, Canada

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Countries

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United States Canada

References

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Derogatis LR, Komer L, Katz M, Moreau M, Kimura T, Garcia M Jr, Wunderlich G, Pyke R; VIOLET Trial Investigators. Treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women: efficacy of flibanserin in the VIOLET Study. J Sex Med. 2012 Apr;9(4):1074-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02626.x. Epub 2012 Jan 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22248038 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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VIOLET

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

511.71

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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