Uptitration Trial of Flibanserin Versus Placebo in Premenopausal Women With Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

NCT ID: NCT00360555

Last Updated: 2016-06-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

1584 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-07-31

Study Completion Date

2008-03-31

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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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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flibanserin

flibanserin 25 mg b.i.d

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

flibanserin 50mg

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin 50mg qhs/b.i.d.

flibanserin 50mg

flibanserin 50mg qhs/b.i.d

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

flibanserin 100mg

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin 50 mg b.i.d/100mg qhs

flibanserin 100mg

flibanserin 50mg b.i.d./100mg qhs

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

placebo comparator

placebo

placebo comparator

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

flibanserin

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin 25 mg b.i.d

Interventions

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flibanserin

flibanserin 25 mg b.i.d

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin 50mg

flibanserin 50mg qhs/b.i.d.

Intervention Type DRUG

flibanserin 100mg

flibanserin 50 mg b.i.d/100mg qhs

Intervention Type DRUG

placebo

placebo comparator

Intervention Type DRUG

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 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.
12. A score of 15 or higher on the FSDS-R at 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.
14. Patients who have started psychotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 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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Boehringer Ingelheim

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Boehringer Ingelheim

Locations

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511.75.01015 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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511.75.01028 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Mobile, Alabama, United States

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511.75.01051 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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511.75.01063 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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511.75.01017 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Berkeley, California, United States

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511.75.01014 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Encinitas, California, United States

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511.75.01042 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Fair Oaks, California, United States

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Irvine, California, United States

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La Jolla, California, United States

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511.75.01053 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Sacremento, California, United States

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511.75.01045 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

San Diego, California, United States

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Aurora, Colorado, United States

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511.75.01003 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Englewood, Colorado, United States

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Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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511.75.01066 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

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Fort Meyers, Florida, United States

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Gainesville, Florida, United States

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Hollywood, Florida, United States

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Ocala, Florida, United States

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Orlando, Florida, United States

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Palm Bay, Florida, United States

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Sarasota, Florida, United States

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South Miami, Florida, United States

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St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

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West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

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Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

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Bingham Farms, Michigan, United States

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Chaska, Minnesota, United States

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Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Beachwood, Ohio, United States

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Eugene, Oregon, United States

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Medfod, Oregon, United States

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Portland, Oregon, United States

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Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States

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Columbia, South Carolina, United States

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Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Austin, Texas, United States

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Dallas, Texas, United States

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Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Houston, Texas, United States

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Waco, Texas, United States

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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Seattle, Washington, United States

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Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada

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Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Barrie, Ontario, Canada

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London, Ontario, Canada

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Québec, Quebec, Canada

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Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Countries

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United States Canada

References

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Thorp J, Simon J, Dattani D, Taylor L, Kimura T, Garcia M Jr, Lesko L, Pyke R; DAISY trial investigators. Treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women: efficacy of flibanserin in the DAISY study. J Sex Med. 2012 Mar;9(3):793-804. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02595.x. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22239862 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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511.75

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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