Efficacy and Safety of AUT00063 Versus Placebo in Age-Related Hearing Loss

NCT ID: NCT02345031

Last Updated: 2018-08-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study aims to demonstrate that the investigational drug AUT00063 is effective and safe in the treatment of age-related hearing loss.

Detailed Description

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Reduced activity at certain sites in the brain (called "voltage-gated potassium channels") has been linked to hearing problems, like age-related loss of hearing or tinnitus (a 'ringing' or buzzing noise in the ears).

AUT00063 is an experimental new medicine that enhances the action of these specific channels and so may treat the brain component of these hearing problems.

The main purpose of this study is to try to demonstrate an improvement in a speech-in-noise deficit after 4 weeks of treatment with the study drug versus the placebo (dummy drug which does not contain the drug). Subjects will undergo a safety follow-up after the treatment period.

Safety and efficacy will be determined by looking at a number of assessments (physical examinations, blood sampling, hearing assessments, questionnaires, etc.).

The amount of drug in the blood will also be measured. It is expected that around 70 people (at least 35 in each arm) with age-related hearing loss may take part in the study. The study participants will be recruited at around 13 sites in the USA.

Conditions

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Age-Related Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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AUT00063 (600 mg capsules)

3 capsules of 200 mg of the investigational drug AUT00063, to take orally once daily with food for 4 weeks

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

AUT00063

Intervention Type DRUG

600 mg, orally, once a day, for 4 weeks

(AUT00063 placebo capsules)

3 capsules of placebo, to take orally once daily with food for 4 weeks

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

orally, once a day, for 4 weeks

Interventions

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AUT00063

600 mg, orally, once a day, for 4 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

orally, once a day, for 4 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Experimental Comparator

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Not be dependent on alcohol or drugs
* Have not participated in another research study within 30-days
* If female, you must confirm to be non child bearing (post-menopausal for at least 12-months or surgically sterile)
* If male, you must confirm to use a barrier method (condom)
* Not be a professional musician
* No history of important cardiac, endocrine, pulmonary, neurologic, psychiatric, hepatic, renal, hematologic, immunologic, or other major disease deemed clinically significant by the study doctor

While you are in the study, you must:

* Follow the instructions you are given
* Come to the study centre for all visits with the study doctor or study staff
* Answer the telephone at the scheduled date and time for the 2 telephone calls
* Tell the study doctor or study staff about any changes in your health or the way you feel
* Tell the study doctor or study staff if you want to stop being in the study at any time
* Bring your Diary to each visit
* Not eat or drink anything containing Grapefruit beginning 7-days before Baseline visit (Visit 3, Day 1) until the end of the study
* Use sun screen if you plan to sunbathe
* Not use headphones or headsets at high volume
* Not use hearing aids or devices at any time during the study
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

89 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Autifony Therapeutics Limited

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert Frisina, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Director Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research

Locations

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Sacramento ENT

Sacramento, California, United States

Site Status

Colorado ENT and Allergy

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Site Status

ENT Associates of South Florida

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Site Status

QPS MRA (Miami Research Associates)

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Site Status

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

The University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Site Status

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Site Status

PMG Research Inc.

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Piedmont Ear, Nose, & Throat Associates

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Jean Brown Research

Murray, Utah, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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AUT022063

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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