Study to Explore the Therapeutic Effect of Eluxadoline in Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea in Children

NCT ID: NCT03339128

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

95 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-15

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The primary objectives of this study are to explore the therapeutic effect of eluxadoline in treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) in pediatric participants 6-17 years of age, to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of eluxadoline in pediatric participants with IBS-D, and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of eluxadoline in pediatric participants with IBS-D. Enrollment of 12-17 years old age group is closed, enrollment of the 6-11 years old age group will continue.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Eluxadoline 25mg

Eluxadoline 25mg, oral administration, twice daily

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Eluxadoline

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral tablets

Eluxadoline 50mg

Eluxadoline 50mg, oral administration, twice daily

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Eluxadoline

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral tablets

Eluxadoline 100mg

Eluxadoline 100mg, oral administration, twice daily

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Eluxadoline

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral tablets

Placebo

Dose-matched placebo, oral administration, twice daily

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral tablets

Interventions

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Eluxadoline

Oral tablets

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Oral tablets

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Viberzi

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participant must provide written or verbal informed assent and the parent/guardian/LAR must provide written informed consent before the initiation of any study-specific procedures.
* Participant is a male or female outpatient, 6 to 17 years of age inclusive, at the time the participant provides assent for the study and parent/guardian/LAR has provided signed consent.
* Participant is able to read and understand the assessments in the eDiary. If the participant is 6 to 11 years of age and does not meet this criterion, the interviewer-administered version of the eDiary must be used and the parent/guardian/LAR or caregiver who will be administering the interviewer-administered version of the eDiary must be able to read and understand the assessments in the eDiary and must undergo training.
* Female participants must not be pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering becoming pregnant during the study or for approximately 30 days after the last dose of study drug. Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at Visit 1 (screening) and a negative urine pregnancy test at Visit 3 (randomization) prior to dosing.
* Female participants of childbearing potential must practice at least 1 protocol-specified method of birth control, that is effective from Study Day 1 through at least 30 days after the last dose of study drug. Local practices may require 2 methods of birth control. Female participants of non-childbearing potential do not need to use birth control.
* Participant has a diagnosis of IBS-D as defined by the modified Rome IV child/adolescent criteria: Must include all of the following:

\-- Abdominal pain at least 4 days per month over at least 2 months associated with one or more of the following:
* Related to defecation
* A change in frequency of stool
* A change in form (appearance) of stool

* After appropriate evaluation, the symptoms cannot be fully explained by another medical condition.
* Participant has predominantly diarrheal stool symptoms defined as Bristol stool types 6 or 7 for more than 25% of bowel movements and Bristol stool types 1 or 2 for less than 25% of bowel movements that occur in the absence of laxative.
* Participant may be newly diagnosed with IBS-D by the investigator at Visit 1. All criteria for diagnosis must be fulfilled for at least 2 months prior to Visit 1 (screening).
* Participant has been compliant with the eDiary by completing both the morning and evening assessments for at least 8 out of the 14 days immediately preceding Visit 3 (randomization).
* Participant has an average daytime abdominal pain score greater than or equal to 1.0 over the 2 weeks prior to randomization.
* Participant has at least 1 daytime bowel movement with a consistency of Type 6 or Type 7 on the pediatric Bristol Stool Form Scale (p-BSFS) on at least 2 days per week during the 2 weeks immediately prior to randomization and that occurs in the absence of laxatives.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participant has no gallbladder, (ie, agenesis of the gallbladder or cholecystectomy).
* Participant has had any of the following surgeries:

* Any abdominal surgery within the 3 months prior to Screening; or
* A history of major gastric, hepatic, pancreatic, or intestinal surgery. (Note: appendectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, or polypectomy greater than 3 months post-surgery are allowed. For the purposes of this study, laparoscopic surgeries without complication are considered minor and non-exclusionary, provided the condition for which the surgery was performed was not exclusionary.)
* Participant has a history of chronic or severe constipation or sequelae from constipation, or known or suspected mechanical GI obstruction or pseudo obstruction.
* Participant has a history or current diagnosis of constipation with encopresis.
* Participant meets the child/adolescent Rome IV criteria of IBS with constipation, IBS with constipation and diarrhea (mixed), unspecified IBS, or functional constipation.
* Participant has a history of intestinal obstruction, stricture, toxic megacolon, GI perforation, fecal impaction, gastric banding, bariatric surgery, adhesions, ischemic colitis, or impaired intestinal circulation.
* Participant has a documented history of hepatic impairment as defined by Child-Pugh Classification Grade A, B or C.
* Participant has a history or current diagnosis of inflammatory or immune-mediated lower GI disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis). Crohn's disease affecting the upper GI tract would also be exclusionary.
* Participant has celiac disease, or a positive serological test for celiac disease and the condition has not been ruled out by endoscopic biopsy.
* Participant has any congenital and/or acquired malabsorption syndrome (eg, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome).
* Participant has a history of a microbiologically documented (ie, stool culture or medical history) GI infection within 3 months prior to Screening.
* Participant has a known lactose or fructose intolerance that is associated with diarrhea, abdominal pain or discomfort, and that could confound assessments in the study.
* Participant has a history of diverticulitis within 3 months prior to Screening.
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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AbbVie

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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ABBVIE INC.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

AbbVie

Locations

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HealthStar Research of Hot Springs PLLC /ID# 234609

Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Applied Research Center of Arkansas /ID# 238070

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Kindred Medical Institute, LLC /ID# 237368

Corona, California, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Duplicate_VVCRD Research /ID# 234606

Garden Grove, California, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Duplicate_Center for Clinical Trials LLC /ID# 234630

Paramount, California, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Sunrise Research Institute /ID# 237382

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

South Miami Medical & Research Group Inc. /ID# 234655

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Valencia Medical & Research Center /ID# 234672

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Florida Research Center, Inc. /ID# 236514

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Duplicate_Wellness Clinical Research /ID# 237401

Miami Lakes, Florida, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Global Research Associates /ID# 234646

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Children's Ctr Digestive, US /ID# 237575

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Sleep Care Research Institute d/b/a Clinical Research Institute /ID# 236343

Stockbridge, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Advocate Children's Hospital-Park Ridge /ID# 235388

Park Ridge, Illinois, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Indiana University Health Riley Hospital for Children /ID# 235400

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Michael W. Simon, MD, PSC /ID# 236517

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Frederick County Pediatrics /ID# 234519

New Market, Maryland, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

MNGI Digestive Health, P. A. /ID# 238057

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Celen Medical Group Corp /ID# 234922

Marlton, New Jersey, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

IPS Research Company /ID# 237672

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main /ID# 234313

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc. /ID# 236436

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Cook Children's Med. Center /ID# 237537

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Texas Children's Hospital /ID# 238304

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Sun Research Institute /ID# 236933

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

West Virginia University Hospitals /ID# 256841

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Medical center 1 Sevlievo /ID# 237473

Sevlievo, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Site Status COMPLETED

MHATSv.Ivan Rilski /ID# 235399

Kozloduy, , Bulgaria

Site Status COMPLETED

University Hospital Plovdiv /ID# 235450

Plovdiv, , Bulgaria

Site Status COMPLETED

Duplicate_Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) /ID# 234917

Edmonton, , Canada

Site Status COMPLETED

Manitoba Institute of Child Health /ID# 235448

Winnepeg, , Canada

Site Status COMPLETED

HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal /ID# 237322

Wuppertal, , Germany

Site Status COMPLETED

Eszak-Kozep-budai Centrum, Uj Szent Janos Korhaz /ID# 236993

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status COMPLETED

Soproni Erzsebet Oktato Korhaz es Rehabilitacios Intezet /ID# 237341

Sopron, , Hungary

Site Status COMPLETED

Vita Verum Medical Bt. /ID# 234321

Székesfehérvár, , Hungary

Site Status COMPLETED

Duplicate_Academisch Medisch Centrum /ID# 237117

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Site Status COMPLETED

Specjalistyczne Gabinety Sp. z o.o. /ID# 236347

Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status COMPLETED

Centrum Zdrowia MDM /ID# 237269

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status COMPLETED

Duplicate_Instytut Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka /ID# 234311

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status COMPLETED

Korczowski Bartosz Gabinet Lekarski /ID# 234683

Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status COMPLETED

Copertnicus Podmiot Leczniczy Sp. z o.o. /ID# 235656

Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status COMPLETED

Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki /ID# 237438

Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status COMPLETED

Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset /ID# 236755

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status COMPLETED

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 236305

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Site Status COMPLETED

Duplicate_Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 234663

Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Site Status COMPLETED

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 237273

Blackpool, , United Kingdom

Site Status COMPLETED

Countries

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United States Bulgaria Canada Germany Hungary Netherlands Poland Spain United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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ABBVIE CALL CENTER

Role: CONTACT

844-663-3742

Facility Contacts

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Site Coordinator

Role: primary

844-663-3742

Site Coordinator

Role: primary

844-663-3742

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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2017-003770-14

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

3030-202-002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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