Study Comparing Discontinuation Symptoms Of DVS SR In Subjects With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

February 25, 2012 updated by: Pfizer

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group Study To Compare Discontinuation Symptoms In Abrupt Discontinuation Versus A 1-Week Tapering Regimen In Subjects With MDD Treated For 24 Weeks With Open-Label 50 mg DVS SR Formulation

Study Comparing Discontinuation Symptoms in subjects with Major Depressive Disorder treated for 24 Weeks with Open-label 50 mg Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release Formulation (DVS SR)

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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480

Phase

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  • Phase 4

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder
  • Hamilton Psychiatric Rating Scale for Depression-17-Item score of greater than or equal to 14 at baseline

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current psychoactive substance abuse or dependence, manic episode, or a lifetime diagnosis of bipolar or psychotic disorder
  • Potentially violent to others or is at significant risk for suicide
  • History or current evidence of gastrointestinal disease or history of surgery known to interfere with absorption or excretion
  • Known presence of raised intraocular pressure or history of narrow angle glaucoma

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
DVS SR Placebo Abrupt Discontinuation Group/Arm, oral tablet, 2 tablets/day during the first week and 1 tablet/day during weeks 2 through 4 of the double-blind treatment phase.
Active Comparator: Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release Formulation 50 mg
Drug: Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release Formulation 50 mg
DVS SR 50 mg Reference Group/Arm, oral tablet, 2 tablets/day during the first week and 1 tablet/day during weeks 2 through 4 of the double-blind treatment phase.
Active Comparator: Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release Formulation 25 mg
Drug: Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release Formulation 25 mg
DVS SR 25 mg Taper Group/Arm, oral tablet, 2 tablets/day during the first week and 1 tablet/day during weeks 2 through 4 of the double-blind treatment phase.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Total Discontinuation - Emergent Signs and Symptoms (DESS) Score Over the First 2 Weeks of the Double-blind Phase
Time Frame: Double-blind phase: Week 1 (Study Day 175), Week 2 (Study Day 182)
Clinician-administered 43-item assessment to evaluate discontinuation-emergent symptoms resulting from withdrawal from study treatment. Total score=sum of number of new symptoms and old (but worse) symptoms (score=1) and old and unchanged symptom, absent, or old symptom but improved (score=0); total possible range 0 to 43. Higher score=more symptoms. New symptom=any symptom that appeared within 7 days before DESS administration; old symptom=any symptom that appeared 7 days before DESS administration and continued into 7-day period. DESS calculated as 2*mean(of DESSDB Week 1, DESSDB Week 2).
Double-blind phase: Week 1 (Study Day 175), Week 2 (Study Day 182)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Taper Adverse Events (AEs) in the Double-blind Phase
Time Frame: Double-blind phase: Baseline (Study Day 168) up to Week 4 (Study Day 196)
Any untoward medical occurrence in a patient who received study drug was considered an AE without regard to possibility of causal relationship. Taper-emergent AEs (TPAEs) are those events which occurred during the double-blind period but did not occur during the last 7 days of the on-therapy period or existed during the last 7 days and worsened in the double-blind period.
Double-blind phase: Baseline (Study Day 168) up to Week 4 (Study Day 196)
Percentage of Participants Who Were Unable to Successfully Complete Tapering of the Study Drug Because of the Number and/or Severity of Their Discontinuation Symptoms
Time Frame: Double-blind phase: Baseline (Study Day 168) up to Week 4 (Study Day 196)
Discontinuation symptoms may occur following abrupt cessation of serotonergic antidepressants in a minority of participants following short-term treatment of an episode of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The symptoms include emotional and somatic symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, and paresthesia and typically appear within 2 to 3 days of reducing the dose or stopping the antidepressant medication. Discontinuation symptoms are usually mild and resolve spontaneously within a week in the majority of patients, though a minority can have intense and prolonged symptoms.
Double-blind phase: Baseline (Study Day 168) up to Week 4 (Study Day 196)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

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Pfizer

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Study record dates

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March 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

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February 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

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February 1, 2011

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January 22, 2010

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January 22, 2010

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January 26, 2010

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February 28, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 25, 2012

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October 1, 2011

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  • 3151A1-4437
  • B2061010

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