A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of VX-150 in Treating Subjects With Pain Caused by Small Fiber Neuropathy

November 11, 2021 updated by: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, 6-Week, Parallel-design Study of the Efficacy and Safety of VX-150 in Treating Subjects With Pain Caused by Small Fiber Neuropathy

This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter study evaluating the efficacy of VX-150 for the treatment of pain caused by small fiber neuropathy.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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89

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Würzburg, Germany
        • Universitatsklinikum Wurzburg
  • Italy
      • Milano, Italy
        • Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
  • Netherlands
      • Maastricht, Netherlands
        • Maastricht UMC+
  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85004
        • Xenoscience Inc. - 21st Century Neurology
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85251
        • Phoenix Neurological Associates, Ltd.
    • California
      • Berkeley, California, United States, 94705
        • Sutter Health - Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - The Jordan Research & Education Institute
      • Fresno, California, United States, 93710
        • Neuropain Medical Center
      • La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
        • University Of California San Diego
      • Orange, California, United States, 92868
        • SDS Clinical Trials, Inc.
      • Redwood City, California, United States, 94063
        • Stanford University School of Medicine
    • Colorado
      • Englewood, Colorado, United States, 80113
        • Blue Sky Neurology
    • Florida
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
        • Bioclinica Research - Orlando
      • Sunrise, Florida, United States, 33351
        • Infinity Clinical Research
    • Illinois
      • Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62702
        • Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine
    • Iowa
      • Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
        • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    • Kansas
      • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
        • University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC)
      • Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66210
        • International Clinical Research Institute (ICRI)
    • Louisiana
      • Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71105
        • River Cities Clinical Research Center
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
    • New Hampshire
      • Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756
        • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)
    • New Jersey
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901
        • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    • New Mexico
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131
        • University of New Mexico Hospital
    • New York
      • Albany, New York, United States, 12208
        • Albany Medical Center- Neurology Group
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Columbia University Medical Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10029
        • The Mount Sinai Hospital
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14618
        • University of Rochester
    • North Carolina
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514
        • University of North Carolina School of Medicine
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke Neurological Disorders Clinic
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27103
        • Carolinas Pain Institute
    • Ohio
      • Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45459
        • Neurology Diagnostics, Inc
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74104
        • The Richter Clinic for Neurology and Neuro-Psychiatry
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke, Virginia, United States, 24013
        • Carilion Clinic Neurology
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
        • University of Washington

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 76 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Body mass index (BMI) of 18.0 to 31.0 kg/m2, inclusive, and a total body weight >50 kg
  • Diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy, as per European Federation Neurological Societies (EFNS)/American Academy of Neurology (AAN) guidelines, with pain for at least 3 months prior to screening
  • Reduction below the 5th percentile of sex and age-adjusted normal values in epidermal nerve fiber density on punch skin biopsy at the distal site of the leg performed at screening
  • Normal nerve conduction studies (NCS), including presence of sural response.
  • Average NRS score between ≥4 and ≤9 reported in the daily diary on Days -7 through -1

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History in the past 10 years of malignancy except for squamous cell skin cancer, basal cell skin cancer, and Stage 0 cervical carcinoma in situ
  • History of connective tissue disorders, sarcoidosis, Sjögren's syndrome, amyloidosis, Fabry's disease, celiac disease, lyme disease, autoimmune disorders
  • A known or clinically suspected infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses
  • Current clinically significant liver or kidney dysfunction
  • Current uncontrolled thyroid dysfunction
  • A diagnosis of diabetes, HbA1C ≥8% at screening
  • History of cardiac dysrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmia treatment(s)
  • Concomitant severe pain conditions which may impair self-assessment of pain due to small fiber neuropathy

Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

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

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
Participants received placebo matched to VX-150 for 6 weeks.
Experimental: VX-150
Drug: VX-150
Participants received VX-150 1250 milligrams (mg) once daily (qd) orally for 6 weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Weekly Average of Daily Pain Intensity on the 11 Point NRS
Time Frame: From Baseline at Week 6
Pain intensity was evaluated using the 11-point NRS (where 0 signified no pain and 10 signified worst imaginable pain) during the last 24 hours on the NRS each evening. Higher score indicates greater level of pain.
From Baseline at Week 6

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 30 Percent (%) Reduction in the Weekly Average of Daily Pain Intensity on the 11-Point NRS
Time Frame: From Baseline at Week 6
Pain intensity was evaluated using the 11-point NRS (where 0 signified no pain and 10 signified worst imaginable pain) during the last 24 hours on the NRS each evening. Higher score indicates greater level of pain. Percentage of participants >= 30% reduction in the weekly average of daily pain intensity on the 11-Point NRS were reported.
From Baseline at Week 6
Percentage of Participants With >=50% Reduction in the Weekly Average of Daily Pain Intensity on the 11-Point NRS
Time Frame: From Baseline at Week 6
Pain intensity was evaluated using the 11-point NRS (where 0 signified no pain and 10 signified worst imaginable pain) during the last 24 hours on the NRS each evening. Higher score indicates greater level of pain. Percentage of participants >= 50% reduction in the weekly average of daily pain intensity on the 11-Point NRS were reported.
From Baseline at Week 6
Change in the Daily Sleep Interference Scale (DSIS)
Time Frame: From Baseline at Week 6
Pain-associated sleep interference was assessed using DSIS, based on an 11-point scale (where 0 signified none: pain does not interfere with sleep and 10 signified severe: pain completely interferes with sleep, unable to sleep). Higher score indicates greater pain associated sleep interference.
From Baseline at Week 6
Percentage of Participants Categorized as Improved on the Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) Scale
Time Frame: At Week 6
PGIC scale evaluated the change in activity limitations, symptoms, emotions, and overall quality of life (QoL) related to the participants painful condition on 7-point scale from 1 (improved) to 7 (worse). Participants were categorized as following: scale from 1 - 2 were categorized as "improved", scale from 3 - 4 as "no change" and scale from 5 - 7 were categorized as "worse". Percentage of participants categorized as improved on PGIC scale at week 6 were reported for this outcome measure.
At Week 6
Change in Pain Intensity on the 11-Point NRS
Time Frame: From Baseline at Week 6
Pain intensity was evaluated using the 11-point NRS (where 0 signified no pain and 10 signified worst imaginable pain) during the last 24 hours on the NRS each evening. Higher score indicates greater level of pain. Higher score indicates greater level of pain.
From Baseline at Week 6
Pre-dose Plasma Concentration (Ctrough) of VRT-1207355 and the Metabolite VRT-1268114
Time Frame: Pre-dose at Day 7
Pre-dose at Day 7
Number of Participants With Clinically Meaningful Findings in Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Responses
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Week 10
The C-SSRS is an interview-based rating scale was evaluated through a series of questions about suicidal thoughts and behaviors with the possible answers yes or no. Yes represents a worse outcome. Clinically Meaningfulness of C-SSRS responses were judged by investigator based on answers received from participants.
Day 1 up to Week 10
Safety and Tolerability as Assessed by Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Week 10
Day 1 up to Week 10

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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September 20, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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October 12, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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November 8, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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September 18, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 3, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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October 9, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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November 15, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 11, 2021

Last Verified

Last Verified

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November 1, 2021

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • VX16-150-102
  • 2017-001042-10 (EudraCT Number)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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