An Active-Controlled Extension Study to NCT01155466 [P04938] and NCT01227265 [P07037] (P06153)

A Phase 3, 40-Week, Active-Controlled, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Extension Study of Preladenant in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Parkinson's Disease (Phase 3, Protocol No. P06153)

The primary purpose of this extension study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of preladenant in participants from parent studies NCT01155466 [P04938] and NCT01227265 [P07037] with moderate to severe Parkinson's Disease (PD). The study will also characterize the long-term efficacy of preladenant in participants with PD.

Participants will continue to receive their stable regimen of levodopa (L-dopa) plus any adjunct medications during the study as prescribed by their physician. Several classes of adjunct medications may be used, including Amantadine, anticholinergics, dopa decarboxylase inhibitors, and dopamine agonists.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Parkinson Disease; Idiopathic Parkinson Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Preladenant; Drug: Placebo to rasagiline; Drug: Rasagiline; Drug: Placebo to preladenant

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 839
• Phase: Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 30 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants who have completed the 12-week treatment period of the parent trial, P04938 or P07037.
• Participants must be willing and able to provide written informed consent for P06153.
• Participants must be able to adhere to dose and visit schedules.
• Participants must be taking L-dopa.
• Participants may be taking additional adjunct PD medications (e.g., dopamine agonists, entacapone).
• Each participant must have results of clinical laboratory tests (hematology, blood chemistries, and urinalysis) within normal limits or clinically acceptable to the investigator as evidenced by the last available test results from the parent study (P04938 or P07037), and no results fall within the parameters for exclusion described below in the exclusion criterion for liver-related findings.
• There has been no change in, or there has been no finding to warrant checking, serology status (for cytomegalovirus [CMV], Epstein-Barr virus [EBV], and Hepatitis B, C, and E).
• Each participant must have results of a physical examination within normal limits, including blood pressure, within normal limits or clinically acceptable limits to the investigator, and not within the parameters for exclusion described below in the exclusion criterion for blood pressure.
• All participants who are sexually active or plan to be sexually active agree to use a highly effective method of birth control while the participant is in the study and for 2 weeks after the last dose of study drug. A male participant must not donate sperm within 2 weeks after the last dose of study drug.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any participant who discontinued from P04938 or P07037 for any reason.
• Any participant with a severe or ongoing unstable medical condition (e.g., any form of clinically significant cardiac disease, symptomatic orthostatic hypotension, seizures, or alcohol/drug dependence).
• Any participant with a history of poorly controlled diabetes (e.g., hemoglobin A1c > 8.5) or significantly abnormal renal function (e.g., creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL) in the opinion of the investigator.
• As a continuation of the liver-related withdrawal criteria from the parent studies (P04938 and P07037), any participant with elevated values for alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or total bilirubin (T BIL), as evidenced by the most recent chemistry panel results in the parent study, meeting any one of the following criteria:
• ALT or AST > 8 x upper limit of normal (ULN).
• ALT or AST > 5 x ULN for more than 2 weeks.
• ALT or AST > 3 x ULN and (T-BIL > 2 x ULN or international normalized ratio [INR] > 1.5 that is not due to anti-coagulation) at the same visit.
• ALT or AST > 3 x ULN with the appearance of worsening fatigue, nausea, vomiting, right upper quadrant pain or tenderness, fever, rash, and/or eosinophilia (> 5%).
• As a continuation of the blood pressure (BP) withdrawal criteria from the parent study (P04938 or P07037), any participant meeting the following criteria for the second of two consecutive visits separated by 7 days (i.e., the participant met one of the BP criteria once already, 7 days before the P06153 screening visit):
• Systolic BP ≥ 180 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥ 105 mm Hg, or
• An elevation from baseline BP in the parent study (P04938 or P07037) of systolic BP >= 40 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥ 20 mm Hg.
• A participant must not have a history within the past 5 years of a primary or recurrent malignant disease with the exception of adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or in situ prostate cancer with a normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) post resection.
• Any participant with an average daily consumption of more than three 4-ounce glasses (118 mL) of wine or the equivalent.
• A participant must not have received certain prespecified medications or ingested high tyramine-containing aged cheeses (e.g., Stilton) for a prespecified time window before the trial, during the trial, and for 2 weeks after the trial.
• Any participant with allergy/sensitivity to the investigational products or their excipients.
• Any female participant breast feeding or considering breast feeding.
• Any female participant pregnant or intending to become pregnant.
• Any participant with any clinically significant condition or situation, other than the condition being studied that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the trial evaluations or optimal participation in the trial.
• Any participant with a member or a family member of the personnel of the investigational or sponsor staff directly involved with this trial.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

6

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Preladenant 2 mg; Participants who received preladenant 2 mg in parent study NCT01155466 or NCT01227265 will continue to receive preladenant 2 mg in this extension study. Participants will receive preladenant 2 mg taken orally twice daily (BID): one tablet plus placebo capsule to rasagiline in the morning, and one tablet in the evening, for 40 weeks.	Drug: Preladenant; Daily for 40 weeks: 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each morning; 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each evening (approximately 8 hours after the morning dose); Other Names: SCH 420814; Drug: Placebo to rasagiline; Placebo to match rasagiline given daily for 40 weeks: placebo capsule each morning
Experimental: Preladenant 5 mg; Participants who received preladenant 5 mg in parent study NCT01155466 or NCT01227265 will continue to receive preladenant 5 mg in this extension study. Participants will receive preladenant 5 mg taken orally BID: one tablet plus placebo capsule to rasagiline in the morning, and one tablet in the evening, for 40 weeks.	Drug: Preladenant; Daily for 40 weeks: 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each morning; 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each evening (approximately 8 hours after the morning dose); Other Names: SCH 420814; Drug: Placebo to rasagiline; Placebo to match rasagiline given daily for 40 weeks: placebo capsule each morning
Experimental: Preladenant 5 mg (on placebo in parent study); Participants who received placebo to preladenant tablet in parent study NCT01155466 or NCT01227265 will receive preladenant 5 mg in this extension study. Participants will receive preladenant 5 mg taken orally BID: one tablet plus placebo capsule to rasagiline in the morning, and one tablet in the evening, for 40 weeks.	Drug: Preladenant; Daily for 40 weeks: 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each morning; 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each evening (approximately 8 hours after the morning dose); Other Names: SCH 420814; Drug: Placebo to rasagiline; Placebo to match rasagiline given daily for 40 weeks: placebo capsule each morning
Experimental: Preladenant 10 mg; Participants who received preladenant 10 mg in parent study NCT01155466 or NCT01227265 will continue to receive preladenant 10 mg in this extension study. Participants will receive preladenant 10 mg taken orally BID: one tablet plus placebo capsule to rasagiline in the morning, and one tablet in the evening, for 40 weeks.	Drug: Preladenant; Daily for 40 weeks: 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each morning; 2, 5, or 10 mg preladenant tablet each evening (approximately 8 hours after the morning dose); Other Names: SCH 420814
Active Comparator: Rasagiline 1 mg; Participants who received rasagiline 1 mg in parent study NCT01155466 or NCT01227265 will continue to receive rasagiline 1 mg in this extension study. Participants will receive rasagiline 1 mg capsule once a day: one capsule plus placebo tablet to preladenant in the morning, and one placebo tablet to preladenant in the evening, for 40 weeks.	Drug: Rasagiline; Daily for 40 weeks: 1 mg rasagiline capsule each morning; Other Names: Azilect®; Drug: Placebo to preladenant; Placebo to match preladenant given daily for 40 weeks: placebo tablet each morning; placebo tablet each evening (approximately 8 hours after the morning dose)
Active Comparator: Rasagiline 1 mg (on placebo in parent study); Participants who received placebo to rasagiline capsule in parent study NCT01155466 or NCT01227265 will receive rasagiline 1 mg in this extension study. Participants will receive rasagiline 1 mg capsule once a day: one capsule plus placebo tablet to preladenant in the morning, and one placebo tablet to preladenant in the evening, for 40 weeks.	Drug: Rasagiline; Daily for 40 weeks: 1 mg rasagiline capsule each morning; Other Names: Azilect®; Drug: Placebo to preladenant; Placebo to match preladenant given daily for 40 weeks: placebo tablet each morning; placebo tablet each evening (approximately 8 hours after the morning dose)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Systolic Blood Pressure ≥180 mmHg	The percentage of participants with Systolic Blood Pressure ≥180 mm Hg was reported. On Day 1 and Early Termination, blood pressure was measured as follows: Participant lay supine for 5 minutes, then had blood pressure taken; then stood for 3 minutes and had blood pressure taken; then rested for 10 minutes, at which time the process was repeated twice (ie, three rounds total). For all other blood pressure measurements, the procedure needed only to be done once (ie, one round).	Up to 42 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Diastolic Blood Pressure ≥105 mmHg	The percentage of participants with Diastolic Blood Pressure ≥105 mmHg was reported. On Day 1 and Early Termination, blood pressure was measured as follows: Participant lay supine for 5 minutes, then had blood pressure taken; then stood for 3 minutes and had blood pressure taken; then rested for 10 minutes, at which time the process was repeated twice (ie, three rounds total). For all other blood pressure measurements, the procedure needed only to be done once (ie, one round).	Up to 42 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) ≥3 Times Upper Limit of Normal and ≥10% Increase From Baseline	The number of participants with ALT ≥3 times the upper limit of normal and a ≥10% increase was reported. Laboratory safety blood work was collected from participants at Week 4, Week 6, and Week 8 visits.	Up to 42 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ≥3 Times Upper Limit of Normal and ≥10% Increase From Baseline	The number of participants with AST ≥3 times the upper limit of normal and a ≥10% increase was reported. Laboratory safety blood work was collected from participants at Week 4, Week 6, and Week 8 visits.	Up to 42 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Suicidality	The number of participants with suicidality using the Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) was reported. The C-SSR was used in this study only for the purpose of safety monitoring by measuring the incidence of different types of suicidality categories during treatment. The assessment was done by the nature of the responses, not by a numbered scale. Participants who reported at least one occurrence of suicidal behavior or suicidal ideation were counted as having experienced suicidality. Suicidal behavior included suicide attempt, aborted attempt, interrupted attempt, or preparatory behavior. Suicidal ideation included a wish to die or active suicidal thought with or without method, intent or plan.	Up to 42 weeks
Percentage Change From Baseline in Total Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) Score at Week 40	The ESS is a self-administered questionnaire providing a measure of a person's general level of daytime sleepiness, or their average sleep propensity in daily life. The scale consists of 8 situations in which the participant rates their tendency to become sleepy on a scale of 0=no chance of dozing to 3=high chance of dozing. The overall score is the sum of the scores for the 8 situations for a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 24 with a higher score indicating greater sleepiness.	Baseline and Week 40

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 18, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 16, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): July 16, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 4, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 4, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): October 6, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 6, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 9, 2018
• Last Verified: October 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson Disease; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Neuroprotective Agents; Protective Agents; Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; Rasagiline
• Other Study ID Numbers: P06153; 2009-015162-57 (EudraCT Number)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes
• IPD Plan Description: https://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/pdf/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf