Prevention and Treatment of Nausea Associated With Motion Sickness in Senior Subjects

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of DPI-386 Nasal Gel for the Prevention and Treatment of Nausea Associated With Motion Sickness in Senior Subjects With Open-Label Follow-Up

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of DPI 386 Nasal Gel for the Prevention and Treatment of Nausea Associated with Motion Sickness in Senior Subjects With Open-Label Follow-Up

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Motion Sickness
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Scopolamine; Other: Placebo Nasal Gel

Detailed Description

This Phase 3 clinical trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with open-label follow-up to identify the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of a repeated-dose regimen of DPI 386 nasal gel (intranasal scopolamine gel) for the prevention and treatment of nausea associated with motion sickness. The study will have two arms: DPI-386 nasal gel and placebo nasal gel for Treatment Day 1. Treatment Day 1 will include 50 subjects per arm, for a total of 100 subjects (n=100). All 100 subjects from Treatment Day 1 will receive open-label DPI-386 Nasal Gel for Treatment Days 2-4 (50 of these were originally randomized to receive placebo prior to receipt of the investigational product.).

Treatment Day 1 will be conducted aboard an ocean-going vessel to obtain data in an operationally relevant real world environment and within 30 days of Treatment Day 1, Treatment Days 2-4 will take place at the clinical site.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 98
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Long Beach, California, United States, 90806
      • Collaborative Neuroscience Network, LLC

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 55 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Provision of a signed and dated Informed Consent Form (ICF).
2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study.
3. Male or female, aged 55 and over.
4. In good general health as evidenced by medical history with no recent history or current diagnosis of uncontrolled clinical problems as assessed by the Principal Investigator (PI) or qualified designee.
5. Ability to take intranasal medication and willingness to adhere to the study schedule and time constraints.

6. Agreement to adhere to the following lifestyle compliance considerations:

   • Refrain from consumption of grapefruit and any substance containing grapefruit for seven days prior to, during, and for seven days after the three Treatment Days.
   • Abstain from alcohol for 24 hours prior to first dose of study medication and during the three Treatment Days.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Known allergic reactions to scopolamine or other anticholinergics.

2. Currently prescribed any of the following medication types and used within the specified washout periods below:

   • any form of scopolamine (including Transderm Scop®) (washout 5 days)
   • belladonna alkaloids (washout 2 weeks),
   • antihistamines (including meclizine) (washout 2 weeks),
   • tricyclic antidepressants (washout 2 weeks),
   • muscle relaxants (washout 4 days) and
   • nasal decongestants (washout 4 days)
3. Hospitalization or significant surgery requiring hospital admittance within the past six months.
4. Treatment with another investigational drug or other intervention within the past 30 days.
5. Having donated blood or plasma or suffered significant blood loss within the past 30 days.

6. Having any of the following medical conditions within the last two years or if any of the following medical conditions were experienced more than two years ago and are deemed clinically significant by the PI or qualified designee:

   • Significant gastrointestinal disorder, asthma, or seizure disorders.
   • History of cardiovascular disease.
   • History of vestibular disorders.
   • History of narrow-angle glaucoma.
   • History of urinary retention problems.
   • History of alcohol or drug abuse.
   • Nasal, nasal sinus, or nasal mucosa surgery.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: DPI-386 Nasal Gel; DPI-386 Nasal Gel (0.2 mg / 0.12 g)	Drug: Scopolamine; Subjects will self-administer DPI-386 Nasal Gel (0.2 mg / 0.12 g) or placebo nasal gel (0.12 g) on Treatment Day 1, and on Treatment Days 2 -4 all subjects will self administer DPI-386 Nasal Gel (0.2 mg / 0.12 g).; Other Names: DPI-386 Nasal Gel
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Nasal Gel; placebo nasal gel (0.12 g)	Other: Placebo Nasal Gel; Placebo Nasal Gel (0.12g) twice a day on Treatment Day 1.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The efficacy endpoint is incidence of subjects who developed motion sickness and requested further treatment (i.e., subjects who received rescue medication).	The efficacy endpoint is incidence of subjects who developed motion sickness and requested further treatment (i.e., subjects who received rescue medication) during an 8 hour voyage on Treatment Day 1.	During voyage on Treatment Day 1.
Safety of DPI-386 Nasal Gel compared to placebo nasal gel with an emphasis on cognitive adverse events.	Safety endpoint is the incidence of adverse events.	During all four Treatment Days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Severity of nausea as measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) over the treatment period.	Respondents specify their degree of nausea by indicating a point along a continuous 100 mm line between two end-points; left one is for "No nausea" and the right one for "Very severe nausea". Scoring is based on the length from left point and a higher score means more severe degree of nausea (Spinks & Wasiak, 2011).	During Treatment Day 1 voyage.
Safety in terms of cognition as measured by the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT).	The PVT is a neurocognitive assessment that measures alertness and tests sustained attention and reaction time. It was originally developed for sleep studies, and involves simple reaction time testing by requiring the participant to push a button as soon as the stimulus (a light) appears. After a response, the reaction time (in ms) is displayed. The inter-stimulus interval varies from two to 10 seconds, so it is not predictable, and the entire task takes 10 minutes (Dorrian, Rogers, & Dinges, 2005). There are also shorter versions which have been validated as reasonable substitutes for the 10 minute version, such as the five minute (Lamond, Dawson, & Roach, 2005)) and three minute versions (Grant, et al., (2017).	During Treatment Day 1 voyage
Describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of a multi-dose schedule of DPI-386 Nasal Gel.	PK parameters to be measured by Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)	At time points -60, 30, 90, 120, 180, 330, 390, 450, 480 and 600 minutes during Treatment Days 2-4.
Describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of a multi-dose schedule of DPI-386 Nasal Gel.	PK parameters to be measured by Time to Reach Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax).	At time points -60, 30, 90, 120, 180, 330, 390, 450, 480 and 600 minutes during Treatment Days 2-4.
Describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of a multi-dose schedule of DPI-386 Nasal Gel.	PK parameters to be measured by Area Under the Curve (AUC)	At time points -60, 30, 90, 120, 180, 330, 390, 450, 480 and 600 minutes during Treatment Days 2-4.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Repurposed Therapeutics, Inc.
• Investigators: Study Director: David R Helton, Repurposed Therapeutics, Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 7, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 23, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): November 23, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 6, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 14, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): June 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 4, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 3, 2023
• Last Verified: May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Scopolamine; Anticholinergic
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Motion Sickness; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Parasympatholytics; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Muscarinic Antagonists; Cholinergic Antagonists; Cholinergic Agents; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Adjuvants, Anesthesia; Mydriatics; Scopolamine; Butylscopolammonium Bromide
• Other Study ID Numbers: DPI-386-MS-24

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Publication

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes