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Modafinil for Debilitating Fatigue in Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease MODIFI-IBD Trial) (MODIFI-IBD)

9 de setembro de 2026 atualizado por: Radboud University Medical Center

Modafinil for Debilitating Fatigue in Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Multicentre,Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Clinical Trial (MODIFI-IBD Trial)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if modafinil can treat severe fatigue in adults aged 18 to 75 years with quiescent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does modafinil reduce fatigue more effectively than placebo, as measured by the mean difference in section I of the IBD-F questionnaire at week 8? Is modafinil safe and well tolerated in patients with quiescent IBD and severe fatigue?

Researchers will compare modafinil to placebo to see if modafinil improves fatigue outcomes.

Participants will:

attend one screening visit including assessment of disease activity, blood tests, stool testing, and an ECG; take modafinil or placebo for 8 weeks, starting at 100 mg daily with possible dose increases based on response and tolerability; complete online questionnaires at baseline, week 4, week 8, and week 12 about fatigue, quality of life, sleep, mood, and work productivity; be contacted regularly during the treatment period to discuss effect and side effects of the study medication; complete an online effort-based decision-making task at baseline and week 8.

Visão geral do estudo

Status

Recrutamento

Condições

Intervenção / Tratamento

Descrição detalhada

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is frequently associated with persistent fatigue, even during clinical remission. Fatigue is one of the most burdensome symptoms reported by patients with IBD and is associated with impaired quality of life, reduced daily functioning, and decreased work productivity. Despite its high prevalence and clinical relevance, there are currently no established pharmacological treatment options for fatigue in patients with quiescent IBD.

Modafinil is a centrally acting wakefulness-promoting agent approved for excessive daytime sleepiness in narcolepsy. It has been used for many years and has a well-characterized safety profile. Although its exact mechanism of action is not fully understood, available evidence suggests that modafinil enhances wakefulness and alertness through effects on central dopaminergic signalling. Because fatigue in IBD may involve central mechanisms related to motivation, alertness, and effort processing, modafinil is a biologically plausible candidate treatment for this population. Preliminary clinical observations have suggested that modafinil may reduce fatigue in patients with quiescent IBD, but controlled trial data are not available.

This study is a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of modafinil in adults with quiescent IBD and severe fatigue. Participants are randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive modafinil or matching placebo. The treatment period is 8 weeks, followed by a 4-week post-treatment follow-up. To support tolerability and allow individualized treatment, study medication is started at 100 mg once daily and may be increased stepwise during follow-up contacts, based on clinical response and tolerability, up to a maximum daily dose of 300 mg. Participants assigned to placebo follow the same dosing schedule to maintain blinding.

After screening and baseline assessment, most study procedures are conducted remotely to minimize participant burden. Participants complete scheduled study assessments during treatment and follow-up and are contacted regularly by the study team to evaluate treatment response, dose adjustment, and adverse events. In addition to evaluating patient-reported outcomes related to fatigue and broader functioning, the trial includes an exploratory online effort-based decision-making task to assess motivational behaviour. Blood-based biomarker analyses will also be explored to investigate biological factors associated with fatigue and treatment response in IBD.

The placebo-controlled, double-blind design was selected because fatigue is a subjective outcome that is susceptible to placebo effects and expectation bias. This design is intended to allow a more reliable estimate of the specific treatment effect of modafinil. If modafinil is shown to be effective and well tolerated, the results of this trial may support the development of a pharmacological treatment option for an important unmet clinical need in IBD care.

Tipo de estudo

Intervencional

Inscrição (Estimado)

60

Estágio

  • Fase 2
  • Fase 3

Contactos e Locais

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Contato de estudo

Estude backup de contato

Locais de estudo

  • Holanda
    • Gelderland
      • Arnhem, Gelderland, Holanda, 6815 AD
        • Recrutamento
        • Rijnstate
      • Nijmegen, Gelderland, Holanda, 6525GA
        • Recrutamento
        • Radboudumc

Critérios de participação

Os pesquisadores procuram pessoas que se encaixem em uma determinada descrição, chamada de critérios de elegibilidade. Alguns exemplos desses critérios são a condição geral de saúde de uma pessoa ou tratamentos anteriores.

Critérios de elegibilidade

Idades elegíveis para estudo

  • Adulto
  • Adulto mais velho

Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis

Não

Descrição

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Willing and able to provide signed informed consent at the screening visit as well as comply with all study visits and requirements through the end of the study
  • Age between 18 to 75 years at screening.
  • ≥1 year diagnosis of IBD, based on a combination of clinical, endoscopic, histologic and radiologic criteria
  • Chronic fatigue for at least six months
  • Severe fatigue as confirmed with a score of ≥11 on section I of the IBD-F
  • Clinically quiescent IBD with a Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) <5 for CD patients or a Simple Colitis Clinical Activity Index (SCCAI) ≤2 for patients with UC or IBD-unclassified
  • Faecal calprotectin <250 µg/g
  • Stable IBD medication for ≥3 months before screening visit and no change in IBD medication planned for ≥3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications for the use of modafinil, such as:

    • Uncontrolled hypertension
    • Cardiac arrhythmia
    • A history of left ventricular hypertrophy or cor pulmonale, and in patients with mitral valve prolapse who have previously developed mitral valve prolapse syn-drome during treatment with central nervous system stimulants
    • Patients with hereditary galactose intolerance, lactase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption
  • Patients using medication which interacts clinically significant with modafinil, see section 3.3 'Mechanism of action & Drug class'
  • Patients using pharmacological agents with similar effects to modafinil, like central nerv-ous system (CNS) stimulants or other wakefulness-promoting drugs such as methylphenidate and amphetamines
  • Surgery before or during study period that impacts ability to participate in this study, per investigator judgement
  • Participation in another intervention study (excl. registries and post marketing studies)
  • Pregnancy or nursing at the moment of screening or planned pregnancy within two months after last dose
  • People with a diagnosis of drug or alcohol dependence syndrome will be excluded

  • Comorbidities or confirmed diagnoses known to cause fatigue, which may influence study outcomes, including but not limited to:

    • Anaemia (Hb <7.0 mmol/l for women and <8.0 mmol/l for men) and which is judged as clinically significant by the investigator
    • Folate deficiency (<6.0 nmol/l)
    • Iron deficiency (ferritin <20 g/l for women and <25 g/L for men)
    • Vitamin B12 deficiency (<148 pmol/l)
    • Liver insufficiency defined by an ALT or AST >2x ULN or total bilirubin > 2 mg/dL
    • Renal insufficiency defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 45 mL/min, calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration equation and/or a serum creatinine >178 μmol/L (2mg/dL)
    • Auto-immune disorders such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, rheumatoid ar-thritis, systemic lupus erythematosus or coeliac disease
    • Uncontrolled or recently diagnosed depression
    • Active suicidal ideation
    • Bipolar disorder
    • Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders
    • Other psychiatric disorders that may interfere with the study as judged by the investigators
    • History or current anxiety or sleep disorders
    • Substance dependence disorders (e.g. alcohol, cannabis, drugs)
    • Evidence, history, or suspicion of infectious diseases that may interfere with the study as judged by the investigators
    • Active Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus infection
    • Endocrinological disorders such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, untreated hy-pothyroidism, hypoadrenalism or hypogonadism
    • Neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, dementia, Parkinson's disease or myasthenia gravis
    • Heart failure
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    • Obstructive sleep apnoea
    • Active malignancy (exception of malignancies adequately treated with resection for non-metastatic basal cell carcinoma)
    • Long/post-COVID
  • Patients who are not able to complete the Dutch questionnaires in an online form
  • Has a clinically significant concurrent disease or relevant laboratory abnormality or a history of illness or medical condition that in the investigator's opinion could confound the study results or increase the participant's risk by taking part in the study

Plano de estudo

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Como o estudo é projetado?

Detalhes do projeto

  • Finalidade Principal: Tratamento
  • Alocação: Randomizado
  • Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição Paralela
  • Mascaramento: Solteiro

Armas e Intervenções

Grupo de Participantes / Braço
Intervenção / Tratamento
Comparador de Placebo: Placebo
Medicamento: Placebo
Matching placebo administered orally, identical in appearance, dosing frequency, and dose-adjustment schedule to modafinil in order to maintain double blinding. Treatment duration is 8 weeks.
Comparador Ativo: Modafinila
Medicamento: Modafinil
Modafinil, administered orally as over-encapsulated tablets. Participants start with 100 mg once daily for the first 2 weeks. Depending on clinical response and tolerability, the dose may be increased stepwise during follow-up contacts to a maximum of 300 mg per day. Treatment duration is 8 weeks.

O que o estudo está medindo?

Medidas de resultados primários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
The mean difference in section I of the IBD-F questionnaire at week 8
Prazo: at week 8 (end of treatment)
Fatigue severity will be assessed using section I of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Fatigue (IBD-F) questionnaire, a patient-reported measure of fatigue in people with inflammatory bowel disease. Section I is used to assess the severity of fatigue symptoms. Scores on section I range from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating more severe fatigue. The outcome is the between-group difference in IBD-F section I score at week 8.
at week 8 (end of treatment)

Medidas de resultados secundários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Difference in FACIT-F questionnaire
Prazo: comparing baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Fatigue will also be assessed using the FACIT-F questionnaire, a patient-reported measure of fatigue and its impact on daily activities and functioning. Total scores range from 0 to 52, with higher scores indicating less fatigue and better functioning. This outcome evaluates change from baseline over time.
comparing baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Difference in section I of the IBD-F questionnaire
Prazo: comparing baseline with week 4 and week 12
Section I of the IBD-F questionnaire measures severity of fatigue symptoms in people with inflammatory bowel disease. Scores range from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating more severe fatigue. This secondary outcome evaluates change from baseline at additional time points before and after the end of treatment.
comparing baseline with week 4 and week 12
Difference in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ)
Prazo: comparing baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Quality of life will be assessed using the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ), a disease-specific patient-reported measure covering bowel symptoms, emotional health, social function, and systemic symptoms. Total scores range from 32 to 224, with higher scores indicating better disease-related quality of life. This outcome evaluates change from baseline over time.
comparing baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Difference in EuroQol-5 Dimensions-5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L)
Prazo: comparing baseline with week 8 and 12
General health status will be assessed using the EQ-5D-5L, a standardized patient-reported measure of health-related quality of life across 5 domains: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Higher index or utility values indicate better health status. This outcome evaluates change from baseline after treatment and at follow-up.
comparing baseline with week 8 and 12
Difference in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Prazo: comparing baseline with week 8 and week 12
Sleep quality will be assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a patient-reported questionnaire that measures sleep quality and sleep disturbance. Total scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating worse sleep quality. This outcome evaluates change from baseline after treatment and at follow-up.
comparing baseline with week 8 and week 12
Difference in the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Prazo: baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Depressive symptoms will be assessed using the PHQ-9, a patient-reported questionnaire for the severity of depressive symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating more severe depressive symptoms. This outcome evaluates change from baseline over time.
baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Difference in the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7 (GAD-7)
Prazo: baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Anxiety symptoms will be assessed using the GAD-7, a patient-reported questionnaire for the severity of generalized anxiety symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating more severe anxiety symptoms. This outcome evaluates change from baseline over time.
baseline with week 4, 8 and 12
Difference in the IMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire (iPCQ)
Prazo: baseline with week 8 and week 12
Productivity loss in paid work will be assessed using the IMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire (iPCQ), a patient-reported measure of absenteeism, presenteeism, and reduced productivity related to health problems. Higher impairment values indicate greater productivity loss. This outcome evaluates change from baseline after treatment and at follow-up.
baseline with week 8 and week 12
The incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events, serious adverse events, events of clinical interest and adverse events that lead to discontinuation of modafinil use
Prazo: until 30 days post end of treatment
Safety and tolerability will be assessed by recording adverse events reported during the study. Treatment-emergent adverse events are defined as adverse events occurring or worsening after the start of study treatment. Serious adverse events, events of clinical interest, and adverse events leading to permanent discontinuation of study treatment will be summarized by treatment group.
until 30 days post end of treatment

Outras medidas de resultado

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Change in effort sensitivity and reward sensitivity on an online effort-based decision-making task
Prazo: Baseline and week 8
Motivational behaviour will be explored using a validated online effort-based decision-making task. This task assesses how participants make choices between options that differ in required effort and potential reward. The exploratory outcome will evaluate task-based measures of effort sensitivity, reward sensitivity, and the effort-reward trade-off, to examine whether modafinil affects cognitive processes related to motivation. Higher willingness to choose high-effort options for reward may reflect lower effort sensitivity and/or greater reward sensitivity. Exact task-derived parameters will be analyzed exploratorily.
Baseline and week 8

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Patrocinador

Radboud University Medical Center

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Marjolijn Duijvestein, PhD, MD, Radboud University Medical Center

Datas de registro do estudo

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Datas Principais do Estudo

Início do estudo (Real)

3 de agosto de 2026

Conclusão Primária (Estimado)

1 de fevereiro de 2027

Conclusão do estudo (Estimado)

1 de junho de 2027

Datas de inscrição no estudo

Enviado pela primeira vez

6 de maio de 2026

Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ

6 de maio de 2026

Primeira postagem (Real)

12 de maio de 2026

Atualizações de registro de estudo

Última Atualização Postada (Real)

14 de setembro de 2026

Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade

9 de setembro de 2026

Última verificação

1 de abril de 2026

Mais Informações

Termos relacionados a este estudo

Palavras-chave

Termos MeSH relevantes adicionais

Outros números de identificação do estudo

  • MODIBD656
  • 2026-525163-41-00 (Ctis)

Plano para dados de participantes individuais (IPD)

Planeja compartilhar dados de participantes individuais (IPD)?

SIM

Descrição do plano IPD

all IPD that underlie results in a publication

Prazo de Compartilhamento de IPD

Beginning 3 months and ending 3 years after the publication of results

Tipo de informação de suporte de compartilhamento de IPD

  • PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDO
  • SEIVA
  • CIF

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Estuda um medicamento regulamentado pela FDA dos EUA

Não

Estuda um produto de dispositivo regulamentado pela FDA dos EUA

Não

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