Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Levomilnacipran ER in Pediatric (7-17 Years) With Major Depressive Disorder



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Depression, Depression, Major Depression Disorder (MDD)
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology, Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:7 - 17
Updated:4/6/2019
Start Date:July 6, 2018
End Date:October 21, 2021
Contact:Clinical Trials Registry Team
Email:IR‐CTRegistration@Allergan.com
Phone:877‐277‐8566

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A Double-blind, Placebo- and Active-controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Levomilnacipran ER in Pediatric Patients 7-17 Years With Major Depressive Disorder

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of
levomilnacipran compared with placebo in pediatric outpatients (7-17 years) with major
depressive disorder (MDD)


Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must meet Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fifth edition
(DSM-5) criteria for MDD, confirmed by Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders -
Present and Lifetime (K-SADS-PL)

- Patients must have a score ≥ 40 on the Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised
(CDRS-R) at Visits 1 and 2

- Patients must have a Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) score ≥ 4 at Visits
1 and 2

- Patients must have a caregiver who can and is willing to consent to be responsible for
safety monitoring of the patient, provide information about the patient's condition,
oversee the administration of investigational product, and accompany the patient to
all study visits

- Female patients of childbearing potential who are sexually active must agree to use a
reliable method of contraception that will continue for the duration of the study and
within 30 days following the end of study participation.

- A sexually active male patient must agree to use contraception as detailed below
during the treatment period and for at least 30 days after the last dose of
investigational product.

Exclusion Criteria:

- DSM-5-based diagnosis of an axis I disorder other than MDD that is the primary focus
of treatment.

- Prior diagnosis of mental retardation or amnestic or other cognitive disorders based
on DSM-5 criteria

- Imminent risk of injuring self or others or causing damage to property as judged by
the Investigator

- Suicide risk as determined by meeting either of the following criteria:

- Any suicide attempt within the past year

- Significant risk at Visit 1 (Screening) or Visit 2 (Baseline), as judged by the
Investigator based on the psychiatric interview or information collected in the
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) treatment-Related Criteria

- History of allergy, intolerance, or hypersensitivity to levomilnacipran, milnacipran,
fluoxetine, or any other Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) or Serotonin
and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) or known hypersensitivity to the
investigational products' non-medicinal ingredients including gelatin and cellulose

- Patients requiring prohibited concomitant medication or herbal supplements that could
not be discontinued or switched to an allowable alternative medication and stabilized
for at least 2 weeks preceding Visit 2 (Baseline)

- Patients taking any psychoactive drug or psychoactive herbal remedy within 5
half-lives before Baseline (Visit 2), Patients who have ever been treated with a depot
antipsychotic must also be excluded

- Patients who have initiated or terminated psychotherapy or behavior therapy within1
month before Visit 1 (Screening), or who plan to initiate or change such therapies
during the course of the study Other Medical criteria

- A clinically significant disease state that, in the investigator's opinion, might
indicate that the patient is unsuitable for the study

- Any cardiovascular disease or condition that is clinically significant, unstable, or
decompensated.

- Hypo- or hyperthyroidism, unless stabilized on appropriate pharmacotherapy with no
change in dosage for at least 3 months before Visit 1 (Screening)

- Any condition that would be expected to affect drug absorption (eg, gastric bypass
surgery)

- History of seizure disorder (except simple childhood febrile seizures before age 5),
unexplained syncope or black-out episodes, stroke, significant head injury, tumor of
the central nervous system, or any other condition that predisposes the patient toward
a risk for seizure

- History of drug or alcohol abuse or dependence within the past year

- Pregnant, breastfeeding, and/or planning to become pregnant and/or breastfeed during
the study or within 30 days following the end of study participation

Other Criteria

- Patients who are unable to swallow capsules

- Treatment with any investigational product within 3 months (or at least 5 half-lives,
whichever is longer) of Visit 1. Treatment with any investigational product other than
those provided by AGN during study participation will be a protocol violation, and the
patient will be terminated from this study

- Employee or immediate relative of an employee of AGN, any of its affiliates or
partners, or of the study center Patients or patients whose parent/guardian/LAR and/or
caregivers are unable to speak and understand English (or their native language if
this can be accommodated by the site and is approved by the Sponsor) sufficiently to
understand the nature of the study, to provide informed assent/consent, or to allow
the completion of all study assessments

- Unable or unlikely to comply with the study protocol or are unsuitable for any other
reason, as judged by the Investigator
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