Safety and Efficacy Study of Suvorexant in Participants With Primary Insomnia - Study A (MK-4305-028)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01097616 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 1, 2010
Results First Posted : September 1, 2014
Last Update Posted : September 21, 2018
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Sponsor:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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Study Type | Interventional |
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Study Design | Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment; Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator); Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Condition |
Primary Insomnia |
Interventions |
Drug: Suvorexant High Dose (HD) Drug: Suvorexant Low Dose (LD) Drug: Comparator: Placebo |
Enrollment | 1023 |
Participant Flow
Recruitment Details | |
Pre-assignment Details | A 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in occurred prior to randomization. 1 of the 1023 randomized participants enrolled in 2 separate suvorexant trials and is excluded from all summaries and analyses. 1 other randomized participant was not treated and is in Participant Flow Table below, but is excluded from all other summaries and analyses. |
Arm/Group Title | Suvorexant Low Dose (LD) (TRT/Extension [EXT] Phase) | Suvorexant High Dose (HD) (TRT/EXT Phase) | Placebo (TRT/EXT Phase) | Suvorexant LD (Run-out [RO], After Suvorexant LD in TRT/EXT) | Placebo (RO, After Suvorexant LD in TRT/EXT) | Suvorexant HD (RO, After Suvorexant HD in TRT/EXT) | Placebo (RO, After Suvorexant HD in TRT/EXT) | Placebo (RO, After Placebo in TRT/EXT) |
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After a 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in, participants received suvorexant LD (20 mg for participants aged 18 to <65 years; and 15 mg for participants aged ≥65 years) daily before bedtime during the 3-month DB TRT Phase, and could continue on same dose during the optional 3-month DB EXT Phase. | After a 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in, participants received suvorexant HD (40 mg for participants aged 18 to <65 years; and 30 mg for participants aged ≥65 years) daily before bedtime during the 3-month DB TRT Phase, and could continue on same dose during the optional 3-month DB EXT Phase. | After a 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in, participants received placebo to suvorexant daily before bedtime during the 3-month DB TRT Phase, and could continue on placebo to suvorexant during the optional 3-month DB EXT Phase. | After receiving suvorexant LD during the 3-Month DB TRT Phase, and for some participants, the optional 3-Month DB EXT Phase, participants received their same dose of suvorexant during a 1-week DB RO Phase. | After receiving suvorexant LD during the 3-Month DB TRT Phase, and for some participants, the optional 3-Month DB EXT Phase, participants received placebo to suvorexant during a 1-week DB RO Phase. | After receiving suvorexant HD during the 3-Month DB TRT Phase, and for some participants, the optional 3-Month DB EXT Phase, participants received their same dose of suvorexant during a 1-week DB RO Phase. | After receiving suvorexant HD during the 3-Month DB TRT Phase, and for some participants, the optional 3-Month DB EXT Phase, participants received placebo to suvorexant during a 1-week DB RO Phase. | After receiving placebo to suvorexant during the 3-Month DB TRT Phase, and for some participants, the optional 3-Month DB EXT Phase, participants received placebo to suvorexant during a 1-week DB RO Phase. |
Period Title: Double-Blind (DB) Treatment (TRT) Phase | ||||||||
Started | 254 | 383 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Treated | 254 | 383 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Completed | 230 [1] | 345 [2] | 341 [3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Completed | 24 | 38 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reason Not Completed | ||||||||
Adverse Event | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Withdrawal by Subject | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Protocol Violation | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lost to Follow-up | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lack of Efficacy | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pregnancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physician Decision | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Treated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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100 continued into EXT, 128 continued directly into RO, 2 did not continue into either Phase
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172 continued into EXT, 172 continued directly into RO, 1 did not continue into either Phase
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151 continued into EXT, 186 continued directly into RO, 4 did not continue into either Phase
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Period Title: Optional DB EXT Phase | ||||||||
Started | 100 | 172 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Completed | 85 [1] | 151 [2] | 141 [3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Completed | 15 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reason Not Completed | ||||||||
Adverse Event | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Withdrawal by Subject | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Protocol Violation | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lost to Follow-up | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lack of Efficacy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physician Decision | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[1]
All 85 continued into RO
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All 151 continued into RO
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All 141 continued into RO
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Period Title: DB RO Phase | ||||||||
Started | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 112 [1] | 161 [2] | 162 | 327 |
Completed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 111 | 159 | 161 | 326 |
Not Completed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Reason Not Completed | ||||||||
Adverse Event | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Withdrawal by Subject | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lost to Follow-up | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Not Treated in RO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[1]
1 was randomized to this group but actually received suvorexant LD during RO
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1 entered RO but was not treated during RO
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Baseline Characteristics
Arm/Group Title | Suvorexant LD | Suvorexant HD | Placebo | Total | |
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After a 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in, participants received suvorexant LD (20 mg for participants aged 18 to <65 years; and 15 mg for participants aged ≥65 years) daily before bedtime during the 3-month DB TRT Phase. | After a 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in, participants received suvorexant HD (40 mg for participants aged 18 to <65 years; and 30 mg for participants aged ≥65 years) daily before bedtime during the 3-month DB TRT Phase. | After a 2-week single-blind placebo Run-in, participants received placebo to suvorexant daily before bedtime during the 3-month DB TRT Phase. | Total of all reporting groups | |
Overall Number of Baseline Participants | 254 | 383 | 384 | 1021 | |
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Age, Continuous
Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Years |
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Number Analyzed | 254 participants | 383 participants | 384 participants | 1021 participants | |
55 (16) | 56 (15) | 56 (15) | 56 (15) | ||
Sex: Female, Male
Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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Number Analyzed | 254 participants | 383 participants | 384 participants | 1021 participants | |
Female |
162 63.8%
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230 60.1%
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245 63.8%
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637 62.4%
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Male |
92 36.2%
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153 39.9%
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139 36.2%
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384 37.6%
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Mean Subjective Total Sleep Time (sTSTm)
[1] Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Minutes |
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Number Analyzed | 254 participants | 383 participants | 384 participants | 1021 participants | |
322.4 (57.3) | 316.1 (67.2) | 315.7 (65.1) | 317.5 (64.1) | ||
[1]
Measure Description: N=252, 383, 384, 1019 for Suvorexant Low Dose, Suvorexant High Dose, Placebo and Total, respectively.
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Wakefulness After Persistent Sleep Onset (WASO)
[1] Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Minutes |
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Number Analyzed | 254 participants | 383 participants | 384 participants | 1021 participants | |
119.2 (46.5) | 117.7 (49.6) | 114.9 (45.7) | 117.0 (47.4) | ||
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Measure Description: N=193, 291, 290, 774 for Suvorexant Low Dose, Suvorexant High Dose, Placebo and Total, respectively. WASO was assessed during sleep laboratory (polysomnography [PSG]) assessment, which was conducted in a subset of the study population.
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Mean Subjective Time to Sleep Onset (sTSOm)
[1] Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Minutes |
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Number Analyzed | 254 participants | 383 participants | 384 participants | 1021 participants | |
63.3 (37.1) | 68.0 (50.1) | 66.9 (40.5) | 66.4 (43.6) | ||
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Measure Description: N=252, 383, 384, 1019 for Suvorexant Low Dose, Suvorexant High Dose, Placebo and Total, respectively.
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Latency to Onset of Persistent Sleep (LPS)
[1] Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Minutes |
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Number Analyzed | 254 participants | 383 participants | 384 participants | 1021 participants | |
68.9 (49.7) | 61.8 (39.1) | 66.2 (44.1) | 65.2 (43.8) | ||
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Measure Description: N=193, 291, 290, 774 for Suvorexant Low Dose, Suvorexant High Dose, Placebo and Total, respectively. LPS was assessed during sleep laboratory (PSG) assessment, which was conducted in a subset of the study population.
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Outcome Measures
Adverse Events
Limitations and Caveats
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Results Point of Contact
Name/Title: | Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Development |
Organization: | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp |
Phone: | 1-800-672-6372 |
EMail: | ClinicalTrialsDisclosure@merck.com |
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Responsible Party: | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01097616 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
4305-028 2010_520 ( Other Identifier: Merck Registration Number ) |
First Submitted: | March 26, 2010 |
First Posted: | April 1, 2010 |
Results First Submitted: | August 19, 2014 |
Results First Posted: | September 1, 2014 |
Last Update Posted: | September 21, 2018 |