Glycemic Control, Safety and Tolerability of TC-6987 Monotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01293669 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: February 10, 2011
Last Update Posted
: September 13, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Drug: TC-6987 Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 440 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Study of Glycemic Control, Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetic Parameters of TC-6987 Monotherapy in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
Study Start Date : | January 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: TC-6987 |
Drug: TC-6987
TC-6987-23 (TC-6987 HCl) as experimental treatment: 20 mg loading dose (2 capsules) on Day 1 and 10 mg (1 capsule) on Days 2 to 28 (dose expressed as free base). Each dose will be given once daily.
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo |
Drug: Placebo
Matching placebo: Mode of administration: p.o. (microcrystalline cellulose in capsule) given once daily.
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- Changes in fasting plasma glucose (FPG) [ Time Frame: Day 1 and Week 4 ]The primary efficacy endpoint will be FPG values obtained at Week 4 compared to Day 1 (baseline). This change from baseline will be analyzed using MMRM techniques with an alpha of 0.10 (one-sided), to examine differences between the TC-6987 and placebo treatment cohorts. This change from baseline will be analyzed using the primary efficacy endpoints for the mITT analysis set. The efficacy analyses based on the Per Protocol (PP) analysis set will be considered secondary.
- Change in FPG from Day 1 (Baseline) at each time point [ Time Frame: Day 1, Week 1 and Week 4 ]Change in FPG from Day 1 (Baseline) compared to weeks 1 and 4
- Change in FPG and insulin from Day 1 (Baseline) at each time point [ Time Frame: Day 1, Week 1 and Week 4 ]Change in FPG and insulin from Day 1 (Baseline) compared to weeks 1 and 4
- Change in AUC FPG from Day 1 (Baseline) and at Week 4 [ Time Frame: Day 1 and Week 4 ]Change in AUC FPG from Day 1 (Baseline) compared to weeks 1 and 4
- Change in AUC insulin from Day 1 (Baseline) at Week 4 [ Time Frame: Day 1 and Week 4 ]Change in AUC insulin from Day 1 (Baseline) compared to week 4

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or postmenopausal/surgically sterile females
- Being treated for T2DM with oral antidiabetic agents (excluding glitazones)
- BMI limit ≤ 38
- Subjects at least 80% compliant on reporting daily SMBG values during washout
- At the end of washout the subject's fasting SMBG is higher than it was at the start of washout and the fasting SMBG ≤ 280.g treated for T2DM with oral antidiabetic agents (excluding glitazones)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Severe complications of T2DM (especially diabetic retinopathy imminently requiring treatment for preserving or restoring vision, diabetic neuropathy with symptomatic orthostatic hypotension, urinary retention, gastric stasis, or pedal ulcers)
- Current treatment with insulin or a glitazone
- Use of moderate to strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors
- FSH level of < 35 IU/L and a LH level < 25 IU/L except for confirmed surgically sterile women with functioning ovaries
- Significant cardiovascular diseases (including arrhythmia) or congestive heart failure, or severe ischemic disease within the last 3 months prior to Screening, or evidence of stroke, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary bypass and/or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
- History of significant other major or unstable neurological, metabolic, hepatic, renal, hematological, pulmonary, CV, GI, or urological disorder; or diagnosis of major depressive disorder; if stable medical disorder, any medical treatment must be stable for last 2 months prior to Screening
- History of diabetic ketoacidosis
- Patients who have an increased red blood cell (RBC) turn-over or thalassemia or anemia
- Known HIV or history of viral hepatitis type B or C
- Systemic infection with TB
- Current or previous use of oral or injectable corticosteroids 3 months prior to screening.
- Subject has persistent, uncontrolled severe hypertension as indicated by a systolic blood pressure > 180 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure of > 110 mmHg, with or without treatment
- Subject has had a malignancy in the last 5 years, except for successfully treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or of the cervix
- Subject is receiving chemotherapy
- Tobacco user within 4 months prior to Screening
- Smoking cessation therapy within 4 months prior to Screening and/or planned during the study
- Use of prohibited concomitant medications including psychoactive agents
- History within 6 months prior to Screening of alcohol abuse or illicit drug abuse
- Was administered study medication in another clinical trial in the past 3 months prior to Screening

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01293669
United States, Arkansas | |
Clopton Clinic | |
Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, 72401 | |
NCA Medical Center | |
Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States, 72653 | |
United States, California | |
Associated Pharmaceutical Research Center | |
Buena Park, California, United States, 90620 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Cedar Crosse Research Center | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60607 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Medex Healthcare Research, Inc | |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63117 | |
United States, Nevada | |
Om Medical | |
Henderson, Nevada, United States, 89052 | |
United States, New York | |
MEDEX Healthcare Research, Inc | |
New York, New York, United States, 10004 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
PMG Research of WS | |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27103 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Rapid Medical Research, Inc. | |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44122 | |
Providence Health Partners - Center for Research | |
Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45439 | |
United States, Rhode Island | |
Omega Medical Research | |
Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, 02888 | |
United States, South Carolina | |
Ellipsis Research | |
Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29201 | |
PMG Research of Charleston | |
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, United States, 29464 | |
United States, Tennessee | |
New Phase Research and Development | |
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37923 | |
United States, Texas | |
Mercury Clinical Research | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77093 | |
Quality Research, Inc. | |
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78209 | |
United States, Utah | |
Highland Clinical Research | |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84124 | |
United States, Virginia | |
Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School | |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23510 |
Principal Investigator: | Aaron Vinik, MD | Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School |
Responsible Party: | Targacept Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01293669 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TC-6987-23-CRD-002 |
First Posted: | February 10, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 13, 2013 |
Last Verified: | July 2012 |
Keywords provided by Targacept Inc.:
Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |