Clinical trial • Phase II • Psychiatry
Daridorexant for Opioid use disorder
Phase II trial of Daridorexant for Opioid use disorder.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Psychiatry
- Trial Disease
- Opioid use disorder
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 16-09-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 26-11-2024
Trial design
Randomised, daridorexant 50 mg daily (active arm) vs matching placebo daily (placebo arm); both administered as adjunct to buprenorphine maintenance therapy (depot buprenorphine background treatment).-controlled Phase II trial across 7 sites in Sweden.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Daridorexant 50 mg daily (active arm) vs matching placebo daily (placebo arm); both administered as adjunct to buprenorphine maintenance therapy (depot buprenorphine background treatment).
- Target Sample Size
- 192
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 91
Eligibility
Recruits 192 No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults (aged 20-65) able to speak and read Swedish and willing to provide informed consent. No assent process described; informed consent will be obtained from participants (documents uploaded in Swedish)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Women who are pregnant or plan on becoming pregnant, or who are nursing.
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults (aged 20-65) able to speak and read Swedish and willing to provide informed consent. No assent process described; informed consent will be obtained from participants (documents uploaded in Swedish).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Men and women aged 20 - 65 years\n- Meet criteria for moderate-to-severe OUD ”opioid dependence” according to ICD-10, confirmed using a checklist of DMS-5 criteria for OUD by a trained nurse or physician. Other, co-morbid substance use disorders will be evaluated by obtaining a history and carrying out a chart review; these will be confirmed using a checklist of DSM-criteria for the respective substance, and will be recorded, but will not influence eligibility except as specified below.\n- ≥1 year duration of OUD\n- Prospective participants will be eligible if they are not in stable remission, or if, despite being in stable remission from opioid use, they continue to use other substances in a manner that indicates they stand to potentially benefit from participating.\n- Both patients not enrolled in OMT at the time of screening, and those with ongoing OMT with transmucosal buprenorphine formulations at that time will be eligible. Patients not currently enrolled in OMT will first be stabilized on transmucosal buprenorphine according to clinical routine.\n- Able to speak and read Swedish.\n- Willing to provide informed consent."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with any serious psychiatric condition unless stable under treatment.\n- Patients already in OMT with a depot formulation of buprenorphine.\n- Patients enrolled in OMT with methadone\n- Patients with severe respiratory insufficiency\n- Patients with a diagnosis of narcolepsy\n- Patients with any other serious medical condition, unless stable under treatment.\n- Patients with concomitant use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (see Appendix 1 of protocol)\n- Women who are pregnant or plan on becoming pregnant, or who are nursing.\n- Women of child-bearing potential will have to agree to practice reliable contraception (see Appendix 2 of protocol), or document that they intend to abstain from sexual intercourse.\n- Patients with any other condition or circumstances that, in the assessment of the investigator, lead to participation in the study not being in the best interest of the patient."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Frequency of negative urine samples (obtained weekly, with missing samples coded as positive) throughout weeks 1-13, supported by Time-Line Follow-Back (TLFB) self-report","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Weekly urine samples collected during weeks 1-13; missing samples are coded as positive. Results supported by Time-Line Follow-Back (TLFB) self-report."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Retention in treatment (survival)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Retention assessed by survival analysis / time-to-event methods (retention in treatment)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Opioid craving (OC-VAS; weekly)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Opioid craving measured weekly using the OC-VAS instrument."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Opioid withdrawal (Subjective Opioid Withdrawal Scale, SOWS [weekly])","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Opioid withdrawal measured weekly using the Subjective Opioid Withdrawal Scale (SOWS)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Substance-related problem severity and associated service needs (Addiction Severity Index, validated Swedish Self-report version, ASI-SR]) [monthly]","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured monthly using the validated Swedish self-report version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI-SR)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: PSQI) [weekly]","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Sleep quality measured weekly using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Insomnia Severity Index (ISI]) [monthly]","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Insomnia severity measured monthly using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Level of functioning (WHODAS) [monthly]","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Level of functioning measured monthly using WHODAS."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 192
- Recruitment Window Months
- 36
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent is obtained from adult participants (must be aged 20-65 and able to speak and read Swedish). Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (documents titled L1_Forsokspersonsinformation och samtycke available). No assent process described; consent documents are in Swedish.
Methods
- Recruitment arrangements document uploaded (K1_Rekryteringsforfarande_2024-517482-16-00)
- Advertisements uploaded (K2_Annons_2024-517482-16-00; L2_Annons_2024-517482-16-00_version 2)
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 7
- Total Number Of Participants
- 192
Sweden
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 22-08-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 09-02-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 536
- Number Of Sites
- 7
- Number Of Participants
- 192
Sites
- Site Name
- Uppsala University Hospital
- Department Name
- Beroendemedicinska mottagningen
- Principal Investigator Name
- Tobias Eriksson
- Principal Investigator Email
- tobias.eriksson@akademiska.se
- Contact Person Name
- Tobias Eriksson
- Contact Person Email
- tobias.eriksson@akademiska.se
- Site Name
- Region Vaesternorrland
- Department Name
- Psykiatriska kliniken Sundsvall
- Principal Investigator Name
- Hanna Karlsson
- Principal Investigator Email
- hanna.karlsson@rvn.se
- Contact Person Name
- Hanna Karlsson
- Contact Person Email
- hanna.karlsson@rvn.se
- Site Name
- Region Joenkoepings Laen
- Department Name
- Beroendemottagningen Psykiatriska kliniken
- Principal Investigator Name
- Emanuel Käll
- Principal Investigator Email
- emanuel.kall@rjl.se
- Contact Person Name
- Emanuel Käll
- Contact Person Email
- emanuel.kall@rjl.se
- Site Name
- Region Oestergoetland
- Department Name
- Psykiatriska kliniken i Linköping
- Principal Investigator Name
- Emelie Gauffin
- Principal Investigator Email
- emelie.gauffin@regionostergotland.se
- Contact Person Name
- Emelie Gauffin
- Contact Person Email
- emelie.gauffin@regionostergotland.se
- Site Name
- Capio Hjärnhälsa AB
- Department Name
- Capio Maria
- Principal Investigator Name
- Mikael Sandell
- Principal Investigator Email
- mikael.sandell@liu.se
- Contact Person Name
- Mikael Sandell
- Contact Person Email
- mikael.sandell@liu.se
- Site Name
- Region Skane Skanes Universitetssjukhus
- Department Name
- Beroendecentrum Malmö
- Principal Investigator Name
- Martin Bråbäck
- Principal Investigator Email
- martin.braback@skane.se
- Contact Person Name
- Martin Bråbäck
- Contact Person Email
- martin.braback@skane.se
- Site Name
- Region Stockholm – SLSO
- Department Name
- Beroendecentrum Stockholm
- Principal Investigator Name
- Mikael Sandell
- Principal Investigator Email
- mikael.sandell@liu.se
- Contact Person Name
- Mikael Sandell
- Contact Person Email
- mikael.sandell@liu.se
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Linkopings Universitet
- Organisation Type
- Educational Institution
- Country Of Registered Address
- Sweden
Third parties
- {"country":"","full_name":"Indivior (Auxilliary Medicinal Product)","duties_or_roles":"Auxilliary medicinal product (listed as monetary support)","organisation_type":""}
- {"country":"","full_name":"Idorsia (Investigational Medicinal Product and placebo)","duties_or_roles":"Provider of investigational medicinal product and placebo; listed as monetary/supporting organisation","organisation_type":""}
- {"country":"","full_name":"Region Östergötland","duties_or_roles":"Funding","organisation_type":""}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- QUVIVIQ 25 mg film-coated tablets
- Active Substance
- Daridorexant
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- ORAL USE
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Starting Dose
- 50 mg (daily)
- Frequency
- daily
- Maximum Dose
- 50 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Film coated tablets matched to the test product as specified further in uploaded documents
- Modality
- Other
- Starting Dose
- Matching placebo
- Frequency
- daily
- Investigational Product Name
- Subutex 100 mg injektionsvätska, depotlösning
- Active Substance
- Buprenorphine
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Route
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Starting Dose
- 100 mg (injection, depot)
- Maximum Dose
- 10.7 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Subutex 300 mg injektionsvätska, depotlösning
- Active Substance
- Buprenorphine
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Route
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Starting Dose
- 300 mg (injection, depot)
- Maximum Dose
- 10.7 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Suboxone 8 mg/2 mg sublingual tablets
- Active Substance
- Buprenorphine, Naloxone
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBLINGUAL USE
- Route
- SUBLINGUAL USE
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Starting Dose
- 8 mg / 2 mg (sublingual)
- Maximum Dose
- 24 mg
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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