Clinical trial • Phase II • Psychiatry

N-[4-[2-[4-(3-CYANOPHENYL)PIPERAZIN-1-YL]ETHYL]CYCLOHEXYL]-3-METHOXYPROPANAMIDE for Obsessive compulsive disorder

Phase II trial of N-[4-[2-[4-(3-CYANOPHENYL)PIPERAZIN-1-YL]ETHYL]CYCLOHEXYL]-3-METHOXYPROPANAMIDE for Obsessive compulsive disorder.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Psychiatry
Trial Disease
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Other

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
27-08-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
16-12-2025

Trial design

Randomised, matching film-coated placebo tablet (oral), matching placebo comparator. product entry lists dose units mg with max daily dose 40 mg and max total dose 3360 (matching placebo tablet).-controlled Phase II trial across 20 sites in Portugal, Italy, Spain and others.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Matching film-coated placebo tablet (oral), matching placebo comparator. Product entry lists dose units mg with max daily dose 40 mg and max total dose 3360 (matching placebo tablet).
Target Sample Size
54

Eligibility

Recruits 54 The trial includes participants with a psychiatric disorder (OCD) and "isVulnerablePopulationSelected" is true in the record. Written informed consent is required: "1. Written informed consent obtained prior to any trial-related procedures." No specific assent process for minors is described (only adults ≥18-75 are eligible)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
16. Female participants: pregnant or lactating women. [Pregnancy is confirmed by a positive serum human chorionic gonadotrophin laboratory test (> 5mIU/mL). Serum pregnancy test will be done at screening and urine test at randomisation].
Vulnerable Population
The trial includes participants with a psychiatric disorder (OCD) and "isVulnerablePopulationSelected" is true in the record. Written informed consent is required: "1. Written informed consent obtained prior to any trial-related procedures." No specific assent process for minors is described (only adults ≥18-75 are eligible).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Written informed consent obtained prior to any trial-related procedures.\n- 2. Male or female ≥18-75 years old.\n- 3. Primary diagnosis of OCD for ≥1 year with or without previous or current tic, as per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition Text Revision. Participant must have good/fair insight of their condition where he or she recognizes obsessions/compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.\n- 4. Moderate to severe OCD: Current total YBOCS-II score of ≥22 at screening and randomization, with no more than 35% of improvement or worsening in the score from screening to randomization visit.\n- 5. Participants who are receiving evidence-based pharmacologic treatment for OCD at an appropriate therapeutic dose and duration and demonstrate only a partial/insufficient response (i.e., failure to achieve clinically significant symptom improvement).\n- 6. Participants must have had stable doses of concomitant psychiatric medications for at least 8 weeks prior to screening and at least 12 weeks prior to randomization.\n- 7. Participants must have a cooperative attitude and be able to understand and comply with the entire trial requirements and procedures (e.g., trial-related questionnaire, drug compliance, not use prohibited concomitant medications).\n- 8. Female participant: post-menopausal woman having at least 12 months of natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea without any alternative medical cause, or woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP, defined as all fertile women, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile; permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy) using a highly effective method of contraception for the duration of the trial and for one (1) month after stopping the investigational medication.\n- 9. If required, participant must be insured by appropriate national health insurance system."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Participants with poor or absent/delusional insight of their OCD condition per DSM-5-TR, i.e., participants who think their obsessions/compulsions are likely reasonable or hold delusional convictions about them.\n- 18. Participant with a clinically significant deviation(s) from normal on 12-lead ECG that results in an active medical problem, as determined by the Investigator at screening or has a corrected QT interval using Fridericia’s formula (QTcF) ≥450 msec for males or ≥470 msec for females.\n- 2. Current or prior history of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, schizoaffective disorder, autism or autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, dementia, or mild/severe neurocognitive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder.\n- 3. Unstable/uncontrolled bipolar I or II disorder.\n- 4. Current (or in the last 1 year) main diagnosis of Tourette's disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, impulse control disorder, body-focused repetitive behaviours (e.g., skin picking disorder, trichotillomania), anorexia nervosa or any other eating disorder.\n- 5. Documented resistance to antipsychotic augmentation: Participants with well-documented nonresponsiveness to antipsychotic augmentation within the past 2 years, defined as a failure to achieve clinically significant symptom improvement relative to their pre-augmentation baseline following the addition of an antipsychotic to an ongoing OCD pharmacotherapy regimen at an appropriate therapeutic dose and duration. Participants who discontinued antipsychotic augmentation prematurely or did not receive a full therapeutic trial/duration (for any reason) are not considered exclusionary under this criterion.\n- 6. Participants who are unable or unlikely to maintain a stable dose of their current, approved OCD medication(s) throughout the trial, including those anticipated to require initiation of a new pharmacologic regimen (e.g., switch between SSRIs or to/from clomipramine, or augmentation) during the study period, or with a history of non-adherence to psychiatric medications.\n- 7. Concomitant prolactin-dependent tumour (e.g., pituitary tumour or breast cancer).\n- 8. Participants who had psychosurgery or have a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).\n- 9. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in the past 3 months.\n- 19. Participant with unstable concurrent uncontrolled or unstable disease that might affect the participant’s safety and/or interfere with the conduct of the trial according to the Investigator’s judgement.\n- 10. Participants who are on unstable dose of anxiolytics, hypnotics, or daridorexant, and are unwilling, or its not clinically possible, to maintain a stable dose during the trial.\n- 20. \tParticipant who has a laboratory abnormality at screening as follows: _ALT, AST values > 2 x ULN _Serum creatinine value >1.5 x ULN _GFR < 50 mL/min/1.73 m² (CKD-EPI formula) _Absolute neutrophils count <1.0x109 /L _Platelets < 100x109 /L _or who has any other uncontrolled clinically significant laboratory abnormalities that would affect interpretation of the trial data or the participant’s participation in the trial. Note: one retest will be allowed during the screening period if the investigator believes the abnormality is transient and not clinically significant.\n- 21. History of hypersensitivity to any of the trial drug constituents.\n- 22. Participant having received any other investigational drug within the preceding 30 days, or a longer and more appropriate time as determined by the Investigator (e.g., approximately five half-lives of the previous investigational drug).\n- 23. To the opinion of the investigator, participants who may be uncooperative, or who are in particular legal, non-legal, or life circumstances that could prevent them from adhering to the trial protocol, should be excluded.\n- 11. Any history of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders (excluding nicotine and caffeine).\n- 12. \tRegular (daily or weekly) use of psychoactive cannabis with tetrahydrocannabinol (i.e., including non-psychoactive cannabidiol), or hallucinogens [e.g., lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin (“magic mushrooms”), 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), ibogaine, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ayahuasca, non-prescribed ketamine/esketamine, etc.].\n- 13. Active suicidality (i.e., any suicide attempts in the past 12 months or any ongoing suicidal intent, as assessed by the C-SSRS score of “YES” on questions 4 or 5; and/or based on clinical evaluation by the investigator).\n- 14. Psychological (e.g., supportive psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, interpersonal therapy) intervention for OCD that was begun within the 3 months before trial entry. Participants on such treatment for more than 3 months prior to screening may be enrolled if they agree not to make any changes to the frequency or nature of their treatment during the course of the trial.\n- 15. Brain damage, or other cognitive impairment that would interfere with the capacity to participate in the trial and complete measures.\n- 16. Female participants: pregnant or lactating women. [Pregnancy is confirmed by a positive serum human chorionic gonadotrophin laboratory test (> 5mIU/mL). Serum pregnancy test will be done at screening and urine test at randomisation].\n- 17. History of significant cardiovascular disease, particularly recent history of myocardial infarction or unstable coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, uncontrolled arterial hypertension. Participant with a known history of long QT syndrome with or without history of syncope."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The primary efficacy endpoint is the change in the total score on the Yale-Brown ObsessiveCompulsive Scale Second Edition (YBOCS-II) at end of treatment.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in the total YBOCS-II score at end of treatment measured using the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Second Edition (YBOCS-II)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in total score of the YBOCS-II at visits 3 and 4","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in total YBOCS-II score measured at visits 3 and 4."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in total score of Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) at visits 3, 4 and 5","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in total OCI-R score measured at visits 3, 4 and 5 using the OCI-R instrument."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in global functioning responses as assessed on the Clinical Global Impressions – Change (CGI-C) scale","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Global functioning change assessed by the CGI-C scale."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in total score of Montgomery and Asberg Depression rating scale (MADRS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in total MADRS score measured with the MADRS instrument."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
54
Recruitment Window Months
25
Consent Approach
Written informed consent obtained prior to any trial-related procedures from adult participants. Subject information and informed consent forms (adult and pregnancy versions) are provided for participating countries; country-specific ICF documents are available (examples in the record: Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Polish versions).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
20
Total Number Of Participants
54

Portugal

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
28-10-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-12-2025
Processing Time Days
49
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
12

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Beatriz Angelo
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Miguel Constante
Principal Investigator Email
miguel.constante@ulslod.min-saude.pt
Contact Person Name
Miguel Constante
Site Name
CCAB Centro Clinico Academico Braga Associacao
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Pedro Morgado
Principal Investigator Email
pedromorgado@med.uminho.pt
Contact Person Name
Pedro Morgado
Contact Person Email
pedromorgado@med.uminho.pt
Site Name
Champalimaud Clinical Centre
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Albino J Oliveira-Maia
Principal Investigator Email
albino.maia@neuro.fchampalimaud.org
Contact Person Name
Albino J Oliveira-Maia
Site Name
Unidade Local de Saude de Sao Joao E.P.E.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Ricardo Moreira
Principal Investigator Email
rjsatm@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Ricardo Moreira
Contact Person Email
rjsatm@gmail.com

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
18-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
01-04-2026
Processing Time Days
134
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
12

Sites

Site Name
Centro Di Neurologia Psichiatria E Psicologia Clinica S.r.l.
Principal Investigator Name
Stefano Pallanti
Principal Investigator Email
s.pallanti@istitutodineuroscienze.it
Contact Person Name
Stefano Pallanti
Site Name
Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale
Department Name
Unity of Psychiatry and Eating Disorders
Principal Investigator Name
Marco Colizzi
Principal Investigator Email
marco.colizzi@uniud.it
Contact Person Name
Marco Colizzi
Contact Person Email
marco.colizzi@uniud.it
Site Name
Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Maria Cristina Cavallini
Principal Investigator Email
cavallini.cristina@hsr.it
Contact Person Name
Maria Cristina Cavallini
Contact Person Email
cavallini.cristina@hsr.it

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
19-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-03-2026
Processing Time Days
117
Number Of Sites
7
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Bellvitge University Hospital
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
María del Pino Alonso
Principal Investigator Email
mpalonso@bellvitgehospital.cat
Contact Person Name
María del Pino Alonso
Contact Person Email
mpalonso@bellvitgehospital.cat
Site Name
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Benedicto Crespo Facorro
Principal Investigator Email
benedicto.crespo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
Contact Person Name
Benedicto Crespo Facorro
Site Name
Hospital Universitario De Salamanca
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Ángel Luis Montejo
Principal Investigator Email
amontejo@usal.es
Contact Person Name
Ángel Luis Montejo
Contact Person Email
amontejo@usal.es
Site Name
Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
José Manuel Olivares
Principal Investigator Email
jose.manuel.olivares.diez@sergas.es
Contact Person Name
José Manuel Olivares
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Ramon Y Cajal
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Angela Ibañez Cuadrado
Principal Investigator Email
angela.ibanez@uah.es
Contact Person Name
Angela Ibañez Cuadrado
Contact Person Email
angela.ibanez@uah.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias
Department Name
Psichiatry (CSM La Ería)
Principal Investigator Name
María Paz García-Portilla González
Principal Investigator Email
albert@uniovi.es
Contact Person Name
María Paz García-Portilla González
Contact Person Email
albert@uniovi.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Josep-Antoni Ramos-Quiroga
Principal Investigator Email
antoni.ramos@vallhebron.cat
Contact Person Name
Josep-Antoni Ramos-Quiroga
Contact Person Email
antoni.ramos@vallhebron.cat

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
20-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
07-04-2026
Processing Time Days
138
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
10

Sites

Site Name
Centrum Psychiatrii W Katowicach Im. Dr. Krzysztofa Czumy
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Maciej Żerdziński
Principal Investigator Email
avalone@wp.pl
Contact Person Name
Maciej Żerdziński
Contact Person Email
avalone@wp.pl
Site Name
Ginemedica Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Katarzyna Okopień
Principal Investigator Email
kontakt@ginemedica.pl
Contact Person Name
Katarzyna Okopień
Contact Person Email
kontakt@ginemedica.pl
Site Name
Clinic BBP Bozena Pawelczyk
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Bożena Pawelczyk
Principal Investigator Email
bozena.pawelczyk@clinicbbp.com
Contact Person Name
Bożena Pawelczyk
Contact Person Email
bozena.pawelczyk@clinicbbp.com
Site Name
Centrum Badan Klinicznych Pi-House Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Hanna Badzio-Jagiełło
Principal Investigator Email
hanna@pihouse.pl
Contact Person Name
Hanna Badzio-Jagiełło
Contact Person Email
hanna@pihouse.pl
Site Name
Gyncentrum Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Krzysztof Klinke
Principal Investigator Email
k.klinke@holsaclinical.com
Contact Person Name
Krzysztof Klinke
Contact Person Email
k.klinke@holsaclinical.com
Site Name
Gyncentrum Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
Psychiatry
Principal Investigator Name
Marek Jarema
Principal Investigator Email
m.jarema@holsaclinical.com
Contact Person Name
Marek Jarema
Contact Person Email
m.jarema@holsaclinical.com

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Bioprojet Pharma
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BP1.4979
Active Substance
N-[4-[2-[4-(3-CYANOPHENYL)PIPERAZIN-1-YL]ETHYL]CYCLOHEXYL]-3-METHOXYPROPANAMIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL USE
Maximum Dose
40 mg
Investigational Product Name
Matching film-coated placebo tablet
Modality
Other
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL USE
Maximum Dose
40 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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