Status:

COMPLETED

Abuse Potential of Single Doses of Lorcaserin in Healthy Recreational Polydrug Users

Lead Sponsor:

Eisai Inc.

Conditions:

Drug Abuse

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-55 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the abuse potential of lorcaserin in healthy recreational polydrug users.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA
  • Healthy male or female subjects 18 to 55 years of age, inclusive.
  • Body mass index (BMI) within the range of 18 to 33 kg/m2, inclusive, and a minimum weight of at least 50 kg at Screening.
  • Free from any clinically significant medical or psychiatric abnormality
  • Recreational polydrug user with a history of psychedelic and depressant drug use,and at least one occasion of use in the past 3 months.
  • Female subjects must have a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and urine pregnancy test at each admission.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must be practising abstinence or using and willing to continue using a medically acceptable form of birth control for at least 1 month after the last study drug administration. Male subjects who have female partners of childbearing potential must ensure that their partner use an acceptable method of contraception.
  • Willingness to take a drug that might alter perception in a controlled setting.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA
  • A subject will not be considered eligible to participate in this study, if any one of the following exclusion criteria is satisfied:
  • A history or presence of drug or alcohol dependence (excluding nicotine and caffeine).
  • Use of non-prescription, prescription medication or natural health products (except acetaminophen, vitamin or mineral supplements, acceptable forms of birth control, and hormone replacement) within 7 days prior to first drug administration in the qualification phase and throughout the study.
  • Use of SSRIs (e.g. fluoxetine, paroxetine, citalopram) within 14 days prior to first drug administration in the qualification phase and throughout the study.
  • History of allergy or hypersensitivity to the study drugs
  • Female subjects who are currently pregnant or lactating or who are planning to become pregnant within 30 days of last study drug administration
  • Treatment with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to first drug administration during the qualification phase.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    April 1 2009

    Estimated Enrollment :

    35 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00828659

    Start Date

    December 1 2008

    End Date

    April 1 2009

    Last Update

    September 12 2019

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    Kendle Early Phase, Toronto

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2T3