Phase 3
N=81
Trial to Assess the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of MSJ-0011 in Inducing Ovulation in Anovulatory or Oligo-ovulatory Japanese Women
Anovulation · Oligo-ovulation · Hypothalamic-pituitary Dysfunction · Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01653743 ↗Enrolled (actual)
81
Serious AEs
1.2%
Results posted
Jan 2016
Primary outcome: Primary: Percentage of Subjects With Ovulation Mid-luteal Serum Progesterone (P4) Level of Greater Than or Equal (>=) 5 Nanogram Per Milliliter (ng/mL) or Clinical Pregnancy — 100; 100 percentage of subjects
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Interventions
- MSJ-0011 (Drug); urinary hCG (u-hCG) (Drug); Follitropin alpha (Drug)
- Age
- Adult · 20+ yrs
- Sex
- Female
- Sponsor
- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
- Primary completion
- Nov 2014
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Percentage of Subjects With Ovulation Mid-luteal Serum Progesterone (P4) Level of Greater Than or Equal (>=) 5 Nanogram Per Milliliter (ng/mL) or Clinical Pregnancy |
100; 100 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Subjects With Ovulation Mid-Luteal Serum Progesterone (P4) Level of Greater Than or Equal (>=) 9.4 Nanogram Per Milliliter (ng/mL) or Clinical Pregnancy |
96.3; 88.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Mid-luteal Endometrial Thickness |
11.6; 12.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants With Biochemical Pregnancy |
3.7; 3.7 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants With Clinical Pregnancy |
29.6; 33.3 | — |
Summary
This is an open-label, parallel-group, randomized, multicenter Phase III trial to compare the efficacy and safety of a single 250 microgram (mcg) subcutaneous dose of MSJ-0011 to a single 5,000 international units (IU) intramuscular dose of urinary human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in inducing ovulation in Japanese women diagnosed with anovulation or oligo-ovulation. Ovulation induction therapy will be undertaken with follitropin alfa. The primary objective is to show that MSJ-0011 is non-inferior to urinary hCG, as assessed by the ovulation rate.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Premenopausal women aged between 20 to 39 years inclusive and wishing to conceive
- Body Mass Index (BMI) of 17.0 to 29.0 kilogram per square meter (kg/m^2) inclusive (value up to first decimal place)
- No clinically significant abnormalities in serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), 17-hydroxyProgesterone (17-OHP), prolactin (PRL) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in the early follicular phase
- Anovulation or oligo-ovulation
- Any one of the following: spontaneous menstruation (at least twice per year) or a positive response to progestin as evidenced by menstruation.
- Eligible for ovarian stimulation with gonadotropins (e.g. documented failure to ovulate or achieve pregnancy with anti-estrogenic therapy such as clomiphene citrate)
- Male partner with normal semen analysis, as defined by World Health Organization (WHO) standards, within 12 months prior to date of informed consent
- Normal cervical smear results (Papanicolaou [PAP] score less than or equal to [<=] II) taken within 12 months prior to date of informed consent; if not available a cervical smear will be performed as part of screening
- Full comprehension of the trial and voluntary consent obtained in writing prior to participation in this trial
Exclusion Criteria
- Infertility involving gynecological factors other than anovulation or oligo-ovulation secondary to hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction (Grade 1 Amenorrhea, Oligomenorrhea or Anovulatory Cycles) or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and for whom ovulation induction (OI) therapy is contraindicated
- Subjects with known surgical/histological diagnosis of endometriosis greater than Stage II (American Fertility Society classification), or endometriosis requiring treatment
- Infertility secondary to amenorrhea of uterine cause
- Infertility secondary to primary or premature ovarian failure
- Infertility secondary to known adrenal or thyroid dysfunction, or hyperprolactinemia
- Failure of ovulation in 2 or more consecutive previous cycles with any gonadotropins
- Subjects in whom pregnancy is contraindicated, e.g. malformations of sexual organs or fibroid tumors of the uterus incompatible with pregnancy
- Extrauterine pregnancy in the previous 3 months
- History or presence of intracranial tumor (e.g. hypothalamic or pituitary tumor)
- Presence of or suspected gonadotropin- or estrogen-dependent malignancy (e.g. ovarian, uterine or mammary carcinoma)
- Untreated endometrial hyperplasia
- Abnormal hemorrhage of the reproductive tract of unknown origin
- History of severe ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS) (Classification of OHSS Severity, Japan Reproductive/Endocrine Working Group)
- Clinically significant systemic disease (e.g. insulin-dependent diabetes, epilepsy, severe migraine, intermittent porphyria, hepatic, renal or cardiovascular disease, severe corticosteroid-dependent asthma)
- Participation in another clinical trial within 3 months prior to date of informed consent or simultaneous participation in another clinical trial
- Gonadotropin treatment within 2 months prior to date of informed consent
- Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01653743). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.