E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
An appetite loss should be reduced through the appetite-increasing effect of olanzapine (OLN). The hypothesis states that the appetite-increasing effect in ALS patients during treatment with OLN 10mg in combination with Riluzol (RIL) 100mg is at least 17.5 percentage points higher than for treatment with placebo in combination with 100 mg RIL. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Secondary objectives are: Does the treatment with olanzapin in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have an influence on: - the severity of the ALS,measured with the ALS-Functional Rating Scale - the survival time after beginning of paresis - the muscular strength, meassured with Manual Muscle Testing - the forced vital capacity - Body Mass Index (BMI) measured in body weight [kg]/(body length [m])2 - the number of patients needing a continous non-/invasive ventilation - the number of patients needing a PEG - the mortality after PEG placement - the occurence of pneumonia after PEG placement - the quality of sleep, meassured with Epworth Sleeping Scale – ESS - psychological factors, measured with Snaith-Hamilton-Plesure-Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- age between 18 and 80 - diagnosis of ALS or ALS-variant PMA - sporadic or familial ALS - symptomatic with paresis for at least 6 months - stable treatment with Riluzol 100mg/die for at least 1 month - ability to communicate, personally or with the help of an authorized person - ability to communicate, verbally, manually or with an electronical communication system - patients agreement - no participation in an other clinical, medical trial during the treatment - the appetence, measured with Council of Nutrition appetite questionnaire |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- known hypersensivity to OLN, RIL or any excipient - clinical significant eating disorder - a wanted weight loss - an additional consumptive disease with unwanted weight loss - overweight BMI >= 25 kg/m2 - clinical significant hypotension or recurring syncopes - additional clinical severe diseases, including psychiatric diseases - pregnant or nursing women - women of childbearing age without highly effective contraception (defined as PEARL-Index < 1 %) - servere neutropenia (<750/mm3) - glaucoma - diabetes - hyperplastic prostate - extrapyramidal movement-disorders - dementia - clinical significant ECG-changes - prolonged QT-time >500 ms - treatment with cytochrome-P450-inhibitors - treatment with hepatotoxic drugs leading to a significant liver dysfunction - treatment with steroids or apetite-stimulating-drugs including anabolics during the last 3 months - diseases or dysfunctions, which exclude the patient from the trial in point of treating dotors view -lack of willingness to cooperate -any contraindication against olanzapine -existence of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy -no approval of the storage and transfer of personal data even when using pseudonyms |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of OLN in combination with RIL for ALS patients with appetite loss. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| Yes |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |