This study evaluates CNSA-001 (sepiapterin) in the treatment of women with moderate to severe diabetic gastroparesis. Participants will be randomized in a ratio of 1:1 to receive CNSA-001 20 (milligrams) mg/kilogram (kg)/day or placebo. All participants will receive the standard of care for diabetic gastroparesis.
Nerves throughout the luminal gastrointestinal (GI) tract express neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), which generates nitric oxide (NO), a key neurotransmitter in the regulation of GI motility. Several co-factors are known to be important for nNOS activity, including nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH), calcium, and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). The homodimeric conformation of all 3 isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is regulated by BH4. In the absence of BH4, uncoupling of NO production occurs and leads to super oxide production, resulting in further impaired nNOS bioactivity. CNSA-001 is a new chemical entity that is an endogenous, naturally occurring precursor of BH4 via the pterin salvage pathway. Oral administration of CNSA-001 will result in increases in both intracellular and circulating BH4 concentrations. Increased BH4 concentration is hypothesized to improve nNOS function resulting in a positive effect on gastric accommodation and emptying.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
21
GW Research, Inc.
Chula Vista, California, United States
LMG Research
Miami, Florida, United States
Indiana University Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Change From Baseline (Day 1) in Maximal Tolerated Volume Consumed During the Nutrient Satiety Test at Day 14
Participants consumed 150 milliliters (mL) of Ensure™ every 5 minutes for the nutrient satiety test. At 5-minute intervals, participants scored their fullness using a rating scale that combines verbal descriptors on a scale graded 0 to 5 (0 = no symptoms, 1 = first sensation of fullness \[threshold\], 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, 4 = severe and 5 = maximum or unbearable fullness). Participants were told to stop when a score of 5 was obtained. The actual volume of Ensure™ consumed at this point was the maximum tolerated volume.
Time frame: Baseline (Day 1), Day 14
Change From Baseline (Day 1) in Maximal Tolerated Volume Consumed During the Nutrient Satiety Test at Day 28
Participants consumed 150 mL of Ensure™ every 5 minutes for the nutrient satiety test. At 5-minute intervals, participants scored their fullness using a rating scale that combines verbal descriptors on a scale graded 0 to 5 (0: no symptoms, 1 = first sensation of fullness \[threshold\], 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, 4 = severe and 5 = maximum or unbearable fullness). Participants were told to stop when a score of 5 was obtained. The actual volume of Ensure™ consumed at this point was the maximum tolerated volume.
Time frame: Baseline (Day 1), Day 28
Change From Baseline (Day 1) in the Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index (GCSI) Total Score at Day 14/15 and Day 28
The GCSI consists of 9 symptom severity items covering the following domains (subscales): nausea/vomiting (Questions 1 to 3); post-prandial fullness/early satiety (Questions 4 to 7), and bloating (Questions 8 and 9). Each question was rated on a 6-point Likert scale (0 = None, 1 = Very Mild, 2 = Mild, 3 = Moderate, 4 = Severe and 5 = Very Severe), with lower scores representing lesser symptom severity. To obtain a participant-specific score on each subscale, the scores on each question within the subscale were summed for each participant and divided by the number of questions in the subscale. Total GCSI score was mean of 3 subscales. Total aggregate GCSI score ranges from 0 to 45, with lower scores indicating lesser symptom severity.
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Clinical Research Solutions, LLC
Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Time frame: Baseline (Day 1), Days 14/15 and 28
Change From Baseline (Day 1) in the Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders-Symptom Severity (PAGI-SYM) Subscale Scores at Day 14 and Day 28
The PAGI-SYM is a 20-item upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptom severity instrument with 6 subscales: nausea/vomiting (Questions 1 to 3), post-prandial fullness/early satiety (Questions 4 to 7), bloating (Questions 8 and 9), upper abdominal pain (Questions 10 and 11), lower abdominal pain (Questions 12 and 13), and heartburn/regurgitation (Questions 14 to 20). Each question was rated on a 6-point Likert scale (0 = None, 1 = Very Mild, 2 = Mild, 3 = Moderate, 4 = Severe and 5 = Very Severe), with lower scores representing lesser symptom severity. To obtain a participant-specific score on each subscale and the total PAGI-SYM, the scores on each question within the subscale were summed for each participant and divided by the number of questions in the subscale.
Time frame: Baseline (Day 1), Days 14 and 28
Change Form Baseline (Day 1) in the Gastric Emptying Breath Test (GEBT) Excretion Rate at Day 14 and Day 28
The GEBT is a nonradioactive non-invasive test, conducted over a 4-hour evaluation period and is designed to show how rapidly the stomach empties solids by measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) in a participant's breath. The GEBT measures the rate of CO2 excretion after consumption of a C-enriched test meal. The participant's CO2 excretion rate at any measurement time "t" was calculated and reported using the GEBT metric "kPCD". kPCD stands for "1000 \* Percent Carbon-13 Dose (PCD) excreted per minute." Participants provided baseline (premeal) breath samples and then consumed a standardized 230 kilocalorie (kCal) meal. Single post-meal breath samples were collected in capped glass tubes at 45, 90, 120, 150, 180, and 240 minutes after the meal was consumed. The GEBT kPCD value (13CO2 excretion rate) was proportional to the rate of gastric emptying. Increasing GEBT values represent increasing rates of gastric emptying.
Time frame: Baseline (Day 1), Days 14 and 28
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
An AE was any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study drug without regard to possibility of causal relationship. Serious adverse event (SAE) was an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. AEs included both SAEs and non-serious AEs. A summary of other non-serious AEs and all SAEs, regardless of causality is located in the 'Reported AE section'.
Time frame: Baseline up to Day 44