This study was for women in menopause with hot flashes. Menopause, a normal part of aging, was the time of a woman's last period. Hot flashes can interrupt a woman's daily life. The purpose of this study was to find out how safe it is for these women to take fezolinetant in long term (up to 52 weeks). To do that, the study looked at the number and severity of the "adverse events." Those were the side effects that study participants had while they were in the study. The study treatments were fezolinetant 30 milligrams (mg) (1 tablet of fezolinetant and 1 placebo tablet) once a day, fezolinetant 45 mg (2 tablets of fezolinetant) once a day or placebo (2 tablets) once a day. (Placebo was a dummy treatment that looked like medicine but did not have any medicine in it.) Women in this study were picked for 1 of the 3 study treatments by chance alone. The study participants took study treatment for 52 weeks. This study was "double-blinded." That means that the study participants and the study doctors did not know who took which of the study treatments (fezolinetant 30 mg, fezolinetant 45 mg or placebo). At weeks 2 and 4 and then once a month, the study participants went to the hospital or clinic for a check-up. They were asked about medications, side effects and how they felt. Other checks included physical exam and vital signs (heart rate, temperature and blood pressure). Blood and urine were collected for laboratory tests. At some study visits, study participants completed questionnaires that were about their quality of life. At the first and last study visits, they had a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA for short) test done. To measure bone loss in the hips and spine, DXA created pictures of the inside of these areas with low-dose x-rays. (The dose was approximately one-tenth of the amount of a normal chest x-ray.) Study participants who still had their uterus had 2 more tests done at the first and last study visits. One of the 2 tests was endometrial biopsy. This test involved removing a small amount of tissue from the inside lining of the uterus. The tissue was then checked under a microscope. The other test was transvaginal ultrasound. It used sound waves to create pictures of the organs in the pelvis. The sound waves were transmitted by a probe (transducer), which was placed inside the vagina. Study participants might have had a screening mammogram done at the first and/or last study visit. A mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breasts used to screen for breast cancer. Study participants who did not had this test done in the last 12 months had it done at the first study visit. They had done at the last study visit if they were due for their screening mammogram and their own doctor agreed. The last check-up at the hospital or clinic was at 3 weeks after the last dose of study treatment.
This study consisted of a screening period and a 52 week treatment period. Safety follow up occurred 3 weeks after the last dose of study drug.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
1,831
administered orally
administered orally
SEC Clinical Research
Andalusia, Alabama, United States
Alabama Clinical Therapeutics, LLC
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Alabama Clinical Therapeutics, LLC
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Achieve Clinical Research, LLC
Ensley, Alabama, United States
Mesa Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a study drug, \& which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable \& unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of medicinal product (MP) whether or not considered related to MP. An AE is considered "serious" if it results in death, is life-threatening, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, results in congenital anomaly or birth defect, requires inpatient hospitalization or leads to prolongation of hospitalization, hospitalization for treatment/observation/examination caused by AE is to be considered as serious, discontinuation due to increases in liver enzymes, other medically important events. A TEAE is defined as an AE observed after starting administration of study drug \& 21 days after the last dose of study drug.
Time frame: From first dose of study drug until 21 days after last dose of study drug (Up to 55 weeks)
Number of Participants With Mild, Moderate and Severe TEAE
An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a study drug, and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. A TEAE is defined as an AE observed after starting administration of the study drug and 21 days after the last dose of study drug. Severity of AE we were classified as Mild: No disruption of normal daily activities; Moderate: Affect normal daily activities; and Severe: Inability to perform daily activities.
Time frame: From first dose of study drug until 21 days after last dose of study drug (Up to 55 weeks)
Percentage of Participants With Endometrial Hyperplasia
Endometrial hyperplasia was confirmed from the endometrial biopsy report.
Time frame: Baseline Up to 52 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial cancer was confirmed from the endometrial biopsy report.
Time frame: Baseline Up to 52 weeks
Change From Baseline in Endometrial Thickness at Week 52
Endometrial thicness was obtained from the transvaginal ultrasound. The endometrium was measured in the long axis or sagittal plane. The measurement was of the thickest echogenic area from 1 basal endometrial interface across the endometrial canal to the other basal surface.
Time frame: Baseline and week 52
Percentage of Participants With Disordered Proliferative Endometrium
Disordered proliferative endometrium was confirmed from the endometrial biopsy report.
Time frame: Baseline Up to 52 weeks
Change From Baseline in Bone Mineral Density (BMD) at Hip at Week 52
Changes in BMD hip was assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan.
Time frame: Baseline and week 52
Change From Baseline in Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) at Hip at Week 52
TBS was a bone texture assessment that serves as a substitute for bone microarchitecture and predicts fracture risk independent of BMD and clinical risk factors. The DXA imaging was processed and analyzed as it would normally be and then evaluated using an automated algorithm to determine the TBS. T-score ≥1.350 was considered to be normal; T-score between 1.200 and 1.350 is considered to be consistent with partially degraded microarchitecture; and T-score ≤1.200 defines degraded microarchitecture.
Time frame: Baseline and week 52
Change From Baseline in BMD at Spine at Week 52
Changes in BMD spine was assessed by DXA scan.
Time frame: Baseline and week 52
Change From Baseline in TBS at Spine at Week 52
TBS was a bone texture assessment that serves as a substitute for bone microarchitecture and predicts fracture risk independent of BMD and clinical risk factors. The DXA imaging was processed and analyzed as it would normally be and then evaluated using an automated algorithm to determine the TBS. T-score ≥1.350 was considered to be normal; T-score between 1.200 and 1.350 is considered to be consistent with partially degraded microarchitecture; and T-score ≤1.200 defines degraded microarchitecture.
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Time frame: Baseline and week 52
Number of Participants With Suicidal Ideation and/or Behaviour as Assessed by Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
The C-SSRS assessed the risk for suicidal behavior and suicide ideation. Participants responded as "Yes" or "No" 10 items. Suicidal ideation (1. Wish to be dead; 2. Non-specific active suicidal thoughts; 3. Active suicidal ideation with any methods (not plan) without intent to act; 4. Active suicidal ideation with some intent to act, without specific plan; 5. Active suicidal ideation with specific plan and intent; ). Suicidal behaviour (1. Preparatory acts or behavior 2. Aborted attempt 3. Interrupted attempt 4. Actual attempt 5. Completed suicide). Participants with 'Yes' to any one of the above 10 questions for suicidal ideation and behavior were reported.
Time frame: Baseline, week 12, week 24, week 52 and follow-up (week 55)
Number of Participants With Self-injurious Behavior Without Suicidal Intent as Assessed by C-SSRS
The C-SSRS assessed the risk for Self-injurious Behavior without Suicidal Intent. Question was asked "Has participant engaged in Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior?". Participants with 'yes' to the question were reported.
Time frame: Baseline, week 12, week 24, week 52 and follow-up (week 55)