The purpose of this study is to determine anxiolytic effect of multiple doses of CVL-865 using an experimental medicine model of carbon dioxide (CO2) inhalation in healthy volunteers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
56
High dose CVL-865: Will be administered as 5mg BID for 2 days followed by 12.5mg BID for another 2 days during the Titration Phase. 25mg will be administered during the Maintenance Phase (3 days of BID and morning dose only on the 4th day)
Alprazolam 1mg XR will be administered for 8 days BID (morning dose only on 8th day)
Placebo, oral tablet/capsule will be administered for 8 days BID (morning dose only on 8th day)
Centre for Human Drug Research
Leiden, Zernikedreef 8, Netherlands
PSL-IV score
Change in Panic Symptom List -IV (PSL-IV), a questionnaire including 13 symptoms, each with intensity rating from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very intense), from pre-CO2 to Post CO2 challenge value
Time frame: up to Day 8
VAS Fear score
Change in Visual Analog Scale (VAS) value for fear, consisting of a horizontal line 100 mm in length with 0 corresponding to "no fear" and 100 corresponding to "the most fear possible", from pre-CO2 to Post CO2 challenge
Time frame: up to Day 8
CO2 challenge
Change from pre-CO2 to post-CO2 challenge values in Finapres NanoCore Physiological Measurements
Time frame: Screening, Day 1, Day 8
Treatment-emergent AEs
Treatment-emergent AEs
Time frame: From screening to Follow-up Visit
Suicidality assessed using Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Suicidality assessed using Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) with no/yes (0/1) to each interview question on the occurrence of suicide events or ideation.
Time frame: Screening, Day -1, Day 8
CVL-865 (and alprazolam, if appropriate) concentrations
Time frame: Day 8
Change From Baseline in NeuroCart test battery Score
Psychodynamic effects of CVL-865 will be assessed by means of the NeuroCart test battery (including saccadic eye movements, adaptive tracking, body sway, Quantitative EEG)
Time frame: Screening, Day 1, Day 8
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Low dose CVL-865, oral tablets. Will be administered as 2.5mg BID for 2 days followed by 5mg BID for another 2 days during the Titration Phase. 7.5mg BID will be administered during the Maintenance Phase (3 days of BID and morning dose only on 4th day)
Change from Baseline in Bond & Lader Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is made up of 16 pairs of alternative descriptors of mood and attention at either end. The Bond-Lader of a 10 cm line. Participants will rate their feelings at the time of assessment by indicating the point on the line which best represent their mood. Each item is scored by measuring the position relative to the left hand end of the line and levels of anxiety, sedation, and dysphoria are then calculated from the combined scores of selected items. The score ranges from 0 to 100, with a high score reflecting a high level of anxiety, sedation or dysphoria.
Time frame: Day 1, Day 8