BAY38-9456 - Supportive Trial for Spinal Injury - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Bayer
Information provided by:	Bayer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00652262

Purpose

BAY 38-9456 10 mg and 20 mg can be given as safe and efficacious medications to patients with spinal cord injury suffering from erectile dysfunction, and that erectile dysfunction can be improved by uptitration to BAY 38-9456 20 mg when the treatment with 10 mg is not sufficiently effective

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Erectile Dysfunction Sexual Dysfunction Spinal Cord Injury	Drug: Levitra (Vardenafil, BAY38-9456)	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Erectile Dysfunction Spinal Cord Injuries

Drug Information available for: Vardenafil

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	An Open, Multi-Centre, Flexible Dose Uptitration Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Vardenafil 10 mg and 20 mg in Males With Spinal Cord Injury Suffering From Erectile Dysfunction

Further study details as provided by Bayer:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The Erectile Function (EF) domain score of IIEF calculated as the sum of scores from Questions 1 to 5 and 15 [ Time Frame: At 12 weeks after start of study drug administration using data at LOCF to account for dropouts ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

The Global Assessment Question [ Time Frame: At 4, 8, 12 weeks after start of study drug administration and LOCF ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
The IIEF EF domain score [ Time Frame: At 4, 8, 12 weeks after start of study drug administration ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
IIEF domain scores other than the EF domain score[intercourse satisfaction (Q6 to Q8), overall satisfaction (Q13, Q14), orgasmic function (Q9, Q10), sexual desire (Q11, Q12)] [ Time Frame: At 4, 8, 12 weeks after start of study drug administration and LOCF ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Scores of Questions 1 to 15 on the IIEF Questionnaire [ Time Frame: At 4, 8, 12 weeks after start of study drug administration and LOCF ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Patient's diary response concerning hardness of erection, maintenance of erection, satisfaction with overall hardness of erection, ability of insertion, overall satisfaction with sexual experience and ejaculation [ Time Frame: At 4, 8, 12 weeks after start of study drug administration and LOCF ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Safety data [ Time Frame: Throughout the study ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Enrollment:	30
Study Start Date:	March 2004
Study Completion Date:	November 2004

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Arm 1: Experimental n/a	Drug: Levitra (Vardenafil, BAY38-9456) Patients received BAY 38-9456 10 mg for the first 4 weeks of the treatment period, and then went on to receive 10 mg or 20 mg for the following 8 weeks.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	20 Years to 64 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Male with erectile dysfunction according to the NIH Consensus Statement (inability to attain and/or maintain penile erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance), solely as a result of a traumatic injury to the spinal cord (suffering more than 6 months ago)
Patients answering "yes" to the question regarding the presence of residual erectile function over the past 6 months [At home over the past 6 months, have you experienced at least some enlargement of your penis in response to: (1) mechanical stimulation by yourself or your partner, or (2) visual stimulation?]

Exclusion Criteria:

History of diabetes mellitus
Patients who are taking nitrates or nitric oxide donors
Patients who have experienced no enlargement of penis with PDE5 inhibitor and/or who have withdrew the use of PDE5 inhibitor due to ADRs

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00652262

Locations

Japan, Aichi

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 455-8530
Japan, Fukuoka

Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan, 820-0053
Japan, Oita

Beppu, Oita, Japan, 874-0937

Sponsors and Collaborators

Bayer

Investigators

Study Director:

Bayer Study Director

Bayer

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Responsible Party:	( Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Therapeutic Area Head )
Study ID Numbers:	100608
Study First Received:	April 1, 2008
Last Updated:	April 1, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00652262
Health Authority:	Japan: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency; United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Bayer:

Vardenafil
PDE5 inhibitor
Erectile dysfunction
Spinal cord injury

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
Spinal Cord Diseases
Wounds and Injuries
Central Nervous System Diseases
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Trauma, Nervous System
Genital Diseases, Male

Spinal Cord Injuries
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Vardenafil
Spinal Injuries
Mental Disorders
Erectile Dysfunction

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Nervous System Diseases

Enzyme Inhibitors
Sexual and Gender Disorders
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009