Rhinitis, Allergic, PerennialPhase 1NCT01678807
Safety Study of MK-8237 Treatment in House-Dust-Mite Allergic Adolescents (MK-8237-008)
A Phase 1 study testing MK-8237 6 DU and MK-8237 12 DU in people with Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial and Rhinitis, Allergic, Nonseasonal, run by ALK-Abelló A/S.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of two doses (6 Development Units [DU] and 12 DU) of MK-8237 sublingual tablets compared to Placebo in adolescents with house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 17 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial, Rhinitis, Allergic, Nonseasonal
- What is being tested?
- MK-8237 6 DU and MK-8237 12 DU
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 195 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Oct 2012to May 2013
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 17 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- History of physician-diagnosed allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis to house dust of at least 6 months duration (with or without asthma)
- History of controlled asthma for the prior 1 month if participant has asthma, defined by not exceeding 2 days of symptoms per week; not more than 2 days of albuterol/short acting beta-agonist [SABA] use per week; and not wakening more than twice a month at night due to asthma symptoms
- Agrees to remain abstinent or use (or have their partner use) 2 acceptable methods of birth control from screening and through the duration of the study
Who cannot join
- Unable to meet medication washout requirements
- History of chronic urticaria and/or chronic angioedema within prior 2 years
- History of anaphylaxis with cardiorespiratory symptoms with prior immunotherapy due to an unknown cause or to an inhalant allergen
- Unstable, uncontrolled or severe asthma, or has experienced a life-threatening asthma attack or an occurrence of any clinical deterioration of asthma that resulted in emergency treatment, hospitalization due to asthma, or treatment with systemic corticosteroids (but allowing SABAs) at any time within prior 3 months
- History of chronic sinusitis during within prior 2 years
- Pregnant or breast-feeding, or expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the study
- Known history of allergy, hypersensitivity or intolerance to investigational medicinal products except for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (D. pteronyssinus) and/or Dermatophagoides farina (D. farina) or self-injectable epinephrine
- Business or personal relationship with investigational site personnel or Sponsor who is directly involved with the conduct of the trial
About this study
Official title: Safety Study of MK-8237 Treatment in House-Dust-Mite Allergic Adolescents (Protocol 008)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of two doses (6 Development Units [DU] and 12 DU) of MK-8237 sublingual tablets compared to Placebo in adolescents with house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis. The primary hypothesis is that at least one dose of MK-8237 sublingual tablet is safe and well-tolerated in adolescents with house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis.
- Being tested
- MK-8237 6 DU, MK-8237 12 DU, Placebo
- Medical subject headings
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
MK-8237 6 DUBiological
Also called SCH 900237
MK-8237 12 DUBiological
Also called SCH 900237
PlaceboBiological
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| MK-8237 6 DU | Experimental | MK-8237 6 DU rapidly dissolving tablet administered sublingually once daily for 28 days Receives: Biological: MK-8237 6 DU |
| MK-8237 12 DU | Experimental | MK-8237 12 DU rapidly dissolving tablet administered sublingually once daily for 28 days Receives: Biological: MK-8237 12 DU |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Placebo rapidly dissolving tablet administered sublingually once daily for 28 days Receives: Biological: Placebo |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Percentage of Participants Who Experienced At Least One Adverse Event (AE)
An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which did not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product/protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product/protocol-specified procedure. Any worsening of a preexisting condition temporally associated with the use of the product was also an AE. A serious adverse event (SAE) was an AE that resulted in death, was life threatening, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, resulted in or prolonged an existing inpatient hospitalization, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect, was a cancer, was associated with an overdose, was another important medical event.
Measured: From first dose to last dose of treatment plus 2 weeks of follow-up, up to 42 days
Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued Study Drug Due to an Adverse Event
The percentage of participants who had study treatment stopped due to an AE. Discontinuations were reported for all randomized participants who received ≥1 dose of study treatment.
Measured: From first dose to last dose of treatment, up to 28 days
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Sep 2012 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2012
- Primary completionMay 2013
- Study completionMay 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Rhinitis, Allergic, PerennialStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 195 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- ALK-Abelló A/S
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Medical Director, Study director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01678807
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 8237-008
- Other IDs
- MK-8237-008
- Status last verified
- Sep 2017
- First submitted
- 31 Aug 2012
- Last updated
- 15 Sep 2017
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Maloney J, Prenner BM, Bernstein DI, Lu S, Gawchik S, Berman G, Kaur A, Li Z, Nolte H. Safety of house dust mite sublingual immunotherapy standardized quality tablet in children allergic to house dust mites. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 Jan;116(1):59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.10.024. Epub 2015 Nov 6.
PubMed 26553448Fortescue R, Kew KM, Leung MST. Sublingual immunotherapy for asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Sep 14;9(9):CD011293. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011293.pub3.
PubMed 32926419
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 15 Sep 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Safety Study of MK-8237 Treatment in House-Dust-Mite Allergic Adolescents (Protocol 008)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01678807
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 8237-008
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 195 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- ALK-Abelló A/SIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Study start
- Oct 2012
- Primary completion
- May 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- May 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 5 Sep 2012 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 13 Feb 2017
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of two doses (6 Development Units [DU] and 12 DU) of MK-8237 sublingual tablets compared to Placebo in adolescents with house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis. The primary hypothesis is that at least one dose of MK-8237 sublingual tablet is safe and well-tolerated in adolescents with house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| MK-8237 6 DU | Experimental | Biological: MK-8237 6 DUMK-8237 6 DU rapidly dissolving tablet administered sublingually once daily for 28 days |
| MK-8237 12 DU | Experimental | Biological: MK-8237 12 DUMK-8237 12 DU rapidly dissolving tablet administered sublingually once daily for 28 days |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Biological: PlaceboPlacebo rapidly dissolving tablet administered sublingually once daily for 28 days |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- History of physician-diagnosed allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis to house dust of at least 6 months duration (with or without asthma)
- History of controlled asthma for the prior 1 month if participant has asthma, defined by not exceeding 2 days of symptoms per week; not more than 2 days of albuterol/short acting beta-agonist [SABA] use per week; and not wakening more than twice a month at night due to asthma symptoms
- Agrees to remain abstinent or use (or have their partner use) 2 acceptable methods of birth control from screening and through the duration of the study
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Unable to meet medication washout requirements
- History of chronic urticaria and/or chronic angioedema within prior 2 years
- History of anaphylaxis with cardiorespiratory symptoms with prior immunotherapy due to an unknown cause or to an inhalant allergen
- Unstable, uncontrolled or severe asthma, or has experienced a life-threatening asthma attack or an occurrence of any clinical deterioration of asthma that resulted in emergency treatment, hospitalization due to asthma, or treatment with systemic corticosteroids (but allowing SABAs) at any time within prior 3 months
- History of chronic sinusitis during within prior 2 years
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| MK-8237 6 DUAlso: SCH 900237 | Biological | MK-8237 6 DU |
| MK-8237 12 DUAlso: SCH 900237 | Biological | MK-8237 12 DU |
| Placebo | Biological | Placebo |
Primary outcome
Percentage of Participants Who Experienced At Least One Adverse Event (AE)
Time frame: From first dose to last dose of treatment plus 2 weeks of follow-up, up to 42 days
An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which did not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product/protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product/protocol-specified procedure. Any worsening of a preexisting condition temporally associated with the use of the product was also an AE. A serious adverse event (SAE) was an AE that resulted in death, was life threatening, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, resulted in or prolonged an existing inpatient hospitalization, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect, was a cancer, was associated with an overdose, was another important medical event.
Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued Study Drug Due to an Adverse Event
Time frame: From first dose to last dose of treatment, up to 28 days
The percentage of participants who had study treatment stopped due to an AE. Discontinuations were reported for all randomized participants who received ≥1 dose of study treatment.
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 15 Sep 2017.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Results publication: PubMed 26553448Maloney J, Prenner BM, Bernstein DI, Lu S, Gawchik S, Berman G, Kaur A, Li Z, Nolte H. Safety of house dust mite sublingual immunotherapy standardized quality tablet in children allergic to house dust mites. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 Jan;116(1):59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.10.024. Epub 2015 Nov 6.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 32926419Fortescue R, Kew KM, Leung MST. Sublingual immunotherapy for asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Sep 14;9(9):CD011293. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011293.pub3.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Medical Director study director
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing MK-8237 6 DU and MK-8237 12 DU in people with Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial and Rhinitis, Allergic, Nonseasonal, run by ALK-Abelló A/S.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Sep 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Feb 2017). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Percentage of Participants Who Experienced At Least One Adverse Event (AE) (time frame: From first dose to last dose of treatment plus 2 weeks of follow-up, up to 42 days). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01678807, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Sep 2017; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.