RecruitingPhase 2

Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of LB-102 in the Treatment of Adult Patients With BP1MDE.

A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of LB-102 in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Episodes Associated With Bipolar I Disorder

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 6 weeks

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Treatment is for 6 weeks."
  • "Eligible patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive LB-102 or placebo as oral administration once daily (QD) treatment for 6 weeks"
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests how well LB-102 works and how safe it is for adults with bipolar I disorder who are having a major episode of depression. People are assigned by chance, like flipping a coin, to get LB-102 or a placebo, which has no active drug. Treatment lasts 6 weeks.

Phase II study for patients with Bipolar 1 Disorder experiencing major depressive episode. Patient eligible for enrollment will be randomized (like flipping a coin) to either active drug (LB-102 or placebo). Treatment is for 6 weeks.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Sign a study consent form and have a stable place to live.
  • Have bipolar I disorder with a current episode of major depression, confirmed through study interviews.
  • Have no psychosis, such as seeing things that are not there, and no mixed features, meaning depression and mania symptoms together.
  • Have a depression episode that started 4 weeks to 18 months before treatment assignment.
  • Get care as an outpatient, without staying in a hospital.
  • Meet the required depression and mania rating scores at both starting visits: MADRS at least 24, CGI-BP-S at least 4, and YMRS no more than 12. MADRS scores must differ by less than 20%.
  • Be in good physical health and have a body mass index (BMI), a measure based on height and weight, from 18 to 40.
  • Have study reviewers confirm your diagnosis, symptom level, and treatment history through the SAFER interview.

Who can't join

  • Be breastfeeding, or be sexually active and not using 2 birth control methods if you are a man or a woman who could become pregnant.
  • Have depression that did not improve after 2 adequate medication trials, or have depression scores improve by 20% or more between starting visits.
  • Have mixed depression and mania symptoms, frequent mood episodes called rapid cycling, mania that has not fully ended, or a hospital stay for mania within 30 days before screening.
  • Have another mental health disorder within the past 12 months, psychosis during this depression episode due to another disorder, or a high risk of suicidal behavior.
  • Plan to start formal talk or behavior therapy during the study.
  • Have an underactive or overactive thyroid, diabetes needing insulin, uncontrolled high blood pressure, major heart disease, or organ disease that the study doctor considers unsafe. Certain abnormal blood tests or heart electrical tests may also rule you out.
  • Have had electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), treatments that stimulate the brain, within 90 days before screening. Certain histories of not responding to treatment, or responding only to ketamine, ECT, or vagus nerve stimulation, also rule you out.
  • Take medicines that the study does not allow, or have recently received a GLP-1 medicine.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Sign IRB approved ICF, Stable living environment * Diagnosis of Bipolar1 disorder defined by criteria in the DSM 5 and currently experiencing a MDE without psychotic or mixed features, and supported by the SCID 5 CT * Currently experiencing an MDE that began at least 4 weeks but no more than 18 months prior to randomization * Currently treated in an out-patient environment * MADRS 10 total score ≥24 at both Screening and Baseline with a difference of \<20% in scores between visits. * Clinical Global Impression Scale, Bipolar Version Severity of Illness scale (CGI BP S) depression score ≥4 at both Screening and Baseline. * YMRS total score ≤12 at both Screening and Baseline. * Good physical health * BMI of ≥18 and ≤40 kg/m2. * Eligibility confirmed centrally for the severity, diagnosis, and treatment history by the SAFER interview. Exclusion Criteria: * Sexually active woman of childbearing potential and male who are not practicing 2 different methods of birth control or woman who is currently breast feeding * History of non-response to 2 adequate medication trials for depressive symptoms * Improvement of ≥20% in MADRS 10 total score between the screening and baseline assessments * Have bipolar disorder with mixed features or considered as rapid cyclers * Plan to initiate formal cognitive or behavioral therapy, systematic psychotherapy during the study, or plan to initiate such therapy during the study * History of disorders other than bipolar disorder, confirmed by previous psychiatric evaluation or the DSM 5 within 12 months prior to Screening * Experience of hallucinations, delusions, or any other psychotic symptomatology in the current MDE attributable to a primary DSM 5 diagnosis other than bipolar disorder. * Hospitalized for mania associated with Bipolar I Disorder within 30 days prior to Screening. Any previous manic phase must have completely resolved before enrollment in the study. * Significant risk for suicidal behavior during the study as determined by the Investigator's clinical assessment * Hypo or hyperthyroidism * Insulin dependent diabetes * Uncontrolled hypertension * Known significant cardiac disease * Laboratory results outside the defined protocol ranges * Clinically significant abnormal ECG findings * Received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within 90 days prior to Screening. * Received Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation within 90 days prior to Screening * Currently taking prohibited medications as defined in the protocol * History of non-response and/or responded only to ketamine, ECT or vagus nerve stimulation * Received GLP-1 within 30 of screening * History of organ disease that in the opinion of the PI would not make the patient eligible for participation

Study sites (26)

AR

CA

FL

GA

IL

MI

MO

NV

NY

OH

PA

TX

WA