Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of NT 201 (Botulinum Toxin) With Placebo for the Treatment of Lower Limb Spasticity Caused by Stroke or Traumatic Brain Injury

Last updated: March 24, 2025
Sponsor: Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Limb Spasticity

Stroke

Cerebral Ischemia

Treatment

Placebo

NT 201

Clinical Study ID

NCT03992404
M602011014
2018-001639-35
  • Ages 18-85
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a single treatment with administration of 400 Units NT 201 (botulinum toxin) is superior to placebo (no medicine) for the treatment of lower limb spasticity caused by stroke or traumatic brain injury (Main Period). Participants will be assigned to the treatment groups by chance and neither the participants nor the research staff who interact with them will know the allocation.

The following 4 to 5 treatment cycles will investigate the safety and tolerability of treatment with NT 201 (botulinum toxin) when administered in doses between 400 and 800 Units (Open Label Extension Period). All participants will receive the treatment and the dose will depend on whether only lower limb spasticity or combined upper and lower limb spasticity are treated.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female or male subject ≥ 18 years and ≤ 85 years at screening

  • Diagnosis of lower limb spasticity with or without upper limb spasticity of the samebody side caused by stroke or traumatic brain injury

  • Disabling ankle flexor spasticity presenting as pes equinus or pes equinovarus

  • Modified Ashworth Scale-Bohannon [MAS] score of 2 or 3 points in the ankle plantarflexor of the target lower limb (supine position, knee extended)

  • Minimum passive range of motion in ankle of the target lower limb (supine position,knee extended): 10°dorsiflexion and 20°plantarflexion

  • At least 4 months since last botulinum neurotoxin [BoNT] injection for treatment ofspasticity or any other condition

  • For subjects receiving anticoagulation therapy, the investigator confirms anddocuments that the subject has an:

  • Activated partial thromboplastin time [aPTT] ≤ 80 seconds (subjects on dabigatran orother direct thrombin inhibitors) or

  • International normalized ratio [INR] value of ≤ 2.5 (subjects on coumarins or otheranticoagulants monitored by INR)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Generalized disorders of muscle activity (e.g. myasthenia gravis, Lambert Eatonsyndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or any other significant peripheralneuromuscular dysfunction which might interfere with the study

  • Bilateral lower limb paresis/paralysis/spasticity ortetraparesis/paralysis/spasticity

  • Body weight < 50 kg

  • Severe atrophy of the target limb muscles

  • Previous, ongoing or planned treatments of spasticity with intrathecal baclofen

  • Previous, ongoing, or planned treatments of spasticity in the target lower limb withany of the following procedures: Surgical Intervention; Alcohol or phenol block;Muscle afferent block

  • Physiotherapy or use of orthoses or splints at the target limb initiated less than 4weeks before screening or expected to change during the double blind phase of thestudy

  • Current or planned treatment with parenterally administered drugs that interferewith neuromuscular transmission (e.g. intrathecal baclofen, tubocurarine type musclerelaxants used in anesthesia), or local anesthetics in the treated region within 2weeks prior to screening

  • Infection or inflammation at the injection sites

  • Subjects with presence or history of aspiration pneumonia, recurrent lowerrespiratory tract infections, or compromised respiratory function as perinvestigator's clinical judgment

  • Pregnancy (as verified by a positive pregnancy test) or breast feeding

Study Design

Total Participants: 600
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Placebo
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
September 16, 2019
Estimated Completion Date:
April 30, 2027

Connect with a study center

  • St George Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Merz Investigational Site #0610004

    Kogarah, 2217
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Merz Investigational Site #0610002

    Parkville, 3052
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • CHU Brugmann Neurology; Merz investigational site #0320015

    Brussel, 1020
    Belgium

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCL Bruxelles, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Merz Investigational Site #0320013

    Bruxelles, 1200
    Belgium

    Completed

  • UZ Leuven Pellenberg campus; Merz investigational site #0320014

    Pellenberg, 3212
    Belgium

    Completed

  • UCL Mont Godinne, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department; Merz Investigational Site #0320008

    Yvoir, 5530
    Belgium

    Active - Recruiting

  • Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Merz investigational site #0010195

    Edmonton, T5G 0B7
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neurology and Physiotherapy Skopalikova, Merz Investigational Site #4200049

    Brno, 61500
    Czechia

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospital Ostrava; Neurology Departement, Merz investigational site #4200024

    Ostrava, 708 52
    Czechia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Pardubice Regional Hospital; Merz investigational site #4200025

    Pardubice, 530 03
    Czechia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady, Neurology Department, Merz Investigational Site #4200050

    Prague, 10034
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady Neurology Department; Merz investigational site #4200050

    Praha, 100 34
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Raymond Poincaré University Hospital, Service de MPR Pôle Handicap-Rééducation, Merz Investigational site #00330018

    Garches, 92380
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • CHU Lille/Hôpital Swynghedauw; investigational site # 0330045

    Lille, 59000
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Pôle Saint-Hélier; Merz investigational site #0330024

    Rennes, 35000
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Institut Universitaire de Readaptation Clemenceau, Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation Medecine, Merz Investigational site # 0330063

    Strasbourg, 67000
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rangueil Hospital-University Hospital Center (CHU) of Toulouse, Médecine physique et de réadaptation, Merz investigational site #0330025

    Toulouse, 31059
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Neurologie, Merz Investigational Site #0490191

    Aachen, 52074
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neurologie Bewegt; Merz Investigational site #0490378

    Berlin, 10627
    Germany

    Completed

  • University of Bonn Medical Center, Department of Neurodegenerative disease, Merz investigational site #0490390

    Bonn, 53127
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Department of Neurology; Merz Investigational Site #0490071

    Düsseldorf, 40225
    Germany

    Completed

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Merz Investigational site #0490079

    Hamburg, 20246
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • CBBM, Institut für Neurogenetik, Haus 66; Merz Investigational Site #0490332

    Lübeck, 23562
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • DKD HELIOS Medical Center, Fachbereich Neurologie, Merz Investigational Site #0490081

    Wiesbaden, 65191
    Germany

    Completed

  • Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik des Universitätsklinikums Würzburg, Merz Investigational Site #0490302

    Würzburg, 97080
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Merz Investigational Site #0360010

    Győr, 9024
    Hungary

    Active - Recruiting

  • Petz Hospital, Neurology, Merz Investigational Site #0360010

    Győr, 9024
    Hungary

    Active - Recruiting

  • St.Damjan Hospital, Kisvarda; Merz investigational site #0360019

    Kisvárda, 4600
    Hungary

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Szeged, Department of Neurology, Merz investigational site #0360008

    Szeged, 6725
    Hungary

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ospedale Valduce, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Merz investigational site #0390005

    Costa Masnaga, 23845
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Di Foggia; Merz Investigational Site #0390018

    Foggia, 71122
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico S. Martino, U.O.Complessa Riabilitazione e Rieducazione Funzionale; Merz investigational site #0390020

    Genova, 16132
    Italy

    Completed

  • Ospedale Maggiore della Carita, Dipartimento di Medicina fisica e Riabilitativa, Merz Investigational Site #0390017

    Novara, 28100
    Italy

    Completed

  • Ospedale Alfredo Fiorini, UOSD Neurologia Universitaria; Merz Investigational site #0390022

    Terracina, 04019
    Italy

    Completed

  • AOUI -Ospedale Borgo Roma, U.O.C Neuroriabilitazione, Merz Investigational Site #0390014

    Verona, 37134
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Ospedale Borgo Roma, U.O.C Neuroriabilitazione; Merz investigational site #0390014

    Verona, 37134
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Haukeland University Hospital, Dept of Neurology; Merz investigational site #0470001

    Bergen, 5053
    Norway

    Site Not Available

  • Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Merz Investigational Site #0470002

    Bjornemyr, 1453
    Norway

    Site Not Available

  • Specjalistyczna Praktyka Lekarska Dr. n. med Stanisław Ochudło, Merz Investigational Site #0480077

    Katowice, 40-097
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Specjalistyczne Gabinety Sp z o.o., Merz Investigational Site #0480059

    Krakow, 30-539
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • NeuroKlinika Gabinet Lekarski Prof Andrzej Bogucki, Merz Investigational Site #0480101

    Lodz, 90-640
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Indywidualna Praktyka Lekarska dr. hab. Med. Anna Szczepanska-Szerej, Merz Investigational Site #0480096

    Lublin, 20-582
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Filia 7 Centrum Kompleksowej Rehabilitacji Sp. z o.o., Merz Investigational Site #0480100

    Warsaw, 01-518
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Instytut Psychiatrii i Neurologii, II Klinika Neurologiczna, Merz Investigational Site #0480023

    Warsaw, 02-957
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mazowiecki Szpital Brodnowski, Merz investigational site #0480064

    Warsaw, 03-242
    Poland

    Completed

  • Projekt Samodzielni Sp z o.o., Merz Investigational Site #0480099

    Warsaw, 02-121
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neuryt Diagnostyka I Terapia Neurologiczna, Merz investigational site #0480106

    Wroclaw, 50-305
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Krasnoyarsk State Medical University n.a. Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetskiy of Ministry Healthcare of Russian Federation", Merz Investigational Site #0070306

    Krasnoyarsk, 660049
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • Federal State Autonomous Institution "National Medical Research Centre "Treatment and Rehabilitation" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Neurology department, Merz Investigational Site # 0070305

    Moscow, 125367
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • State Autonomous Institution of Healthcare of Moscow City "Moscow Scientific and Practical Centre of Medical Rehabilitation, Regenerative and Sports Medicine of Moscow City Healthcare Department", Merz Investigational Site #0070011

    Moscow, 105005
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Centre of Psychiatry and Neurology n.a. V.M. Bekhterev" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Merz Investigational Site #0070009

    Saint Petersburg, 195119
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • University Hospital Bratislav, 2nd Dept. of Neurology, Merz Investigational Site # 4210005

    Bratislava, 83305
    Slovakia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neurologicka klinika, Fakultna nemocnica Trnava; Merz investigational site #4210009

    Trnava, 917 01
    Slovakia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez, Merz Investigational Site #0340037

    Huelva, 21005
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Merz Investigational Site #0340037

    Huelva, 21005
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz, Merz Investigational Site #0340007

    Madrid, 28046
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa, Merz Investigational Site #0340003

    Terrassa, 08221
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospital of Bern, Center of Parkinson's diseases and Movement disorders (ZfPB), Merz investigational site #0410015

    Bern, 3010
    Switzerland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - Neurorehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Merz Investigational Site #0410013

    Lausanne, 1011
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • HFR Fribourg - Hôpital Cantonal, Department of Rehabilitation, Merz Investigational site #0410014

    Meyriez, 3280
    Switzerland

    Completed

  • CRR, Mee Suva (Clinique romande de réadaptation), Merz investigational site #0410016

    Sion, 1950
    Switzerland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of NAMS of Ukraine, MC "Neuron", Merz Investigational Site #3800018

    Kharkiv, 61000
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of NAMS of Ukraine; Merz Investigational Site #3800019

    Kharkiv, 61000
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • Merz Investigational Site #3800018

    Kharkiv, 61000
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • Merz Investigational Site #3800019

    Kharkiv, 61000
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • Lviv regional clinical hospital; Merz investigational site # 3800020

    Lviv, 79010
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rivne City Hospital 2, Department of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation; Merz investigational site #3800016

    Rivne, 33001
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • NPE "Regional Clinical Centre of Neurosurgery and Neurology" Transcarpathian Regional Council; Merz investigational site #3800014

    Uzhgorod, 88018
    Ukraine

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Merz Investigational Site 0440023

    Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust Hospital, Department of Neurology, Merz Investigational Site #0440047

    Exeter, EX2 5DW
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust; Neuroscience Research Centre; Merz Investigational site #0440004

    Liverpool, L9 7LJ
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery - UCLH; Merz Investigational Site #0440033

    London, WC1N 3BG
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Alabama at Birmingham; Merz investigational site #0010479

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Merz investigational site #0010481

    Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rancho Research Institute at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center; Merz investigational site #0010184

    Downey, California 90242
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • New England institute for clinical research; Merz Investigational Site #0010441

    Stamford, Connecticut 06905
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Nova Clinical Research, Merz investigational site #0010474

    Bradenton, Florida 34209
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Nova Clinical Research, Merz investigational site #0010474

    Brandenton, Florida 34209
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Brooks Rehabilitation Clinical Integration and Research, Merz investigational site #0010483

    Jacksonville, Florida 72204
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Rehabilitation Medicine, Merz investigational site #0010478

    Sarasota, Florida 34239
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neurology Center of New England P.C., Merz investigative site #0010476

    Foxboro, Massachusetts 02035
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neurology Center of New England P.C., Merz investigative site #0010476

    Foxborough, Massachusetts 02035
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Howard A. Rusk Rehabilitation Center; Merz investigational site #0010283

    Columbia, Missouri 65203
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rehabilitation Hospital, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Merz Investigational Site #0010199

    West Orange, New Jersey 07052
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Neurology Department, Merz Investigational Site #0010191

    New York, New York 10029
    United States

    Completed

  • Weill Cornell Medical Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Merz Investigational Site #0010440

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Physical Medicine & Rehabiliation, Merz Investigational Site #0010211

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Merz investigational site #0010082

    Dallas, Texas 75390-9055
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern, Medical School Department of PM&R; merz investigational site #0010183

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Medical College of Wisconsin,Department of PM&R, Merz Investigational Site #0010237

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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