Study of Carbetocin Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome

Last updated: September 3, 2025
Sponsor: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Severe Short Stature

Bulimia

Hypogonadism

Treatment

Carbetocin

Placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT06173531
ACP-101-302
2023-506200-24
2023-506200-24-00
  • Ages 5-30
  • All Genders

Study Summary

12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of carbetocin nasal spray for the treatment of hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria

  • Male or female and 5 through 30 years of age

  • Prader-Willi syndrome with a documented disease-causing mutation

  • Increased appetite with decreased satiety accompanied by food seeking (consistent with PWS Nutritional Phase 3)

  • HQ-CT total score of ≥13 at Screening and Baseline

  • CGI-S score for hyperphagia in PWS of ≥4 at Screening and Baseline

  • Lives with a caregiver who understands and is willing and able to adhere to study-related procedures and is willing to participate in all study visits

Exclusion Criteria

  • Genetically diagnosed with Schaaf-Yang syndrome or another genetic, hormonal, or chromosomal cognitive impairment besides PWS

  • An active upper respiratory infection at the Screening visit or the Baseline visit

  • Any clinically significant cardiovascular disorder, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, or respiratory disease, including severe asthma

  • History of, or current, cerebrovascular disease, brain trauma, epilepsy, or frequent migraines. A history of febrile seizures is not exclusionary

  • Nasal surgery within 1 month of Screening visit or planning to have nasal surgery during the study.

  • Unwilling to abstain from nasal saline, other nasal irrigation, and other intranasal medications during the Screening period and through the treatment period of the study

  • Clinically significant irritability or agitation, requiring initiation of or increase in the dose of antipsychotic medication, within the 6 months prior to the Screening visit

  • Used prostaglandins, prostaglandin analogues, or prostaglandin agonists in the 3 months prior to the Baseline visit. Inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are not exclusionary.

  • Started a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist within the 6 months prior to the Screening visit. Treatment with GLP-1 agonist is allowed if the subject has been taking it for more than 6 months prior to Screening.

  • Used oxytocin, desmopressin (DDAVP), tesofensine, diazoxide choline, melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonists (e.g., setmelanotide), or any medication approved to treat hyperphagia within 6 months prior to the Baseline visit

  • Active psychotic symptoms, a history of psychotic symptoms, or a psychotic disorder

  • History of suicide attempt or inpatient psychiatric hospitalization

  • New food-related interventions, including environment or dietary restrictions, within 1 month prior to the Screening visit or during the Screening period (i.e., before the Baseline visit)

Additional inclusion/exclusion criteria apply. Subjects will be evaluated at screening to ensure that all criteria for study participation are met.

Study Design

Total Participants: 170
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Carbetocin
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
November 27, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
November 30, 2025

Study Description

This is a 12-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study comparing carbetocin nasal spray 3.2 mg TID with placebo (matched placebo nasal spray TID) in subjects with PWS.

Connect with a study center

  • Alberta Diabetes Institute

    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Alberta Diabetes Institute

    Edmonton 5946768, Alberta 5883102 T6G 2E1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • CHU Sainte Justine

    Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • CHU Sainte Justine

    Montreal 6077243, Quebec 6115047 H3T 1C5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse - Hôpital des Enfants

    Toulouse, 31059
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse - Hôpital des Enfants

    Toulouse 2972315, 31059
    France

    Site Not Available

  • KJF Klinik Josefinum gGmbH

    Augsburg, 86154
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • KJF Klinik Josefinum gGmbH

    Augsburg 2954172, 86154
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen, 45147
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen 2928810, 45147
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari

    Barcelona, 08208
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari

    Barcelona 3128760, 08208
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

    Madrid, 28009
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

    Madrid 3117735, 28009
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga

    Málaga, 29010
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga

    Málaga 2514256, 29010
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Heartlands Hospital

    Birmingham, B9 5SS
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Heartlands Hospital

    Birmingham 2655603, B9 5SS
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow Clinical Research Facility

    Glasgow, G51 4TF
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow Clinical Research Facility

    Glasgow 2648579, G51 4TF
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Barts Health NHS Trust - The Royal London Hospital

    London, E1 1BB
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Barts Health NHS Trust - The Royal London Hospital

    London 2643743, E1 1BB
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Children's of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's of Alabama

    Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona 85006
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix 5308655, Arizona 5551752 85006
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California Irvine

    Orange, California 92697
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University School of Medicine

    Palo Alto, California 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

    San Diego, California 92123
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California Irvine

    Orange 5379513, California 5332921 92697
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University School of Medicine

    Palo Alto 5380748, California 5332921 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

    San Diego 5391811, California 5332921 92123
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora 5412347, Colorado 5417618 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois 60611
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago 4887398, Illinois 4896861 60611
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Indiana University Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa 52242
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City 4862034, Iowa 4862182 52242
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri 64108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • SSM Health/Saint Louis University

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City 4393217, Missouri 4398678 64108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • SSM Health/Saint Louis University

    St Louis 4407066, Missouri 4398678 63104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, New York 11219
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn 5110302, New York 5128638 11219
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio 43205
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus 4509177, Ohio 5165418 43205
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UPMC-Children's Hospital Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UPMC-Children's Hospital Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh 5206379, Pennsylvania 6254927 15224
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt Clinical Research Center

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt Clinical Research Center

    Nashville 4644585, Tennessee 4662168 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cook Children's Health Care System

    Fort Worth, Texas 79104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Texas Children's Hospital

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Christus Children's

    San Antonio, Texas 78207
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cook Children's Health Care System

    Fort Worth 4691930, Texas 4736286 79104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Christus Children's

    San Antonio 4726206, Texas 4736286 78207
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030 84108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

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