Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of 4-MUST Tablets in Chronic Cholecystitis and Biliary Dyskinesia

Last updated: February 27, 2025
Sponsor: Valenta Pharm JSC
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Gall Bladder Disorders

Intra-abdominal Infections

Dyskinesias

Treatment

Placebo

4-MUST

Clinical Study ID

NCT06842966
GIB-02-03-2024
  • Ages 18-70
  • All Genders

Study Summary

A study of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the drug 4-MUST at various doses compared to placebo in patients with chronic cholecystitis and biliary dyskinesia

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Men and women aged 18-70 years.

  2. Presence of established gastrointestinal diseases: Chronic cholecystitis (K81.1);Dyskinesia of the bile duct or gallbladder (K82.8).

  3. Presence of pain/discomfort in the upper abdomen combined with at least one of thefollowing symptoms: Heartburn; Belching; Nausea; Abdominal bloating; Borborygmi (stomach rumbling); Flatulence; Constipation; Diarrhea.

  4. Maximum severity of pain/discomfort in the upper abdomen over the past week is 40 mmor more on the VAS (Visual Analog Scale).

  5. Severity of gastrointestinal symptoms according to the GSRS (GastrointestinalSymptom Rating Scale) questionnaire is at least 30 points.

  6. Women who are not sexually active, or women using effective contraception methods (intrauterine devices, oral contraceptives, contraceptive patches, long-actinginjectable contraceptives, double barrier methods) for 8 weeks prior to and during 3weeks after the end of the study and have a negative pregnancy test, as well aswomen unable to conceive (documented conditions: hysterectomy, tubal ligation,infertility, menopause for more than 1 year) or men using barrier contraceptivesthroughout the study and for 3 weeks after its completion, or men unable to conceive (documented conditions: vasectomy, infertility).

  7. Presence of a signed and dated informed consent from the patient to participate inthe study.

Non-inclusion Criteria:

  1. Peptic ulcer disease, duodenal ulcer, erosive GERD.

  2. Toxic megacolon.

  3. Paralytic ileus.

  4. Gilbert's syndrome.

  5. Abdominal adhesion disease.

  6. Blood in stool, unexplained weight loss, fever, anemia.

  7. Inflammatory and erosive gastrointestinal diseases.

  8. Irritable bowel syndrome, non-specific ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease.

  9. Oncological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including in history.

  10. Surgical interventions on the gastrointestinal tract in history, includingendoscopic papillotomy, cholecystectomy (excluding appendectomy).

  11. Use of prohibited therapy medications within 3 days prior to randomization.

  12. History of mental illnesses.

  13. Presence of chronic heart failure IIb-III stages and/or III-IV functional classesaccording to NYHA, angina pectoris III-IV functional classes.

  14. Chronic kidney disease stage IIIa-V (according to NKF/KDOQI, 2006).

  15. Established diagnosis of liver failure, including in history and/or changes in liverenzyme activity: Increase in AST, ALT, ALP and/or γ-GTP more than 3 times above theupper limit of normal; Increase in total bilirubin more than 2 times above the upperlimit of normal or development of jaundice.

  16. Presence of HIV, syphilis, viral hepatitis B or C, including in history.

  17. Lactose intolerance, lactase deficiency, and glucose-galactose malabsorptionsyndrome.

  18. Liver cirrhosis.

  19. Increased sensitivity to active and excipient substances of the drug 4-MUST.

  20. Severe, decompensated or unstable somatic diseases (any diseases or conditions thatthreaten the patient's life or worsen their prognosis and make it impossible for thepatient to participate in clinical research).

  21. Diabetes mellitus in a state of subcompensation and decompensation.

  22. Systemic connective tissue diseases.

  23. Autoimmune diseases.

  24. Need for surgical and/or endovascular treatment and/or necessity for hemodialysisprocedures.

  25. Epilepsy or seizures of unclear etiology, including in history.

  26. Alcoholism, substance abuse or drug addiction, including in history.

  27. Uncorrected electrolyte disturbances.

  28. States following surgical interventions if less than 6 months have passed since theintervention.

  29. Women during pregnancy or lactation; women planning pregnancy within the next 6months.

  30. Patients who require prohibited concomitant therapy within this study framework.

  31. Participation in another clinical trial within the last 3 months prior to thescreening visit date.

  32. Lack of willingness to cooperate from the patient's side.

  33. Other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, prevent the inclusion ofthe patient in the study.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Erroneous inclusion of a patient in the study (not meeting inclusion/exclusioncriteria at the time of randomization).

  2. Ineffectiveness of therapy. The therapy will be deemed ineffective if there is noclinical improvement by visit 3 (15±1 days of therapy) - persistence or increase inthe severity of pain/discomfort in the upper abdomen on the VAS compared tobaseline. If excluded, the patient will be assigned alternative treatment at thediscretion of the investigator.

  3. Patient non-compliance (a compliant patient is defined as one who has taken at least 202 and no more than 303 tablets).

  4. Need for prohibited concomitant therapy.

  5. If the investigator believes that further participation in the study would harm thepatient.

  6. Pregnancy of the patient, necessity for breastfeeding.

  7. Gross violation by the patient of the study protocol procedures presented in thepatient information sheet (PIS).

  8. Withdrawal of informed consent (patient's unwillingness to continue participation inthe study).

  9. Loss of contact with the patient (inability to reach the patient via mobile and homephone (if applicable), as well as through a contact person; there must be at leastthree documented attempts to contact the patient).

  10. Emergence during the study of any diseases or conditions that worsen the patient'sprognosis, making it impossible for the patient to continue participating in thisclinical trial.

  11. Any other reasons, including administrative ones, that in the investigator's opinionwould prevent the subject from completing the study.

Study Design

Total Participants: 300
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Placebo
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
October 17, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • State autonomous health care institution "Engels City Clinical Hospital No. 1"

    Engels, 413116
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ivanovo Kuvaev Clinical Hospital

    Ivanovo, 153025
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare of Moscow "City Polyclinic No. 2 of the Moscow Department of Healthcare"

    Moscow, 117556
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • The State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Moscow Region "Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute named after M.F. Vladimirsky"

    Moscow,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Unimed-C Jsc

    Moscow, 119571
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Limited Liability Company "ErSi Medical"

    Novosibirsk,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Professors' Clinic LLC.

    Perm, 614070
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Limited Liability Company "Clinic Zvezdnaya"

    Saint Petersburg, 196158
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Limited Liability Company "Energy of Health"

    Saint Petersburg, 194156
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Limited Liability Company "Meili"

    Saint Petersburg, 199406
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "City Polyclinic No. 117"

    Saint Petersburg, 194358
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • State Budgetary Institution "St. Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Care named after I.I. Djanelidze"

    Saint Petersburg,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Private institution of higher education "Medical University 'Reavis'"

    Samara,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Limited Liability Company "Medical Center Eco-Safety"

    St. Petersburg, 19119
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Association "Regional Medical Center 'Open Medicine'"

    Tol'yatti,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • LLC "Polyclinic Polimedika Veliky Novgorod"

    Veliky Novgorod,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

  • Limited Liability Company "Medical Center for Diagnosis and Prevention Plus"

    Yaroslavl,
    Russian Federation

    Active - Recruiting

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