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Effect of Vortioxetine on Cardiac Repolarization in Healthy Adult Male Subjects: Results of a Thorough QT/QTc Study
Author(s) -
Wang Ying,
Nomikos George G.,
Karim Aziz,
Munsaka Melvin,
Serenko Michael,
Liosatos Maggie,
Harris Stuart
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology in drug development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.711
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2160-7648
pISSN - 2160-763X
DOI - 10.1002/cpdd.51
Subject(s) - vortioxetine , medicine , placebo , qt interval , clinical endpoint , moxifloxacin , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , anesthesia , antidepressant , cardiology , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , hippocampus , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics
This double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐ and positive‐controlled, parallel‐group study evaluated the effect of vortioxetine (Lu AA21004), an investigational multimodal antidepressant, on QT interval in accordance with current guidelines of the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH‐E14). A total of 340 healthy men were randomized to receive 1 of 4 treatments for 14 days: (1) vortioxetine 10 mg once daily (QD), (2) vortioxetine 40 mg QD, (3) placebo QD, or (4) placebo QD on Days 1 through 13 followed by a single dose of moxifloxacin 400 mg (positive control). The primary endpoint was the largest time‐matched, baseline‐adjusted least‐squares (LS) mean difference for the individual‐corrected QT interval (QTcNi [linear]) between vortioxetine and placebo. Alternative QT correction formulas (i.e., Fredericia [QTcF], Bazett [QTcB], Framingham [QTcFm], and QTcNi [nonlinear]) were used as secondary endpoints. The upper bound of the 2‐sided 90% confidence interval around the LS mean difference from placebo for baseline‐adjusted QTcNi (linear), QTcF, QTcB, QTcFm, and QTcNi (nonlinear) did not exceed 10 ms at any time point after multiple doses of vortioxetine 10 mg (therapeutic) or 40 mg (supratherapeutic). Overall, the study results indicate that vortioxetine is unlikely to affect cardiac repolarization in healthy subjects.