Telotristat Etiprate for Carcinoid Syndrome Therapy

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of telotristat etiprate versus placebo on the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events and on 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels.

Timeline

Start

2014-03-11

Primary completion

2016-03-29

Completion

2016-03-29

Publications

• Srirajaskanthan R, Pavel M, Kulke M, Clement D, Houchard A, Keeber L, Weickert MO. Weight Maintenance up to 48 Weeks in Patients With Carcinoid Syndrome Treated With Telotristat Ethyl: Pooled Data From the Open-Label Extensions of the Phase III Clinical Trials TELESTAR and TELECAST. Clin Ther. 2021 Oct;43(10):1779-1785. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.08.014. Epub 2021 Sep 28.
• Dillon JS, Kulke MH, Horsch D, Anthony LB, Warner RRP, Bergsland E, Welin S, O'Dorisio TM, Kunz PL, McKee C, Lapuerta P, Banks P, Pavel M. Time to Sustained Improvement in Bowel Movement Frequency with Telotristat Ethyl: Analyses of Phase III Studies in Carcinoid Syndrome. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2021 Mar;52(1):212-221. doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00375-2.
• Pavel M, Gross DJ, Benavent M, Perros P, Srirajaskanthan R, Warner RRP, Kulke MH, Anthony LB, Kunz PL, Horsch D, Weickert MO, Lapuerta P, Jiang W, Kassler-Taub K, Wason S, Fleming R, Fleming D, Garcia-Carbonero R. Telotristat ethyl in carcinoid syndrome: safety and efficacy in the TELECAST phase 3 trial. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 Mar;25(3):309-322. doi: 10.1530/ERC-17-0455. Epub 2018 Jan 12.

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