Clinical Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of NT 201 Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of Chronic Troublesome Drooling Associated With Neurological Disorders and/or Intellectual Disability

Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of NT 201 compared with placebo for the treatment of chronic troublesome sialorrhea associated with neurological disorders (e.g. cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury) and/or intellectual disability in children and adolescents naïve to Botulinum neurotoxin treatment and aged 2-17 years.

Timeline

Start

2015-02-09

Primary completion

2018-02-23

Completion

2019-05-07

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper For the 6- to 17-year-olds, a significant difference between incoBoNT/A and placebo was seen in mean uSFR decrease (difference -0.06 g/min; p = 0.0012) PMID 34341153 ↗

paper and the carers' GICS rating (difference 0.28 points; p = 0.032) at week 4, in favor of active treatment. PMID 34341153 ↗

Publications

• Results Berweck S, Bonikowski M, Kim H, Althaus M, Flatau-Baque B, Mueller D, Banach MD. Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of IncobotulinumtoxinA for Sialorrhea in Children: SIPEXI. Neurology. 2021 Oct 4;97(14):e1425-e1436. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012573.
• Berweck S, Banach M, Gaebler-Spira D, Chambers HG, Schroeder AS, Geister TL, Althaus M, Hanschmann A, Vacchelli M, Bonfert MV, Heinen F, Dabrowski E. Safety Profile and Lack of Immunogenicity of IncobotulinumtoxinA in Pediatric Spasticity and Sialorrhea: A Pooled Analysis. Toxins (Basel). 2022 Aug 25;14(9):585. doi: 10.3390/toxins14090585.

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