A Phase III Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Remimazolam Compared to Placebo and Midazolam in Colonoscopy Patients

Summary

A prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo and active controlled, multi-center, parallel group study comparing remimazolam to placebo, with an additional open-label arm for midazolam, in patients undergoing a colonoscopy for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons.

Timeline

Start

2015-03-30

Primary completion

2016-04

Completion

2016-04-19

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Remimazolam vs Placebo; p <0.0001; Difference in Rates 0.8961 (95% CI 0.8505 to 0.9416) NCT02290873 ↗

paper The primary endpoint was met for remimazolam, placebo, and midazolam in 91.3%, 1.7%, and 25.2% of patients, respectively (P < .0001 for remimazolam vs placebo). PMID 29723512 ↗

Publications

• Background Antonik LJ, Goldwater DR, Kilpatrick GJ, Tilbrook GS, Borkett KM. A placebo- and midazolam-controlled phase I single ascending-dose study evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of remimazolam (CNS 7056): Part I. Safety, efficacy, and basic pharmacokinetics. Anesth Analg. 2012 Aug;115(2):274-83. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31823f0c28. Epub 2011 Dec 20.
• Background Wiltshire HR, Kilpatrick GJ, Tilbrook GS, Borkett KM. A placebo- and midazolam-controlled phase I single ascending-dose study evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of remimazolam (CNS 7056): Part II. Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling and simulation. Anesth Analg. 2012 Aug;115(2):284-96. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318241f68a. Epub 2012 Jan 16.
• Background Worthington MT, Antonik LJ, Goldwater DR, Lees JP, Wilhelm-Ogunbiyi K, Borkett KM, Mitchell MC. A phase Ib, dose-finding study of multiple doses of remimazolam (CNS 7056) in volunteers undergoing colonoscopy. Anesth Analg. 2013 Nov;117(5):1093-100. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a705ae.
• Background Borkett KM, Riff DS, Schwartz HI, Winkle PJ, Pambianco DJ, Lees JP, Wilhelm-Ogunbiyi K. A Phase IIa, randomized, double-blind study of remimazolam (CNS 7056) versus midazolam for sedation in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Anesth Analg. 2015 Apr;120(4):771-80. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000548.
• Background Pambianco DJ, Borkett KM, Riff DS, Winkle PJ, Schwartz HI, Melson TI, Wilhelm-Ogunbiyi K. A phase IIb study comparing the safety and efficacy of remimazolam and midazolam in patients undergoing colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 May;83(5):984-92. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2015.08.062. Epub 2015 Sep 9.
• Results Douglas K. Rex, MD, MACG, Raj Bhandari, MD, Taddese Desta MD, Michael DeMicco MD, Cynthia Schaeffer MD, Kyle Etzkorn, Charles Barish MD, Ronald Pruitt MD, Brooks Cash MD, FACG, Daniel Quirk MD, Felix Tiongco MD, David Bernstein MD, FACG. REMIMAZOLAM IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AGENT FOR SEDATION IN OUTPATIENT COLONOSCOPY: RESULTS OF A PHASE 3, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL. Program No. ACG 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. Las Vegas, NV: American College of Gastroenterology.
• Results Rex DK, Bhandari R, Desta T, DeMicco MP, Schaeffer C, Etzkorn K, Barish CF, Pruitt R, Cash BD, Quirk D, Tiongco F, Sullivan S, Bernstein D. A phase III study evaluating the efficacy and safety of remimazolam (CNS 7056) compared with placebo and midazolam in patients undergoing colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Sep;88(3):427-437.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.2351. Epub 2018 Apr 30.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Midazolam	Small molecule	0.5 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Midazolam	Small molecule	1 mg	Intravenous
Subject	Remimazolam	Small molecule	2.5 mg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.