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NCT Number: NCT05536414

Trial of Centanafadine Efficacy and Safety as Monotherapy or as Adjunct to SSRI in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder

This is a phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm trial to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of centanafadine once-daily (QD) extended-release (XR) capsules for the treatment of adult subjects diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

The trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of centanafadine QD XR capsules as monotherapy or as adjunct to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), escitalopram.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Yuma CNS Research, Yuma, Arizona, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and Female subjects between 18-65 years of age, with a primary diagnosis of major depressive disorder and in a current major depressive episode.
  • History of an inadequate response to at least 1 and no more than 3 antidepressant treatments in the current major depressive episode.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who report an inadequate response to more than 3 antidepressant treatments in the current episode.
  • Subjects with a lifetime history of schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder, bipolar or related disorder, neurocognitive disorder, or personality disorder.
  • Subjects with a current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or eating disorder (including anorexia nervosa or bulimia).
  • Sexually active subjects, who could become pregnant, not agreeing to practice 2 sponsor approved methods of birth control or remain abstinent during the trial and for 30 days (females) or 90 days (males) after last dose of study drug.

Treatment and study plan

Centanafadine

Drug

capsule

Escitalopram

Drug

capsule

Placebo

Drug

capsule

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline to Week 6 in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) Total score.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-arm Trial to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Centanafadine Extended-release Capsules as Monotherapy or as Adjunct to SSRI in Adult Subjects With Major Depressive Disorder

Acronym: JUNIPER

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Sep 10, 2022
Registry last updated
May 14, 2026

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