Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether BHV-7000 is a safe and effective acute treatment for manic episodes in bipolar disorder I.

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 75 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Participant must be voluntarily hospitalized for a current manic episode. 2. Male and female participants 18 years to 75 years of age at the time of the screening visit. 3. Body Mass Index (BMI) must be ≥ 18 kg/m2 and ≤ 35 kg/m2. 4. Meets DSM-5 criteria for bipolar disorder type I, with or without mixed features, as confirmed by MINI interview with at least one well- defined prior mood episode (in addition to the current episode). The most recent prior manic episode must have occurred in the last 2 years. 5. Episode of mania must not exceed 12 weeks in duration. 6. Participants must be able and willing to discontinue all other psychotropic medications during the Screening Phase (e.g., antidepressant, antimanic, antipsychotic medications).

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Rapid cycling is excluded as defined herein by subjects who have experienced ≥ 6 distinct mood episodes in a year. Consecutive mood episodes must be demarcated either by a partial or full remission of at least 2 months' duration or by a switch to an episode of opposite polarity. Each manic or mixed episode must have lasted at least 1 week, and each hypomanic episode must have lasted at least 4 days. 2. Participants with a confirmed lifetime history of schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, dementia, delirium, amnesia, neurodegenerative disease, traumatic brain injury with clinically significant sequalae, seizure disorder, or other neurocognitive disorder. Previous diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorders are allowable if the Investigator deems the diagnosis to be describing symptoms related to bipolar disorder. 3. Any medical condition, based on the judgement of the Investigator, that would confound the ability to adequately assess safety and efficacy outcome measures.

Study Design

Phase
Phase 2/Phase 3
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
BHV-7000
  • Drug: BHV-7000
    BHV-7000 75 mg taken once daily for 21 days
Placebo Comparator
Placebo
  • Drug: Placebo
    Matching placebo taken once daily for 21 days

Recruiting Locations

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd.

Study Contact

Chief Medical Officer
203-404-0410
clinicaltrials@biohavenpharma.com

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