A Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of SAGE-547 in Participants With Moderate Postpartum Depression (547-PPD-202C)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-10-11
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine if SAGE-547 Injection infused intravenously at up to 90 μg/kg/h for 60 hours reduces depressive symptoms in participants with moderate postpartum depression (PPD) compared to placebo injection as assessed by the change from baseline in Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) total score.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sage Therapeutics
• Treatments: Brexanolone

Criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant either must have ceased lactating at screening; or if still lactating or actively breastfeeding at screening, agreed to temporarily cease giving breastmilk to their infant(s).

• Participant had a major depressive episode that began no earlier than the third trimester and no later than the first 4 weeks following delivery, as diagnosed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I).

• Participant had a HAM-D total score of ≥20 and ≤25 at screening and Day 1 (prior to dosing).

• Participant was ≤ six months postpartum.

• Participant was amenable to intravenous therapy.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

• Active psychosis.

• Attempted suicide associated with index case of postpartum depression.

• Medical history of bipolar disorder.

Note: Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied.