Efficacy and Tolerability of Tasipimidine in Sleepless Patients
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Orion Corporation, Orion Pharma
- Where
- Finland, Germany, and Poland29 sites in 3 countriesChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- NCT06956495
- EU 2022-502483-21-00
- ISRCTN35042256
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 190 people enrolled
- Started
- 20 Aug 2023
- Ended
- 24 Sept 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 5 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Tasipimidine
- Tasipimidine placebo
- Record updated
- 22 October 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 65 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Signed informed consent (IC) for participation in the study
- Male or female subjects with age between 18 and 65 years
- Insomnia disorder
- Self-reported history of the following on at least 3 nights per week and for at least 3 months prior to the screening: ≥ 30 minutes to fall asleep, subjective total sleep time ≤ 6 hours
- Insomnia Severity Index© (ISI©) score ≥ 15 in Part 1 and ≥ 11 in Part 2
- Usual bedtime between 21:00 and 02:00
- Regular time in bed between 6 and 9 hours
- Meeting predefined sleep parameter criteria in sleep recording on the 2 screening nights
- Highly effective contraception
Who cannot take part
- Shift work within 2 weeks prior to the screening visit, or planned shift work during the study
- Travel across ≥ 3 time zones within 2 weeks prior to the screening visit, or planned travel across ≥ 3 time zones during the study
- Use of certain medications affecting central nervous system, e.g. sedatives or stimulans
- Start of other new chronic medication within 14 days prior screening nights and planned change to an ongoing chronic medication during the study
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is allowed if the CBT started at least 1 month prior to the 1st screening night and the subject agreed to continue the CBT throughout the study
- Alcohol or substance use disorder within 2 years prior to the screening visit or inability to refrain from drinking alcohol for at least 3 consecutive days
- Pre-planned elective surgery
- Blood donation or loss of significant amount of blood prior to the study
- Participation in a drug study within 60 days prior to the study
- Diagnosed sleep-related breathing disorder, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnoea
- Acute or unstable psychiatric conditions
- Significant cardiac disease
- Heart rate < 50 bpm or > 100 bpm
- Restless legs syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, REM behaviour disorder, or narcolepsy
- Significant abnormal laboratory findings including positive drug screen and presence of alcohol in breath test
- Body mass index below 18.5 or above 40.0 kg/m2
- Daytime napping ≥ 1 hour per day, and ≥ 3 days per week
- Significant postural hypotension
- Heavy tobacco or other nicotine containing product use
- Caffeine consumption ≥ 600 mg per day or regular caffeine consumption after 4 p.m
- Systolic blood pressure < 100 or > 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure < 50 or > 100 mmHg
- Abnormal 12-lead ECG finding
- Pregnant or lactating females
This trial has no sites in United States.
It has sites in 3 countries. Choose a country to see its sites.
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this trial is to learn if tasipimidine will help in the treatment of insomnia and how safe it is to use in sleepless people. Researchers will compare tasipimidine to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if tasipimidine works to treat insomnia. The trial consists of 2 consecutive parts and participants will be included either in Part 1 or Part 2. Part 2 will start only after Part 1 completion. Both parts include a screening period (up to 6 weeks), a treatment period (3 consecutive days and nights) and a post-treatment period (up to 10 days). Part 2 includes an additional 4 week extension part, where the participants take tasipimidine or placebo every evening at home and return to the sleep clinic for 2 last treatment nights. Participants will use equipment to record sleep parameters both at sleep clinic and home (Part 2) and a sleep diary is used.
The 5 groups in the trial
- Tasipimidine Dose level 1Treatment being tested
Dose level 1
Treatment: Tasipimidine
- Tasipimidine Dose level 2Treatment being tested
Dose level 2
Treatment: Tasipimidine
- Tasipimidine Dose level 3Treatment being tested
Dose level 3
Treatment: Tasipimidine
- PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison
Tasipimidine Placebo
Treatment: Tasipimidine placebo
- Tasipimidine Dose level 4Treatment being tested
Dose level 4
Treatment: Tasipimidine
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- Efficacy and Tolerability of Tasipimidine After 3 Repeated Bed-Time Doses in Patients With Insomnia Disorder With a 4-week Extension Part
- Record updated
- 22 October 2025