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CompletedNCT01521663Updated Feb 1, 2017

Safety and Efficacy Study of IPX159 in Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

A Phase 2 interventional study of IPX159 and Placebo in Restless Legs Syndrome, sponsored by Impax Laboratories, LLC. Completed at 38 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-02-01.

Sponsored by Impax Laboratories, LLC · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Feb 2013, 13 years 8 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry; the sponsor requested a delay in submitting them in Sep 2013.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
159
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether IPX159 is safe and effective in treating symptoms of RLS in subjects with Restless Legs Syndrome.

Read the detailed description

IPX159 was developed as an extended release formulation to reduce the fluctuation in nefopam concentration compared to IR and to reduce the incidence of peak or rate related side effects.

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Conditions studied

  • Restless Legs Syndrome

Keywords

  • Moderate to severe idiopathic RLS
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In context

Psychomotor Agitation

500 studies on the registry are indexed under Psychomotor Agitation; 55 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 159 is above the median of 90 across 413 interventional studies indexed under Psychomotor Agitation.

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Lead sponsor

Impax Laboratories, LLC is the lead sponsor of 20 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (25%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Able to understand and willing to sign an informed consent form (ICF) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization
  2. Males and females aged 18-70 with a history of primary RLS for ≥6 months prior to screening
  3. Symptoms of RLS by medical history on at least 15 nights during the month prior to Screening
  4. BMI 18.5-32
  5. Negative alcohol and drug abuse screen
  6. Negative serum pregnancy test
  7. Agrees to use a medically acceptable method of contraception throughout the study and for 2 months after completing the study.
  8. Able and willing to comply with the protocol, including availability for all scheduled clinic visits and telephone calls.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects who use or intend to use post screening the following medications or medication categories:

    • Sedative hypnotics, trazodone
    • Dopamine agonists, gabapentin, gabapentin enacarbil, pregabalin
    • Narcotic analgesics, other opioids, tramadol, cyclobenzaprine
    • Iron supplementation therapy
  2. History of HIV, hepatitis B or C
  3. Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  4. History of or clinical signs of any form of epilepsy or seizures, excluding fever-related seizures in childhood.
  5. History or presence of glaucoma
  6. Planning to take herbal medications (eg, hypericum perforatum [St John's Wort], licorice, ephedra, ginkgo, ginseng) during the study.
  7. Use of any investigational drug within the last 30 days or within a period of 5 times the drug's half-life, whichever is longer
  8. Subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, should not participate in the study or are not capable of following the study schedule for any reason
  9. Employees or family members of the Investigator, study site, the Sponsor, or Contract Research Organization (if any)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
159 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    IPX159

    IPX159 90 mg daily at week 1 with titration to 180 mg daily at week 2 with possible titration to 270 mg daily at week 3.

    Drug: IPX159

  • Placebo comparator
    Sugar Pill

    IPX159 90 mg matching placebo daily at week 1 with titration to 180 mg matching placebo daily at week 2.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugIPX159
  • DrugPlacebo
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) Rating Scale

    Time frame: Assessed at each study visit (visits 1-7), an expected average of 11 weeks

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Study locations

38 sites
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Brimingham, Alabama 35294, United States
  • Preferred Research Partners, Inc.
    Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, United States
  • Scripps Clinic
    La Jolla, California 92037, United States
  • Collaborative Neuroscience Network, Inc.
    Long Beach, California 90806, United States
  • The Research Center of Southern California
    Oceanside, California 92056, United States
  • Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research
    Redwood City, California 94063, United States
  • Neurological Research Institute
    Santa Monica, California 90404, United States
  • Sleep-Alertness Disorder Center
    Aurora, Colorado 80012, United States
  • PAB Clinical Research
    Brandon, Florida 33511, United States
  • MD Clinical
    Hallandale Beach, Florida 33009, United States
  • Neurology Associates of Ormond Beach
    Ormond Beach, Florida 32174, United States
  • Resurgence Group
    Palm Harbor, Florida 34684, United States
  • NeuroTrials Research Inc
    Atlanta, Georgia 30342, United States
  • Georgia Health Sciences University
    Augusta, Georgia 30912, United States
  • SleepMed of Central Georgia
    Macon, Georgia 31201, United States
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
  • Community Research
    Crestview Hills, Kentucky 41017, United States
  • Kentucky Research Group
    Louisville, Kentucky 40217, United States
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Campus
    Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
  • Sleep Health Centers, LLC
    Brighton, Massachusetts 02135, United States
  • Beacon Clinical Research, LLC
    Brockton, Massachusetts 02301, United States
  • QUEST Research Institute
    Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334, United States
  • Global Medical Institutes, LLC
    Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
  • Fieve Clinical Research, Inc.
    New York, New York 10168, United States
  • Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care Center
    Patchogue, New York 11772, United States
  • Raleigh Neurology Associates, P.A.
    Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, United States
  • Wake Research Associates, LLC
    Raleigh, North Carolina 27612, United States
  • PMG Research of Wilmington, LLC
    Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, United States
  • Community Research
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45255, United States
  • Sleep Lab of Northeastern Pennsylvania
    Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania 18411, United States
  • SleepMed of SC
    Columbia, South Carolina 29201, United States
  • Coastal Carolina Research Center
    Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29464, United States
  • University of Tennesee Health Science Center
    Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
  • Future Research Trials of Neurology
    Austin, Texas 78731, United States
  • Clinical Trial Network
    Houston, Texas 77074, United States
  • Bhupesh Dihenia, M.D., P.A.
    Lubbock, Texas 79410, United States
  • Paragon Research Center, LLC
    San Antonio, Texas 78205, United States
  • Sleep Medicine Associates
    Seattle, Washington 98122, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 1, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01521663
Lead sponsor
Impax Laboratories, LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 31, 2012
Start date
Nov 2011
Primary completion
Feb 2013
Completion
Feb 2013
Last update
Feb 1, 2017

Study contacts

Impax Study Director
principal investigator · Impax Laboratories, Inc., acting through its Impax Pharmaceuticals Division (Impax)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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