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CompletedNCT04558567Updated Oct 18, 2024

Vogelxo(R) ABPM Study in Hypogandal Men

A Phase 4 interventional study of Vogelxo in Hypogonadism, Male, sponsored by Upsher-Smith Laboratories. Completed at 7 sites in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-18.

Sponsored by Upsher-Smith Laboratories · Phase 4, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Dec 2023, 2 years 10 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
122
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

A Phase 4 ABPM study in Hypogonadal Men

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A single-arm, open-label, uncontrolled study consisting of a 4-week screening phase, 4-week titration phase, and 16-week treatment phase.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypogonadism, Male

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In context

Eunuchism

75 studies on the registry are indexed under Eunuchism; 21 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 122 is above the median of 60 across 55 interventional studies indexed under Eunuchism.

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Lead sponsor

Upsher-Smith Laboratories is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Adult male whose age is between 18 and 80 years, inclusive, at the time of screening.
  2. Considered by the investigator to be in good general health as determined by medical history, clinical laboratory test results, vital sign measurements, 12-lead (ECG) results, and physical examination findings at screening.
  3. Meets the study definition of clinical hypogonadism, as evidenced by serum testosterone concentrations:

    1. Two serum testosterone concentrations \< 300 ng/dL collected in the morning (between 0630 hours and 1000 hours local time) on at least 2 days separated by a minimum of 48 hours.
    2. Presence of at least 1 sign or symptom that may be related to low testosterone values and is/are consistent with hypogonadism
  4. Naïve to testosterone replacement, clomiphene, compounded or over-the-counter androgenic steroid derivatives and dehydroepiandrosterone, including products that may affect the reproductive hormonal system within the past 2 months.
  5. Willingness and the ability to apply topical testosterone gel as instructed by the study staff and comply with the requirements of this study protocol.
  6. Intact skin surfaces on the upper arms and shoulders where the topical testosterone will be applied.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Two testosterone concentrations \< 100 ng/dL during screening.
  2. Prolactin concentration > 1 x (ULN).
  3. Current or recurrent ulcer, erosion, lichenification, inflammation psoriasis, eczema or use of topical on the upper arms and shoulders. Tattoo application or removal in the region of study drug application.
  4. Known skin intolerance to alcohol or allergy to any of the ingredients of the study drug.
  5. History of treatment with growth hormone, anti-estrogen or estrogen treatment within 90 days prior to screening.
  6. Currently taking glucocorticoids > 7.5 mg prednisone equivalent per day (eg, hydrocortisone 30 mg, methylprednisolone 6 mg, or dexamethasone 1.2 mg) for 1 week before SV1 and through Day 1, and any use of opioids within 5 half-lives prior to Day 1.
  7. Currently taking, unstable doses within 14 days prior to first administration of study drug or anticipated to receive any antihypertensive medications, over-the-counter medications, supplements or herbal medicines known to affect blood pressure during study participation. These medications or supplements include diet pills (eg, phenylpropanolamine, sibutramine), nasal decongestants (eg, phenylephrine hydrochloride, pseudoephedrine, naphazoline hydrochloride), certain stimulants (eg, amphetamine, methylphenidate dexmethylphenidate, dextroamphetamine), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO), atypical antipsychotics (eg, clozapine, olanzapine).
  8. History of prostate (current or in the past) or breast cancer.
  9. Severe lower urinary tract symptoms as indicated by an International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) > 19.
  10. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) > 3.0 ng/mL; men treated with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (eg, dutasteride, finasteride) are eligible for participation as long as PSA levels are not > 1.5 ng/mL.
  11. > 50 kg/m2.
  12. Sitting SBP \< 80 mm Hg and > 150 mm Hg or sitting DBP \< 50 mm Hg and > 100 mm Hg at any point during screening.
  13. > 11% at screening.
  14. A current condition, therapy, laboratory abnormality, history of medical or psychiatric conditions or other circumstance or reasons which, in the opinion of the investigator or the study staff, might pose a risk to the subject, make participation not in the subject's best interest, confound the results of the study (eg, if subject cannot comply with requirements of the study), make the subject an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug, or interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study.
  15. History, suspicion, or evidence of significant drug or alcohol abuse or illicit steroid use within the previous 12 months prior to screening, as determined by the investigator.
  16. The subject is a smoker or has used nicotine or nicotine-containing products (eg, snuff, nicotine patch, nicotine chewing gum, mock cigarettes, or inhalers) within 6 months before the first dose of study drug.
  17. Clinical laboratory analysis shows any of the following abnormal results:

    • Hematocrit > 50%
    • or aspartate aminotransferase > 3 × ULN
  18. Severe or end-stage chronic kidney disease documented by \< 30 mL/min.
  19. Subject works night shifts.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
122 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Open-Label

    Drug: Vogelxo

Interventions

  • 50mg (1 tube, 5g gel) to 100mg (2 tubes, 10g gel)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in the 24-hour ABPM average SBP

    Average SBP will be calculated from ABPM measurements taken twice each hour over the 24-hour period. An ABPM measurement session will be standardized and performed during on-site clinic visits at baseline (before treatment) and on the last day of treatment (week 20) to minimize subject variability.

    Time frame: 20 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in 24-hour average diastolic blood pressure (DBP)

    Time frame: 20 weeks

  2. Change from baseline in 24-hour average heart rate (HR)

    Time frame: 20 weeks

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Study locations

7 sites
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trial Site #6
    Birmingham, Alabama 35235, United States
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trial Site #2
    Anaheim, California 92801, United States
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trial Site #1
    Miami, Florida 33153, United States
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trials Site #7
    Garden City, New York 11530, United States
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trials Site #4
    North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, United States
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trials Site #5
    San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
  • Upsher-Smith Clinical Trials Site #8
    San Antonio, Texas 78744, United States
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Aug 2020 to primary completion in Dec 2023, 39 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 15, 2020
First posted
Sep 22, 2020
StartActual
Aug 28, 2020
Primary completionActual
Dec 12, 2023
CompletionActual
Jan 11, 2024
Last update
Oct 18, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 18, 2024, 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
NCT04558567
Lead sponsor
Upsher-Smith Laboratories
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 22, 2020
Start date
Aug 28, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 12, 2023
Completion
Jan 11, 2024
Last update
Oct 18, 2024

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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