US20220008398A1 - Gaboxadol for reducing risk of suicide and rapid relief of depression - Google Patents

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US20220008398A1 US17/295,845 US201917295845A US2022008398A1 US 20220008398 A1 US20220008398 A1 US 20220008398A1 US 201917295845 A US201917295845 A US 201917295845A US 2022008398 A1 US2022008398 A1 US 2022008398A1
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  • This invention relates to methods and compositions for rapidly reducing the risk of suicide in patients suffering from acute suicidality and rapidly relieving mood symptoms in major depression and treatment-resistant depression using a novel therapeutic regimen comprising a single or intermittent administration of a high dose of gaboxadol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the subject in need thereof.
  • Esketamine indeed shows a remarkably rapid efficacy, with positive therapeutic effects seen with a day or only a few days post dosing, in contrast to traditional antidepressants that take weeks to achieve efficacy (Krystal et al., 2019, Neuron 101, 774-778; Harmer et al., 2009; The British Journal of Psychiatry 195, 102-108; Uher et al., 2010, Psychological Medicine 40, 1367-1377).
  • esketamine is also associated with significant side effects, including psychosis-like psychotomimetic side effects with delusions and delirium and drug abuse liability.
  • gaboxadol was the subject of a series of pilot studies that tested its efficacy as an analgesic and anxiolytic, as well as a treatment for tardive dyskinesia, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease (Mohr, Bruno et al. Clin Neuropharmacol. 1986; 9(3):257-63) and spasticity.
  • gaboxadol moved into late stage development for the treatment of insomnia. The development was discontinued after the compound failed to show significant effects in sleep onset and sleep maintenance in a three-month efficacy study.
  • Gaboxadol (4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo [5,4-c]pyridine-3-ol) (THIP)) is also described in EP Patent No. 0000338 and in EP Patent No. 0840601, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,278,676, 4,362,731, 4,353,910, and WO 2005/094820, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
  • None of the art described above addresses the urgent treatment of patients suffering from acute suicidality and treatment-resistant depression by administering a high dose (e.g., >50 mg per dose) gaboxadol once or intermittently every three days or more.
  • a high dose e.g., >50 mg per dose
  • Methods of reducing risk of suicide and/or achieving rapid relief of depression symptoms described herein include administering to a patient in need thereof an amount of gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof sufficient to reduce the risk of suicide.
  • Methods of reducing risk of suicide and achieving rapid relief from depression described herein include administering to a patient in need thereof a first single dose treatment of about 50 mg to about 300 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the first treatment provides improvement in the patient within 1 day and for 3 or more days after administration to the patient.
  • No gaboxadol in any form is administered to the patient for 3 or more days following the first treatment after reaching a therapeutic effect threshold based on one or more clinical biomarkers, such as EEG or blood level of gaboxadol.
  • the first treatment of gaboxadol comprises an initial administration of gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and optionally, additional administration(s) of gaboxadol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, within 12 hours immediately following the initial administration.
  • the optional second administration may be administered if a clinical test of the patient demonstrates insufficient response in the 160 minutes immediately after the first administration.
  • the insufficient response is an EEG power density increase of less than 30% at the time point 160 minutes after the first administration.
  • the EEG power density is preferably calculated in the 4.75-8.0 Hz range.
  • the insufficient response may be a whole head MEG planar gradiometer increase of less +3 in the combined delta, theta and alpha activity at the time point 160 minutes after the first administration.
  • the additional administration comprises gaboxadol up to the remainder of the maximum total first treatment dose of 300 mg.
  • Insufficient response may also mean failure to achieve a specified blood level of gaboxadol.
  • Methods of reducing risk of suicide and achieving a rapid relief from depression are described herein which include administering to a patient in need thereof gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the method provides an in vivo plasma profile including a C max greater than about 900 ng/ml wherein the method provides rapid improvement in the patient after administration of the gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • Methods of reducing risk of suicide and achieving a rapid relief from depression described herein include administering to a patient in need thereof gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the method provides an in vivo plasma profile comprising an AUC 0-2 of greater than about 900 ng*hr/ml and wherein the method provides rapid improvement in the patient after administration of the gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • a method for reducing an imminent risk of suicide in a patient suffering from acute suicidality comprising administering a single dose 50 to 300 mg gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the patient, wherein the dose reduces the incidence of suicidal ideation within 24 hours of the administration.
  • Methods of reducing risk of suicide and achieving a rapid relief from depression include administering to a patient in need thereof a first pharmaceutical composition comprising gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a second pharmaceutical composition comprising ketamine, SAGE-217, tiagabine, clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
  • gaboxadol and ketamine are each provided at a synergistic dose, and may optionally be administered at the same time.
  • the additional treatment of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered at least every 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 days after the administration of the first treatment.
  • the second treatment of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered if a neurological test of the patient demonstrates an insufficient response within 180 minutes immediately after administration of the first treatment.
  • the insufficient response is an electroencephalogram (EEG) power density increase of less than 30% over baseline within 180 minutes after the first administration or a whole head magnetoencephalography (MEG) planar gradiometer increase of less +3 in a combined delta, theta and alpha activity within 180 minutes after the administration of the first treatment.
  • EEG electroencephalogram
  • MEG whole head magnetoencephalography
  • the electroencephalogram (EEG) power density is calculated in a 0.25-8.0 Hz range or in a 4.75-8.0 Hz range.
  • the electroencephalogram (EEG) power density is calculated in a Sigma (11.5-15.0 Hz), Beta-1 (15.5-20.0 Hz), Beta-2 (20.5-25.0 Hz) or Beta-3 (25.5-32.0 Hz) range.
  • the second treatment of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered if a neurological test of the patient demonstrates an insufficient response within about 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes immediately after administration of the first treatment.
  • the insufficient response is an electroencephalogram (EEG) power density increase of less than 30% over baseline within 180 minutes after the first administration or a whole head magnetoencephalography (MEG) planar gradiometer increase of less+3 in a combined delta, theta and alpha activity within about 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes after the administration of the first treatment.
  • EEG electroencephalogram
  • MEG whole head magnetoencephalography
  • the method provides improvement in at least one symptom of risk of suicide selected from the group consisting of suicidal ideation, acute suicidality, recurrent thoughts of death, actions towards suicide and/or suicide attempts.
  • the administration of the first treatment comprises about 1 mg to about 300 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the administration of the first treatment comprises about 50 mg to about 300 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the administration of the first treatment comprises about 33 mg to about 150 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the administration of the first treatment comprises about 50 mg to about 150 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the first treatment is administered in an oral dosage form.
  • the oral dosage form is an orally disintegrating form.
  • the first treatment is administered intranasally.
  • the administration of the first treatment of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof results in a blood level that exceeds a GABA A receptor saturation level.
  • the GABA A receptor saturation level is a blood level greater than 900 ng/ml.
  • a patient's plasma level of gaboxadol achieves AUC 0-2 of greater than about 900 ng*hr/ml after the administration of the first treatment.
  • a plasma T max of gaboxadol is achieved within 45 minutes after administration of the first treatment.
  • the method further comprises administering to the patient, before, after or concurrently with the first treatment, any one of ketamine, SAGE-217, allopregnanolone, ganaxolone, alfadolone, alfaxolone, hydroxydione, minaxolone, pregnanolone, renanolone and other pregnane neurosteroids, AV-101 (L-4-Chlorokynurenine), rapastinel (GLYX-13), MGS0039, LY-341,495, MK-801 (dizocilpine), Ro 25-6981, rislenemdaz (CERC-301, MK-0657), apimostinel (NRX-1074), lanicemine (AZD6765), traxoprodil (CP-101606), (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine, decoglurant (INN) (RG1578, RO4995819), memantine, t
  • the first treatment comprises administering concurrently a synergistic dose of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, together with a synergistic dose of ketamine wherein the synergistic dose of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, can be about 20 mg or less and the synergistic dose of ketamine can be about 10 mg or less.
  • the synergistic dose of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be about 20 mg, about 19 mg, about 18 mg, about 17 mg, about 16 mg, about 15 mg, about 14 mg, about 13 mg, about 12 mg, about 11 mg, about 10 mg, about 9 mg, about 8 mg, about 7 mg, about 6 mg, about 5 mg, about 4 mg, about 3 mg, about 2 mg, about 1 mg or less.
  • synergistic dose of ketamine can be about 10 mg can be about 10 mg, about 9 mg, about 8 mg, about 7 mg, about 6 mg, about 5 mg, about 4 mg, about 3 mg, about 2 mg, about 1 mg or less.
  • gaboxadol A use of gaboxadol is disclosed for reducing risk of suicide in a patient at risk of suicide and/or for achieving fast-acting relief of depressive symptoms.
  • gaboxadol A use of gaboxadol is disclosed for the manufacture of a medicament for reducing risk of suicide in a patient at risk of suicide and/or achieving fast-acting relief of depressive symptoms.
  • FIG. 1 shows exemplary whole-brain pharmacomaps representing drug-evoked brain activation in the mouse.
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary ketamine dose-curve pharmacomaps.
  • FIG. 3 shows an exemplary side-by-side comparison between a gaboxadol and a ketamine pharmacomap.
  • Gaboxadol at 10 mg/kg evokes a broad brain activation that is highly similar to that of ketamine at 10 mg/kg (righ panels). This includes:
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of the synergistic effect obtained by the co-administration of gaboxadol and ketamine.
  • FIG. 5 shows exemplary results of a forced swim test. Both ketamine (round symbols) and gaboxadol (triangle symbols) significantly reduced the time spent in floating (immobility) during a 6 min forced swim compared to a control vehicle-treated group.
  • the phrase “at least one,” in reference to a list of one or more elements, should be understood to mean at least one element selected from any one or more of the elements in the list of elements, but not necessarily including at least one of each and every element specifically listed within the list of elements and not excluding any combinations of elements in the list of elements.
  • This definition also allows that elements may optionally be present other than the elements specifically identified within the list of elements to which the phrase “at least one” refers, whether related or unrelated to those elements specifically identified.
  • “at least one of A and B” can refer, in one embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, with no B present (and optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, B, with no A present (and optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, and at least one, optionally including more than one, B (and optionally including other elements); etc.
  • the term “about” or “approximately” as used herein means within an acceptable error range for the particular value as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art, which will depend in part on how the value is measured or determined, i.e., the limitations of the measurement system.
  • “about” can mean within 3 or more than 3 standard deviations, per the practice in the art.
  • the term can mean within an order of magnitude, preferably within 5-fold, and more preferably within 2-fold, of a value.
  • the term “about” or “approximately” when used in conjunction with a numerical range, it modifies that range by extending the boundaries above and below those numerical values.
  • the term “about” is used herein to modify a numerical value above and below the stated value by a variance of 20%, 10%, 5%, or 1%.
  • the term “about” is used to modify a numerical value above and below the stated value by a variance of 10%.
  • the term “about” is used to modify a numerical value above and below the stated value by a variance of 5%.
  • the term “about” is used to modify a numerical value above and below the stated value by a variance of 1%.
  • “Suicidal ideation”, also described as “suicidalness”, “suicidal thoughts”, “suicidal impulse”, “suicidal compulsions”, “suicidalism”, and “suicidality”, is a recognized condition wherein the patient examination indicates a subjective wish to die, passive and active suicide attempt thoughts, significant duration and frequency of ideation, lack of control, lack of deterrents, preparatory behavior for an attempt, and other symptoms. It may be assessed by score on the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (Beck et al. J Consult Clin Psychol 1979; 47:343-352). Suicidal ideation includes thinking about or having an unusual preoccupation with suicide.
  • Suicidal ideation varies greatly from fleeting thoughts, to extensive thoughts, to detailed planning, role playing (e.g., standing on a chair with a noose), and incomplete attempts.
  • Suicidal ideation is distinct from, and possibly overlapping with conditions which are diagnosed (under DSM-V) as major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, major depressive disorder (including major depressive episode), persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), premenstrual dysphoric disorder, substance/medication-induced depressive disorder, depressive disorder due to another medical condition, other specified depressive disorders, and unspecified depressive disorder.
  • a patient “at risk of suicide” means a human subject having a clinically or subjectively assessed short- or medium-term risk of taking active steps towards self-harm with a risk of death.
  • Patients at risk of suicide include patients diagnosed under DSM-V or other criteria as experiencing suicidal ideation, acute suicidality, recurrent thoughts of death and/or suicidal attempts.
  • the term “at risk of suicide” does not necessarily follow from a diagnosis of depression, major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression, bi-polar disorder, mania and other disturbed psycho-social conditions but distinct sub-sets of such patients may be separately identified as being at risk of suicide.
  • a person at risk of suicide has not been diagnosed with any psychiatric illness including major depression.
  • a person at risk of suicide does not have major depression.
  • a person at risk of suicide does not have Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Fragile X syndrome, or Angelman syndrome.
  • a person at risk of suicide is being treated with antidepressants.
  • a method of reducing risk of suicide means, in a patient at risk of suicide, a medical or psychosocial intervention intended to reduce such risk, which intervention is established as effective on the basis of a clinical study in a population of patients at risk of suicide.
  • an intervention “sufficient to reduce the risk of suicide and/or self-harm” means an intervention that has been tested in a population of patients at risk of suicide and/or self-harm, or any complex animal model comparable to such condition, and found statistically across the population to reduce incidents of suicide, self-harm or animal behaviours correlated with such conditions.
  • Effective amount or “therapeutically effective amount” means a dosage sufficient to alleviate one or more symptoms of the condition being treated, or to otherwise provide a desired pharmacological and/or physiologic effect, as may be determined by an objective measure or a patient derived subjective measure.
  • an “effective amount” or “therapeutically effective amount” of gaboxadol means the amount of a single dose of gaboxadol sufficient to relieve suicidal ideation within 12, 24, 36, 48 hours or 60 hours.
  • an “effective amount” or “therapeutically effective amount” of gaboxadol means the amount of two consecutive doses of gaboxadol sufficient to relieve suicidal ideation within 12, 24, 36, 48 hours or 60 hours.
  • the term “Improvement” refers to the reduction of risk of suicide measured relative to at least one symptom.
  • “Improvement in next day functioning” or “wherein there is improvement in next day functioning” refers to improvement wherein the beneficial effect of at least one symptom lasts over a period of time, e.g., 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours etc.
  • “for oral administration” refers to a dosage form which may be conveniently administered orally to a human subject.
  • “for intranasal administration” refers to a dosage form which may be conveniently administered intranasally to a human subject.
  • “Patient in need thereof” includes individuals that have been diagnosed at risk of suicide or have symptoms of risk of suicide.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable” refers to molecular entities and compositions that are “generally regarded as safe”—e.g., that are physiologically tolerable and do not typically produce an allergic or similar untoward reaction, such as gastric upset and the like, when administered to a human.
  • this term refers to molecular entities and compositions approved by a regulatory agency of the federal or a State government, e.g., the GRAS list under section 204(s) and 409 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, that is subject to premarket review and approval by the FDA or similar lists, the U.S. Pharmacopeia or another generally recognized pharmacopeia for use in animals, and more particularly in humans.
  • PK Pharmacokinetic parameters
  • Cm the maximum concentration the drug attains
  • Tmax the time at which this maximum concentration occurs
  • AUC the area under the concentration-versus-time curve
  • Clearance is defined as the volume of blood or plasma that is totally cleared of its content of drug per unit time (ml/min).
  • Treating” or “treatment” refers to alleviating the clinical symptoms of a disease or condition in a subject that may be afflicted with the disease or condition.
  • “treating” or “treatment” may refer to preventing the appearance of clinical symptoms of a disease or condition in a subject that may be afflicted with or predisposed to the disease or condition.
  • the “treating” or “treatment” can also refer to arresting or reducing development of, or at least one clinical or subclinical symptom of, the disease or condition.
  • Treating” or “treatment” can refer to a statistically significant, mathematically significant reduction in a symptom of acute suicidality.
  • “treating” or “treatment” can refer to the improvement of a symptom perceptible to the subject and/or the physician. Permanently curative treatment is not required to achieve “treatment” herein.
  • UDF Unit dosage form
  • Rapid antidepressant refers to a medication capable of delivering therapeutic relief (as may be objectively or subjectively observed) within 24 hrs from first treatment, also referred to herein as rapid alleviation of depressive symptoms.
  • Rapid anti-suicidal agent refers to a medication capable of delivering therapeutic relief from suicidal ideation (as may be objectively or subjectively observed) within 24 hrs from first treatment, also referred to herein as rapid alleviation of suicidality.
  • gaboxadol e.g. at least >50 mg human equivalent dose (HED) evokes a broad brain activation pattern which very similar to ketamine with some key differences related to a better safety profile of gaboxadol.
  • HED human equivalent dose
  • the wide cortical activation and the midline thalamic activation as well as activation of midbrain periaqueductal grey (PAG) and brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) is very similar between gaboxadol and ketamine.
  • the brain imaging also shows a synergistic effect between gaboxadol and ketamine, suggesting that even though the drugs act at very different molecular targets, their downstream effect leads to a shared brain circuit-based mechanisms.
  • ketamine which has clearly identified therapeutic potential for providing a fast-acting relief of depression and treating suicidal ideation
  • the present disclosure identifies for the first time an unexpected therapeutic utility of high dose gaboxadol, e.g., at >50 mg HED, as a fast-acting antidepressant and anti-suicidal agent.
  • gaboxadol may provide significant patient advantages over ketamine because gaboxadol is not known to induce the substantial dissociative side-effects known to result from ketamine administration.
  • Suicidal depressed patients need rapid relief of suicidal ideation. Depression remits in one-third or fewer patients, and fewer than half achieve even 50% relief with typical first line medications. Although suicidal behavior is usually associated with depression, most antidepressant trials have excluded suicidal patients and did not assess suicidal ideation and behavior systematically, which has resulted in limited data on this topic. Depression predicts suicide attempts via its effect on suicidal ideation.
  • Ketamine a drug with dissociative and glutamate NMDA receptor-blocking properties that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1970 for anesthetic use, has recently become a target of research for its antidepressant effects, which occur within hours at subanesthetic doses. Reports of reduction in suicidal ideation after ketamine infusion are promising, but the conclusiveness of results for major depression has been limited by measurement of suicidal ideation with a single item from a depression inventory, lack of a control group, use of a saline control, and use of samples with low levels of suicidal ideation or mixed diagnoses.
  • Clinical trials are underway to establish the efficacy of ketamine on reduction of suicidal ideation.
  • An example is may be found at ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01700829, described in associated publication (Am J Psychiatry 175:4, April 2018).
  • This trial is a randomized clinical trial of an adjunctive IV infusion of ketamine compared with the short-acting benzodiazepine anesthetic midazolam in patients with major depressive disorder who had clinically significant suicidal ideation, as assessed by score on the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI).
  • the primary outcome measure was SSI score 24 hours after infusion.
  • Other outcome measures include global depression ratings, clinical ratings during 6-week open follow-up treatment, and safety measures.
  • Described herein are methods and compositions for reducing risk of suicide with gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the invention employs a first treatment of gaboxadol with no further administration of gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the 3 or more days following the first treatment.
  • gaboxadol is administered once with no additional treatment for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 days.
  • This invention provides a striking contrast with previous proposed treatment modalities using lower doses (e.g., ⁇ 40 mg single dose) of gaboxadol.
  • Previous suggested uses include as an analgesic, an anxiolytic, combined anxiolytic and anti-depressant acting as an add-on to escitalopram, for treatment of insomnia and for treatment of symptoms of certain genetic developmental disorders.
  • the invention provides utility of gaboxodal at high doses (e.g., >50 mg per single dose) for reducing risk of suicide in an urgent care situation and rapid relief of depression, for example treatment-resistant depression and/or at the onset of a treatment of major depression to bridge the delayed effect of traditional antidepressants.
  • the invention provides a previously unrecognized “first treatment” approach to dosing of gaboxadol.
  • our invention provides a first treatment of high dose (e.g., >50 mg) of gaboxadol leading to rapid onset and durable effect of treatment for at least 3 days after administration.
  • methods of reducing risk of suicide by administering to a patient in need thereof a first treatment of gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • methods include administering to a patient in need thereof a first treatment of about 50 mg to about 300 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the first treatment provides improvement in the patient for 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 or more days after administration to the patient.
  • No gaboxadol in any form is administered to the patient for 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 or more days following the first treatment.
  • Embodiments described herein provide that a patient in need thereof is administered a pharmaceutical composition including gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • Gaboxadol or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be provided as an acid addition salt, a zwitter ion hydrate, zwitter ion anhydrate, hydrochloride or hydrobromide salt, or in the form of the zwitter ion monohydrate.
  • Acid addition salts include but are not limited to, maleic, fumaric, benzoic, ascorbic, succinic, oxalic, bis-methylenesalicylic, methanesulfonic, ethane-disulfonic, acetic, propionic, tartaric, salicylic, citric, gluconic, lactic, malic, mandelic, cinnamic, citraconic, aspartic, stearic, palmitic, itaconic, glycolic, p-amino-benzoic, glutamic, benzene sulfonic or theophylline acetic acid addition salts, as well as the 8-halotheophyllines, for example 8-bromo-theophylline.
  • inorganic acid addition salts including but not limited to, hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, sulfamic, phosphoric or nitric acid addition salts may be used.
  • gaboxadol is provided as gaboxadol monohydrate.
  • amounts of active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition will depend on the form of gaboxadol provided.
  • pharmaceutical compositions of including 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 33.0, 50.0 or 150.0 mg gaboxadol correspond to 5.6, 11.3, 16.9, 37.0, 56 or 169 mg gaboxadol monohydrate, respectively.
  • gaboxadol is crystalline, such as the crystalline hydrochloric acid salt, the crystalline hydrobromic acid salt, or the crystalline zwitter ion monohydrate. In certain embodiments, gaboxadol is provided as a crystalline monohydrate.
  • Deuteration and/or fluorination of pharmaceuticals to improve pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and toxicity profiles has been demonstrated previously with some classes of drugs. Accordingly, the use of deuterium or fluorine enriched gaboxadol is contemplated and within the scope of the methods and compositions described herein.
  • Deuterium or fluorine can be incorporated in any position in replacement of hydrogen synthetically, according to the synthetic procedures known in the art.
  • deuterium or fluorine may be incorporated to various positions having an exchangeable proton, such as the amine N—H, via proton-deuterium equilibrium exchange.
  • deuterium or fluorine may be incorporated selectively or non-selectively through methods known in the art to provide deuterium enriched gaboxadol. See, for example, Journal of Labeled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals 19(5) 689-702 (1982).
  • Deuterium or fluorine enriched gaboxadol may be described by the percentage of incorporation of deuterium or fluorine at a given position in the molecule in the place of hydrogen.
  • deuterium enrichment of 1% at a given position means that 1% of molecules in a given sample contain deuterium at that specified position.
  • the deuterium enrichment can be determined using conventional analytical methods, such as mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
  • deuterium enriched gaboxadol means that the specified position is enriched with deuterium above the naturally occurring distribution (i.e., above about 0.0156%).
  • deuterium enrichment is no less than about 1%, no less than about 5%, no less than about 10%, no less than about 20%, no less than about 50%, no less than about 70%, no less than about 80%, no less than about 90%/?, or no less than about 98% of deuterium at a specified position.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions include 1 mg to 150 mg, about 5 mg to about 20 mg, about 33 mg to about 75 mg, about 33 mg to about 100 mg, or about 33 mg to about 150 mggaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions include about 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 33, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 175, 200, 250, 500 or 1000 mg gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 33 mg to about 1000 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 50 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 33 mg to about 150 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 40 mg to about 150 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 50 mg to about 150 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 60 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 70 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 80 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 100 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 110 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 120 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 130 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 140 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 150 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the first treatment is a single dose of about 250 mg to about 300 mg.
  • the gaboxadol first treatment when it is in combination with another agent such as ketamine, it may be used at a lower dose of about 5 mg to about 50 mg (herein sometimes referred to as a “synergistic dose” or a “low dose”).
  • compositions herein may be provided with immediate release or standard release profiles.
  • Compositions may be prepared using a pharmaceutically acceptable “carrier” composed of materials that are considered safe and effective.
  • the “carrier” includes all components present in the pharmaceutical formulation other than the active ingredient or ingredients.
  • the term “carrier” includes, but is not limited to, diluents, binders, lubricants, disintegrants, fillers, and coating compositions.
  • Those skilled in the art are familiar with identifying preferred formulation techniques for a unit dosage form (UDF).
  • the UDF is a pill, tablet, capsule, film, or wafer, any of which may optionally be orally disintegrating, or a lollipop, lozenge, oil, tincture, or syrup.
  • Pills and tablets are prepared from solid formulations.
  • Syrups, oils and tincture are liquid formulations.
  • An orally disintegrating film, wafer, tablet or a lollipop or lozenge provides the UDF in an oral form wherein the active ingredients are at least partly absorbed directly in the buccal cavity.
  • Capsules may be either solid formulations (e.g. powders or particles in a hard-gel) or liquid formulations (e.g. oil-based formulations used in soft-gels). Oil based formulations with little or no water are typically easily encapsulated.
  • Oil-in-water formulations may comprise microemulsions, liposomes, nanoemulsions and other forms known in the art.
  • a wide variety of technologies are available for a buccal or sublingual formulation such as an orally disintegrating thin film, wafer or tablet, or a lollipop, and/or lozenge.
  • Sublingual tablets, wafers, films and strips can be designed to rapidly disintegrate (5-15 seconds) providing rapid access to buccal cavity capillaries and avoid the hostile environment of the gastrointestinal track.
  • Lollipops and lozenges provide a combination of buccal and gastric administration.
  • the technologies are widely used with therapeutic agents where rapid onset is desired. (See Lamey and Lewis “Buccal and Sublingual Delivery of Drugs” Ch 2 in “Routes of Drug Administration” Ed. Florence and Salole (Butterworth-Heinemann)).
  • Example 6 below provides an example of an ODT.
  • gaboxadol or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed in the following patent publications: WO 2018144827, US 20110082171, US 20090048288, WO 2006118897, WO 2006102093, GB 2410434, US 20050137222, WO 2002094225, WO 2001022941, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
  • the invention contemplates a first treatment with gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, upon diagnosis of a patient as being at risk of suicide.
  • patients present at an urgent care facility or at a doctor's office where the diagnosis is made.
  • the method of the invention contemplates administration of the first treatment with patient consent promptly after the diagnosis.
  • the invention also contemplates a first treatment with gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, upon first diagnosis of a depression in a patient not treated with antidepressants and in need of rapid antidepressive relief before the delayed onset of clinically efficacy of traditional antidepressants, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCAs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), or noradrenaline and specific serotoninergic antidepressants (NASSAs).
  • SSRIs selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
  • SNRIs serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors
  • TCAs tricyclic antidepressants
  • TeCAs tetracyclic antidepressants
  • MAOIs monoamine oxidase inhibitor
  • the invention also contemplates a treatment with gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a patient with treatment-resistant depression and in need of rapid anti-depressive relief when treatment with traditional antidepressants when such treatment either fails to induce a clinical relief or fails to provide a continuous relief after an initial period of successful treatment.
  • patients present at an urgent care facility or at a doctor's office where the diagnosis is made.
  • the method of the invention contemplates administration of the first treatment with patient consent promptly after the diagnosis.
  • the patient has received electric shock therapy.
  • the first treatment comprises a dose of from 50 mg to 300 mg of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the first treatment comprises a dose of from about 50 mg to 150 mg, about 50 mg to about 75 mg, about 50 mg to about 100 mg, about 50 mg to about 150 mg, about 50 mg to about 200 mg, about 50 mg to about 250 mg, or about 50 mg to about 300 mg, of gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the dose form is rapidly absorbed by the patient and provides rapid onset for reduction in the symptoms of suicidal ideation.
  • EEG electroencephalography
  • EEG is a measure of neurological activity well known to those skilled in the art. Standard techniques and instruments are widely available. Low frequency wavelength emissions are measured across a spectral range typically 0.2-35 Hz at multiple sites on the patient's head. Power spectra are assessed at each wavelength (or across a range of wavelengths) to observe and detect neurological activity.
  • EEG may be used in the context of measuring neurological response to drugs such as gaboxadol as described in Dijk et al. (2010) J. Psychopharmacology. 24(11) 1613-1618. See also Lundahl et al. (2011) J Psychopharmacol 26: 1081.
  • the invention contemplates that the first treatment of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, demonstrates rapid onset and induces rapid reduction of symptoms of suicidal ideation.
  • An biomarker measure of the rapid onset may be obtained by EEG.
  • An EEG power density increase of about 30% or more across spectra in the 0.25 Hz-8.0 Hz range within 180 minutes of the first treatment is indicative of rapid onset of effect.
  • patients will record a power density increase of about 50% or more across this range. More preferably patients will record a power density increase of about 50% or more across the 4.75-8.0 Hz range.
  • EEG power density increases have been described in Dijk (2010) and Lundahl (2011), upon administration of gaboxadol, in the context of other disease indications.
  • MEG may be employed as a biomarker to observe rapid onset of therapeutic effect of the first treatment.
  • Nutt et al (2015) observed the administration of gaboxadol to lead to a whole head MEG planar gradiometer increase of +3 or higher in the combined delta, theta and alpha activity at the time point 160 minutes after the first treatment.
  • the method of the present invention anticipates an increase of +3 or greater within 180 minutes of the first treatment.
  • rapid onset means that one or more objectively observable symptoms of the condition being treated (e.g. risk of suicide, suicidal ideation, depression, treatment resistant depression, as described herein) is alleviated or reduced within 24 hours of the first treatment, and preferably within 6 hours of first treatment.
  • the method of the invention anticipates a durable effect, meaning that the first treatment of gaboxadol reduces the symptoms of suicidal ideation for about 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more days post-administration.
  • the first treatment induces a chemical form of brain activation through ⁇ subunit-containing GABAA receptors which may be interpreted as a physiological effect comparable to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
  • ECT electroconvulsive therapy
  • the effect of the first treatment is not enhanced by maintenance dosing of gaboxadol in the first 3 days after the first treatment. In fact, no further dosing is required until the patient symptoms indicate a further treatment would be beneficial, which may arise 3, 4, 5, 6 or more days following said first treatment, or may not arise at all for a longer period. Stated otherwise, additional treatment with gaboxadol is to be specifically avoided in the 3-day period following completion of the first treatment as this will reduce the effectiveness of treatment.
  • the 3-day or longer period following the first treatment may be considered a wash-out period.
  • the 3-day no-treatment period may be extended to 4, 5, or 6 days, or longer, if reduced symptoms of suicidal ideation persist. It is further understood that if or when suicidal ideation returns at a time greater than 3 days after the first treatment, a follow-up treatment of gaboxadol or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be administered. Such follow-up treatment would be considered a “first treatment” as disclosed herein.
  • 4-day, 5-day, 6-day or weekly dosing, each of which may be called “intermittent dosing” of gaboxadol, will be indicated for a patient. In each case the dosing is considered a “first treatment” according to the present invention.
  • the “first treatment” of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprises an initial administration of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and optionally, a second administration of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, within 12 hours immediately following the initial administration.
  • the total amount of the first and second administration does not exceed 300 mg of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the decision regarding the optional second administration is based on measuring indicators of the patient's response to the first administration. Any response of the patient may be used to make the decision, including a change in any behaviour or any physiological or biological marker of response. An insufficient response to the first administration will be suggestive of the recommendation for a second administration as part of the first treatment.
  • An insufficient response to the first administration also includes a whole head MEG planar gradiometer increase of less +3 in the combined delta, theta and alpha activity at the time point 160 minutes after the first administration.
  • An insufficient response also includes a continuance of observable symptoms of suicidal ideation, acute suicidality, risk of self-harm and/or treatment resistant depression.
  • a second administration of gaboxadol or past (as part of the “first treatment”) will be administered within a maximum of 12 hours from the first administration (of the first treatment) in order to reduce the risk of suicide.
  • the second administration will follow shortly after the confirmation of insufficient response by EEG or MEG at the 160 min time point.
  • the second administration may be delayed for various patient care reasons but to achieve the desirable effect of the invention should be administered within 12 hours of the first administration.
  • the wash-out period between the first treatment and any subsequent treatment (at least 3 days after the first treatment) reflects the neurological impact of the gaboxadol treatment which corresponds to the observation in ketamine clinical trials of an extended period of 7 or more days where a first treatment is sufficient to alleviate suicidal ideation, recurrent thoughts of death, actions towards suicide and suicide attempts as described in U.S. Pat. No. 9,359,220, the content of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. It also corresponds to the observed period of reduction of suicidal ideation in certain patients who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy.
  • Treatments in the intervening wash-out period such as maintenance doses of therapeutic agent, or further electroconvulsive therapy are understood to be counter-effectual due to the re-stimulation of neurological areas which would interfere with the desirable pattern of neurological recovery from the electro- or chemical-shock of the first treatment.
  • the invention contemplates administration of gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, designed for rapid onset of treatment effect.
  • a wide variety of dose forms may be employed including those described previously in the literature.
  • Preferred dose forms are suitable for oral or intranasal administration.
  • Oral administration can employ any orally acceptable form including pills, tablets, capsules, syrup etc. Such forms can be manufactured according to techniques well known to those skilled in the art.
  • a particularly preferred form for rapid onset is an orally disintegrating dosage form (ODDF) which provides immediate release in the patient's buccal cavity enhancing buccal absorption of the drug.
  • ODDF is a solid dosage form containing a medicinal substance or active ingredient which disintegrates rapidly, usually within a matter of seconds when placed upon the tongue.
  • the disintegration time for ODDFs generally range from one or two seconds to about a minute.
  • ODDFs are designed to disintegrate or dissolve rapidly on contact with saliva. This mode of administration can be beneficial to people who may have problems swallowing tablets as is common with conditions which are psychiatric in nature.
  • compositions herein provide immediate release of gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which when administered to an oral cavity, disintegrates in less than one minute, less than 55 seconds, less than 50 seconds, less than 45 seconds, less than 40 seconds, less than 35 seconds, less than 30 seconds, less than 25 seconds, less than 20 seconds, less than 15 seconds, less than 10 seconds, or less than 5 seconds based upon, e.g., the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) disintegration test method set forth at section 701, Revision Bulletin Official Aug. 1, 2008.
  • USP United States Pharmacopeia
  • the ODDF results in pharmacokinetic properties which include a Tmax of 20 minutes or less.
  • pharmaceutical compositions herein provide of 20 minutes or less, a Tmax of 19 minutes or less, a Tmax of 18 minutes or less, a Tmax of 17 minutes or less, a Tmax of 16 minutes or less, a Tmax of 15 minutes or less, a Tmax of 14 minutes or less, a Tmax of 13 minutes or less, a Tmax of 12 minutes or less, a Tmax of 11 minutes or less, a Tmax of 10 minutes or less, a Tmax of 9 minutes or less, a Tmax of 8 minutes or less, a Tmax of 7 minutes or less, a Tmax of 6 minutes or less, or a Tmax of 5 minutes or less.
  • Such pharmaceutical compositions include ODDFs such as orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs).
  • ODT is a solid dosage form containing a medicinal substance or active ingredient which disintegrates rapidly, usually within a matter of seconds when placed upon the tongue.
  • the disintegration time for ODTs generally ranges from several seconds to about a minute.
  • ODTs are designed to disintegrate or dissolve rapidly on contact with saliva, thus eliminating the need to chew the tablet, swallow the intact tablet, or take the tablet with liquids. As with ODDFs in general, this mode of administration can be beneficial to people who require rapid onset of treatment.
  • the fast dissolving property of the ODTs requires quick ingress of water into the tablet matrix. This may be accomplished by maximizing the porous structure of the tablet, incorporation of suitable disintegrating agents and use of highly water-soluble excipients in the formulation.
  • Excipients used in ODTs typically contain at least one superdisintegrant (which can have a mechanism of wicking, swelling or both), a diluent, a lubricant and optionally a swelling agent, sweeteners and flavorings. See, e.g., Nagar et al., Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 2011; 01 (04):35-45.
  • Superdisintegrants can be classified as synthetic, natural and co-processed.
  • synthetic superdisintegrants can be exemplified by sodium starch glycolate, croscarmellose sodium, cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, partially pregelatinized starch, cross-linked alginic acid and modified resin.
  • Natural superdisintegrants can be processed mucilages and gums are obtained from plants and can be exemplified by Lepidium sativum seed mucilage, banana powder, gellan gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, gum karaya, cassia fistula seed gum, Mangifera indica gum, carrageenan, agar from Gelidium amansii and other red algaes, soy polysaccharide and chitosan.
  • Diluents can include, e.g., mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium sulfate, magnesium trisilicate and the like.
  • Lubricants can include, e.g., magnesium stearate and the like. Those skilled in the art are familiar with ODT manufacturing techniques.
  • ODDFs which may be used herein include rapidly dissolving films which are thin oral strips that release medication such as gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof quickly after administration to the oral cavity.
  • the film is placed on a patient's tongue or any other mucosal surface and is instantly wet by saliva whereupon the film rapidly hydrates and dissolves to release the medication. See. e.g., Chaturvedi et al., Curr Drug Deliv. 2011 July; 8 (4):373-80.
  • Fastcaps are a rapidly disintegrating drug delivery system based on gelatin capsules. In contrast to conventional hard gelatin capsules, fastcaps consist of a gelation of low bloom strength and various additives to improve the mechanical and dissolution properties of the capsule shell.
  • ODDFs containing gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof disintegrate rapidly to release the drug, which dissolves or disperses in the saliva.
  • the drug may be absorbed in the oral cavity, e.g., sublingually, buccally, from the pharynx and esophagus or from other sections of gastrointestinal tract as the saliva travels down. In such cases, bioavailability can be significantly greater than that observed from conventional tablet dosage forms which travel to the stomach or intestines where drug can be released.
  • Intranasal forms enhance rapid uptake of gaboxadol via the nasal and pulmonary system.
  • Intranasal formulations of therapeutic agents are well known and those skilled in the art may adapt gaboxadol to such a format. Design choices depend on whether the product will be a solution or suspension. Critical parameters include pH and buffer selection, osmolality, viscosity, excipient selection and choice of penetration enhancers or other components to enhance residence time in the nasal cavity. (See DPT Laboratories Ltd publications at www.dptlabs.com).
  • a desirable target of the invention is to rapidly achieve a blood level of gaboxadol which achieves GABAA receptor saturation in the brain.
  • GABAA receptor saturation level is a blood level greater than about 400, 500, 600, 700, 750, 800, 900 and 1000 ng/ml.
  • GABAA receptor saturation is achieved at over 900 ng/ml.
  • the pharmacological levels will reach levels different from those previously observed.
  • the first treatment provides Cmax equal to or greater than about 500, 600, 700, 750, 800 ng/ml, and preferably greater than 900 ng/ml.
  • plasma Tmax is achieved within 90 minutes the first treatment. More preferably Tmax is achieved at 75, 60, 45 or 30 minutes after first treatment. In certain embodiments, the Tmax of the first treatment is less than 2 hours. In certain embodiments, the Tmax of the first treatment is less than 1.5 hours. In certain embodiments, the Tmax of the first treatment is less than 1 hour. In certain embodiments, the Tmax of the first treatment is about half an hour.
  • embodiments provided herein are methods of reducing risk of suicide including administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition including gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the composition provides an in vivo plasma profile having a AUC0- ⁇ of greater than about 900 ng*hr/ml.
  • the in vivo plasma profile demonstrates an AUC0-2 of greater than about 900 ng*hr/ml and provides rapid onset and durable effect in the patient for more than 3 days after administration.
  • Gaboxadol has been tested in single doses up to about 40 mg in human patient populations. Daily or more frequent maintenance dosing has normally been used. Single doses of gaboxadol have also been employed for understanding pharmacokinetic parameters of drug administration. For example, in publications including WIPO patent application WO2017015049, and Boyle et al. (2009) Hum. Psychopharmacol. Clin.
  • the first treatment comprises two administrations (within the first 12 hours)
  • physicians may advise different forms of gaboxadol to be employed.
  • the first administration is oral
  • the second administration is intranasal. Or vice versa.
  • both administrations may be of the same form.
  • provided herein are methods of reducing risk of suicide and fast-acting relief of depressive symptoms including administering to a patient in need thereof, in addition to the treatment of gaboxadol or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a second different pharmaceutical composition selected from among ketamine, SAGE-217, tiagabine, clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
  • the second pharmaceutical composition is administered at the same time as the treatment with gaboxadol.
  • kits for reducing risk of suicide including administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition including a first treatment gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof followed by no gaboxadol for 3 or more days, wherein the second pharmaceutical composition may be also administered according to its regularly prescribed schedule and dose or alternatively only at the same time as gaboxadol treatment.
  • the first treatment and/or the second pharmaceutical compositions may be provided in a combined dosage form.
  • the second pharmaceutical composition in addition to administration of the first pharmaceutical composition may provide a synergistic effect to improve at least one symptom of risk of suicide and/or provide a rapid relied of mood symptoms in depression and treatment-resistant depression.
  • the combination therapy demonstrates synergistic effect and employs a dose of gaboxadol and the second pharmaceutical in which one or both compounds are provided a doses known to be individually sub-threshold for therapeutic effect in reducing risk of suicide.
  • the invention contemplates a combination therapy wherein the amount of gaboxadol in the first treatment is 30 mg, 25 mg, 20 mg, 15 mg, 12 mg, 10 mg or less.
  • the amount of ketamine can be about 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 mg or less.
  • SAGE-217 is an investigational medication which is under development by SAGE Therapeutics for the treatment of major depressive disorder, postpartum depression, essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, insomnia, and seizures. It is a synthetic, orally active, inhibitory pregnane neurosteroid, and acts as a positive allosteric modulator of the GABA A receptor. The drug was developed as an improvement of allopregnanolone (brexanolone) with high oral bioavailability and a biological half-life suitable for once-daily administration. As of February 2018, SAGE-217 is in phase II clinical trials for major depressive disorder, postpartum depression, essential tremor, and Parkinson's disease and is in phase I clinical studies for insomnia and seizures.
  • the SAGE-217 chemical formula is 3 ⁇ -Hydroxy-3 ⁇ -methyl-21-(4-cyano-1H-pyrazol-1′-yl)-19-nor-5 ⁇ -pregnan-20-one; 3 ⁇ -Methyl-21-(4-cyano-1H-pyrazol-1′-yl)-19-norpregnanolone; 3 ⁇ -Hydroxy-3 ⁇ -methyl-5 ⁇ -dihydro-21-(4-cyano-1H-pyrazol-1′-yl)-19-norprogesterone.
  • Farmingdale, N.Y. is based on a largely automated drug-screening platform that comprises whole-brain detection of drug-evoked neuronal activation represented by drug-evoked expression of the immediate early gene (IEG) c-fos (Herrera and Robertson 1996).
  • IEG immediate early gene
  • Traditional antidepressants when applied acutely as a single dose chosen to match human equivalent doses used in clinical treatments of depression, evoke a discreet brain activation pattern comprising frontal cortex, the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis (BST), central amygdala (CEA), paraventricular hypothalamus (PVH), paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT), and locus coeruleus (LC) (Slattery et al., 2005. Sumner et al., 2004).
  • BST bed nuclei of the stria terminalis
  • CEA central amygdala
  • PVH paraventricular hypothalamus
  • PVT paraventricular thalamic nucleus
  • LC locus coeruleus
  • ketamine at 10 mg/kg (but not at 5 or 100 mg/kg) evoked a prominent activation of the anterior cingulate (ACA), prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (ILA) cortex, as well as piriform cortex (PIR) and the nucleus accumbens of the ventral striatum (ACB) ( FIG. 2 ).
  • ACA and PIR continue to show a prominent activation by ketamine at 10 mg/kg, and similar activation is seen for the associational visceral (VISC), gustatory (GU), agranular insular (Alp) cortical areas.
  • LS lateral septum
  • BSTa the anterior part of the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis
  • cortical areas continue to show a very broad pattern of activation selectively at 10 mg/kg, including retrosplenial (RSP), motor (MO), somatosensory (SS), auditory (AUD), temporal associational (TEa), perirhinal (PERI) and entorhinal cortex.
  • RSP retrosplenial
  • MO motor
  • SS somatosensory
  • AUD auditory
  • TEa temporal associational
  • PERI perirhinal cortex
  • gaboxadol and ketamine are structurally unrelated molecules and act via two entirely different molecular targets: ketamine is an antagonist at the NMDA type glutamatergic receptors that are an important part of excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain, whereas gaboxadol is an agonist at the 6 subunit-containing GABAergic receptors that are an important part of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the brain.
  • gaboxadol evokes brain-wide activation matching the pattern of ketamine is entirely unexpected and could not have been predicted based on previous scientific literature or knowledge.
  • gaboxadol and ketamine can synergize in their brain activation action, establishing that a combination therapy at a sub-threshold dose of each (also called a synergistic dose) is an effective strategy to achieve the desired rapid onset therapeutic effect while avoiding possible side-effects specific for each drug.
  • the forced swim test is a frequently used behavioral protocol with a well-established therapeutic predictability for a broad range of antidepressants including ketamine (Porsolt et al. 1977; Cryan and Mombereau 2004; Cryan et al. 2005; Lucki et al. 2001).
  • ketamine Phisolt et al. 1977; Cryan and Mombereau 2004; Cryan et al. 2005; Lucki et al. 2001.
  • the mouse is put in a beaker filled with water and the time spent struggling, swimming and floating is measured, with the time spent floating—when the mouse stops struggling to swim—being used as a behavioral correlate of depression.
  • gaboxadol shows the same behavioral effect as ketamine
  • the effect of a single dose of ketamine (10 mg/kg) or gaboxadol (10 mg/kg) on forced swim behavior 1 hour and 24 hours after the drug delivery was compared.
  • FIG. 5 previous results from other groups showing that ketamine at this dose significantly decreases the time the drug treated mice spent floating both at the 1 hour and 24-hour time point compared to a vehicle treated control group was reproduced.
  • the group of mice treated with gaboxadol exhibited a nearly identical behavioral effect as the ketamine group ( FIG. 5 ).
  • gaboxadol (10 mg/kg) acts in a comparable way to ketamine (10 mg/kg) and is likely to show similar efficacy for treatment-resistant depression and suicidal ideation.
  • ketamine acts via an entirely novel way as an antidepressant, evoking a very broad cortical and midline thalamus activation in contrast to traditional antidepressants that evoked a much more restricted brain activation; 2) gaboxadol (10 mg/kg), despite having no structural similarity and acting via different molecular targets evokes a very similar pattern of activation as ketamine; 3) gaboxadol and ketamine synergize in their brain activation effect, 4) in agreement with the brain activation data gaboxadol also shows a nearly identical effect in a forced swim test. Thus, based on this data, gaboxadol may have comparable efficacy in treating depression and suicidal ideation as ketamine.
  • This study was composed of separate groups of 10 healthy adult subjects (at least 4 of each gender) who participated in a 6-period, double-blind, randomized, crossover study designed to access the dose proportionality and absolute bioavailabilty of 5 single oral doses of gaboxadol across the dose range of 2.5 to 20 mg.
  • the order in which the subjects received the 5 single oral doses of gaboxadol was randomized within Treatment Periods 1 through 5.
  • Each subject was expected to complete all 6 treatment periods and there was a washout of at least 4 days between each treatment period.
  • Treatment A one 2.5 mg gaboxadol capsule and 1 matching placebo capsule;
  • Treatment B one 5 mg gaboxadol capsule and 1 matching placebo capsule;
  • Treatment C one 10 mg gaboxadol capsule and 1 matching placebo capsule;
  • Treatment D one 15 mg gaboxadol capsule and 1 matching placebo capsule; an
  • Treatment E 20 mg gaboxadol (two 10 mg gaboxadol capsules).
  • pharmacokinetic parameters e.g., AUC, Cmax, Tmax, apparent t1 ⁇ 2, cumulative urinary excretion, renal clearance, clearance, and steady-state volume of distribution, as appropriate.
  • AUC and Cmax for gaboxadol were potency adjusted to facilitate comparison of pharmacokinetic data across studies.
  • Table 1 provides the individual potency-adjusted pharmacokinetic parameters of gaboxadol following single oral doses (2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg).
  • the arithmetic mean plasma concentration-time profiles of gaboxadol following single oral doses were calculated.
  • the bioavailability of gaboxadol is approximately 92%.
  • Plasma AUC0- ⁇ and Cmax of gaboxadol show dose proportional increases and appear to be linear over the entire dose range examined, from of 2.5 to 20 mg.
  • the time to peak plasma concentrations (Tmax 30-60 min) and the half-life (t1 ⁇ 2 of 1.5 h) for gaboxadol appear to be independent of dose across the gaboxadol dose range of 2.5 to 20 mg.
  • the excretion of gaboxadol is mainly via urine, where 96.5% of the dose is recovered; 75% is recovered within 4 hours after administration.
  • Example 7 Pharmacokinetic Comparison of Gaboxadol ODT Formulation to a Gaboxadol Monohydrate Capsule Formulation
  • the invention contemplates a relatively high dose of gaboxadol administered in a first treatment followed by an extended period of 3 or more days with no further gaboxadol administration.
  • the dose form of gaboxadol is preferably an oral form, and most preferably a tablet, film or wafer which orally disintegrates.
  • Dose forms of the invention may be developed by those skilled in the art, relying on this specification, and particularly by adapting the unit dosage forms disclosed in US2017/348232, set out in this Example.
  • Preferred modifications of this Example will achieve the PK characteristics disclosed and claimed herein, which may include GABAA receptor saturation (blood level greater than about 400, 500, 600, 700, 750, 800, 900 and 1000 ng/ml; Cmax equal to or greater than about 500, 600, 700, 750, 800 ng/ml, and preferably greater than 900 ng/ml; Plasma Tmax achievement within 90 minutes the first treatment (more preferably at 75, 60, 45 or 30 minutes after first treatment); and AUC0-2 of greater than about 900 ng*hr/ml.
  • GABAA receptor saturation blood level greater than about 400, 500, 600, 700, 750, 800, 900 and 1000 ng/ml
  • Cmax equal to or greater than about 500, 600, 700, 750, 800 ng/ml, and preferably greater than 900 ng/ml
  • Plasma Tmax achievement within 90 minutes the first treatment (more preferably at 75, 60, 45 or 30 minutes after first treatment); and AUC0-2 of greater than about 900 ng*
  • Gaboxadol 15 mg Orally Disintegrating Tablet Compendial Unit (“ODT”) The gaboxadol ODT formulation is prepared by blending the active drug, aspartame, peppermint flavor, monoammonium glycyrrhizinate, lactose monohydrate, crospovidone, mannitol and FD&C blue #2 in a suitable diffusional blender until uniform. Magnesium stearate is added and the material is blended. The final lubricated blend is compressed on a tablet press.
  • the plasma pharmacokinetic profile (T1 ⁇ 2, Cmax, Tmax AUC0- ⁇ , etc.) of each treatment was measured for all subjects.
  • Blood samples for plasma gaboxadol concentration determination were collected through 16 hours following the administration of study drug in each treatment period.
  • Whole blood samples were collected at the protocol-specified time points into sodium heparin Vacutainer polypropylene tubes and processed for analysis for gaboxadol.
  • the samples were slowly mixed by inversion 6 to 8 times and centrifuged at 1500 g for a minimum of 5 minutes at 4° C.
  • the plasma was separated, transferred to round bottom 4.5-mL NUNC polypropylene tubes, and stored frozen at ⁇ 70° C. Samples were spun and separated within 30 minutes of sampling. The samples were labeled with computer-generated labels.
  • AUC0- ⁇ was estimated as the sum of AUC to the last measured concentration and the extrapolated area given by the quotient of the last measured concentration and k.
  • Cl/F was calculated as the ratio of the dose to AUC0- ⁇ and V.sub.z/F was calculated as the ratio of Cl/F to k.
  • AUC, Cmax, Cl/F and V.sub.z/F were adjusted based on the assay potency of respective tablet or capsule formulation.
  • FIG. 6 shows the mean plasma concentrations of gaboxadol following administration of the ODT and monohydrate capsule formulations.
  • Cl/F and V /F statistics are arithmetic mean and SD (standard deviation), median is shown for T max , and harmonic mean is shown for apparent terminal t 1/2 .
  • ⁇ For T max Hodges-Lehmann estimate of the median and 90% CI for treatment difference. ⁇ Not adjusted for potency.
  • Mean squared error (MSE) from ANOVA model on the natural log scale. indicates data missing or illegible when filed
  • a hydrophilic film-forming agent is made from a graft copolymer having a film-forming block of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) Kollicoat IR® (marketed by BASF), molecular weight about 45,000 Da, and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) plasticizer.
  • the gelling agent is Gelcarin 379. (commercially available from FMC Biopolymer), a compound of the carrageenan family.
  • Kollicoat IR® is introduced into 70% of the amount of purified water under stirring. Agitation is maintained until dissolution of Kollicoat IR®. Since gas bubbles are generated, the solution may be dissolved under a vacuum or the solution can stand (its viscosity is very low) until the gas is dispersed.
  • Tween 80 is incorporated to the stirred solution and flavorings (condensed licorice extract and essential oil of peppermint) and sweetener (acesulfame potassium) are added. Stirring is continued until complete dissolution of all powder. Gaboxadol is introduced with stirring until it is dispersed in the mixture, then the remaining water (30%) is added. Gelcarin 379@ is incorporated into suspension under agitation to prevent the formation of aggregates.
  • the final mixture consists of gaboxadol 6% w/w, Kollicoat IR® 15% w/w, Gelcarin 379@ 5% w/w, Tween 80 0.2% w/w, acesulfame potassium 0.05% w/w, flavorings 1.5% w/w, purified water qs.
  • Mixing aliquots are then coated on a polyester backing and dried in a type Lab Dryer Coater (Mathis equipment). The coated surfaces are cut using a manual press in 6 cm2 units, and then manually packaged in sealed bags.
  • an oral dosage form of gaboxadol which is an orally disintegrating form suitable as a unit dosage form of the invention.
  • an orally disintegrating form comprising 33 mg to 75 mg gaboxadol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • Example 9 Prospective Assessment of the Efficacy of Gaboxadol in Patients at Risk of Suicide
  • This study is designed to determine whether gaboxadol will lead to an improvement in one or more symptoms of risk of suicide such as suicidal ideation.
  • the primary outcome measure is SSI score 24 hours after administration.
  • Intranasal ketamine is a close comparator to oral gaboxadol in intended effect and plasma half-life and pharmacokinetics, but studies must be interpreted in light of ketamine's psychoactivity leading to dissociative effects not found with gaboxadol use. We hypothesized that gaboxadol would produce an equal or greater reduction in suicidal ideation at 24 hours compared with ketamine yet without the dissociative effects of ketamine. The trial is adapted from Murrough et al. (2015) and Grunebaum et al (2017).
  • Eligible patients are 18-65 years old and have a DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive disorder, a score>16 on the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) (22), and a score>4 on the SSI, which is considered a clinically significant cutoff for suicidal ideation (18, 23, 24).
  • HAM-D 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
  • SSI SSI
  • 683 6,891 psychiatric outpatients (23) found that a baseline SSI score>2 predicted suicide during up to 20 years of follow-up, adjusting for other risk factors.
  • Eligible patients have a voluntary admission to an inpatient research unit, and patients are discharged when assessed as stable and not an imminent safety risk.
  • Exclusion criteria includes unstable medical or neurological illness, significant electrocardiographic abnormality, pregnancy or lactation, current psychosis, history of gaboxadol or ketamine abuse or dependence, other drug or alcohol dependence within the past 6 months, suicidal ideation due to binge substance use or withdrawal, prior ineffective trial of or adverse reaction to gaboxadol or ketamine, daily opioid use greater than 20 mg of oxycodone or equivalent during the 3 days before infusion, a score ⁇ 25 on the Mini-Mental State Examination (25) for persons ⁇ 60 years old, lack of capacity to consent, and inadequate understanding of English. There is no exclusion for body mass index or weight.
  • Participants are allowed to continue on stable dosages of current psychiatric medications, except that benzodiazepines are not taken within 24 hours before the infusion.
  • Recruitment is conducted via Internet and local media advertisements and clinician referral. The protocol is approved by the Institutional Review Board, and written informed consent is obtained from all participants.
  • Gboxadol hydrochloride at 0.85 mg/kg (e.g. 50 mg per 60 kg patient; 75 mg per 90 kg patient; 33.3 mg per 40 kg patient as an oral capsule, or ketamine at 0.5 mg/kg in 100 mL normal saline infused over 40 minutes. Blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate are monitored every 5 minutes.
  • a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse certified in advanced cardiac life support administers the treatment and an anesthesiologist is available for consultation by telephone.
  • a baseline EEG or MEG may be established in the 30 minutes preceding treatment of the patient. EEG or MEG may continue throughout the treatment, or it may be re-assessed at specific time points, such as 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 160 minutes after administration.
  • the treating physician may optionally administer a second administration of gaboxadol.
  • Insufficient response may be defined as an EEG power density increase of less than 30% at the time point 160 minutes after the first administration.
  • the EEG power density is calculated in the 4.75-8.0 Hz range.
  • insufficient response is a whole head MEG planar gradiometer increase of less +3 in the combined delta, theta and alpha activity at the time point 160 minutes after the first administration.
  • the second administration of gaboxadol is given within 12 hours of the first administration. Insufficient response may also include observable clinical symptoms demonstrating lack of response.
  • Raters are doctoral- or master's-level psychologists. Diagnoses, including substance abuse or dependence, are made using the Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV axis I and II disorders (SCID I and II) (26, 27) in a weekly consensus conference of research psychologists and psychiatrists. Suicidal ideation due to binge substance abuse is assessed by clinical history, and past antidepressant trials and current medications are inventoried with our baseline clinical-demographic form, which surveys a range of variables not captured by other instruments. Videotaped assessments are used for weekly reliability monitoring. Intraclass correlation coefficients for key clinical ratings were 0.94 for the SCID I, 0.96 for the HAM-D, and 0.98 for the SSI.
  • the clinician-rated SSI assessed current severity of suicidal ideation with 19 items scaled from 0 (least severe) to 2 (most severe) (20). Items probe wish to die, passive and active suicide attempt thoughts, duration and frequency of ideation, sense of control, deterrents, and preparatory behavior for an attempt (23).
  • the SSI has moderately high internal consistency and good concurrent and discriminant validity (28). It is administered at screening, at baseline within 24 hours before infusion, at 230 minutes after infusion, at 24 hours after infusion, and at weeks 1-6 of follow-up. For brevity we use “day 1” to refer to the 24-hour treatment assessment.
  • Depressive symptoms are assessed with the 17- and 24-item HAM-D (22), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)(29), and the Profile of Mood States (POMS)(30). Anxiety is measured with a 5-point Likert scale asking patients to self-rate from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely anxious). Adverse effects are measured with the Systematic Assessment for Treatment Emergent Events—General Inquiry (31), the Clinician-Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS; score range, 0-92) (32), and the positive symptom subscale of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), which includes conceptual disorganization, grandiosity, hallucination, and delusions (subscale score range, 0-24) (33). Efficacy ratings and the CADSS and BPRS positive symptom subscale (at baseline, at 230 minutes, and at day 1) are collected by psychologist raters who are not present during the treatment.
  • a permuted, blocked design is used, with 1:1 assignment between treatments and block size randomized between 4 and 6 with equal probability. Randomization is stratified on two baseline factors: whether the patient was taking psychiatric medication (yes/no), and whether the patient's baseline SSI score is ⁇ 8 or >8. The latter stratification factor, based on median baseline SSI score in a previous clinical trial in suicidal depressed patients (34), is to increase the likelihood that the treatment groups are similar in baseline SSI severity. Patients and study personnel are blind to treatment.
  • Treatment response is defined as a day 1 SSI score>50% below baseline.
  • remission more stringently is defined to ensure that the ketamine group has every opportunity to receive gaboxadol.
  • Non-remitters are unblinded, and those who have received ketamine are offered an open gaboxadol infusion, usually the following day.
  • Preexisting medications are held constant from pre-infusion baseline until completion of day 1 ratings after the final infusion. Remitters remain blind and receive a letter from the pharmacy after completing follow-up treatment informing them of their randomized drug.
  • the study is powered assuming a two-sided test of the group effect at an alpha level of 0.05. Effect size estimates, standard deviations, and correlations are based on previous reports (15, 34).
  • a planned sample size of 70, assigned 1:1 to each treatment, provides >80% power to detect a 25% reduction in SSI score over 24 hours in the gaboxadol group and none in the ketamine group.
  • the actual sample size is about 80. Histograms and residual plots of outcomes are inspected for normality. Group comparisons on baseline characteristics are made using the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test as appropriate for categorical variables and the two-sample t test for continuous variables.
  • the primary hypothesis is tested using an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) model of the change in SSI score from baseline to day 1, with treatment group and baseline SSI score as the predictors.
  • the day 1 POMS total mood disturbance score shows greater improvement in the gaboxadol group compared with the ketamine group, as do scores on the depression subscale.

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