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ObesityPhase 1/2NCT01179919

Pharmacokinetics of Oseltamivir Carboxylate In Morbidly Obese Subjects

A Phase 1/2 study testing Oseltamivir in people with Obesity, run by Manjunath Prakash Pai at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

One in three Americans are obese. Obese subjects may or may not need higher doses of the anti-flu drug known as Tamiflu (oseltamivir). The current study is being done to see if the FDA approved dose of oseltamivir will achieve similar concentrations in obese healthy volunteers compared to that previously shown in… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 50 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Obesity
What is being tested?
Oseltamivir
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
21 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2010to Dec 2010
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 50 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • males and females, 18 to 50 years of age
  • non-smoking or light-smoking (≤5 cigarettes per day) volunteers
  • BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2
  • female subjects of childbearing potential either surgically sterilized, using an effective method of contraception (diaphragm, cervical cap,condom) or agree to abstain from sex from time of pre-study screening, during entire study period and 1 week following the study period.

Who cannot join

  • history of significant hypersensitivity reaction to oseltamivir
  • history of gastric bypass surgical procedure
  • history of significant clinical illness requiring pharmacological management
  • abnormal serum electrolyte or complete blood count requiring further clinical work-up
  • transaminases (AST or ALT) >2.5 x upper limit of normal
  • estimated creatinine clearance <50 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault equation)
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  • positive urine pregnancy test (if female)
  • abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) as judged by study physician
  • unable to tolerate venipuncture and multiple blood draws
  • clinically significant abnormal physical examination defined as a physical finding requiring further clinical work-up

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • TKL Research

    Paramaus, New Jersey, 07652

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About this study

Official title: Oseltamivir and Oseltamivir Carboxylate Pharmacokinetics in Obese Adults

One in three Americans are obese. Obese subjects may or may not need higher doses of the anti-flu drug known as Tamiflu (oseltamivir). The current study is being done to see if the FDA approved dose of oseltamivir will achieve similar concentrations in obese healthy volunteers compared to that previously shown in non-obese volunteers.

Read the detailed description

The incidence of obesity has increased dramatically over the past two decades in the United States (US). Twenty-five percent of adult Americans are now classified as obese. Obesity is associated with physiological alterations that can affect drug clearance and volume of distribution. Obese subjects are often excluded from phase 1 pharmacokinetic studies. As a result, drug dosing regimens developed for clinical use may not be appropriate for the obese population. Use of fixed dosing regimens may result in under dosing of obese patients. In contrast adjustment of drug dosing based on total body weight may lead to over dosing of obese patients. Oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu®) is an antiviral agent that is currently dosed as 75 mg once daily for chemoprophylaxis and twice daily for treatment of influenza in adults.

Oseltamivir is rapidly converted to its active metabolite, oseltamivir carboxylate by esterases. The clearance of oseltamivir carboxylate is dependent on tubular secretion and glomerular filtration. Given that these drug elimination pathways may be enhanced in obese individuals, oseltamivir carboxylate plasma exposures may be lower in obese subjects compared to normal weight subjects. Although a specific plasma exposure target for oseltamivir carboxylate has not been established, lower oseltamivir carboxylate exposures may predispose obese patients to treatment failure and increase the probability for emergence of oseltamivir-resistant influenza virus. The current study proposes to characterize the plasma oseltamivir carboxylate concentration-time profile after multiple doses of oral oseltamivir in a cohort of healthy morbidly obese subjects. The study will be performed using a phase 1, open-label,multiple dose, pharmacokinetic study design in twenty obese adult subjects. This pilot study will provide pharmacokinetic data that may be incorporated into existing oseltamivir carboxylate population pharmacokinetic models to define appropriate doses of oseltamivir in obese patients.

Conditions
Obesity
Being tested
Oseltamivir
Keywords
Oseltamivir, Obesity, Influenza, Pharmacokinetics in Obesity
Medical subject headings
Obesity, Influenza, Human

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • OseltamivirDrug

    Also called Tamiflu

    Capsule, 75 mg by mouth for 9 doses

Study groups in NCT01179919
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Oseltamivir Dosed GroupExperimentalOseltamivir 75 mg by mouth every 12 hours for 9 doses
Receives: Drug: Oseltamivir

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Steady-State AUC of Oseltamivir Carboxylate

    AUC is the area under the concentration-time curve. This is measured as concentration in nanograms of oseltamivir carboxylate per milliliter of plasma multiplied by time in hours (hour*ng/mL)

    Measured: 6 days

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Steady-State Cmax and Cmin of Oseltamivir Carboxylate

    Cmax is the maximum concentration and Cmin in the minimum concentration of oseltamivir carboxylate measured in nanogram of oseltamivir carboxylate per milliliter of plasma (ng/mL)

    Measured: 6 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Aug 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2010
  3. Primary completionSep 2010
  4. Study completionDec 2010

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
21 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01179919
Sponsor's protocol ID
10-002
Status last verified
Dec 2016
First submitted
10 Aug 2010
Last updated
9 Feb 2017
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No: The summative data have been published and are available as open-access to the public: doi10.1128/AAC.00422-11

Publications

  • Pai MP, Lodise TP Jr. Oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate pharmacokinetics in obese adults: dose modification for weight is not necessary. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Dec;55(12):5640-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00422-11. Epub 2011 Sep 19.

    PubMed 21930881

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Oseltamivir in people with Obesity, run by Manjunath Prakash Pai at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Feb 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 6 Dec 2016). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Steady-State AUC of Oseltamivir Carboxylate (time frame: 6 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01179919, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Feb 2017.

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