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HealthyPhase 1NCT02494830

Single Dose Administration of Ketamine 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg and 5 mg Solution for Infusion in 15 Healthy Subjects

A Phase 1 study testing Ketamine in people with Healthy, run by University Medicine Greifswald at 1 site in Germany.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

This study is designed for descriptive pharmacokinetic characterization of ketamine and norketamine in serum, urine and feces after oral single dose administration of a new developed prolonged release tablet formulation containing 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg ketamine under fasting conditions and for descriptive… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 45 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Healthy
What is being tested?
Ketamine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
15 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
Aug 2014to Oct 2014
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 45 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • age: 18 - 45 years
  • sex: male or female
  • ethnic origin: Caucasian
  • body mass index: > 18.5 kg/m² and < 30 kg/m²
  • good health as evidenced by the results of the clinical examination, ECG, and the laboratory check-up, which will be judged by the clinical investigator not to differ in a clinically relevant way from the normal state
  • heart frequency between 50 and 90 bpm
  • blood pressure between 140 and 100 systolic and 90 and 60 diastolic
  • written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • hepatic and renal diseases and/or pathological findings, which might interfere with pharmacokinetics of the study medication
  • existing cardiovascular or haematological diseases and/or pathological findings, which might interfere with the drug's safety, tolerability and/or pharmacokinetics (e.g. tachycardia > 90 bpm, bradycardia < 50 bpm, ischemic heart disease like angina pectoris instabilis or myocardial infarction in the last 6 months, hypertension > 140/90 mm Hg)
  • gastrointestinal diseases and/or pathological findings (e.g. stenoses), which might interfere with pharmacokinetics of the study medication
  • hypersensitivity to the active ingredient ketamine or any of the excipients
  • (pre-) eclampsia
  • poor or untreated hyperthyreosis
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  • increased intracranial pressure
  • glaucoma or perforating eye injury
  • drug or alcohol dependence
  • positive drug or alcohol screening
  • smokers of 10 or more cigarettes (or equivalent) per day
  • positive results in HIV, HBV or HCV screenings
  • volunteers, who are on a diet, which could affect the pharmacokinetics of the drug
  • heavy tea or coffee drinkers (more than 1L per day)
  • lactation, pregnancy test positive or not performed or women of child-bearing age without safe contraception, as described on page 18, ch. 7.4.1. (Note for Guidance on Non-clinical Safety Studies for the Conduct of Human Clinical Trials for Pharmaceutical (CPMP/ICH/286/95 modifications))
  • volunteers, suspected or known, not to follow instructions of the clinical investigators
  • volunteers, who are unable to understand the written or verbal instructions, in particular regarding the risks and inconveniences, they will be exposed to, as a result of their participation in the study
  • volunteers, liable to orthostatic dysregulation, fainting, or blackouts
  • participation in a clinical trial during the last 3 months prior to the start of the study
  • less than 14 days after last acute disease
  • less than 3 months after last blood donation
  • intake of thyroid hormones or sympathomimetics
  • any medication within 4 weeks prior to the intended first administration of the study medication, which might influence functions of the gastrointestinal tract (e.g. laxatives, metoclopramide, loperamide, antacids, H2-receptor antagonists, proton pump inhibitors, anticholinergics)
  • any other medication within two weeks prior to the first administration of the study medication, but at least 10-time the half-live of the respective drug (except oral contraceptives)
  • intake of grapefruit containing food or beverages within 14 days prior to administration of the study medication
  • intake of poppy seed containing food or beverages within 14 days prior to administration of the study medication
  • known allergic reactions to the active ingredients used or to constituents of the study medication

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald

    Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 17487

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About this study

Official title: Comparative Bioavailability Study of Ketamine and Norketamine After Single Dose Administration of Ketamine 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg Prolonged Release Tablets in Fasting State and 5 mg Ketamine Solution for Infusion in 15 Healthy Subjects in Serum, Urine and Feces

This study is designed for descriptive pharmacokinetic characterization of ketamine and norketamine in serum, urine and feces after oral single dose administration of a new developed prolonged release tablet formulation containing 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg ketamine under fasting conditions and for descriptive pharmacokinetic characterization of ketamine and norketamine in serum, urine and feces after intravenous single dose administration of 5 mg ketamine solution for infusion within 30 min

Read the detailed description

Ketamine, a cyclohexanone derivative, is a non-barbiturate anesthetic agent which has been available in clinical practice for more than 40 years. Ketamine was first synthesized in 1962 and patented in Belgium in 1963. Ketamine, a potent non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has a recognized unique therapeutic value in human and veterinary medicine as an anesthetic with analgesic properties. Ketamine is considered as one of the World Health Organisation (WHO) essential drugs for the management of refractory pain.

Ketamine is widely used for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia, usually in combination with a sedative and if required a muscle relaxant. When used as an intravenous (i.v.) or intra-muscular (i.m.) injection, ketamine is best suited for short procedures. With additional doses, or by i.v. infusion, ketamine can be used for longer procedures. Due to its pharmacodynamic properties, important clinical applications are mainly brief diagnostic ones and surgical procedures in paediatric patients and ambulatory anesthesia, treatment of burn patients, obstetrics, and for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia in trauma victims, hypovolemic patients, patients with septic or cardiogenic shock, and patients with pulmonary diseases. Other uses include sedation in the intensive care setting, and analgesia particularly in emergency medicine as well as treatment of bronchospasm / asthma. However, the use of ketamine for humans in the EU is restricted to special indications, due to the occurrence of emergence reactions. Outside the EU, its ease of use gives ketamine a major advantage under difficult circumstances (developing countries and remote areas).

For therapeutic purposes, ketamine is usually administered intravenously (i.v.) or intramuscularly (i.m.). Its hydrochloride salt is marketed under many brand names such as Ketanest, Ketalar, or Ketaset. Ketamine is a chiral compound. While most marketed ketamine preparations are racemic mixtures of R-(-)-ketamine and S-(+)-ketamine (1:1), formulations containing only the enantiomer S-(+)-ketamine are also commercially available (e.g. Ketanest® S, Pfizer Pharma GmbH). S-(+)-ketamine is approximately four times more potent than R-(-)-ketamine and twice as potent as the racemic mixture.

It is well-known that ketamine exerts analgesic effects at subanesthetic doses. Therefore, during the past 15-20 years, ketamine has been used as an analgesic in a wide range of pain settings, including acute (e.g. post-operative pain, pain during dental procedures) and chronic pain (e.g. central or peripheral neuropathic pain, cancer pain) conditions.

Although the drug is only approved for intramuscular injection and intravenous injection or infusion, ketamine is frequently used via other routes of administration, such as subcutaneous (s.c.) injection or infusion, rectal, oral, intranasal, transdermal (patch), intrathecal or epidural administration. Considering that no oral formulation is approved, the marketed solution for injection/infusion or an extemporaneous preparation was used in clinical studies investigating the efficacy of orally administered ketamine. For clinical (off-label) use, the solution for injection/infusion is generally employed for oral treatment.

Conditions
Healthy
Being tested
Ketamine
Keywords
Anesthetic Drugs

What participants receive

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

  • KetamineDrug

    Intravenous infusion of 5 mg ketamine solution, diluted in 240 ml 0.9% saline within 30 min under fasting conditions on study day 1 and oral administration of one prolonged release tablet ketamine together with 240 ml table water under fasting conditions with increased dose (10, 20, 40 and 80 mg) and at least 7 days wash-out between the study days

Study groups in NCT02494830
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ketamine 5 mg intravenousExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Ketamine
ketamine 10 mg oralExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Ketamine
ketamine 20 mg oralExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Ketamine
ketamine 40 mg oralExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Ketamine
ketamine 80 mg oralExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Ketamine

What is being measured

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

  1. bioavailability (F)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. area under the concentrations-time curve (AUC)

    of ketamine and norketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

  2. maximum concentration (Cmax) of the concentrations-time curve

    of ketamine and norketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

  3. time point of maximum concentration (Tmax)

    of ketamine and norketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

  4. terminal half-life (T1/2)

    of ketamine and norketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

  5. volume of distribution at steady state (Vss)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 h after study medication

  6. renal clearance (CLR)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 and 72 h after study medication

  7. metabolic clearance (CLM)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 92 and 120 h after study medication

  8. intestinal clearance (CLintestinal)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 92 and 120 h after study medication

  9. mean residence time (MRT)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

  10. mean absorption time (MAT)

    of ketamine

    Measured: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Jul 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2014
  3. Primary completionSep 2014
  4. Study completionOct 2014

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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
15 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02494830
Sponsor's protocol ID
Ketamine_03_2014
Status last verified
Jul 2015
First submitted
7 Jul 2015
Last updated
10 Jul 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Ketamine in people with Healthy, run by University Medicine Greifswald at 1 site in Germany.

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 8 inclusion and 27 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 10 Jul 2015. 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 Germany. 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 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.

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

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

bioavailability (F) (time frame: before and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 min and 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 16, 24 36, 48, 60 h after study medication). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 10 Jul 2015.

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