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Opiod Use DisorderPhase 1NCT03831971

The Influence of ANS-6637 on Midazolam Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Volunteers

A Phase 1 study testing ANS-6637 in people with Opiod Use Disorder, run by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

Background: Opioids are medicines that control pain. But they are often misused, which can lead to illness and death. Opioids increase dopamine to the brain, which makes people feel good and often causes them to crave drugs, leading to misuse and addiction. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Opiod Use Disorder
What is being tested?
ANS-6637
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
26 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
1 Mar 2019to 30 Dec 2019
Phase
Phase 1
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 65 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

None listed.

Who cannot join

  • Therapy with any prescription, over-the-counter (OTC), herbal, or holistic medications, including hormonal contraceptives by any route, within 5 half- lives of the agent prior to receipt of any study medications will not be permitted with the following exception: Intermittent or short-course therapy (<14 days) with prescription or OTC medications, herbals, or holistic medications within the screening period prior to starting study drugs may be permitted after review by the investigators on a case-by-case basis for potential drug interactions. Receipt of influenza vaccination will be allowed prior to, during, and/or after the study.
  • Have any serious or active medical, surgical, or psychiatric conditions which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with subject treatment, assessment, or compliance with the protocol.
  • Have previously participated in an investigational trial involving administration of any investigational compound within 30 days prior to screening.
  • Have current, or a history of mild to severe alcohol use, cannabis or other substance use disorder including any use of illicit drugs as defined by DSM-5 criteria, within 12 months of first study dose
  • Renal impairment (chronic renal insufficiency of any chronic kidney disease stage, or acute renal failure not induced by drug therapy defined as eGFR <90 ml/min)
  • Have a positive urine drug test (ethanol, cannabis, barbiturates, cocaine, opiates, or amphetamines) at Screening or Day 0.
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  • History of flushing or intolerance related to alcohol consumption using the NIAAA screening assessment questionnaire tool for alcohol flushing
  • Inability to obtain venous access for sample collection.
  • Have a history of significant drug sensitivity or drug allergy to any benzodiazepines.
  • Known hypersensitivity to formulation excipients: microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol, and talc.
  • Have been treated with systemic steroids, immunosuppressant therapies or chemotherapeutic agents within 3 months of study screening or expected to receive these agents during the study (e.g., corticosteroids, immunoglobulins, and other immune- or cytokine-based therapies).
  • Presence or history of clinically significant cardiovascular disease, cardiomyopathy, and/or cardiac conduction abnormalities.
  • Have clinically significant ECG abnormalities or any of the following ECG abnormalities at Screening: PR >220 msec; QRS >120 msec; QTcF >450 msec; HR <40 beats per minute; second or third degree heart block.
  • Have a history or family history of Long QT Syndrome, Brugada syndrome, Wolfe-Parkinson-White Syndrome, or have a family history of sudden cardiac death or unexplained death in an otherwise healthy individual between the ages of 1 and 30 years.
  • Have history of syncope, palpitations, unexplained dizziness or chronic nausea or headaches.
  • Have an implanted defibrillator or pacemaker.
  • Have a history of liver disease, including Gilbert's Disease.
  • Any clinically significant electrolyte abnormality (outside of NIH normal reference ranges) at screening (e.g., hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia) or any condition that could lead to abnormal electrolyte disturbances (eg, eating disorder).
  • Have a history of taking dopamine antagonists/anti-psychotics.
  • Are unable to comply with study requirements.
  • Positive urine toxicology screen

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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About this study

Official title: The Influence of ANS-6637 on Midazolam Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Volunteers (SEARCH PK)

Background:

Opioids are medicines that control pain. But they are often misused, which can lead to illness and death. Opioids increase dopamine to the brain, which makes people feel good and often causes them to crave drugs, leading to misuse and addiction. An investigational drug ANS-6637 may lower the dopamine surge and stop opioid craving. Midazolam is a drug approved for anxiety. Researchers want to give the two drugs together and see if ANS-6637 affects midazolam levels, to help understand how ANS-6637 is used in the body.

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Objective:

To study the safety, tolerability, and effects of ANS-6637 taken with and without midazolam.

Eligibility:

Healthy adults 18 65 years old

Design:

Participants will be screened with a medical history, physical exam, and blood and heart tests. Participants who can get pregnant will have a pregnancy test.

Participants must agree to use 2 types of birth control during the study, if applicable.

Participants will stay at the clinic for 10 days. Meals will be provided. Participants will not be allowed to:

Leave NIH campus

Eat or drink anything with caffeine, alcohol, or certain juices

Use any nicotine or related products (including vaping)

Use any medicines (including herbal)

During the clinic stay, participants will:

Fast overnight several times

Have blood drawn most days. Twice, a small tube will be inserted in an arm vein for frequent blood samples.

Repeat screening tests and answer questions about their mood several times

Get midazolam syrup in water on 1 day

Take 6 ANS-6637 tablets by mouth on 5 days

Take both study drugs on 1 day

A few days later, participants will have a follow-up visit to repeat screening tests and answer questions about their mood.

Read the detailed description

Opioid use causes a myriad of effects which contribute to significant morbidity and early mortality, and is associated with risky sexual behavior and injection drug use (IDU), two major forms of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in urban and suburban United States. Through these high-risk behaviors, persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) develop both direct comorbidities (e.g. blood stream infections and infectious endocarditis), as well as risk-associated illnesses (e.g. sexually transmitted infections, HCV and hepatitis B virus [HBV]) which have considerable downstream health care effects. As such, there is a need for pharmacologic agents in the treatment of OUD that go beyond avoidance of withdrawal and facilitate decreased frequency or complete cessation of opioid use.

The biologic mechanism of OUD, common to all forms of addiction, is a conditioned drug cue-related response in the CNS, causing a dopamine surge. If effective, a central pharmacologic strategy targeting the aberrant reward circuitry seen in OUD could potentially reduce drug craving and result in opioid abstinence.

In the SEARCH Pharmacokinetic (PK) investigation, we aim to understand the pharmacokinetic signal of the novel, oral agent ANS-6637, an aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH-2) inhibitor that has the potential to reduce dopamine surge in the CNS and inhibit opioid craving. In preclinical studies, the active metabolite of ANS-6637, GS-548351, showed substrate dependent inhibition of CYP3A in vitro, with little or no inhibitory effect on the activities of other cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. As such, the current investigation seeks to explore the potential inhibition of CYP3A by ANS-6637 with the FDA-recommended CYP3A probe substrate, midazolam.

Being tested
ANS-6637
Keywords
Reward Pathway, Pharmacokinetics, Dopamine, Opioid Use, Addiction
Medical subject headings
Behavior, Addictive

What participants receive

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

  • ANS-6637Drug

    Subjects will receive (1) midazolam 5 mg po single dose on Day 1 followed by (2) Drug free period on Day 2 followed by (3) ANS-6637 600 mg po daily (Days 3-7) to reach steady state followed by (4) ANS-6637 600 mg po single dose + midazolam 5mg po single dose on Day 8

Study groups in NCT03831971
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ANS-6637 & MidazolamExperimentalSubjects will receive (1) midazolam 5 mg po single dose on Day 1 followed by (2) Drug free period on Day 2 followed by (3) ANS-6637 600 mg po daily (Days 3-7) to reach steady state followed by (4) ANS-6637 600 mg po single dose + midazolam 5mg po single dose on Day 8
Receives: Drug: ANS-6637

What is being measured

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

  1. Pharmacokinetics - Time to Maximum Concentration of Midazolam Alone

    Time to maximum plasma concentration (tmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  2. Pharmacokinetics - Time to Maximum Concentration of 1-hydroxymidazolam Alone

    Time to maximum plasma concentration (tmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  3. Pharmacokinetics - Maximum Total Plasma Concentration of Midazolam Alone

    Maximum total plasma concentration (Cmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  4. Pharmacokinetics - Maximum Total Plasma Concentration of 1-hydroxymidazolam Alone

    Maximum total plasma concentration (Cmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  5. Pharmacokinetics - Plasma Exposure of Midazolam Alone

    Midazolam plasma area under the concentration time curve 0-infinity. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  6. Pharmacokinetics - Plasma Exposure of 1-hydroxymidazolam Alone

    1-hydroxymidazolam plasma area under the concentration time curve (time 0-infinity). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  7. Pharmacokinetics - Elimination of Midazolam Alone

    Half-life. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  8. Pharmacokinetics - Elimination of 1-hydroxymidazolam Alone

    Half-life. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 1

  9. Pharmacokinetics - Time to Maximum Concentration of Midazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Time to maximum plasma concentration (tmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  10. Pharmacokinetics - Time to Maximum Concentration of 1-hydroxymidazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Time to maximum plasma concentration (tmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  11. Pharmacokinetics - Maximum Total Plasma Concentration of Midazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Maximum total plasma concentration (Cmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  12. Pharmacokinetics - Maximum Total Plasma Concentration of 1-hydroxymidazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Maximum total plasma concentration (Cmax). The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  13. Pharmacokinetics - Plasma Exposure of Midazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Midazolam plasma area under the concentration time curve 0-infinity. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  14. Pharmacokinetics - Plasma Exposure of 1-hydroxymidazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    1-hydroxymidazolam plasma area under the concentration time curve 0-infinity. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  15. Pharmacokinetics - Elimination of Midazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Half-life. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

  16. Pharmacokinetics - Elimination of 1-hydroxymidazolam: Midazolam Plus Steady State ANS-6637

    Half-life. The summary PK results were informed by a continuous measurement at the following serial blood collection time points: 0 (pre-dose), then 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, and 24 hours postdose.

    Measured: Day 8

Timeline

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

  1. First posted6 Feb 2019
  2. Study start1 Mar 2019
  3. Primary completion9 Aug 2019
  4. Study completion30 Dec 2019

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
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
26 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03831971
Sponsor's protocol ID
190052
Other IDs
19-CC-0052
Status last verified
30 Dec 2019
First submitted
5 Feb 2019
Last updated
3 Aug 2020
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Diamond I, Yao L. From Ancient Chinese Medicine to a Novel Approach to Treat Cocaine Addiction. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2015;14(6):716-26. doi: 10.2174/1871527314666150529144329.

    PubMed 26022266
  • Yao L, Fan P, Arolfo M, Jiang Z, Olive MF, Zablocki J, Sun HL, Chu N, Lee J, Kim HY, Leung K, Shryock J, Blackburn B, Diamond I. Inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 suppresses cocaine seeking by generating THP, a cocaine use-dependent inhibitor of dopamine synthesis. Nat Med. 2010 Sep;16(9):1024-8. doi: 10.1038/nm.2200. Epub 2010 Aug 22.

    PubMed 20729865
  • Volkow ND, Koob GF, McLellan AT. Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 28;374(4):363-71. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1511480. No abstract available.

    PubMed 26816013

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing ANS-6637 in people with Opiod Use Disorder, run by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) 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 0 inclusion and 21 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 3 Aug 2020. 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 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 3 Aug 2020). 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?

Pharmacokinetics - Time to Maximum Concentration of Midazolam Alone (time frame: Day 1). The study lists 16 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT03831971, which also lists 3 linked publications.

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 3 Aug 2020.

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