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Drug-Drug Interaction of Lopinavir/Ritonavir on Pitavastatin

Drug-Drug Interaction Study to Assess the Effects of Steady-State Lopinavir/Ritonavir on Pitavastatin in Healthy Adult Volunteers

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01057433
Enrollment
24
Registered
2010-01-27
Start date
2010-01-31
Completion date
2010-12-31
Last updated
2021-06-22

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Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Keywords

Healthy Volunteers

Brief summary

This is a Phase 4, single center, open label, fixed-sequence, 2-way drug-drug interaction study.

Detailed description

This is a Phase 4, single center, open label, fixed-sequence, 2-way drug-drug interaction study. Each subject will qualify for entry into the study not more than 30 days prior to admission into the clinical unit. Subjects will check into the clinical unit on Day -1 for baseline assessments. There will be one treatment period, with each subject receiving a once daily dose of pitavastatin 4 mg on Days 1 through 5 and Days 20 through 24 and a twice daily dose of lopinavir/ritonavir 400 mg/100 mg (two 200 mg/50 mg tablets per dose) on Days 9 through 24. Pitavastatin will be administered under fasting conditions in the morning and lopinavir/ritonavir will be administered under fasting conditions in the morning and evening.

Interventions

pitavastatin (NK-104) 4 mg once daily (QD)

DRUGLopinavir/ritonavir

lopinavir/ritonavir 800 mg/200 mg

Sponsors

Kowa Research Institute, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy adult male or female volunteer aged 18 to 45 years, inclusive. * Subject has a body mass index of 18 to 30 kg/m2, inclusive. * Subject has normal hematology, serum chemistry, and urinalysis test results * Subject is able and willing to abstain from alcohol, grapefruit, caffeine, or caffeine containing products for 4 days before Day 1 until after completion of this study. * Subject is a nonsmoker or has quit smoking at least 6 months before the first dose of study drug.

Exclusion criteria

* Subject has had any surgery of the gastrointestinal tract likely to affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion. * Subject has had a previous allergy or intolerance to treatment with pitavastatin or lopinavir/ritonavir. * Subject has a history of drug or alcohol abuse. * Subject has had a clinically significant illness within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Area Under the Curve From Time 0 to Tau (AUC 0-τ)0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 12 hours after dosing on days 19 and 24Area under the curve from start to elimination.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
All Subjects24
Total24

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event1

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicAll Subjects
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
24 Participants
Age, Continuous33.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.24
Region of Enrollment
United States
24 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
12 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
12 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
18 / 24
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 24

Outcome results

Primary

Area Under the Curve From Time 0 to Tau (AUC 0-τ)

Area under the curve from start to elimination.

Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 12 hours after dosing on days 19 and 24

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
All SubjectsArea Under the Curve From Time 0 to Tau (AUC 0-τ)113.92 ng•h/mLStandard Deviation 53.8

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026