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A Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI) Study Between Sitaxsentan And Sildenafil, And Between Sitaxsentan And Tadalafil After Multiple Doses

A Phase 1, Open Label, Randomized, Four Period, Crossover, Multiple Dose Study To Assess The Pharmacokinetic Interaction Between Sitaxsentan and Tadalafil and The Effect Of Sildenafil On Sitaxsentan PK In Healthy Subjects

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01244620
Enrollment
16
Registered
2010-11-19
Start date
2010-11-30
Completion date
2010-12-31
Last updated
2012-02-22

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Conditions

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Keywords

A pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction study between sitaxsentan and tadalafil and between sitaxsentan and sildenafil at the steady-state

Brief summary

Sitaxsentan has a low drug-drug interaction potential and it did not have a clinically relevant effect on pharmacokinetics of sildenafil (a CYP3A sensitive substrate and PDE5 inhibitor). Tadalafil did not have clinically relevant effect on pharmacokinetics of bosentan and ambrisentan. Based on overall clinical drug-drug interaction profiles, and in vitro CYP enzymes and transporter data, a clinically relevant drug-drug interaction between sitaxsentan and tadalafil is not expected. Sildenafil is not expected to affect sitaxsentan pharmacokinetics (PK), as sitaxsentan is a substrate of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9, where sildenafil did not show clinically relevant effect on PK of substrates of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9.

Interventions

sitaxsentan 100 mg QD for 6 days

DRUGtadalafil

tadalafil 40 mg QD for 6 days

sitaxsentan 100 mg QD for 6 days

DRUGsildenafil

sildenafil 20 mg TID for 6 days

Sponsors

Pfizer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy male subjects and women of non-child bearing potential between the ages of 21 and 55 years, inclusive. Healthy is defined as no clinically relevant abnormalities identified by a detailed medical history, full physical examination, including blood pressure and pulse rate measurement, 12-lead ECG and clinical laboratory tests. * Body Mass Index (BMI) of 17.5 to 30.5 kg/m2; and a total body weight \>45 kg (99 lbs). * An informed consent document signed and dated by the subject or a legally acceptable representative. * Subjects who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

* Evidence or history of clinically significant hematological, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hepatic, psychiatric, neurologic, or allergic disease (including drug allergies, but excluding untreated, asymptomatic, seasonal allergies at time of dosing) or clinical findings at Screening. * A positive urine drug screen. * Subjects with hepatic dysfunction, defined as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \>1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range at Screening. A retest may be done if AST and/or ALT within 1.5- to 2- times the upper limit of the normal range at Screening, and the average of the first and repeated test values should be used to decide the eligibility.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)
Time to Reach Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)
Trough Plasma Concentrations (Ctrough)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)Minimum or troughconcentrations
Volume of Distribution at Steady State (Vss)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)Volume of distribution is defined as the theoretical volume in which the total amount of drug would need to be uniformly distributed to produce the desired blood concentration of a drug. Steady state volume of distribution (Vss) is the apparent volume of distribution at steady-state.
Area Under the Curve of the 24 Hour Dosing Interval (AUC24)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)
Apparent Oral Clearance (CL/F)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)Clearance of a drug is a measure of the rate at which a drug is metabolized or eliminated by normal biological processes. Clearance obtained after oral dose (apparent oral clearance) is influenced by the fraction of the dose absorbed. Clearance was estimated from population pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling. Drug clearance is a quantitative measure of the rate at which a drug substance is removed from the blood.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Plasma Decay Half-Life (t1/2)Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)Plasma decay half-life is the time measured for the plasma concentration to decrease by one half.

Countries

Singapore

Participant flow

Recruitment details

The study was terminated for safety reasons (hepatoxicity) after dosing was completed for the first intervention.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Entire Study Population
All randomized participants
16
Total16

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003
Overall StudyStudy terminated4444

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicEntire Study Population
Age Continuous31.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.7
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
16 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
1 / 44 / 44 / 42 / 4
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 4

Outcome results

Primary

Apparent Oral Clearance (CL/F)

Clearance of a drug is a measure of the rate at which a drug is metabolized or eliminated by normal biological processes. Clearance obtained after oral dose (apparent oral clearance) is influenced by the fraction of the dose absorbed. Clearance was estimated from population pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling. Drug clearance is a quantitative measure of the rate at which a drug substance is removed from the blood.

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

Primary

Area Under the Curve of the 24 Hour Dosing Interval (AUC24)

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

Primary

Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

Primary

Time to Reach Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax)

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

Primary

Trough Plasma Concentrations (Ctrough)

Minimum or troughconcentrations

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

Primary

Volume of Distribution at Steady State (Vss)

Volume of distribution is defined as the theoretical volume in which the total amount of drug would need to be uniformly distributed to produce the desired blood concentration of a drug. Steady state volume of distribution (Vss) is the apparent volume of distribution at steady-state.

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

Secondary

Plasma Decay Half-Life (t1/2)

Plasma decay half-life is the time measured for the plasma concentration to decrease by one half.

Time frame: Day 6 (predose and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24 hours post dose)

Population: Not analyzed due to early study termination.

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