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Pharmacokinetics Of Tigecycline In Morbidly Obese Subjects

Pharmacokinetics Of Tigecycline In Morbidly Obese Subjects

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01560143
Enrollment
12
Registered
2012-03-22
Start date
2012-03-31
Completion date
2012-05-31
Last updated
2017-02-09

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Brief summary

If tigecycline clearance increases with body size then serum exposure values will be lower in obese class III compared to normal weight subjects because exposure changes inversely with clearance when the dose is fixed without regard to weight.

Detailed description

Not required

Interventions

DRUGTigecycline

100 mg IV as a single infusion over 30 minutes

Sponsors

Pfizer
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Manjunath Prakash Pai
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

Subjects fulfilling the following criteria will be eligible: 1. males and females, 18 to 50 years of age; 2. non-smoking or light-smoking (≤ 5 cigarettes per day) volunteers; 3. Body mass index: 18.50-24.99 kg/m2 (normal weight) or ≥ 40 kg/m2 (obese class III); 4. female subjects of childbearing potential (self-reported) either surgically sterilized, using an effective method of contraception (diaphragm, cervical cap, condom) or agree to abstain from sex from time of prestudy screening, during entire study period and 1 month following the study period

Exclusion criteria

1. history of significant hypersensitivity reaction to any components of Tygacil®; 2. history of significant clinical illness requiring pharmacological management; 3. history of blood donation in the past eight week period; 4. abnormal serum electrolyte or complete blood count requiring further clinical work-up; 5. transaminases (AST or ALT) \> 2.5 x upper limit of normal; 6. subjects with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease; 7. positive serum pregnancy test (if female); 8. abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) as judged by study physician; 9. unable to tolerate venipuncture and multiple blood draws; 10. clinically significant abnormal physical examination defined as a physical finding requiring further clinical work-up; 11. unable to independently provide a written informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Single-dose Serum AUC of Tigecycline Between Time 0 and 96 Hours4 days (96 hours)The AUC is the area under the concentration time curve in serum measured in the unit of concentration in milligram of tigeycline per liter of plasma multiplied by the time interval in hours (hour\*mg/L)

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Tigecycline
All subjects receive a single dose of tigecycline Tigecycline: 100 mg IV as a single infusion over 30 minutes
12
Total12

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTigecycline
Age, Continuous37.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.5
Body Mass Index43.8 kg/m^2
Gender
Female
8 Participants
Gender
Male
4 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
3 / 12
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 12

Outcome results

Primary

Single-dose Serum AUC of Tigecycline Between Time 0 and 96 Hours

The AUC is the area under the concentration time curve in serum measured in the unit of concentration in milligram of tigeycline per liter of plasma multiplied by the time interval in hours (hour\*mg/L)

Time frame: 4 days (96 hours)

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Serum AUC of TigecyclineSingle-dose Serum AUC of Tigecycline Between Time 0 and 96 Hours7.64 hour*mg/LStandard Deviation 1.28

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 23, 2026