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Salivary Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs

An Observational Study of Salivary Versus Blood Concentrations of Various Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs in Tuberculosis Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03080012
Enrollment
24
Registered
2017-03-15
Start date
2017-03-07
Completion date
2018-05-02
Last updated
2018-11-21

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Conditions

Tuberculosis

Brief summary

In tuberculosis patients, salivary concentrations will be compared to plasma/serum concentrations of several anti-tuberculosis drugs. If salivary concentrations correctly represent blood concentrations, this non-invasive sampling of saliva could be used for TDM of the tested drugs.

Detailed description

TDM (Therapeutic Drug Monitoring) with blood samples is already part of the treatment of some tuberculosis (TB) patients to reduce development of drug resistance and toxic drug concentrations. Performing TDM with saliva instead of plasma or serum could reduce the burden of blood sampling. This study examines if this non-invasive sampling of saliva could be used for TDM of several anti-TB drugs. The study is an observational cohort study with adult tuberculosis patients as subjects. The drugs that are studied are isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, moxifloxacin, amikacin, kanamycin, capreomycin, ethionamide, prothionamide, cycloserine, terizidone, linezolid, clofazimine, bedaquiline, delamanid, p-aminosalicylic acid (PAS), imipenem-cilastatin, meropenem, ertapenem, amoxicillin-clavulanate and thioacetazone. Saliva samples will be taken simultaneously with blood samples for standard TDM. Serum/plasma and saliva drug concentrations will be determined with a validated LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry) method. The correlation and linearity between saliva and plasma/serum concentrations will be tested. The saliva-plasma or serum ratio based on area under the time-concentration curve (AUC) is calculated for the investigated anti-TB drugs. Also pharmacokinetic parameters in serum/plasma and saliva will be calculated and compared to provide a complete image of pharmacokinetics of the anti-TB drugs in saliva.

Interventions

Stimulated saliva samples are taken using cotton rolls.

Simultaneously with saliva sampling.

Sponsors

University Medical Center Groningen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Tuberculosis is confirmed by culture or molecular test * Patient is treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs included in study * Patient receives Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) in routine care * Patient signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with severe problems in the oral cavity, making saliva sampling painful

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Saliva-plasma ratio or saliva-serum ratio0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsRatio of salivary versus blood concentration calculated with salivary and plasma/serum values of area under the time-concentration curve (AUC)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Plasma/serum drug concentration0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsMeasured drug concentration in plasma or serum
Area under the time-concentration curve (AUC) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.
Peak concentration (Cmax) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.
Time of peak concentration (Tmax) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.
Salivary drug concentration0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsMeasured drug concentration in saliva
Clearance (Cl) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.
Half-life (t1/2) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.
Elimination constant (Kel) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.
Trough concentration (Cmin) in saliva and plasma/serum0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 hours post-dose for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 hours post-dose for all other drugsCalculated in both saliva and plasma/serum using the drug concentration at all time points.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

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