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Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Methadone

Pharmacokinetic Population Modeling of Methadone in Patients Managed for Opioid Opioid Addiction

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05490732
Acronym
PKMETHAHOME
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-08-08
Start date
2024-03-23
Completion date
2025-09-01
Last updated
2024-11-21

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

Conditions

Toxicomania

Keywords

pharmacokinetics, methadone, microsampling, modeling

Brief summary

The management of patients with opioid addiction is a challenge insofar as many distractors or variability factors can interfere with the control of the addiction, whether they are psychological, psychiatric, environmental, pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic. Understanding this variability is potentially to be able to adjust a priori a dosage and to identify the factors of clinical response. Few population pharmacokinetic models exist for methadone and they generally concern the management of pain in palliative care patients or the management of opioid withdrawal syndrome in neonates. The hypothesis is therefore that the creation of such a model would make it possible to reduce patients' withdrawal periods, to set a target for plasma concentrations with a view to reducing dosages, and to empower the patient in his choice to monitor blood concentrations facilitated by a minimally invasive sampling device.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALBlood sampling

Patient will be subjected to 3 blood sampling over 24hours. At H0, H4 and H12-24. For each one, one microsampling and one venipuncture

Sponsors

University Hospital, Montpellier
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Major patients on methadone on the same dosage for at least 7 days. * Hospitalization for withdrawal in the addictology department of La Colombière or consultation within the unit for the treatment of drug addiction and dependence (Addictology Department). * 24 hours monitoring is possible and accepted

Exclusion criteria

* Patients that cannot be sampled because of weakened veins * Unable to received information about the study * Exclusion period determined by previous study * Adult protected by law or patient under guardianship * Not affiliated to french social security system * Not able to give written inform consent * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Underaged patients (under 18 years old) * Patient under court protection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Peak concentration (Cmax)18 monthsTo evaluate and estimate methadone/EDDP (metabolite) Cmax for patients treated for opioid addiction.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
C12h-24h concentration18 monthsTo evaluate and estimate methadone/EDDP (metabolite) concentration between 12 and 24h post-administration for patients treated for opioid addiction.
Residual concentration (C0)18 monthsTo evaluate and estimate residual methadone/EDDP (metabolite) concentration for patients treated for opioid addiction.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactYoann Cazaubon, phD,pharmD
yoann.cazaubon@chu-montpellier.fr+33467336261
Backup ContactHélène Donnadieu-Rigole, phD,MD
h-donnadieu_rigole@chu-montpellier.fr+33467337811

Outcome results

None listed

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