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Pharmacokinetic study of rectal and sublingual administration of tacrolimus in healthy volunteers

Pharmacokinetic study of rectal and sublingual administration of tacrolimus in healthy volunteers - Rectal and sublingual administration of tacrolimus

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON36191
Enrollment
18
Registered
2011-01-20
Start date
2011-04-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-29

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

Conditions

Transplantatie organdonation Transplant

Interventions

Three single doses of tacrolimus will be administered in randomized order with an interval of at least 1 week: I. subligual dose of 3 mg tacrolimus as a powder obtained from commercially available c

Sponsors

Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: healthy male and female volunteers; 18-65 years old; using adequate contraception (female volunteers of childbearing potential); able to comply with the study protocol; willing to give written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: concomitant use of medication, grapefruit juice or St John*s worth; smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day and not able or willing to retain from smoking on days of administration; simultaneous participation in another clinical trial; pregnancy or lactation (female volunteers); abnormal liver biochemistry (>2x upper normal limit); renal insufficiency (estimated creatinin clearance according to Cockroft-Gault 160/100 mmHg, measured after at least 10 minurtes rest in semi-recumbant position; prolonged QT interval, corrected for heart rate using the Bazett's formula; active infection, as determined by clinical examination.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Area under the blood concentration of tacrolimus - time curve (AUC).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Relative bioavailability (F), time point after administration at which maximal blood concentration of tacrolimus is reached (tmax) and elimination rate constant (kel).

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)