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The feasibility of using a subtherapeutic dose of piracetam as a marker of adherence to therapy

The feasibility of using a subtherapeutic dose of piracetam as a marker of adherence to therapy - Subtherapeutic dose of piracetam as a therapy adherence marker

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON53199
Enrollment
10
Registered
2023-06-22
Start date
2023-07-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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

Conditions

De studie wordt uitgevoerd in gezonde vrijwilligers met als doel te onderzoeken of er een meetbare concentratie piracetam in de urine ontstaat na subtherapeutisch dosering piracetam. Er wordt dus geen effect op een aandoening onderzocht. n.v.t. (zie uitleg onder vraag C21)

Interventions

All included participants will administer the investigational product once weekly according to the following scheme: Week 1 (day 1): 7.5 mg (6 tablets) Week 2 (day 1): 5 mg (4 tablets) Week 3 (day 1

Sponsors

Nederlands Kanker Instituut
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: To be considered eligible to participate in this study, all of the following requirements must be met: 1. Age >= 18 years; 2. Able and willing to give written informed consent; 3. Able and willing to undergo urine sampling for analysis; 4. Able and willing to digest multiple tablets at day one of each study week (6 tablets of 1.25 mg in week 1; 4 tablets of 1.25 mg in week 2; 2 tablets of 1.25 mg in week 3 and 1 tablet of 1.25 mg in week 4)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Current prescribed treatment with piracetam; 2. Pregnant or breastfeeding; 3. Criteria regarding the following contra-indications for piracetam: - Cerebral haemorrhage; - Huntington's chorea; - Hypersensitivity to pyrrolide derivatives.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Verifying the detectability of piracetam in urine after administration of the planned doses using an in-house High-Performance Liquid Chromotography-tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) assay

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To determine the piracetam urine concentrations after nonadherence of two days

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)