Pharmacokinetics of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Healthy Volunteers
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Registration Number
- NCT00128947
- Brief Summary
This study will examine how people differ in the way their bodies process and eliminate mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), a drug that is used to treat problems affecting the eye and immune system and to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients. MMF is metabolized by a group of enzymes called UGTs, each of which is made by a different gene. This study will investigate whether people with different UGT genes differ in how well their bodies use and remove MMF. The results may help scientists learn the best way to give MMF to patients.
Normal healthy volunteers between 18 and 55 years of age may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history, physical examination, and blood and urine tests, including a blood test for analysis of genes that control and regulate UGTs. Pregnant women and nursing mothers are excluded from the study. Women who are able to have a child and men who can father a child must either abstain from sex or use two reliable forms of birth control during the study and for 3 months after its completion.
Participants come to the NIH Clinical Center at 6:30 a.m. on the first day of the study and stay in the outpatient clinic for 12 hours. The next 4 mornings, they return to the Clinical Center for a single blood collection. The procedures for the 5 days are as follows:
Day 1
Upon arrival at the Clinical Center a catheter is inserted into the subject's arm vein. At 7:00 AM, the subject takes one dose of MMF by mouth with a glass of water. Small blood samples are collected through the catheter before the MMF dose and again at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 hours after taking the drug. Heart rate and blood pressure are measured before the blood collection and then every 4 hours. After the last blood sample is collected, the volunteer can return home.
Days 2-5
Volunteers come to the Clinical Center at 7:00 AM on study days 2, 3, 4, and 5 for a single blood draw, collected using a needle.
Volunteers are contacted by telephone 1, 2, and 3 months after completing the study to see how they are doing and to check on their pregnancy status and use of appropriate birth control.
- Detailed Description
The immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is metabolized by several uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs), among which UGT1A9 is the most important enzyme. Two commonly occurring single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of the UGT1A9 gene have been shown to enhance UGT1A9 protein level and activity in vitro. This study is to investigate the potential in vivo effects of these two SNPs on the metabolism and hence the pharmacokinetics of MMF metabolites. One hundred and thirty healthy volunteers will be screened for the presence of UGT1A9 C-2152T and T-275A polymorphisms. Seventeen subjects who carry the variant alleles, along with 17 others who do not have the polymorphisms, will be selected to participate in the pharmacokinetic study. Pharmacokinetics of the metabolites mycophenolic acid (active) and mycophenolate 7-O-phenolic glucuronide (inactive) will be determined, and parameter values will be compared between the two groups. It is hypothesized that the metabolism of MMF is enhanced in subjects with the two SNPs, resulting in an increase in clearance and a decrease in the exposure of mycophenolic acid.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 130
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States