An intervention study of the effects of probenecid on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sorafenib (PROSORA-study)
- Conditions
- differentiated thyroid carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomametastatic renal cell carcinoma10019815
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 16
1. Age * 18 years
2. Histological or cytological confirmed diagnosis of mRCC, HCC or differentiated thyroid carcinoma
3. Start of sorafenib therapy, at least 7 days but nog longer than 14 days prior to start of the study NB. Patients are allowed to have had previous sorafenib therapy or have started with sorafenib.
4. WHO Performance Status * 2 (appendix D)
5. Able and willing to sign the Informed Consent Form prior to screening evaluations
6. Adequate organ function as defined by
a. Adequate liver function before start of sorafenib (to be determined by the oncologist)
b. Serum creatinin * 1.5 x ULN
7. Adequate baseline patient characteristics (complete blood count, and serum biochemistry which involves sodium, potassium, creatinin, calculation of creatinin clearance (MDRD), amylase, lipase, calcium, phosphate, AST, ALT, gamma glutamyltranspeptidase (*-GT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), ALP, total bilirubin, albumin).
1. Use of drugs which may show an increased systemic exposure when taken concomitantly with probenecid. (see appendix C)
2. Patients with known blood dyscrasias, uric acid kidney stones or until an acute gouty attack has subsided.
3. Use of (over the counter) medication or (herbal) supplements which can interact with either sorafenib or probenecid, e.g. by induction or inhibition of CYP3A4, UGT1A9 (see appendix B and C)
4. Unable or unwilling to abstain from grapefruit, grapefruit juice, herbal dietary supplements, and herbal tea during the study
5. Previous use of probenecid during the last 2 weeks prior to sorafenib treatment
6. Contraindications for use of probenecid such as acute gouty attack or porphyria.
7. Unwilling to undergo a skin biopsy
8. Body mass index (BMI) beneath 8.5 or above 35
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To demonstrate the bioequivalence of sorafenib with probenecid relative to<br /><br>sorafenib without probenecid based on the AUC in patients with unresectable<br /><br>hepatocellular cancer, advanced clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, locally<br /><br>recurrent or metastatic, progressive, differentiated thyroid carcinoma<br /><br>refractory to radioactive iodine treatment.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1. Other pharmacokinetic outcomes (i.e. clearance, maximum concentration<br /><br>(Cmax), Maximum steady-state concentration (Cmaxss), Minimal concentration<br /><br>(Cmin), steady-state volume of distribution (Vss) and half-life (t*)).<br /><br>2. To evaluate the incidence and severity of side-effects of treatment with<br /><br>sorafenib in absence and presence of probenecid (in particular HFSR) .<br /><br>3. To evaluate the intracellular concentration of sorafenib in skin in patients<br /><br>treated with sorafenib in absence and presence of probenecid.<br /><br>4. to determine the influence of HFSR on quality of life</p><br>