A Study to Investigate the Effect of Oral Doses of Pilocarpine on Salivary Secretion and Static Pupillometry in Healthy Subjects

NCT02447315 | Completed Phase 1

• 2 other identifiers: TRAN-CL-00042014-004753-13
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 12
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacodynamic effect of oral doses of pilocarpine on salivary secretion in healthy male and female subjects. In addition, pharmacodynamic effect on static pupillometry will be evaluated as well as pharmacokinetics and safety and tolerability of oral doses of pilocarpine in healthy subjects.

Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Keywords

Pilocarpine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Pharmacodynamic parameter salivary secretion at specified time points

  Measure (mg/min) salivary secretion at specific timepoints

  Days 1-5

• Pharmacodynamics assessed by area under the effect-time curve (AUE), saliva (AUEsal)

  Days 1-5

• Pharmacodynamics assessed by maximal effect (Emax), saliva (Emax, sal)

  Days 1-5

• Pharmacodynamics assessed by time at which the maximum salivary flow occurs (tmax, sal)

  Days 1-5

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Pharmacodynamic profile pupil diameter pupS, pupLM, pupHM, AUEpupS, AUEpupLM, AUEpupHM, Emax,pupS, Emax,pupLM, Emax,pupHM, tmax,pupS, tmax,pupLM, tmax,pupHM

  Days 1-5

• Safety profile assessed by adverse events, vital signs, routine electrocardiograms (ECG) , and clinical laboratory tests

  up to Day 14

• Pharmacokinetics profile of pilocarpine: maximum concentration (Cmax), time of maximum concentration (tmax) and area under the concentration-time curve from the time of dosing (time zero) to 6 hours (AUC6)

  Days 1-5

Study Arms (4)

Treatment Sequence ABCDD

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects receive a single dose out of 4 oral doses of study drug (pilocarpine or matching placebo) per day for 5 subsequent days in the sequence ABCDD. Treatment A: pilocarpine low dose, Treatment B: pilocarpine medium dose, Treatment C: pilocarpine high dose, Treatment D: Placebo

Drug: Pilocarpine; Drug: Placebo

Treatment Sequence BDACC

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects receive a single dose out of 4 oral doses of study drug (pilocarpine or matching placebo) per day for 5 subsequent days in the sequence BDACC. Treatment A: pilocarpine low dose, Treatment B: pilocarpine medium dose, Treatment C: pilocarpine high dose, Treatment D: Placebo

Drug: Pilocarpine; Drug: Placebo

Treatment Sequence CADBB

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects receive a single dose out of 4 oral doses of study drug (pilocarpine or matching placebo) per day for 5 subsequent days in the sequence CADBB. Treatment A: pilocarpine low dose, Treatment B: pilocarpine medium dose, Treatment C: pilocarpine high dose, Treatment D: Placebo

Drug: Pilocarpine; Drug: Placebo

Treatment Sequence DCBAA

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects receive a single dose out of 4 oral doses of study drug (pilocarpine or matching placebo) per day for 5 subsequent days in the sequence DCBAA. Treatment A: pilocarpine low dose, Treatment B: pilocarpine medium dose, Treatment C: pilocarpine high dose, Treatment D: Placebo

Drug: Pilocarpine; Drug: Placebo

Interventions

Pilocarpine DRUG

oral

Also known as: Salagen

Treatment Sequence ABCDD; Treatment Sequence BDACC; Treatment Sequence CADBB; Treatment Sequence DCBAA

Placebo DRUG

oral

Treatment Sequence ABCDD; Treatment Sequence BDACC; Treatment Sequence CADBB; Treatment Sequence DCBAA

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Subject has a body mass index range of 18.5 to 30.0 kg/m2, inclusive. The subject weighs at least 50 kg. \[screening\]
• Female subject must either:
• Be of nonchildbearing potential:
• Postmenopausal (defined as at least 1 year without any menses) prior to screening, or
• Documented surgically sterile.
• Or, if of childbearing potential:
• Agree not to try to become pregnant during the clinical study and for 28 days after the final study drug administration,
• Must have a negative serum pregnancy test at day -1,
• And, if heterosexually active, agree to consistently use 2 forms of highly effective birth control (at least 1 of which must be a barrier method) starting at screening and throughout the clinical study period after the final study drug administration. Highly effective forms of birth control include: Consistent and correct usage of established oral contraception; Injected or implanted hormonal methods of contraception; Established intrauterine device or intrauterine system; Barrier methods of contraception: condom or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository.
• Female subject must agree not to breastfeed starting at screening and throughout the clinical study period, and for 28 days after the final study drug administration.
• Female subject must not donate ova starting at screening and throughout the clinical study period, and for 28 days after the final study drug administration.
• Male subject must not donate sperm starting at screening and throughout the clinical study period, and for 90 days after last study drug administration.
• Subject agrees not to participate in another interventional study while participation in the present clinical study, defined as signing the informed consent form until completion of the last study visit.

You may not qualify if:

• Female subject who has been pregnant within 6 months prior to screening assessment or breastfeeding within 3 months prior to screening.
• Subject has a known or suspected hypersensitivity to pilocarpine or any components of the formulation used.
• Subject has clinically significant, uncontrolled cardiorenal disease, uncontrolled asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cholelithiasis, urolithiasis, current or previous peptic ulcer disease and/or any other chronic disease at risk for cholinergic agonists.
• Subject has a condition of the eye which could be affected by the intake of pilocarpine (e.g., acute iritis).
• Subject has any of the liver chemistry tests (aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\], alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\], alkaline phosphatase \[ALP\], gamma glutamyl transferase, total bilirubin \[TBL\]) above 1.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN). In such a case, the assessment may be repeated once, on day -1.
• Subject has any clinically significant history of allergic conditions (including drug allergies, asthma, eczema or anaphylactic reactions, but excluding untreated, asymptomatic, seasonal allergies at time of dosing).
• Subject has any history or evidence of any clinically significant cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrinologic, hematologic, hepatic, immunologic, metabolic, urologic, pulmonary, neurologic, dermatologic, psychiatric, renal and/or other major disease or malignancy.
• Subject has/had febrile illness or symptomatic, viral, bacterial (including upper respiratory infection) or fungal (noncutaneous) infection within 1 week prior to admission to the clinical unit (day -1).
• Subject has any clinically significant abnormality of the physical examination, ECG and clinical study protocol-defined clinical laboratory tests at screening or day -1.
• Subject has a mean pulse \< 50 or \> 90 bpm; mean systolic BP \> 140 mmHg; mean diastolic BP \> 90 mmHg (vital signs measurements taken in triplicate after subject has been resting in supine position for 5 minutes; pulse will be measured automatically) on admission to the clinical unit (day -1). If the mean BP exceeds the limits above, 1 additional triplicate can be taken.
• Subject has a mean corrected QT interval using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) \> 430 ms (for male subjects) and \> 450 ms (for female subjects) at screening. If the mean QTcF exceeds the limits above, 1 additional triplicate ECG can be taken on day -1.
• Subject uses any prescribed or nonprescribed drugs (including Salagen tablets or pilocarpine-containing eye drops in the month prior to first study drug administration / vitamins, natural and herbal remedies \[e.g., St. John's wort\] in the 2 weeks prior to first study drug administration) except for occasional use of paracetamol (up to 2 g/day) and except for use of contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy.
• Subject has a history of smoking within 1 month prior to first study drug administration (day 1).
• Subject has a history of drinking \> 21 units of alcohol/week for male subjects or \> 14 units of alcohol/week for female subjects (1 unit = 10 g pure alcohol = 250 mL of beer \[5%\] or 35 mL of spirits \[35%\] or 100 mL of wine \[12%\]) within 3 months prior to admission to the clinical unit (day -1).
• Subject has consumed grapefruit or Seville oranges or grapefruit- / Seville orange-containing products within 72 hours prior to admission to the clinical unit (day -1).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Astellas Pharma Europe B.V.: lead

Study Sites (1)

PAREXEL Early Phase Clinical Unit

Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Pilocarpine

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alkaloids; Heterocyclic Compounds

Study Officials

• Associate Medical Director

  Astellas Pharma Europe B.V.

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2015
• First Posted: May 18, 2015
• Study Start: May 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: August 13, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-08

Locations

GB (1)