Phase 1
Completed N=328
The Effect of Buprenorphine Delivered by Buprenorphine Transdermal System (BTDS) at Doses up to 80 Micrograms/Hour (mcg/hr) and Naltrexone on Electrocardiogram (ECG) Intervals in Healthy Volunteers
ECG Effects
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01999114 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
328
Serious AEs
0.3%
Results posted
Nov 2018
Primary outcomePrimary: The Maximum Time-matched Change From Baseline in QT Data Corrected for Heart Rate (QTc), Placebo-corrected, Based on an Individual Correction (QTcI) Method (ΔΔQTcI) — 3.36; 5.37; 4.34; 11.90 milliseconds (msec)
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ECG effects of 10, 40, and 80 mcg/hr buprenorphine delivered by BTDS alone, or by BTDS dosed with naltrexone, relative to placebo in healthy male and female subjects.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY The Maximum Time-matched Change From Baseline in QT Data Corrected for Heart Rate (QTc), Placebo-corrected, Based on an Individual Correction (QTcI) Method (ΔΔQTcI) |
11.46; 4.47; 1.50; 10.78 | — |
| SECONDARY QTcF and QTcB for Historical Purposes, PR Interval, QRS Interval, and Uncorrected QT Interval |
9.0; 1.8; -0.8; 6.7; -0.4; 10.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Heart Rate (HR) |
1.3; -2.4; -0.8; 2.5; 1.5 | — |
| SECONDARY ECG Morphology |
0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Provide written informed consent.
- Males and females aged 18 to 55, inclusive.
- Body weight ranging from 50 to 100 kilograms (kg) (110 to 220 lbs) and body mass index (BMI) ranging from 18 to 30 (kg/m2), inclusive.
- Healthy and free of significant abnormal findings as determined by medical history, physical examination, clinical laboratory values, vital signs, and resting 12-lead ECG.
- Females of child-bearing potential must be using an adequate and reliable method of contraception (ie, barrier with additional spermicidal foam or jelly, intra-uterine device, hormonal contraception). Females who are postmenopausal must have been postmenopausal ≥ 1 year and have elevated serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).
- Willing to eat the food supplied during the study.
- Willing to refrain from strenuous exercise during the entire study. Subjects will not begin a new exercise program nor participate in any unusually strenuous physical exertion.
- All 8 anatomical transdermal system (TDS) application sites (upper back, upper chest, upper outer arm, or lateral thorax) must be acceptable for study use.
Exclusion Criteria
- Females who are pregnant (positive beta human chorionic gonadotropin test) or lactating.
- Current or recent (within 5 years) history of drug or alcohol abuse.
- History or any current conditions that might interfere with drug absorption (transdermal or gastrointestinal), distribution, metabolism or excretion.
- Use of an opioid-containing medication in the past 30 days preceding the initial dose in this study.
- Known allergy to buprenorphine, any excipient of BTDS, opioids, psychotropic or hypnotic drugs, and/or moxifloxacin or any member of the quinolone class drugs.
- Any history of frequent nausea or emesis regardless of etiology.
- Any history of seizures or head trauma with sequelae.
- Participation in a clinical drug study during the 30 days preceding the initial dose in this study.
- Any significant illness during the 30 days preceding the initial dose in this study.
- Use of any medication including thyroid hormonal therapy (hormonal contraception and hormonal replacement therapy in the form of estrogen with or without progestin is allowed), vitamins, herbal and/or mineral supplements during the 7 days preceding the initial dose.
- Any personal or family history of prolonged QT interval or disorders of cardiac rhythm.
- Abnormal cardiac conditions including hypertension.
- Abnormal cardiac condition denoted by any of the following:
- QTcF interval > 450 milliseconds (msec)
- PR interval > 240 msec or QRS > 110 msec
- Evidence of second- or third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block
- Pathological Q-waves (defined as Q-wave >40 msec or depth > 0.5 mV)
- Evidence of ventricular pre-excitation, complete left bundle branch block, right bundle branch block (RBBB), or incomplete RBBB
- With a resting heart rate outside the range of 45 to 85 beats per minute (bpm)
- Abnormalities on physical examination, vital signs, ECG, or clinical laboratory values, unless those abnormalities were judged clinically insignificant by the investigator.
- Oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≤ 94% as measured by pulse oximetry.
- Refusal to abstain from caffeine or xanthine containing beverages entirely during confinement.
- Refusal to abstain from consumption of alcoholic beverages 48 hours prior to initial study drug administration and any time during study.
- History of smoking or use of nicotine products within 45 days of study drug administration or a positive urine cotinine test
- Blood or blood products donated within 30 days prior to study drug administration or anytime during the study.
- Positive results of urine drug screen or alcohol screen.
- Positive results of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV).
- Positive naloxone challenge test.
- Presence of Gilbert's Syndrome, or any known hepatobiliary abnormalities.
- The investigator believes the subject to be unsuitable for re
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01999114). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.