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To Investigate Effects GSK561679 on Part of the Body's System That Controls the Balance of Many of the Hormones.

Information source: GlaxoSmithKline
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Healthy Volunteer

Intervention: Single dose of metyrapone (Drug); Single dose of alprazolam (Drug); Single dose of placebo (Drug); Single dose of GSK561679 (Drug)

Phase: Phase 1

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
GSK Clinical Trials, MBChB, DA(SA), Dip Pharm Med, Study Director, Affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline

Summary

A study to investigate the effects GSK561679 on part of the body's system that controls the balance of many of the hormones (including cortisol).

Clinical Details

Official title: Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Blinded, Double-Dummy, Crossover Study to Investigate the Attenuation of ACTH Activation Induced by Metyrapone With a Single Dose of GSK561679 or Alprazolam in Healthy Volunteers

Study design: Diagnostic, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Crossover Assignment, Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study

Primary outcome: Blood levels of ACTH: over 24 hours

Secondary outcome: Blood levels of GSK561679, metyrapone, alprazolam, cortisol: over 24 hours Questionnaires: each visit Safety (ECG/vital signs/Adverse Events/ laboratory): over 24 hours

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 45 Years. Gender(s): Male.

Criteria:

Inclusion:

- Healthy male subjects

- non-smoker

- normal ECG

Exclusion:

- shift workers

- vegetarians

- persons who travel distances

- persons participating in a psychology or psychiatry course

Locations and Contacts

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Cambridge CB2 2GG, United Kingdom
Additional Information

Starting date: October 2006
Ending date: January 2007
Last updated: April 16, 2008

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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