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Azathioprine & Allopurinol in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Information source: University of Zurich
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on August 23, 2015
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Condition(s) targeted: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Intervention: Azathioprine / Allopurinol (Drug)

Phase: Phase 1

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: University of Zurich

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
01 Studienregister MasterAdmins, Study Director, Affiliation: UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich
Alexander Jetter, MD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland

Summary

Main Study Objectives: The study is conducted to

- evaluate the minimal allopurinol and azathioprine doses that, in combination, produce

therapeutic 6-TGN levels

- evaluate the safety and tolerability of the different allopurinol/azathioprine dose

levels

- assess if concomitant allopurinol affects TPMT activity

- assess the clinical efficacy of concomitant allopurinol-azathioprine therapy in the

included patients

Clinical Details

Official title: Dose-effect Relationship Between Allopurinol, Azathioprine and 6-thioguanine Nucleotide Levels (6-TGN) in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.

Study design: Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Primary outcome: Pharmacokinetics: Quantification of trough concentrations of 6-TGN and 6-MMPN in erythrocytes using HPLC at each dose level.

Secondary outcome:

Dose escalation: Assessment of the percentage of patients who are in the desired therapeutic range on day 23-25 and on day 26-28 of each dose level.

Efficacy: Change in disease activity score in relationship to the dose level attained.

TPMT activity assessment

Safety and Tolerability: Medical history, adverse events and well-being; laboratory screen, physical examination, vital functions: blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 65 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion criteria:

- Able and willing to give written informed consent before any trial-specific

procedures are performed

- Signed informed consent form

- Age 18 to 65 years at study entry

- Body Mass Index 18 - 30 kg/m2

- Confirmed diagnosis of either CROHN`s disease or ulcerative colitis prior to study

enrollment by combinations of clinical, endoscopic and histologic criteria generally accepted for CD and UC

- Normal TPMT activity > 30 nmol MTG/gHb x h

- Insufficient disease control despite adequate therapy with corticosteroids and/or

salicylic acid derivatives, and/or two or more episodes with steroid-requiring disease activity per year, and/or recurrence of disease activity at steroid doses below 15 mg prednisone equivalent, and/or recurrence within 6 weeks after steroid withdrawal. Exclusion criteria:

- Subjects with confirmed or suspected hypersensitivity towards the study medication

- Contemporaneous participation in any other study

- Females only: pregnancy

- Females only: breast-feeding

- Prior thiopurine therapy

- Current and previous immunosuppressive therapy except corticosteroids (e. g.

methotrexate, cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus, infliximab or other TNF-alpha blocker therapy) within 3 months before the first drug intake

- Subjects with any clinically relevant comorbidity beyond the diagnosis of CROHN`s

disease or ulcerative colitis (as based on extensive medical history, physical examination, vital signs, routine laboratory screen and 12-lead ECG)

- Haemoglobin < 12 g/dl at the screening examination

- Leucocytes < 3 x 10E3/µl at the screening examination

- Lymphocytes < 1. 5 x 10E3/µl at the screening examination

- Thrombocytes < 140 x 10E3/µl at the screening examination

- Renal disease (creatinine clearance < 60 ml/min, assessed with MDRD formula), history

of serious renal disease

- Liver disease (GGT, alkaline phosphatase, ALAT, ASAT > 2 times the upper limit of

normal reference, known or suspected liver cirrhosis)

- Known or suspected malignancies of any kind

- Known or suspected active infections, serious infections in the preceding 3 months

- Active, acute or chronic, or history of, prior hepatitis B infection confirmed by a

positive hepatitis B serology (positive HBsAg, Anti-HBc). Patients with a positive hepatitis C screening test (positive anti-HCV). Patients with a positive HIV testing (positive HIV 1 / 2 antibody tests)

- Active varicella zoster infection (chickenpox, shingles)

- Known or suspected symptomatic bowel stenoses or strictures, and patients who had a

small bowel resection

- Subjects who are known or suspected not to be capable of understanding and evaluating

the information that is given to them as part of the formal information policy (informed consent), in particular regarding the risks and discomfort to which they will be exposed

- Subjects who are known or suspected not to comply with the study directives and / or

known or suspected not to be reliable or trustworthy

- Subjects who are not willing to comply with the instructions and duties concerning

the subject insurance

- Women of childbearing age and potential who are not willing or capable to use

acceptable methods of contraception (oral contraceptives, condoms, diaphragms, intrauterine devices) during the entire study and for up to three months after the end-of-study evaluation.

- Male patients who do not use acceptable barrier methods of contraception (condoms)

during the entire course of the study and up to three months after the end-of-study evaluation

Locations and Contacts

Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich CH-8091, Switzerland
Additional Information

Starting date: January 2009
Last updated: February 6, 2012

Page last updated: August 23, 2015

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