Clinical trial NCT02411929: A Phase 1 Study of Ertugliflozin in Healthy Male Participants (MK-8835-020)
Official title: A Phase 1, Open-Label, Non-Randomized, 2-Period, Fixed Sequence, Study to Assess the Absolute Bioavailability and Fraction Absorbed of Ertugliflozin in Health Male Subjects Using a 14^C-Microdose Approach
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Lead sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Pfizer
First posted: 2015-04-08
Enrollment: 8
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study will evaluate the absolute oral bioavailability (F) and fraction absorbed (Fa) of ertugliflozin following oral administration of unlabeled ertugliflozin (MK-8835) and intravenous (IV) and oral administration of 14\^C-labeled ertugliflozin in healthy male participants.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy male subjects between the ages of 18 and 65 years.
* Body Mass Index (BMI) of 17.5 to 30.5 kg/m\^2; and a total body weight \>50 kg (110 lbs.)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Evidence or history of clinically significant hematological, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hepatic, psychiatric, neurologic, or allergic disease (including drug allergies, but excluding untreated, asymptomatic, seasonal allergies).
* Any clinically significant malabsorption condition (eg, gastrectomy, bowel resection).
* A positive urine drug screen for drugs of abuse or recreational drugs.
* Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results.
* History of abuse of alcohol or binge drinking and/or any other illicit drug use or dependence within 6 months of Screening.
* Current smokers and those who have smoked any substance within the last 12 months.
* Treatment with an investigational drug within 1 month preceding the first dose of study medication.
* Have participated in any clinical study with exposure to 14\^C in the last 12 months.
* Any radiation exposure, including that which is projected to result from the present study, excluding background radiation but including diagnostic x-rays and other medical exposures. No occupationally exposed worker, as defined in the Ionising Radiation Regulation 1999, shall participate in the study.
* Use of prescription or nonprescription drugs (including vitamins and dietary supplements) within 7 days prior to the first dose of study medication.
* Use of herbal supplements within 28 days prior to the first dose of study medication.
* Blood donation (excluding plasma donations) of approximately 1 pint (500 mL) or more within 56 days prior to dosing.
* Participants who have previously participated in a clinical trial for ertugliflozin.
* Serious adverse reaction or serious hypersensitivity to any drug or the formulation excipients.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Profile From Time Zero to Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC Last) (Dose Normalized to 1 mg) and Absolute Oral Bioavailability (F) (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Profile From Time Zero to Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC Last) Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ert. 100 ug IV (Period 1) (Dose Not Normalized to 1 mg)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: (AUC Inf) Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1) (Dose Normalized to 1 mg)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Time for Cmax (Tmax) Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Terminal Elimination Half-Life (t1/2) Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Apparent Oral Total Plasma Clearance (CL/F) - Oral, Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Systemic IV Total Plasma Clearance (CL) - IV, Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/F) Following Oral Administration - Oral, Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Steady-State Volume of Distribution (Vss) Following IV Infusion - IV, Following Administration of Unlabeled Ertugliflozin 15 mg Oral + 14^C-Ertugliflozin 100 ug IV (Period 1)
timeFrame: Oral: 0, 15 and 30 min., and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hrs. after oral dose; IV: -5 min. (predose), 0 (end of infusion), and at 10, 20, 30, and 45 min. and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 47, 71, and 95 hrs. after end of infusion
measure: Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Fraction Absorbed (Fa, Radioactivity in Urine) (Periods 1 and 2) (Dose Normalized)
timeFrame: Part 1: pre- IV dose, 0-11 and 11-23 hrs. post IV dose, and 23 - 47, 47 - 71 and 71 - 95 hrs. until Day 5; Part 2: predose, 0-12 and 12-24 hrs. post dose, and then 24-hour intervals until Day 5
measure: Number of Participants Who Experienced an Adverse Event (Periods 1 and 2)
timeFrame: Up to approximately 33 days
measure: Number of Participants Discontinuing Study Drug Due to Adverse Events (Periods 1 and 2)
timeFrame: Up to approximately 16 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
name: Medical Director
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Raje S, Callegari E, Sahasrabudhe V, Vaz A, Shi H, Fluhler E, Woolf EJ, Schildknegt K, Matschke K, Alvey C, Zhou S, Papadopoulos D, Fountaine R, Saur D, Terra SG, Stevens L, Gaunt D, Cutler DL. Novel Application of the Two-Period Microtracer Approach to Determine Absolute Oral Bioavailability and Fraction Absorbed of Ertugliflozin. Clin Transl Sci. 2018 Jul;11(4):405-411. doi: 10.1111/cts.12549. Epub 2018 Mar 25.
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