Clinical trial NCT04464070: Pathways of Eicosanoid Metabolism
Official title: Novel Pathways of Eicosanoid Metabolism
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
Conditions: Metabolism of Prostaglandin D2
Lead sponsor: Vanderbilt University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
First posted: 2020-07-09
Enrollment: 10
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: Participants may be participating in all 4 arms of the study or in less than 4 arms.
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: Prostaglandins are important signaling compounds formed from arachidonic acid. The enzymes that form prostaglandins, cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 are the targets of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Because prostaglandins are very unstable in the body, they can not be measured directly. Instead, their metabolites are isolated from urine or blood and quantified as markers of formation of the parent, active compounds.

The investigators are testing the hypothesis that there is a previously unrecognized metabolic pathway between two prostaglandins. The investigators hypothesize that prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), in addition to its known metabolism to PGD-M, is also metabolized to 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 (11-dehydro-TxB2).

Detailed description: The objective of this study is to determine whether PGD2 is metabolized to 11-dehydro-TxB2 in humans. Because the levels of PGD2 and its metabolite, PGD-M, are low in human urine, the investigators will use the model of niacin-induced flushing which is associated with a increased release of PGD2 from skin cells. It has been demonstrated that increased formation of PGD2 is associated with increased levels of urinary 11-dehydro-TxB2 in patients with mastocytosis.

In order to test whether niacin-induced biosynthesis of PGD2 is associated with formation of 11-dehydro-TxB2 the investigators will measure prostaglandin metabolites in blood and urine of volunteers receiving niacin. In addition, subjects will be treated with low or high dose aspirin prior to niacin to analyze the contribution of cyclooxygenase enzymes to biosynthesis of PGD2.

Arm 1: Subjects will receive 500 mg niacin. The subjects will collect urine (3-10 ml each) before niacin and every one-two hours after niacin for 10 h. Subjects will have blood drawn (2 teaspoons) before and at 0.5-1 h after niacin.

Arm 2: Subjects will take 81 mg aspirin (1 tablet of low-dose aspirin) daily for 7 days before niacin. Urine collection will be before and after aspirin, before niacin, and then in intervals as in arm 1. There will be a blood collection before niacin and 0.5-1 h after niacin.

Arm 3: Subjects will take 325 mg aspirin (1 tablet of regular strength aspirin) daily for 7 days before niacin. Urine collection will be before and after aspirin, before niacin, and then in intervals as in arm 1.

Arm 4: Subjects will be infused with 10 μg of deuterated PGD2 in a forearm vein over the course of 30 min. Subjects will collect a urine sample before and every two hours after deuterated PGD2 for 10 h.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Normal, healthy volunteers not currently taking any medication.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Use of anti-inflammatory/over-the-counter pain medications (NSAIDs) up to 2 weeks prior to study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: prostaglandin metabolites
timeFrame: 0-10 hours
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: Vanderbilt University
state: Tennessee
Study officials:
affiliation: Vanderbilt University
name: Claus M Schneider, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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