Pharmacokinetic Study of Interaction Between Nevirapine and Methadone in HIV-1 Infected, Opioid-dependent Adults

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title: A Pharmacokinetic Study to Evaluate the Interaction Between Nevirapine (Viramune®) and Methadone in HIV-1 Infected, Opioid-dependent Adults on Stable Methadone Maintenance Therapy

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of nevirapine treatment on the pharmacokinetics of methadone in HIV-1 infected, opioid-dependent adults who had been on a stable methadone maintenance therapy for at least five days prior to study entry.

Clinical Trial Description

Ten HIV-1 infected, opioid-dependent adults on stable methadone treatment were to be enrolled in this study. This was an open-label, sequential treatment study, with methadone pharmacokinetics sampling before and after twenty-one (21) days of nevirapine administration.

All patients received the same regimen. Methadone was administered in the first treatment period, and combination treatment of methadone and nevirapine was given in the second treatment period. In the first period, patients received methadone at their current steady state dose. In the second period (study days 1-21), they also received nevirapine 200mg qd (study days 1 to 14) and 200mg bid (study days 15 to 21). Blood samples were taken at the start of the first treatment period and at the end of the second treatment period for analysis of methadone and nevirapine pharmacokinetics parameters.

Study Hypothesis:

It was expected that nevirapine would decrease methadone levels in this patient population.

Comparison(s):

The study compared methadone steady state exposure in the absence and presence of steady state nevirapine. A range of pharmacokinetics parameters were assessed including clearance of methadone (the primary endpoint variable), area under the concentration-time curve, maximum concentration, time to maximum concentration and minimum concentration (measured for both methadone and nevirapine). ;

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV Infections
• Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes

• NCT number: NCT00273988
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: April 2002
• Completion date: October 2003