Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Clinical Trial
Official title:
Changes in Morphine Handling and Response in Patients With Brain Trauma
Hypothesis: During severe brain trauma (injury, surgery) the ensuing inflammatory response in the central nervous system (CNS) results in a decrease in the expression of the transporter protein p-glycoprotein (PGP) in the blood brain barrier. This loss results in the penetration into the brain of certain drugs that are normally excluded by the transporter protein. In this study the working hypothesis is that the agitation observed in patients with CNS trauma treated with morphine is related to the inflammation evoked loss of PGP in the blood brain barrier and the accumulation of the morphine metabolite 3-morphine glucuronide.
It is well established that the metabolism, distribution and elimination of certain drugs is
affected by inflammatory processes. This results from the expression of cytochrome and drug
transporter proteins that are altered during the generation of host defense mechanisms. This
has major implications in inflammation and infection when the capacity of the liver and
other organs to handle drugs are severely compromised. From studies in animals individual
cytochrome P450 isozymes and p-glycoprotein (PGP) are down regulated at the level of gene
transcription with a resulting decrease in the corresponding mRNA, protein and
enzyme/transporter activity. The loss in drug metabolism and transport is channeled
predominantly through the production of cytokines which ultimately modify specific
transcription factors. Other proposed mechanisms that apply to specific cytochrome P450s
involve post translational steps including enzyme modification and increased degradation.
When inflammatory responses are confined to the brain there is a loss of cytochrome P450 and
PGP not only in the brain but also in peripheral tissues. This involves a yet to be
identified mode of signaling between the brain and periphery but it does involve the
production of cytokines from a peripheral source.
In clinical medicine there are numerous examples of a decreased capacity to handle drugs
during infections and disease states that involve an inflammatory component. This often
results in altered drug responses and increased toxicities. Inflammation mediated
alterations in the metabolism of endogenous compounds can also lead to altered physiology.
Recently it has been shown in rodents that inflammatory responses within the brain alter
drug disposition in the brain and in peripheral systems. Of particular note to the use of
drugs in patients with a brain trauma is a recent study in our laboratory carried out in
rodents showing that the transport of some drugs across the blood brain barrier is
dramatically changed during a CNS inflammatory response. The reason this occurs is the loss
in expression of the drug transporter protein (PGP). This allows drugs which are normally
transported out of the brain by PGP to enter and cause CNS toxicity. Such changes in drug
handling capacity during inflammation/infection will continue to be one of the many factors
that complicate therapeutics.
In humans with a severe CNS trauma (injury, surgery) an inflammatory response commonly
occurs within the brain. It has also been our clinical observation that when these patients
receive morphine as part of their care the drug is tolerated for a few days but many
patients develop agitation that we believe is related to morphine therapy. Our working
hypothesis is that a metabolite of morphine which is a CNS irritant (3-morphine glucuronide)
can enter the brain in increased amounts because of the inflammation evoked loss in the
transporter protein PGP in the blood brain barrier. In normal circumstances morphine is
metabolized in the liver to two major metabolites (3-morphine glucuronide and 6-morphine
glucuronide). These metabolites are excluded to some extent by a functioning PGP in the
blood brain barrier. If the PGP diminishes in the blood brain barrier as a result of CNS
inflammation then these morphine metabolites will increase in concentration in the brain.
Some support for this idea can be taken from the recent studies showing that the inhibition
of PGP by chemical means increases the concentration of the 6-glucuronide of morphine
following the administration of morphine to rats. Although the 6-glucuronide is more potent
than morphine with similar actions, the 3-glucuronide is a CNS irritant and may cause the
agitation observed in these patients. We propose to measure these metabolites on both sides
of the blood brain barrier in patients with CNS trauma/inflammation to determine if the
agitation correlates with the build up of metabolites. If we can demonstrate that these
metabolites increase in the CNS as a result of inflammation this study will have far
reaching consequences to many other drugs that are normally excluded from the brain in this
manner (eg digoxin, cyclosporine A, HIV protease inhibitors) during their use in any
condition that involves an inflammatory component in the CNS.
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Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label
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