Effect of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and an Opioid on Ventilation

Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Hypercapnia, Ventilatory Depression

In brief

This study is designed to evaluate the effects of the coadministration of paroxetine or escitalopram with an opioid on ventilation. Ventilation will be assessed using a rebreathing methodology. This study will evaluate chronic and acute dosing of paroxetine and escitalopram combined with an opioid as well as chronic and acute dosing of the two drugs without coadministration of an opioid. This study is a 3-period, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study conducted with 25 healthy participants. Each participant will receive each of the 3 treatments (placebo/oxycodone, paroxetine/oxycodone, escitalopram/oxycodone) in a randomized order.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05470465
Run by: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People needed: 27
Starts: 2022-09-01
Expected to finish: 2023-09-17
Last updated by the study team: 2025-05-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Subject signs an Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved written informed consent and privacy language as per national regulations (e.g., Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act authorization) before any study related procedures are performed.
Subject is a healthy, non-smoking man or woman, 18 to 50 years of age, inclusive, who has a body mass index of 18.5 to 33.0 kg/m2, inclusive, at Screening.
Subject has normal medical history findings, clinical laboratory results, vital sign measurements, pulse oximetry, 12-lead ECG results, and physical examination findings at screening or, if abnormal, the abnormality is not considered clinically significant (as determined and documented by the investigator or designee).
Subject must have a negative test result for alcohol and drugs of abuse at screening and check-in days.
Subject must test negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by a rapid antigen test at check-in for all study periods. If a subject's test comes back as invalid, the test can be repeated.
Female subjects must be of non-childbearing potential (confirmed with follicle-stimulating hormone levels > 40 milli-international unit [mIU]/mL) or, if they are of childbearing potential, they must: 1) have been strictly abstinent for 1 month before check-in (Day -1) and agree to remain strictly abstinent for the duration of the study and for at least 1month after the last application of study drug; OR 2) be practicing 2 highly effective methods of birth control (as determined by the investigator or designee; one of the methods must be a barrier technique) from at least 1 month before check-in (Day -1) until at least 1 month after the end of the study.
Male subjects must agree to practice 2 highly effective methods of birth control (as determined by the investigator or designee) from at least 1 month before check-in (Day -1) until at least 1 month after the last dose of study drug.
Subject is highly likely (as determined by the investigator) to comply with the protocol defined procedures and to complete the study.

You may not qualify if…

Subject has used any prescription or nonprescription drugs (including aspirin or NSAIDs and excluding oral contraceptives and acetaminophen) within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) or complementary and alternative medicines within 28 days before the first dose of study drug. This includes prescription or nonprescription ophthalmic drugs.
Subject is currently participating in another clinical study of an investigational drug or has been treated with any investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) of the compound.
Subject has used nicotine-containing products (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, electronic cigarettes) within 6 weeks of Screening. Subjects must refrain from using these throughout the study.
Subject has consumed alcohol, xanthine containing products (e.g., tea, coffee, cola), caffeine, grapefruit, or grapefruit juice within 24 h of check-in. Subjects must refrain from ingesting these throughout the study.
Subject has a history or evidence of a clinically significant disorder, condition, or disease (e.g., cancer, human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], hepatic or renal impairment) that, in the opinion of the investigator would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures, or completion. This includes subjects with any underlying medical conditions that put subjects at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
Subject has any signs or symptoms at screening or check-in of any study periods that are consistent with COVID-19. Per current CDC recommendations this includes subjects with the symptoms cough or shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, or at least two of the following symptoms: fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat or new loss of taste/smell. In addition, the subject has any other findings suggestive of COVID-19 risk in the opinion of the investigator.
Subject has known or suspected allergies or sensitivities to any study drugs.
Subject has clinical laboratory test results (hematology, serum chemistry and urinalysis) at Screening or period check-in that are outside the reference ranges provided by the clinical laboratory and considered clinically significant by the investigator. Clinical laboratory results may be repeated once, as needed, for confirming results at Screening and period check-in.
Subject has a positive test result at Screening for HIV 1 or 2 antibody, hepatitis C virus antibodies, or hepatitis B surface antigen.
Subject is unable or unwilling to undergo multiple venipunctures for blood sample collection because of poor tolerability or poor venous access.
Female subject is currently pregnant or lactating or was within 3 months of before enrollment.
Subject has a history of opioid or psychotropic drugs within 60 days of the start of the study.
Subject has a history of asthma that has required medication within the last five years.
Subject has non-reactive or misshapen pupil(s) or damaged orbit structure or surrounding soft tissue is edematous or has an open lesion.
Subject has a Mallampati score of >2.
Subject's Duffin rebreathing data is of poor quality or subject does not agree to remain clean-shaven for all days when the Duffin rebreathing procedure is performed.
Subject has a history of sleep disorders, Panic disorders, Panic Attacks, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or any associated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosis or condition.
Subject has a history of or currently has hypoventilation syndrome or sleep apnea and is on non-invasive ventilation.
Subject has a history of unexplained syncope, structural heart disease, long QT syndrome, heart failure, myocardial infarction, angina, unexplained cardiac arrhythmia, Torsades de Pointes, ventricular tachycardia, or placement of a pacemaker or implantable defibrillator. Subjects will be also excluded if there is a family history of long QT syndrome (genetically proven or suggested by sudden death of a close relative to cardiac causes at a young age) or Brugada syndrome.
Subject has a history of suicidal ideation or previous suicide attempts.
Subject has a safety 12-lead ECG result at Screening or check-in at any study period with evidence of any of the following abnormalities:
QTc using Fridericia correction (QTcF)>430 msec
PR interval>220 msec or <120msec
QRS duration>110 msec
Second- or third-degree atrioventricular block

Where it is running

Spaulding Clinical Research — West Bend, Wisconsin, United States

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