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CompletedNCT01075906Updated Jan 10, 2012

Pharmacokinetics Study of Colchicine in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Patients

A Phase 1 interventional study of colchicine sprinkle capsules and colchicine sprinkle capsules in Familial Mediterranean Fever, sponsored by Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.. Completed at 10 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-01-10.

Sponsored by Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Basic science

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Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Colchicine is widely recognized as safe and effective treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) in children and adults. Colchicine is currently used to treat FMF in younger patients by inexact dosing through breaking or crushing adult-dose tablets. An age-appropriate sprinkle formulation will allow for more accurate dosing in pediatric patients. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the steady-state pharmacokinetics of multiple oral doses of colchicine sprinkle capsules administered to pediatric and adult FMF patients.

Secondary objectives include evaluation of the safety and tolerability of this regimen in pediatric and adult FMF patients and measurement of the levels of acute phase reactants (i.e, serum amyloid A [SAA], erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR], C-reactive protein [CRP]) at baseline and after dosing.

Read the detailed description

FMF patients who have not been taking colchicine (colchicine-naïve patients) will be enrolled into a 1 week dose-titration period (Days -7 to -1). Beginning on Day -7, a pre-dose blood sample will be collected from the colchicine-naïve patient population for determination of pharmacodynamic markers. Patients will then be administered a low starting dose of colchicine (as determined by the principal investigator) titrated up to the study colchicine dose which is 0.6 mg (2 capsules) in children ≥2 to \< 6 years old, 0.9 mg (3 capsules) in children ≥6 to \< 12, 1.2 mg (4 capsules) in children ≥12 to \< 16 and adults ≥16 and \< 65. On Day 2, patients will return to the clinic for collection of a pre-dose blood sample followed by administration of the study dose of colchicine. On Days 3-7, patients (parent/guardian) will self-medicate with the study dose of colchicine recording the time of dosing and any adverse events. On Days 8-14, patients (parent/guardian) will self-medicate with the study dose of colchicine recording the time of dosing and any adverse events. On the morning of Day 15, patients will return to the clinic for collection of a pre-dose blood sample followed by administration of the study dose of colchicine. Blood samples will be collected post-dose at times sufficient to adequately define the pharmacokinetics of colchicine and its metabolites. Safety and tolerability of this dosing regimen will be determined by evaluation of vital signs and adverse events during the study and upon completion of the study. All adverse events will be evaluated by the investigator and reported in the subject's case report form.

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Conditions studied

  • Familial Mediterranean Fever

Keywords

  • pharmacokinetics
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In context

Familial Mediterranean Fever

61 studies on the registry are indexed under Familial Mediterranean Fever; 27 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 75 is above the median of 40 across 27 interventional studies indexed under Familial Mediterranean Fever.

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Lead sponsor

Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 44 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients age 2-65 years with a confirmed clinical diagnosis of FMF,
  • Non-pregnant, and
  • If of , using effective measures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Recent participation (within 30 days) in other research studies,
  • Pregnant or lactating,
  • History or current infection of (HIV), hepatitis A, B or C,
  • Current or recent use of any drugs/drug classes or combinations thereof that may affect the absorption or metabolism of colchicine,
  • abnormal clinical laboratories at screening,
  • Current or recent (\<6 months) history of severe, unstable or uncontrolled neurological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hematological, moderate or severe hepatic and/or renal disease, or evidence of other diseases at the physical examination conducted at the screening.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

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HIV

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Clinically significant

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
75 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Colchicine

    Colchicine Sprinkle Capsules, 0.3 mg - dose administered according to age range on Day 1

    Drug: colchicine sprinkle capsules

  • Experimental
    colchicine at steady state

    colchicine sprinkle capsules 0.3 mg - dose administered according to age range on Day 15 following once daily dosing of colchicine on Days 2 - 14

    Drug: colchicine sprinkle capsules

Interventions

  • Drugcolchicine sprinkle capsules

    0.3 mg

  • Drugcolchicine sprinkle capsules

    0.3 mg

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Maximum Plasma Concentration

    pharmacokinetic samples collected pre-dose on Days 1, 2 and 15 and at 0.25 - 0.5 hours, 1.5-2.5 hours and at 5-8 hours post-dose on Days 1 and 15

    Time frame: 15 days

  2. Area Under the Concentration Time Curve from Time Zero to the Time of Last Measured Concentration (AUC 0-t)

    Pharmacokinetic samples collected pre-dose on Days 1,2 and 15 and at 0.25-0.5 hours, 1.5-2.5 hours and 5-8 hours post-dose on Days 1 and 15.

    Time frame: 15 days

  3. Area Under the Concentration Time Curve from Zero through Infinity

    Pharmacokinetic samples collected pre-dose on Days 1, 2 and 15 and at 0.25-0.5 hours, 1.5-2.5 hours and at 5-8 hours post-dose on Days 1 and 15

    Time frame: 15 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Acute Phase Reactant (ESR, CRP, SAA) Levels

    Pharmacodynamic samples collected pre-dose on Days 7, 1 and 15

    Time frame: 15 days

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Study locations

10 sites
  • Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California 90027, United States
  • Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care
    Yerevan, 0010, Armenia
  • Soroka Medical Center
    Beer Sheba, 84141, Israel
  • Rambam Medical Center
    Haifa, 24035, Israel
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Unit - Shaare Zedek Medical Center
    Jerusalem, 91031, Israel
  • Hadassah Medical Center
    Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
  • Safra Children's Hospital
    Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel
  • Sheba Medical Center
    Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel
  • Hacettepe University
    Ankara, 06100, Turkey
  • Cerrahpasa Medical Facility
    Istanbul, 34303, Turkey
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Aug 2010, a primary completion of Dec 2011 and a completion of Dec 2011. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered
Feb 24, 2010
First posted
Feb 25, 2010
Start
Aug 2010
Primary completionActual
Dec 2011
CompletionActual
Dec 2011
Last update
Jan 10, 2012
What these dates mean
Start.
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Primary completion.
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Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 10, 2012, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01075906
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 25, 2010
Start date
Aug 2010
Primary completion
Dec 2011
Completion
Dec 2011
Last update
Jan 10, 2012

Study contacts

Matthew Davis, MD
study chair · Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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