CClinicalTrials.gg
CompletedNCT02360644Updated Jun 30, 2021

Drug Metabolizing Enzyme and Transporter Function in Chronic Kidney Disease

An interventional study of Cholecalciferol in Chronic Kidney Diseases and Deficiency, Vitamin D, sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-30.

Sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
23
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
01

Study summary

This study investigates the effect of vitamin D deficiency on drug metabolism and transport in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in healthy controls.

The central hypothesis is that vitamin D concentrations independently affect metabolism and transport function in CKD patients. An over-arching goal of this proposal is to make drug therapies safer and more effective to reduce the significant morbidity and mortality in patients with CKD.

Read the detailed description

Specific Aim 1: Determine the effect of vitamin D deficiency and repletion on xenobiotic clearance in vivo. The study will mechanistically evaluate the function of major pathways of metabolism and transport by prospectively studying clearance phenotypes utilizing "probe" drugs commonly used for this purpose in CKD patients and healthy volunteers under vitamin D deficient and replete states. Bupropion, midazolam, olmesartan, fexofenadine, in addition to an endogenous probe (N-methylnicotinamide), will be used to phenotype major phase I drug metabolizing enzymes [cytochrome P450 2B6 (CYP2B6), cytochrome P450 3A4/5 (CYP3A4/5)], and transporters [multidrug resistance associated protein 2 (MRP2), P-glycoprotein (P-gp), and multidrug and toxin extrusion protein 1/2K (MATE1/2K)], respectively. Hypothesis: The in vivo function of individual pathways of xenobiotic metabolism and transport are affected by vitamin D status (and CKD).

Specific Aim 2: Determine the effect of CKD on the in vivo function of individual CYPs responsible for vitamin D metabolism and the pharmacokinetics of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). The research will prospectively measure the activity of CYP450s responsible for cholecalciferol metabolism, and simultaneously evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of cholecalciferol after single- and multiple-dose administration to CKD patients (stages 1-5) and healthy volunteers. Hypothesis: CKD alters the activity of individual CYPs responsible for vitamin D metabolism, leading to modified clearance of cholecalciferol.

02

Conditions studied

03

In context

Kidney Diseases

3,840 studies on the registry are indexed under Kidney Diseases; 500 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 23 is below the median of 70 across 2,640 interventional studies indexed under Kidney Diseases.

Browse Kidney Diseases studies →

Lead sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver is the lead sponsor of 1,499 studies on the registry; 315 are open to participants now.

Of its 139 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 89 (64%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria for CKD patients:

  • vitamin D deficient (\<30 ng/mL)
  • hemoglobin >10 g/dL
  • willing to abstain from fruit juices or alcohol within 7 days of PK assessments
  • no changes in prescription or nonprescription medications within 4 wks of study start
  • age 18-70 yrs
  • If a diagnosis of CKD, must be due to diabetes mellitus or hypertension
  • Signed informed consent

Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls:

  • vitamin D deficient (\<30 ng/mL)
  • hemoglobin >10 g/dL
  • willing to abstain from fruit juices or alcohol within 7 days of PK assessments
  • no changes in prescription or nonprescription medications within 4 wks of study start
  • age 18-70 yrs
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria for CKD patients:

  • History of >14 alcoholic drinks/wk
  • Not likely to be compliant with study visits
  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Predisposition to or history of hypercalcemia
  • History of allergy, sensitivity, or contraindication to probe drugs (seizures, drug metabolism interactions, etc)
  • Use of prescribed or nonprescribed therapies that could interact with probe drugs (including prototypical inhibitors or inducers)
  • Active autoimmune disease or active/recent infections requiring antimicrobial treatment within the previous 4 wks will be excluded to minimize inflammatory-mediated changes in vitamin D status and patient heterogeneity.
  • Presence of clinically significant hepatic insufficiency (total bilirubin greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal or transaminase (ALT, AST) elevations greater than 2 times the upper limit of the laboratory reference range or liver disease
  • Active seizure disorder or those patients receiving large doses of medications that are known to reduce seizure threshold
  • Currently receiving cholecalciferol or a vitamin D analogue

Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls:

  • History of >14 alcoholic drinks/wk
  • Not likely to be compliant with study visits
  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Predisposition to or history of hypercalcemia
  • History of allergy, sensitivity, or contraindication to probe drugs (seizures, drug metabolism interactions, etc)
  • Use of prescribed or nonprescribed therapies that could interact with probe drugs (including prototypical inhibitors or inducers)
  • Active autoimmune disease or active/recent infections requiring antimicrobial treatment within the previous 4 wks will be excluded to minimize inflammatory-mediated changes in vitamin D status and patient heterogeneity.
  • Presence of clinically significant hepatic insufficiency (total bilirubin greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal or transaminase (ALT, AST) elevations greater than 2 times the upper limit of the laboratory reference range or liver disease
  • Active seizure disorder or those patients receiving large doses of medications that are known to reduce seizure threshold
  • Currently receiving cholecalciferol or a vitamin D analogue
  • Any clinical evidence of chronic kidney disease as defined by the National Kidney Foundation Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF DOQI) guidelines
05

Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
23 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm 1: Drug Metabolism and Transport

    The aim of Arm 1 is to determine the effect of vitamin D deficiency and repletion on xenobiotic clearance in vivo. The study will evaluate the in vivo function of targeted metabolism and transport pathways in 40 CKD and 18 healthy volunteer subjects (controls) under the influence of a vitamin D depleted state and repeated under a vitamin D replete state with cholecalciferol. The function of two major phase I drug metabolizing enzymes (CYP2B6, CYP3A), and three transporters \[P-gp, MRP2, and MATE1/2K\] will be assessed by administering oral bupropion, midazolam, olmesartan, and fexofenadine.

    Dietary Supplement: Cholecalciferol

  • Experimental
    Arm 2: Vitamin D Pharmacokinetics

    The aim of Arm 2 is to determine the effect of CKD on the in vivo function of individual CYP450s responsible for vitamin D metabolism and their functional relevance on the pharmacokinetics of cholecalciferol. A total of 90 CKD subjects will be enrolled \[30 per group: group I (CKD stage 1/2), group II (CKD stage 3), and group III (CKD stage 4/5, pre-ESRD)\], as well as 30 healthy controls.

    Dietary Supplement: Cholecalciferol

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementCholecalciferol

    Vitamin D deficient patients, in both Arms, will be administered Cholecalciferol 5,000 IU daily.

    Also known as: Vitamin D

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in area under the plasma concentration time curves for probe drugs (bupropion, midazolam, olmesartan and fexofenadine) from baseline to 12 weeks.

    Change in area under the plasma concentration time curves for probe drugs (bupropion, midazolam, olmesartan, and fexofenadine) at 12 weeks.

    Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in area under the plasma concentration time curves for cholecalciferol from baseline to 12 weeks.

    Change in area under the plasma concentration time curves for cholecalciferol at 12 weeks.

    Time frame: 12 weeks

07

Study locations

2 sites
  • University of Colorado
    Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
  • University of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
08

References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

09

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 30, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02360644
Lead sponsor
University of Colorado, Denver
Collaborators
University of Pittsburgh, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 10, 2015
Start date
Oct 2014
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2019
Completion
Feb 1, 2019
Last update
Jun 30, 2021

Study contacts

Melanie Joy, PharmD, PhD
principal investigator · University of Colorado, Denver

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is completed, as verified in Jun 2021. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion