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CompletedNCT03245918Updated Apr 11, 2022

Relative Bioavailability of an Extemporaneous Oral Suspension of Aprepitant in Healthy Adult Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of Aprepitant Capsule 125 MG and Aprepitant oral suspension 20 mg/mL in Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting, sponsored by The Hospital for Sick Children. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-11.

Sponsored by The Hospital for Sick Children · Phase 1, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
17
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Antiemetic therapies have improved in recent years, but chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are still common and are among the most distressing side effects of chemotherapy. Aprepitant is commercially available in Canada as capsules. An oral liquid aprepitant formulation would be ideal for oral administration to patients unable to swallow capsules.

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Conditions studied

  • Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting

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In context

Vomiting

1,100 studies on the registry are indexed under Vomiting; 134 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 17 is below the median of 107 across 935 interventional studies indexed under Vomiting.

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Lead sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children is the lead sponsor of 568 studies on the registry; 81 are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy male or female subjects as determined by responsible physician (see 4.3) (i.e. have no clinically significant diseases captured in the medical history, on physical examination and/or laboratory tests)
  • 18 to 55 years of age
  • BMI within 18.5 to 30 kg/m2
  • Non-smoker
  • Systolic blood pressure between 90-140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure between 60-90 mmHg, and heart rate between 60-100 bpm, inclusive.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential should be either sexually inactive (abstinent) or be using one of acceptable methods of birth control for 15 days prior to the first dose of the study, throughout the study and for at least 30 days after the last aprepitant dose.
  • Able to swallow whole aprepitant capsules
  • Willingness to adhere to the protocol requirements as evidenced by the informed consent form (ICF) duly read, signed and dated by the volunteer.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinically significant illness or surgery within 8 weeks prior to dosing.
  • Positive for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV at screening as per medical history.
  • History of allergic reactions to the study drug and/or its excipients.
  • Subjects concurrently treated with drugs that are metabolized through CYP3A4, including but not limited to pimozide, terfenadine, astemizole, or cisapride, ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, diltiazem, warfarin, rifampin, carbamazepine, and phenytoin etc.
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse within the last 6 months.
  • Severe mental disorders.
  • Blood donation of 50 mL to 499 mL of whole blood within 30 days, or more than 499 mL of whole blood within 56 days prior to drug administration.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Use of recreational drugs, prescription medications (other than hormonal contraceptive agents),non-prescription medications (over-the-counter) or natural health products within 7 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the administration of the first dose of study medication.
  • Consumed grapefruit or grapefruit products within 7 days of each study period
  • Any reason which, in the opinion of the investigator, would prevent the subject from participating in the study.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
17 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Aprepitant Capsule Study Period #1

    Drug: Aprepitant Capsule 125 MG

  • Other
    Aprepitant Oral Suspension Study Period#1

    Drug: Aprepitant oral suspension 20 mg/mL

Interventions

  • DrugAprepitant Capsule 125 MG

    Patients will be randomized to either the aprepitant capsule or oral suspension for the first study period, and will receive the alternate formulation during the second study period

  • DrugAprepitant oral suspension 20 mg/mL

    Patients will be randomized to either the aprepitant capsule or oral suspension for the first study period, and will receive the alternate formulation during the second study period

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Bioavailability of the oral suspension relative to the capsule

    Time frame: 6 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital for Sick Children
    Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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References and documents

Publications

  • Patel P, Nathan PC, Walker SE, Zupanec S, Volpe J, Dupuis LL. Relative bioavailability of an extemporaneously prepared aprepitant oral suspension in healthy adults. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2019 Dec;25(8):1907-1915. doi: 10.1177/1078155219828806. Epub 2019 Feb 5. PubMed 31694495 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 11, 2022, 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
NCT03245918
Lead sponsor
The Hospital for Sick Children
Responsible party
Lee Dupuis (Health Clinician Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 10, 2017
Start date
Aug 10, 2017
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2017
Completion
Jan 5, 2018
Last update
Apr 11, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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