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CompletedNCT03519750Updated Apr 30, 2019

Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous, Rectal, Intravesical, Vaginal, and Transdermal Melatonin in Healthy Female Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of Melatonin 25 mg in Melatonin, Pharmacokinetics and Safety, sponsored by Dennis Bregner Zetner. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to female participants aged 20 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-30.

Sponsored by Dennis Bregner Zetner · Phase 1, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
20 Years to 40 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

We will investigate the safety and pharmacokinetics of melatonin, when administered rectally, intravesically, vaginally and transdermally. We will recruit 10 healthy female volunteers. The volunteers will have melatonin administered over 5 days; intravenously, rectally, intravesically, vaginally and transdermally. The participants will be followed for 24-48 hours with blood samples and questions about adverse events. There will be a wash-out between each session of a minimum of 7 days.

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Conditions studied

  • Melatonin
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Safety

Keywords

  • Melatonin
  • Safety
  • Pharmacokinetics
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In context

Lead sponsor

Dennis Bregner Zetner is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy female
  • 20-40 years old
  • BMI 18-30

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  • Inability to understand Danish, written or spoken.
  • Current use of melatonin or other hypnotics/sedatives
  • Current pregnancy (a positive urine-HCG; the subjects will be tested prior to each study session)
  • Breast feeding
  • Current alcohol or drug abuse (defined as over 5 units of alcohol per day, or any usage of illegal drugs)
  • Mental illness (defined as being in medical treatment)
  • Serious comorbidity (American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 3-4)
  • Participation in other clinical trials less than 1 month prior to current study
  • Night-shift work within the last 14 days prior to study
  • Planned night-shift work within the study period
  • Known and diagnosed sleep-disorder (defined as being in current medical treatment)
  • Plasma hemoglobin \<7.8 mmol/L (measured when screening participants)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Intravenous melatonin

    Intravenous administration, making it possible to calculate bioavailability for other routes of administration

    Drug: Melatonin 25 mg

  • Experimental
    Rectal melatonin

    Rectal administration of melatonin

    Drug: Melatonin 25 mg

  • Experimental
    Intravesical melatonin

    Intravesical administration of melatonin

    Drug: Melatonin 25 mg

  • Experimental
    Vaginal melatonin

    Vaginal administration of melatonin

    Drug: Melatonin 25 mg

  • Experimental
    Transdermal melatonin

    Transdermal administration of melatonin

    Drug: Melatonin 25 mg

Interventions

  • DrugMelatonin 25 mg

    24-48 hour monitoring of plasma melatonin as well as adverse events.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Plasma concentration of melatonin

    Plasma concentration of melatonin

    Time frame: Baseline, 0 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 50 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 24 hours

  2. Plasma concentration of melatonin

    Plasma concentration of melatonin

    Time frame: Baseline, 0 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours, 12 hours, 16 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Karolinska Sleepiness Scale

    Scale which evaluates tiredness of participants

    Time frame: 0 minutes, once hourly for 8 hours, and again at 24 hours

  2. Simple Reaction Time Test

    A simple reaction time test which measures the participants' reaction time; they are looking at a red lamp, and need to react when it changes to green.

    Time frame: 0 minutes, once hourly for 8 hours, and again at 24 hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • Herlev Hospital
    Herlev, 2000, Denmark
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Feb 5, 2018

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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 30, 2019, 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
NCT03519750
Lead sponsor
Dennis Bregner Zetner
Collaborators
Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark, RepoCeuticals ApS, Herlev Hospital
Responsible party
Dennis Bregner Zetner (Principal Investigator, Herlev Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
May 9, 2018
Start date
Nov 1, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 21, 2019
Completion
Feb 21, 2019
Last update
Apr 30, 2019

Study contacts

Dennis B Zetner, MD
principal investigator · Center for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, Denmark

Oversight

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