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CompletedNCT04714554Updated Sep 1, 2021

A Study of the Effects of Erythromycin on the Pharmacokinetics of Relugolix, Estradiol, and Norethindrone in Healthy Postmenopausal Women and on the Pharmacokinetics of Relugolix in Healthy Adult Men

A Phase 1 interventional study of Relugolix/E2/NETA FDC and Relugolix in Healthy, sponsored by Myovant Sciences GmbH. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-01.

Sponsored by Myovant Sciences GmbH (part of Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2021, 5 years 7 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
43
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a two-part, open-label, fixed-sequence, two-period crossover drug interaction study to assess the potential effects of erythromycin on the pharmacokinetics of relugolix, estradiol (E2), and norethindrone (NET) in healthy postmenopausal women (Part 1) and the pharmacokinetics of relugolix in healthy adult men (Part 2).

Read the detailed description

Each study part consists of two sequential treatment periods (Treatment Period 1 and Treatment Period 2) in which study participants will receive study treatments in a fixed (single)-sequence, crossover manner. In Part 1 of the study, a single relugolix/E2/norethindrone acetate (NETA) (40 milligrams [mg]/1 mg/0.5 mg) fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet will be administered alone on Day 1 of Treatment Period 1; in Treatment Period 2, erythromycin will be administered on Day 1 to Day 12 (500 mg, four times daily [QID]) with co-administration of a single FDC tablet with the morning dose of erythromycin on Day 8. In Part 2 of the study, a single 120-mg dose of relugolix will be administered alone on Day 1 of Treatment Period 1; in Treatment Period 2, erythromycin will be administered on Day 1 to Day 12 (500 mg QID) with co-administration of a single 120-mg dose of relugolix with the morning dose of erythromycin on Day 8. There will be a nine-day washout interval between administration of study drug (the FDC tablet [Part 1] or relugolix 120 mg [Part 2]) on Day 1 of Treatment Period 1 and Treatment Period 2.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy

Keywords

  • Relugolix
  • Estradiol
  • Norethindrone acetate
  • Erythromycin
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Norethindrone
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In context

Lead sponsor

Myovant Sciences GmbH is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 10 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 6 (60%) have results posted.

First submitted after Myovant Sciences GmbH became part of Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd..

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

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Study participant is considered to be medically healthy, based on a clinical evaluation including medical history, physical examinations, clinical laboratory tests, vital sign measurements, and a 12-lead performed at the screening visit. Specifically, study participants should meet the following requirements at the screening visit:
  • Heart/pulse rate of 50 to 90 beats per minute, inclusive;
  • Systolic blood pressure of 90 to 139 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and a diastolic blood pressure of 60 to 89 mmHg, inclusive;
  • A with Fridericia's correction (QTcF, QTcF = QT/RR(0.33)) ≤ 470 milliseconds;
  • Normal renal function at the screening visit, defined as an estimated ≥ 90 milliliters (mL)/minute by the Cockcroft-Gault equation;
  • An , aspartate aminotransferase or value within normal limits.
  • Part 1 only: Study participant is a female between 40 and 65 years of age, inclusive, at the screening visit.
  • Part 2 only: Study participant is a male between 18 and 65 years of age, inclusive, at the screening visit.
  • Study participant has a from ≥ 18.5 to ≤ 32.0 (Part 1) or from ≥ 18.5 to ≤ 30.0 (Part 2) (kilograms/square meter), at the screening visit.
  • Part 1 only: Study participant is a female defined as 12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea without an alternative medical cause or six weeks status post bilateral oophorectomy (with or without hysterectomy). A serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ≥ 40 milli-international units/mL is required to confirm postmenopausal status. Note: women who are amenorrheic due to a surgical procedure (hysterectomy without oophorectomy) and are considered physiologically postmenopausal based on FSH values may participate.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Study participant has a medical or psychiatric condition or disease (acute or chronic) that, as judged by the investigator, would make the study participant ineligible for participation in the study (for example, compromise the study data, limit the study participant's ability to complete and/or participate in the study).
  • Study participant has a current condition or history of significant endocrine, hepatic, renal, hematologic, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urologic, immunologic, or neurologic disorders that, as judged by the investigator, would make the study participant ineligible for participation in the study.
  • Study participants with a pre-existing condition interfering with normal gastrointestinal anatomy (with the exception of an uncomplicated appendectomy) or motility, hepatic and/or renal function that could interfere with the absorption, metabolism, and/or excretion of the study drugs.
  • Study participant has unconjugated bilirubin values consistent with Gilbert's syndrome or a history of or current gall bladder or bile-duct disease.
  • Part 1 only: Study participant has any to treatment with E2 and NETA, based on medical history:
  • Undiagnosed abnormal genital bleeding;
  • Known or suspected history of breast cancer;
  • Known or suspected estrogen-dependent neoplasia;
  • Active deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or history of these conditions;
  • Active arterial thromboembolic disease (for example, stroke and myocardial infarction), or a history of these conditions;
  • Known anaphylactic reaction or angioedema or to estradiol or norethindrone acetate;
  • Known hepatic impairment or disease;
  • Known protein C, protein S, or antithrombin deficiency, or other known thrombophilic disorders.
  • Study participant has used prescription or non-prescription drugs, including vitamins and dietary or herbal supplements within 14 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to study drug administration on Day 1 of Treatment Period 1, unless in the opinion of the Sponsor the medication will not interfere with interpretation of study data or compromise the safety of study participants.
  • Study participant has used any medication known to be a strong cytochrome P450 3A inducer and/or P glycoprotein inducer within the timeframe prior to study drug administration on Day 1 of Treatment Period 1.
  • Part 1 only: Study participant has used medications containing hormonal products, including injectables, within the timeframe prior to study drug administration on Day 1 of Treatment Period 1.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(10)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Part 1: Relugolix/E2/NETA Plus Erythromycin

    Treatment Period 1: Healthy premenopausal women will receive a relugolix/E2/NETA (40 mg/1 mg/0.5 mg) alone on Day 1. Treatment Period 2: Healthy premenopausal women will receive erythromycin on Day 1 through 12 (500 mg, QID), with co-administration of a single dose of relugolix/E2/NETA (40 mg/1 mg/0.5 mg) with the morning dose of erythromycin on Day 8.

    Drug: Relugolix/E2/NETA FDC · Drug: Erythromycin

  • Experimental
    Part 2: Relugolix Plus Erythromycin

    Treatment Period 1: Male participants will receive a single 120-mg dose of relugolix alone on Day 1. Treatment Period 2: Male participants will receive erythromycin on Days 1 through 12 (500 mg, QID), with co-administration of a single 120-mg dose of relugolix with the morning dose of erythromycin on Day 8.

    Drug: Relugolix · Drug: Erythromycin

Interventions

  • DrugRelugolix/E2/NETA FDC

    Drug pages: Relugolix · Estradiol

    Relugolix/E2/NETA (40 mg/1 mg/0.5 mg) FDC tablet; oral administration.

    Also known as: Rel-CT

  • Relugolix 120-mg tablets; oral administration.

    Also known as: MVT-601, TAK-385

  • Erythromycin 500-mg tablets; oral administration.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Area Under The Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 Extrapolated To Infinity (AUC0-inf) Of Relugolix Or Other Analytes

    Time frame: Day 8 predose and up to 120 hours postdose at multiple time points during Treatment Period 2 (Study Days 10 to 22)

  2. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) Of Relugolix Or Other Analytes

    Time frame: Day 8 predose and up to 120 hours postdose at multiple time points during Treatment Period 2 (Study Days 10 to 22)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Incidence Of Adverse Events

    Time frame: 10 Weeks

  2. Predose Trough Plasma Concentrations (Ctrough) Of Erythromycin

    Time frame: Predose on Day 7 and 8 of Treatment Period 2 (Study Days 10 to 22)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Clinical Pharmacology of Miami, An Evolution Research Group Portfolio Company
    Hialeah, Florida 33014, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2021 to primary completion in Mar 2021, 2 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 8, 2021
First posted
Jan 19, 2021
StartActual
Jan 6, 2021
Primary completionActual
Mar 29, 2021
CompletionActual
Mar 29, 2021
Last update
Sep 1, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
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.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 1, 2021, 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
NCT04714554
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 19, 2021
Start date
Jan 6, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 29, 2021
Completion
Mar 29, 2021
Last update
Sep 1, 2021

Study contacts

Myovant Medical Monitor
study director · Myovant Sciences

Oversight

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