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Completed Phase 4 Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Herb-Opioid Interactions

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00027014

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Brief summary

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This is a series of studies in healthy volunteers to assess the potential for adverse interactions between St. John's wort (SJW) extract and two narcotic (opioid) pain medications: oxycodone and fentanyl. In the case of oxycodone, we are interested in whether SJW treatment promotes the metabolism of oxycodone, such that it lowers the effectiveness of standard doses of oxycodone in treating pain problems. For the fentanyl study, we will investigate whether SJW treatment will interfere with the delivery of fentanyl to the brain and diminish it's effectiveness to relieve pain. There is evidence to suggest that SJW treatment may increase the activity of a transporter protein, named P-glycoprotein (Pgp), in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the brain from exposure to drugs and other dietary and environmental toxins.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00027014
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Enrollment
54 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years to 45 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2001
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Apr 30, 2005
Last update posted
Feb 7, 2007

2001 – 2005

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle Washington 98109

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