This study is to compare intestinal Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) activity in 9-18 month post weight loss surgery Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) versus control subjects who have not had a weight loss surgery and are of similar age, gender, body mass index as the gastric bypass group. For this purpose, we will compare post-bariatric surgery patients with control subjects on alterations in systemic exposure of buspirone, a CYP3A4 substrate, when administered with grapefruit juice, a selective intestinal CYP3A4 inhibitor.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
The primary aim of this study is to compare the relative difference between the area-under-the-curve (AUC) of buspirone alone (buspirone) with the AUC of buspirone in the presence of grapefruit juice (buspirone + GFJ) in patients who underwent RYGB 9-18 months prior versus a control group of participants who have not undergone bariatric surgery.
Grapefruit juice will be given before and during buspirone administration to inhibit intestinal CYP3A4.
Area-under-the-curve
The primary aim of this study is to compare the relative difference between the area-under-the-curve (AUC) of buspirone alone (buspirone) with the AUC of buspirone in the presence of grapefruit juice (buspirone + GFJ) in patients who underwent RYGB 9-18 months prior versus a control group of participants who have not undergone bariatric surgery.
Time frame: 9-18 months following RYGB
Composite of pharmacokinetic measures compared between buspirone and buspirone with grapefruit juice in participants who have undergone RYGB and nonsurgical control participants.
General pharmacokinetic comparisons (Cmax, Tmax, half-life, etc.) will be made between the two conditions.
Time frame: 9-18 months following RYGB
Compare GLP-2 levels between the buspirone and buspirone with grapefruit juice in participants who have undergone RYGB and nonsurgical control participants.
To compare GLP-2 levels between participants and drug conditions.
Time frame: 9-18 months following RYGB
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