The purpose of this study is to determine pharmacokinetics of the probe-drugs sulfasalazine, given in 240 ml non-caloric water and paracetamol, fexofenadine and valsartan after oral administration, given in 240 ml non-caloric water, in 240 ml caloric drink or in 240 ml grapefruit juice prior to ingestion and to visualize the localization and to measure the filling volume of stomach, small intestine as well as ascending, transverse and descending colon by T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging after oral administration of 240 ml water (non-caloric water), after administration of 240 ml caloric drink and after administration of 240 ml grapefruit juice.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
Oral administration of 250 mg paracetamol
Oral administration of 50 mg sulfasalazine
Oral administration of 120 mg fexofenadine
Oral administration of 40 mg valsartan
Oral administration of 240 ml non-caloric water
Oral administration of 240 ml caloric drink
Oral administration of 240 ml grapefruit juice
area under the concentration time curve (AUC)
Computed with the measured concentration of Paracetamol, Fexofenadine and Valsartan in blood samples.
Time frame: up to 51 h after drug administration
area under the curve of small bowel water volume
Dynamic enhanced magnetic resonance examination gradient-echo T2-weighted HASTE images (TR 1300 ms, TR 321 ms, flip-angle 160°) will be acquired on a 1.5 Tesla MRI. A tube filled with 20 ml water will be fitted on the abdomen of the volunteers in order to have an internal reference for imaging. The obtained MRI files will be investigated with common radiological software (OsiriX, Voxar 3D, Fiji, 3D slicer). From the DICOM files there will obtained: Gastrointestinal volumes and their kinetics for stomach, small bowel, colon segments and gallbladder.
Time frame: up to 6.75 h after drug administration
gastric emptying rate
Dynamic enhanced magnetic resonance examination gradient-echo T2-weighted HASTE images (TR 1300 ms, TR 321 ms, flip-angle 160°) will be acquired on a 1.5 Tesla MRI. A tube filled with 20 ml water will be fitted on the abdomen of the volunteers in order to have an internal reference for imaging. The obtained MRI files will be investigated with common radiological software (OsiriX, Voxar 3D, Fiji, 3D slicer). From the DICOM files there will obtained: Gastrointestinal volumes and their kinetics for stomach, small bowel, colon segments and gallbladder. Gastric emptying rate will be estimated as the half life of water volumen in the stomach.
Time frame: up to 6.75 h after drug administration
lag-Time of sulfapyridine (orocecal transit times)
Estimated as the first significant concentration (\>50 or 100 ng/ml) of sulfapyridine in blood samples after administration of Sulfasalazine.
Time frame: up to 51 h after drug administration
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