This study evaluates the analgesic effect of Omnitram and tramadol during concurrent administration of paroxetine. Paroxetine administration is expected to diminish the analgesic effect of tramadol, but not Omnitram. Each participant will receive paroxetine before and during treatment with Omnitram, tramadol, and placebo.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigating the steady-state oral pharmacokinetics and hypoalgesic effects of overencapsulated: 20 mg Omnitram (2x10 mg tablets), 50 mg tramadol (1x50 mg Ultram tablet), and placebo in male and female subjects made CYP2D6 deficient by paroxetine coadministration. Sixty participants in normal health, 18 to 50 years of age, who meet the entry criteria, will be randomized to one of the three treatments in treatment segment 1. Each arm will ingest three consecutive 20 mg daily doses of paroxetine. Twelve hours after the first paroxetine dose, subjects will be randomized to one of the treatment sequences to ingest a total of 9 doses of Omnitram, tramadol, or placebo (one dose every 6 hours). Immediately before the 9th dose a blood sample will be collected to quantify plasma Omnitram, tramadol, and paroxetine. After the 9th study drug dose, six blood samples will be collected (1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 4.0, and 8.0 hours after the 9th dose is administered) to quantify the Omnitram and tramadol. After the 9th dose, pain tolerance will be assessed with a cold pressor test (immersion of hand in ice cold water). Participants will washout for 11-15 days after treatment 1 and treatment 2. The study will analyze treatment side effects, the pharmacokinetics, and pain tolerance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
60
PRA Health Sciences
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Cold Pressor Test - Cold Water Induced-Pain
The participant immerses a hand in cold water for a maximum of 3 minutes and reports the pain they experience using a "0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)" scale. Immersion of hand in ice cold water
Time frame: The test is performed on Day 3, shortly after the ninth (final) dose of study drug.
Adverse Events
Adverse events will include: 1) reports by participants; 2) observations by investigators; and 3) abnormal laboratory safety test results.
Time frame: Participant report adverse events throughout study enrolment; investigators observe adverse events during all three 3 day inpatient treatment segments; laboratory safety labs are obtained on Day 3 of treatment segment 3 (the final treatment segment).
Steady State Pharmacokinetics
Study drug plasma concentrations are assessed using specimens collected immediately before and after the 9th dose of each treatment.
Time frame: 8 hours
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