Ketotifen as a Treatment for Vascular Leakage During Dengue Fever
NCT ID: NCT02673840
Last Updated: 2016-02-04
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
PHASE4
110 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-03-31
2017-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Animal studies suggested that drugs in the class of mast cell (MC) "stabilizers" can effectively limit vascular leakage in mouse models of DENV infection. Drugs targeting MCs have been in use in humans for decades, particularly for the treatment of allergy and asthma. One "MC stabilizer", ketotifen, acts by preventing degranulation of MCs. Ketotifen is an oral drug currently used to prevent asthma. It is most commonly supplied in the form of a salt with fumaric acid, as ketotifen fumarate. Ketotifen has a clinical track record of greater than 30 years as a safe drug and it is currently approved for use in Singapore. In other formulations it is also used to treat irritation and reduce vascular leakage, such as in the eye. It is a MC stabilizing agent that prevents degranulation of MCs, as well as the production of additional mediators that are not contained within MC granules, including leukotrienes and platelet activating factor. Ketotifen also functions as an antihistamine with direct H1-receptor blocking function. The bioavailability of an oral dose of ketotifen in humans is approximately 80-90% . Drug levels peak in the serum between 2-4 hours after ingestion. Patients with asthma sometimes require treatment with ketotifen for weeks prior to observing improved asthmatic responses, but this is thought to represent the time required for chronic inflammation to subside and not the time required for MC stabilization, which occurs immediately in animal models. The mean elimination half-life of ketotifen is 12 hours. Side effects include drowsiness, dry mouth, slight dizziness, central nervous system (CNS) stimulation and weight gain. Patients are commonly prescribed 1-2mg tablets, twice a day. Treatment of DENV-infected mice with MC stabilizers, cromolyn or ketotifen, resulted reduced vascular leakage compared to untreated controls in two separate mouse models of DENV infection. These findings were apparent using two separate measures of vascular leakage as the endpoint readout: evans blue perfusion, which is a key experimental technique to show plasma leakage into tissues, and hematocrit analysis, which is the clinical parameter that is most commonly used to diagnose DHF in human patients.
This is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, clinical study of ketotifen in adults with dengue infection. The study will be conducted as an outpatient study at National University Hospital (NUH) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH), daily with the MRIs and chest X-rays conducted at the Clinical Imaging Research Centre (CIRC) of the National University of Singapore (NUS). A final visit at convalescence (Day 21) can be at the site of enrolment. One hundred and ten (110) patients will be randomized 1:1 to ketotifen or placebo. A baseline MRI of the pleural cavity, liver, spleen and kidney will be taken. Tablets of placebo or ketotifen will be self-administered for 5 days. Patients will be given daily clinical exams, Day 1 to Day 5, and blood samples will be collected for plasma chymase levels, viral load, hematology, clinical chemistry, inflammatory product profiling and additional laboratory tests. After the administration of the final dose of drug, blood will be drawn and a follow up MRI will be performed at the CIRC in NUS to assess fluid accumulation within the pleural cavity as a primary clinical endpoint, with assessment of the liver, spleen and kidney as experimental endpoints.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Ketotifen
Ketotifen
2 mg of Ketotifen, twice a day for a total of ten (10) doses
Placebo
Placebo
Identical tablets containing 0 mg of Ketotifen, twice a day for a total of ten (10) doses
Interventions
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Ketotifen
2 mg of Ketotifen, twice a day for a total of ten (10) doses
Placebo
Identical tablets containing 0 mg of Ketotifen, twice a day for a total of ten (10) doses
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Fever of ≥ 37.5°C (directly measured or patient reported) of ≤ 72 hr duration.
3. Positive Nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) strip assay or dengue polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
4. Able and willing to give written or oral informed consent
5. Willing to be an outpatient from Study Day 1 to 5, to undergo an MRI and chest X-ray day 1 at the hospital, to return to the hospital on day 5 for an MRI and chest X-ray, and return on Study Days 7 and 21.
6. Willing to keep a diary of pain medication usage and side effects
Exclusion Criteria
2. A person with any of the following laboratory values: a. aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ 1000 U/L
3. Current usage of any anticoagulant drugs including, but not limited to, aspirin, warfarin, or clopidogrel.
4. Current usage of any drugs that are known to block the functions of ketotifen, such as propranolol.
5. Current usage of oral anti-diabetic agents.
6. Any other clinically significant acute illness within 7 days prior to first study drug administration.
7. Patients with renal impairment.
8. Exposure to any new investigational agent within 30 days prior to the study drug administration.
9. Clinically significant abnormal physical examination unrelated to dengue infection.
10. Females of childbearing potential who are pregnant, breast feeding, or unwilling to avoid pregnancy by the use of appropriate contraception, including oral and subcutaneous implantable hormonal contraceptives, condoms, diaphragm, or intrauterine device (IUD), during the period that the experimental drug is administered. Prospective female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (point of care).
11. Current significant medical condition or illness including cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy or other cardiac disease, immunocompromised state including known HIV infection, or any other illness that the Investigator considers should exclude the patient, especially those that require continuation of other medications likely to have an interaction with the study drug. Patients with a history of allergy will not be excluded unless the allergy may be directed to the Study Drug or other tablet ingredient.
12. Any condition that would render the informed consent invalid, or limit the ability of the patient to comply with the study requirements.
13. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would complicate or compromise the study or well being of the patient.
21 Years
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
OTHER
Singapore General Hospital
OTHER
National University Hospital, Singapore
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Ashley L St John
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Paul A Tambyah
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National University Hospital; National University of Singapore
Locations
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National University Hospital (Investigational Medicine Unit)
Singapore, , Singapore
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore, , Singapore
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Wei Cong Lam
Role: primary
Bin Bin Meng
Role: primary
References
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Syenina A, Jagaraj CJ, Aman SA, Sridharan A, St John AL. Dengue vascular leakage is augmented by mast cell degranulation mediated by immunoglobulin Fcgamma receptors. Elife. 2015 Mar 18;4:e05291. doi: 10.7554/eLife.05291.
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Other Identifiers
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EID-DF-02
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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