Dose-response Effect of Alcohol Ingestion on Steroid Profile

NCT ID: NCT02869763

Last Updated: 2017-10-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-05-31

Study Completion Date

2017-09-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of the clinical trial is to study the intra-individual variation of steroid profile parameters after experimental administration of different doses of ethanol in Caucasian women.

Detailed Description

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The introduction of the so called 'endocrine module' of the athlete's biological passport needs to consider the numerous reports showing the effect of ethanol ingestion on the steroid profile. A steroid profile would only be useful for longitudinal monitoring and statistical evaluation if it has not been altered by any uncontrolled circumstance, very particularly alcohol consumption.

There is an urgent need to study the perpetuation that alcohol ingestion causes to the individual steroid profile and if possible establish cut-off values for markers of ethanol ingestion granting that the steroid profile determined has not been affected by such ingestion.

Subjects will be genotyped for genetic deletion polymorphism in the uridine diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase family 2 member B17 gene (UGT2B17) related to testosterone glucuronidation regulation.

The objective of the clinical trial is to study the intra-individual variation of steroid profile parameters as a result of the ingestion of different doses of ethanol in Caucasian women (complementing previous studies performed in men).

Conditions

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Alcohol Consumption Healthy

Keywords

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Ethanol Steroid profile Pharmacokinetics

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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10 g ethanol

31 mL of Vodka Absolut® diluted in 369 mL of lemon flavored-water (LFW) Fontvella®.

A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. Administration of ethanol beverage will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

10 g ethanol

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

31 mL of Vodka Absolut® diluted in 369 mL of lemon flavored-water (LFW) Fontvella®.

A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. Administration of ethanol beverage will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

20 g ethanol

63 mL of Vodka Absolut® diluted in 337 mL of lemon flavored-water (LFW) Fontvella®.

A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. Administration of ethanol beverage will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

20 g ethanol

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

63 mL of Vodka Absolut® diluted in 337 mL of lemon flavored-water (LFW) Fontvella®.

A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. Administration of ethanol beverage will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Water

400 mL of lemon flavored-water Fontvella®. A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. The administration will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Water

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

400 mL of lemon flavored-water Fontvella®. A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. The administration will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Interventions

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10 g ethanol

31 mL of Vodka Absolut® diluted in 369 mL of lemon flavored-water (LFW) Fontvella®.

A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. Administration of ethanol beverage will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

20 g ethanol

63 mL of Vodka Absolut® diluted in 337 mL of lemon flavored-water (LFW) Fontvella®.

A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. Administration of ethanol beverage will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Water

400 mL of lemon flavored-water Fontvella®. A total volume of 400 mL of the drink will be administered, distributed in three 133 mL cool glasses. The administration will be controlled: participants will have 5 minutes to drink each glass.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Other Intervention Names

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Vodka Absolut® Vodka Absolut® Lemon flavored-water Fontvella®

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants will be healthy women aged 18 to 55 years. Women will enter in studies at the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, in order to avoid the interference of estrogens.
* Female subjects (if not postmenopausal) possessing regular menstrual cycle between 26 and 32 days and willing to use effective methods of contraception through the study (sexual abstinence, vasectomized partner, sterilization, intrauterine device, double-barrier method).
* Clinical history and physical examination demonstrating no organic or psychiatric disorders.
* The ECG and general blood and urine laboratory tests performed before the study should be within normal ranges. Minor or occasional changes from normal ranges are accepted if, in the investigator's opinion, considering the current state of the art, they are not clinically significant, are not life-threatening for the subjects and do not interfere with the product assessment. These changes and their non-relevance will be justified in writing specifically.
* The body mass index (BMI=weigh/height2) will range from 18.5 to 29.9 kg/m2, and the weight from 50 to 100 kg.
* Understanding and accepting the study procedures and signing the informed consent.
* Agreeing to follow a diet free from ethanol in the 72 hours prior to the start of each session and until the end of the study.
* Subjects with social or recreational alcohol consumption, at least 3 standard drinks/week and subjects with experience in several drunkenness.

* History or clinical evidence of alcoholism, drug abuse, or regular use of psychoactive drugs.
* Having suffered any organic disease or major surgery in the three months prior to the study start.
* History of psychiatric disorders.
* Women presenting amenorrhea or who suffer from moderate to intense premenstrual syndrome. Female subjects using hormonal contraceptive hormones.
* Smokers of more than 20 cigarettes per day.
* Taking more than 30 g of alcohol a day
* Regular use of any drug in the month prior to the study sessions. The treatment with single or limited doses of symptomatic medicinal products in the week prior to the study sessions will not be a reason for exclusion if it is calculated that it has been cleared completely the day of the experimental session.
* Ingestion of vitamin supplements or antioxidants or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the two weeks preceding the study.
* Blood donation 8 weeks before or participation in other clinical trials with drugs in the previous 12 weeks.
* Subjects with intolerance or adverse reactions to ethanol.
* Subjects who have suffered a hospitalization caused by alcohol intoxication or who have received treatment for drunkenness
* History or clinical evidence of gastrointestinal, liver, renal or other disorders which may lead to suspecting a disorder in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion, or that suggest gastrointestinal irritation due to drugs.
* Subjects unable to understand the nature, consequences of the study and the procedures requested to be followed.
* Subjects with positive serology to Hepatitis B, C or HIV.
* Subjects who follow a vegetarian diet.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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World Anti-Doping Agency

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Parc de Salut Mar

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rafael de la Torre

PhD Pharm D

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Rafael de la Torre, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute

José Antonio Pascual, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute

Locations

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Parc Salut Mar

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

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Other Identifiers

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PROFETHYL/2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id