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Alcohol ConsumptionPROFETHYL/2NCT02869763

Dose-response Effect of Alcohol Ingestion on Steroid Profile

A study testing 10 g ethanol, 20 g ethanol and Water in people with Alcohol Consumption and Healthy, run by Parc de Salut Mar at 1 site in Spain.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

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. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 55 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Alcohol Consumption, Healthy
What is being tested?
10 g ethanol, 20 g ethanol and Water
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
12 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
May 2016to Sep 2017
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 55 years
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • 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.

Who cannot join

  • Not meeting the inclusion criteria.
  • 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.
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  • 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.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Spain1 site
  • Parc Salut Mar

    Barcelona, 08003

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About this study

Official title: Dose-response Effect of Alcohol Ingestion on Steroid Profile: Gender and Ethnic Aspects

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.

Read the detailed description

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).

Being tested
10 g ethanol, 20 g ethanol, Water
Keywords
Ethanol, Steroid profile, Pharmacokinetics
Medical subject headings
Alcohol Drinking

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • 10 g ethanolDietary supplement

    Also called Vodka Absolut®

    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 ethanolDietary supplement

    Also called Vodka Absolut®

    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.

  • WaterDietary supplement

    Also called Lemon flavored-water Fontvella®

    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.

Study groups in NCT02869763
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
10 g ethanolExperimental31 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.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: 10 g ethanol
20 g ethanolExperimental63 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.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: 20 g ethanol
WaterPlacebo comparator400 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.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: Water

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change from baseline steroid profile

    24 hours urine will be collected before each experimental session and also up to 24 hours after administration.

    Measured: From one day before administration till 24 hours after administration

  2. Change from baseline Ethyl glucuronide concentrations

    Ethyl glucuronide in urine will be measured by Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) using deuterated analogs as Internal Standards.

    Measured: From baseline till 24 hours after administration

  3. Change from baseline Urine Ethyl sulfate concentrations

    Ethyl sulfate in urine will be measured by Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) using deuterated analogs as Internal Standards.

    Measured: From baseline till 24 hours after administration

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Change from baseline alcohol breath air concentrations

    Alcohol concentration in breath air will be determined baseline (pre-administration) and up to 6 hours post-administration.

    Measured: From baseline till 6 hours after administration

  2. Urine Creatinine concentrations

    Creatinine will be determined in each urine sample

    Measured: From one day before administration till 24 hours after administration

  3. Change from baseline subjective effects of ethanol

    Participants will self-report their experience on a Visual Analogical Scale (VAS): before administration and till 6h post-administration

    Measured: From baseline till 6 hours after administration

  4. Number of Participants with Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events

    Collection of adverse effects spontaneously by the participants and/or observed by the investigators.

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  5. Change from baseline heart rate

    Monitoring heart rate before administration and till 6h post-administration.

    Measured: From baseline to 6 hours after administration

  6. Change from baseline oral temperature

    Monitoring oral temperature before administration and till 6h post-administration.

    Measured: From baseline to 6 hours after administration

  7. Change from baseline blood pressure

    Monitoring blood pressure before administration and till 6h post-administration.

    Measured: From baseline to 6 hours after administration

  8. Urine pH

    pH will be determined in each urine sample

    Measured: From one day before administration till 24 hours after administration

  9. Urine specific gravity

    Specific gravity will be determined in each urine sample

    Measured: From one day before administration till 24 hours after administration

  10. Uridine diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase family 2 member B17 (UGT2B17) deletion genotype

    A blood sample for genotyping will be collected. The buffy coat will be stored a -20 degrees celsius (ºC). If deemed necessary for the interpretation of results, DNA will be extracted and evaluated following quantitative multiplex amplification polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the evaluation of UGT2B17 deletion and copy number variation (CNVs)

    Measured: Baseline

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Aug 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2016
  3. Primary completionNov 2016
  4. Study completionSep 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
12 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02869763
Sponsor's protocol ID
PROFETHYL/2
Acronym
PROFETHYL/2
Status last verified
Oct 2017
First submitted
28 Jul 2016
Last updated
6 Oct 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

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    PubMed 22852062
  • Bagnardi V, Zatonski W, Scotti L, La Vecchia C, Corrao G. Does drinking pattern modify the effect of alcohol on the risk of coronary heart disease? Evidence from a meta-analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 Jul;62(7):615-9. doi: 10.1136/jech.2007.065607.

    PubMed 18559444
  • Dahl H, Hammarberg A, Franck J, Helander A. Urinary ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate testing for recent drinking in alcohol-dependent outpatients treated with acamprosate or placebo. Alcohol Alcohol. 2011 Sep-Oct;46(5):553-7. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agr055. Epub 2011 May 26.

    PubMed 21616946
  • Dahl H, Stephanson N, Beck O, Helander A. Comparison of urinary excretion characteristics of ethanol and ethyl glucuronide. J Anal Toxicol. 2002 May-Jun;26(4):201-4. doi: 10.1093/jat/26.4.201.

    PubMed 12054359
  • Jatlow PI, Agro A, Wu R, Nadim H, Toll BA, Ralevski E, Nogueira C, Shi J, Dziura JD, Petrakis IL, O'Malley SS. Ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate assays in clinical trials, interpretation, and limitations: results of a dose ranging alcohol challenge study and 2 clinical trials. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Jul;38(7):2056-65. doi: 10.1111/acer.12407. Epub 2014 Apr 28.

    PubMed 24773137
  • Di Castelnuovo A, Costanzo S, Bagnardi V, Donati MB, Iacoviello L, de Gaetano G. Alcohol dosing and total mortality in men and women: an updated meta-analysis of 34 prospective studies. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Dec 11-25;166(22):2437-45. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.22.2437.

    PubMed 17159008
  • Falk O, Palonek E, Bjorkhem I. Effect of ethanol on the ratio between testosterone and epitestosterone in urine. Clin Chem. 1988 Jul;34(7):1462-4.

    PubMed 3390919
  • Gaedigk A, Twist GP, Leeder JS. CYP2D6, SULT1A1 and UGT2B17 copy number variation: quantitative detection by multiplex PCR. Pharmacogenomics. 2012 Jan;13(1):91-111. doi: 10.2217/pgs.11.135. Epub 2011 Nov 23.

    PubMed 22111604
  • Grosse J, Anielski P, Sachs H, Thieme D. Ethylglucuronide as a potential marker for alcohol-induced elevation of urinary testosterone/epitestosterone ratios. Drug Test Anal. 2009 Nov;1(11-12):526-30. doi: 10.1002/dta.110.

    PubMed 20355168
  • Halter CC, Dresen S, Auwaerter V, Wurst FM, Weinmann W. Kinetics in serum and urinary excretion of ethyl sulfate and ethyl glucuronide after medium dose ethanol intake. Int J Legal Med. 2008 Mar;122(2):123-8. doi: 10.1007/s00414-007-0180-8. Epub 2007 Jun 9.

    PubMed 17558515
  • Jakobsson J, Ekstrom L, Inotsume N, Garle M, Lorentzon M, Ohlsson C, Roh HK, Carlstrom K, Rane A. Large differences in testosterone excretion in Korean and Swedish men are strongly associated with a UDP-glucuronosyl transferase 2B17 polymorphism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Feb;91(2):687-93. doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-1643. Epub 2005 Dec 6.

    PubMed 16332934
  • American Heart Association Nutrition Committee; Lichtenstein AH, Appel LJ, Brands M, Carnethon M, Daniels S, Franch HA, Franklin B, Kris-Etherton P, Harris WS, Howard B, Karanja N, Lefevre M, Rudel L, Sacks F, Van Horn L, Winston M, Wylie-Rosett J. Diet and lifestyle recommendations revision 2006: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee. Circulation. 2006 Jul 4;114(1):82-96. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.176158. Epub 2006 Jun 19.

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing 10 g ethanol, 20 g ethanol and Water in people with Alcohol Consumption and Healthy, run by Parc de Salut Mar at 1 site in Spain.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 16 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Oct 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change from baseline steroid profile (time frame: From one day before administration till 24 hours after administration). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02869763, which also lists 20 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Oct 2017.

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