Impact of the Norepinephrine Prodrug Droxidopa on the QTc Interval in Healthy Individuals

A double‐blind, 4‐period crossover study (NCT01327066) was conducted to assess the effect of the novel norepinephrine prodrug droxidopa on the QT interval in in healthy subjects. Subjects were randomized to receive a single dose of droxidopa 600 mg (maximal dose) and 2000 mg (supratherapeutic dose)...

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Published in:Clinical pharmacology in drug development 2018-03, Vol.7 (3), p.332-340
Main Authors: White, William B., Hewitt, L. Arthur, Mehdirad, Ali A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cardiac repolarization
cardiovascular safety
Catecholamines
droxidopa
Electrocardiography
neurogenic orthostatic hypotension
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pharmacodynamics
pharmacokinetics
Pharmacology
QTc interval
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Summary:A double‐blind, 4‐period crossover study (NCT01327066) was conducted to assess the effect of the novel norepinephrine prodrug droxidopa on the QT interval in in healthy subjects. Subjects were randomized to receive a single dose of droxidopa 600 mg (maximal dose) and 2000 mg (supratherapeutic dose) compared with the positive control, moxifloxacin 400 mg, and placebo, each separated by a 3‐day washout period. Patients were monitored by continuous Holter monitoring, and electrocardiograms (ECGs) were extracted 0.5–23 hours after dosing. Blood samples for pharmacokinetic analysis were collected before dosing and after ECG data collection. The primary end point was the time‐matched placebo‐adjusted change from baseline in the individually corrected QT (QTcI). The time‐averaged QTcI mean placebo‐corrected changes from baseline for droxidopa 600 and 2000 mg were 0.1 milliseconds (90%CI, ‐0.9 to 1.0 milliseconds) and 0.3 milliseconds (90%CI, ‐0.6 to 1.3 milliseconds), respectively, and 9 milliseconds (90%CI, 8.4–10.3 milliseconds) for moxifloxacin. This study found no effect of either dose of droxidopa on cardiac repolarization using QTcI. Analysis of the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship and cardiac repolarization showed no association with droxidopa exposure. There were no clinically relevant effects of droxidopa on heart rate, atrioventricular conduction, or cardiac depolarization identified. No morphologic ECG changes were observed.
ISSN:2160-763X
2160-7648
DOI:10.1002/cpdd.393