Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21983032›Full record

Trial reportBiochemical pharmacology2012

Stereoselective urinary MDMA (ecstasy) and metabolites excretion kinetics following controlled MDMA administration to humans.

Andrea E Schwaninger, Markus R Meyer, Allan J Barnes, Erin A Kolbrich-Spargo, David A Gorelick, Robert S Goodwin, Marilyn A Huestis, Hans H Maurer

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Biochemical pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Chiral Drug Analysis in Forensic Chemistry: An Overview.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea E SchwaningerDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saar, Germany.
Markus R Meyer
Allan J Barnes
Erin A Kolbrich-Spargo
David A Gorelick
Robert S Goodwin
Marilyn A Huestis
Hans H Maurer
National Institute on Drug Abuse · USSaarland University · DE

Funding

Neurobiology and Pharmacokinetics of Acute MDMA AdministrationZIADA000468 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI HUESTIS, MARILYN A · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DA000468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The R- and S-enantiomers of racemic 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) exhibit different dose-concentration curves. In plasma, S-MDMA was eliminated at a higher rate, most likely due to stereoselective metabolism. Similar data were shown in various in vitro experiments. The aim of the present study was the in vivo investigation of stereoselective elimination of MDMA's phase I and phase II metabolites in human urine following controlled oral MDMA administration. Urine samples from 10 participants receiving 1.0 and 1.6 mg/kg MDMA separated by at least one week were analyzed blind by liquid chromatography-high resolution-mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after chiral derivatization with S-heptafluorobutyrylprolyl chloride. R/S ratios at C(max) were comparable after low and high doses with ratios >1 for MDMA, free DHMA, and HMMA sulfate, and with ratios <1 for MDA, free HMMA, DHMA sulfate and HMMA glucuronide. In the five days after the high MDMA dose, a median of 21% of all evaluated compounds were excreted as R-stereoisomers and 17% as S-stereoisomers. Significantly greater MDMA, DHMA, and HMMA sulfate R-enantiomers and HMMA and HMMA glucuronide S-stereoisomers were excreted. No significant differences were observed for MDA and DHMA sulfate stereoisomers. Changes in R/S ratios could be observed over time for all analytes, with steady increases in the first 48 h. R/S ratios could help to roughly estimate time of MDMA ingestion and therefore, improve interpretation of MDMA and metabolite urinary concentrations in clinical and forensic toxicology.

Indexed as

BiomarkersDouble-Blind MethodHumansN-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamineStereoisomerismBiomarkersN-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

Identifiers

PMID21983032
PMCPMC3225738
OpenAlexW2095561142

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