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Trial reportClinical and translational science2018

Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibition by JNJ-42165279: A Multiple-Ascending Dose and a Positron Emission Tomography Study in Healthy Volunteers.

Andrey Postnov, Mark E Schmidt, Darrel J Pemberton, Jan de Hoon, Anne van Hecken, Maarten van den Boer, Peter Zannikos, Peter van der Ark, James A Palmer, Stef Rassnick and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical and translational science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Fatty acid amide hydrolase in major depressive episodes: A [Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  6. Exploration of (R)-[European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  7. Radiopharmaceuticals and their applications in medicine.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  17. A Guide to Targeting the Endocannabinoid System in Drug Design.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  19. Druggable Targets in Endocannabinoid Signaling.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrey PostnovDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Imaging and Pathology, University Hospital and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Mark E SchmidtNeuroscience Research & Development, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium.
Darrel J PembertonNeuroscience Research & Development, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium.
Jan de HoonDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Anne van HeckenDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Maarten van den BoerClinical Pharmacology Unit, Janssen Research & Development, Merksem, Belgium.
Peter ZannikosJanssen Research & Development, Titusville, New Jersey, USA.
Peter van der ArkJanssen Research & Development, Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium.
James A PalmerJanssen Research & Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Stef RassnickJanssen Research & Development, Spring House, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sofie CelenLaboratory of Radiopharmaceutical Research of the KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Guy BormansLaboratory of Radiopharmaceutical Research of the KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Koen van LaereDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Imaging and Pathology, University Hospital and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEJanssen (Belgium) · BEJanssen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) potentiates endocannabinoid activity and is hypothesized to have therapeutic potential for mood and anxiety disorders and pain. The clinical profile of JNJ-42165279, an oral selective FAAH inhibitor, was assessed by investigating the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety, and binding to FAAH in the brain of healthy human volunteers. Concentrations of JNJ-42165279 (plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine) and fatty acid amides (FAA; plasma, CSF), and FAAH activity in leukocytes was determined in a phase I multiple ascending dose study. A positron emission tomography study with the FAAH tracer [

Indexed as

Administration, OralAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmidohydrolasesBrainDose-Response Relationship, DrugEndocannabinoidsEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acid Amide HydrolasesFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansLeukocytesMaleMiddle AgedAmidohydrolasesEndocannabinoidsEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acid Amide HydrolasesJNJ-42165279PiperazinesRadioactive Tracers

Identifiers

PMID29575526
PMCPMC6039207
OpenAlexW2792698804

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