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Trial reportClinical pharmacology in drug development2019

Tramadol Hydrochloride at Steady State Lacks Clinically Relevant QTc Interval Increases in Healthy Adults.

Joseph Massarella, Jay Ariyawansa, Jaya Natarajan, Stephan Francke, Thomas Murtaugh, Byron DeLemos, Subusola Vaughan, Sergio Fonseca

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

Trial report in Clinical pharmacology in drug development, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph MassarellaJanssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA.
Jay AriyawansaJanssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA.
Jaya NatarajanJanssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA.
Stephan FranckeJanssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA.
Thomas MurtaughQuintiles Phase I Services, Overland Park, KS, USA.
Byron DeLemosJanssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Subusola VaughanJanssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Sergio FonsecaJanssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Janssen (United States) · USIQVIA (United States) · USSpringhouse · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of therapeutic and supratherapeutic doses of tramadol hydrochloride on the corrected QT (QTc) interval in healthy adults (aged 18-55 years) in a randomized, phase I, double-blind, placebo- and positive-controlled, multiple-dose, 4-way crossover study. Participants were randomized to receive 1 of 4 treatments (A-D), 1 each in 4 treatment periods (1-4), separated by a washout period (7-15 days). Treatment A comprised tramadol 400 mg (therapeutic dose) on days 1 through 3, tramadol 100 mg and moxifloxacin-matched placebo on day 4, and placebo on all 4 days. Treatment B comprised tramadol 600 mg (supratherapeutic dose) on days 1 through 3, and tramadol 150 mg and moxifloxacin-matched placebo on day 4. Treatment C comprised placebo on days 1 through 4 and moxifloxacin-matched placebo on day 4. Treatment D comprised placebo on days 1 through 4 and moxifloxacin 400 mg on day 4. Of 68 participants enrolled, 57 (83.8%) completed the study. Both therapeutic and supratherapeutic doses of tramadol were shown to be noninferior to placebo regarding their effect on QTc prolongation. Sixty-one of 68 (89.7%) participants reported at least 1 treatment-emergent adverse event (mild); nausea was the most frequently reported treatment-emergent adverse event. Summarizing, tramadol at doses up to 600 mg/day did not cause clinically relevant QTc interval prolongation in healthy adults.

Indexed as

Long QT SyndromeAdolescentAdultAnalgesics, OpioidCross-Over StudiesCytochrome P-450 CYP2D6Double-Blind MethodElectrocardiographyFemaleHealthy VolunteersHeartHeart RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedNauseaAnalgesics, OpioidCytochrome P-450 CYP2D6Tramadolcardiac repolarizationelectrocardiogrammoxifloxacinpharmacodynamicspharmacokineticsQT/QTc prolongationtramadol hydrochloride

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PMID29775246
PMCPMC6585761
OpenAlexW2803358008

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