Study of the Ability of Clarithromycin to Induce Oxidative Stress

Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine whether Klacid® (Clarithromycin) will induce oxidative stress (stress from oxygen) in healthy subjects. This is done by measuring the content of a particular substance in the urine sample, which is released when the body is exposed to oxidative stress. In addition, there will also be taken blood samples, which is analysed for another substance that is indicative of oxidative stress.

Timeline

Start

2008-05

Primary completion

2008-07

Completion

2008-07

Publications

• Background Muhlestein JB, Anderson JL. Infectious serology and atherosclerosis: how burdensome is the risk? Circulation. 2003 Jan 21;107(2):220-2. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000043909.78380.a0. No abstract available.
• Background Gupta S, Leatham EW, Carrington D, Mendall MA, Kaski JC, Camm AJ. Elevated Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies, cardiovascular events, and azithromycin in male survivors of myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1997 Jul 15;96(2):404-7. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.96.2.404.
• Background Gurfinkel E, Bozovich G, Daroca A, Beck E, Mautner B. Randomised trial of roxithromycin in non-Q-wave coronary syndromes: ROXIS Pilot Study. ROXIS Study Group. Lancet. 1997 Aug 9;350(9075):404-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(97)07201-2.
• Background Jespersen CM, Als-Nielsen B, Damgaard M, Hansen JF, Hansen S, Helo OH, Hildebrandt P, Hilden J, Jensen GB, Kastrup J, Kolmos HJ, Kjoller E, Lind I, Nielsen H, Petersen L, Gluud C; CLARICOR Trial Group. Randomised placebo controlled multicentre trial to assess short term clarithromycin for patients with stable coronary heart disease: CLARICOR trial. BMJ. 2006 Jan 7;332(7532):22-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38666.653600.55. Epub 2005 Dec 8.
• Background Dhalla NS, Temsah RM, Netticadan T. Role of oxidative stress in cardiovascular diseases. J Hypertens. 2000 Jun;18(6):655-73. doi: 10.1097/00004872-200018060-00002.
• Background Kohanski MA, Dwyer DJ, Hayete B, Lawrence CA, Collins JJ. A common mechanism of cellular death induced by bactericidal antibiotics. Cell. 2007 Sep 7;130(5):797-810. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.06.049.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.