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Biomarkers of Prednisolone Treatment (P05888)

NCT00971724

Completed 72 enrolled Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

Primary objective: * To identify a biomarker or biomarker-set for the adverse metabolic effects of various doses of prednisolone treatment. Secondary objectives: * To describe the PK of prednisolone and PD of a series of biomarkers. * To identify biomarkers that reflect side effects of prednisolone. * To elucidate part of the mechanisms by which prednisolone induces metabolic changes.

Timeline

Start
2006-05
Primary completion
2006-10
Completion
2008-03

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Prednisolone Other / unclassified 7.5 mg Oral
Subject Prednisolone Other / unclassified 15 mg Oral
Subject Prednisolone Other / unclassified 30 mg Oral
Subject Prednisolone Other / unclassified 75 mg Oral