Developmental changes in physiology during childhood influence drug dosing. Failure to account for these changes leads to improper dosing, which is associated with decreased drug efficacy and safety in children. Population physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling offers the opportunity to predict optimal drug dosing based on physiologic parameters adjusted for developmental changes. PBPK models are mathematical constructs that incorporate physiologic processes with drug characteristics and genetic variances to characterize the dose-exposure relationship across the age continuum. These models integrate drug-specific (e.g., metabolism, protein binding) and systems-specific (e.g., organ size, blood flow) information to predict the effect of different factors (e.g., age, genetic variants, disease) on drug exposure. By accounting for these factors and using data from clinical trials to confirm the modeling, PBPK models can reduce the number of children needed for clinical trials while maximizing dose-based efficacy and safety. This trial will evaluate a platform to prospectively validate population PBPK models in children. The study drugs, clindamycin and Bactrim (aka TMP-SMX), are ideal candidates to evaluate population PBPK models in children due to their differing physico-chemical properties and elimination pathways. In addition, a trial of clindamycin and TMP-SMX has broad clinical applicability, as both drugs are among the most commonly used agents to treat gram-positive infections in infants and children.

NCT02475876

Conditions

1. Bacterial Infections

Interventions

1. Drug: Clindamycin
2. Drug: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

MeSH:Bacterial Infections

Genetic analysis of the most important single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CYP3A family and CYP2C9 genes will be performed using commercially available Taqman Polymerase Chain Reactions assays for the following gene expressions: CYP3A4: rs35599367, rs2246709, rs4646437, rs2740565, rs4253728 CYP3A5: rs776746, rs10264272, rs15524 CYP3A7: rs2687133, rs2257401 CYP2C9: rs1799853, rs1057910 Subjects will be classified into homozygous and heterozygotes for allelic variants based on the genotyping results.. Number of Subjects Heterozygous for any CYP2C9 Genotype.

Genetic analysis of the most important single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CYP3A family and CYP2C9 genes will be performed using commercially available Taqman Polymerase Chain Reactions assays for the following gene expressions: CYP3A4: rs35599367, rs2246709, rs4646437, rs2740565, rs4253728 CYP3A5: rs776746, rs10264272, rs15524 CYP3A7: rs2687133, rs2257401 CYP2C9: rs1799853, rs1057910 Subjects will be classified into homozygous and heterozygotes for allelic variants based on the genotyping results.. Number of Subjects Homozygous for any CYP3A Family Genotype.

Genetic analysis of the most important single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CYP3A family and CYP2C9 genes will be performed using commercially available Taqman Polymerase Chain Reactions assays for the following gene expressions: CYP3A4: rs35599367, rs2246709, rs4646437, rs2740565, rs4253728 CYP3A5: rs776746, rs10264272, rs15524 CYP3A7: rs2687133, rs2257401 CYP2C9: rs1799853, rs1057910 Subjects will be classified into homozygous and heterozygotes for allelic variants based on the genotyping results.. Number of Subjects Homozygous for any CYP2C9 Genotype.

Genetic analysis of the most important single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CYP3A family and CYP2C9 genes will be performed using commercially available Taqman Polymerase Chain Reactions assays for the following gene expressions: CYP3A4: rs35599367, rs2246709, rs4646437, rs2740565, rs4253728 CYP3A5: rs776746, rs10264272, rs15524 CYP3A7: rs2687133, rs2257401 CYP2C9: rs1799853, rs1057910 Subjects will be classified into homozygous and heterozygotes for allelic variants based on the genotyping results.. Inclusion Criteria: 1. Informed consent from parent or guardian and assent from subject when appropriate 2. Require prevention or treatment of confirmed or suspected infection 3. PMA >36 weeks 4. Able to take oral drugs (TMP-SMX) 5. Sufficient IV access for study drug administration (for clindamycin) and PK sample collection (both drugs) - Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of allergic reactions to study drugs 2. Treatment with the following drugs within 24 hours prior to first dose of clindamycin or expected to receive these drugs during the treatment phase with clindamycin: - CYP3A4 inhibitors (nefazodone, fluconazole, ketoconazole, fluvoxamine, conivaptan, diltiazem, verapamil, aprepitant, ticlopidine, crizotinib, and imatinib), or - CYP3A4 inducers (rifampin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, troglitazone, pioglitazone, and St. John's wort).

Breast cancer patients undergoing trastuzumab-based HER2-directed therapy are at risk of heart function decline or heart failure symptoms, but it is unknown if, when, and for how long cardiovascular protective strategies, e.g. with a beta-blocker, could help. This study randomly assigns those taking curative-intent trastuzumab-based HER2-directed therapy to the beta-blocker carvedilol-either when significant heart function decline or subtle early signs of heart injury (either by elevation of a cardiac blood biomarker, i.e. cardiac troponin, or by an abnormal heart ultrasound marker, i.e. global longitudinal strain) are noted, or preventatively before beginning trastuzumab-based HER2-directed therapy. This study will further randomly assign those patients on carvedilol to either discontinuation at the end of trastuzumab-based HER2-directed therapy or continuation for another year, providing much needed clinical trial data on what the best strategy ("tactic") for those at risk of cardiotoxicity with trastuzumab-based HER2-directed therapy is.

NCT03879629

Conditions

1. Breast Cancer

Interventions

1. Drug: Carvedilol

MeSH:Cardiomyopathies

HPO:Cardiomyopathy

Correlation of absolute delta change in GLS and LVEF while on trastuzumab and after stopping trastuzumab with the frequency of the following SNPs: trastuzumab-related: p<1x10-5 hits from Norton GWAS (six loci) 130 HER 2 Ile665Val, HER2 Pro1170Ala125, 126, 130, anthracycline-related: ABCB1 rs1128503, ABCB4 rs1149222, ABCC1 rs45511401, ABCC2 res17222723, CAT rs10836235, CBR3 rs1056892, CYBA rs4673, CYP3A4*22 rs35599367, NCF4 rs1883112, RAC2 rs13058338, RARG rs2229774, SLC28A3 rs7853758, TOP2B rs10865801, and UGT 1A6*4 rs1786378374, 150-152, beta-blocker-related: β2-AR Gln27Gln, β1-AR Arg389Arg 80-82 and CYP2D6 polymorphisms (CYP2D6 alleles (*1, *2, *3, *4, *5, *6, *7, *8, *9, *10, *11, *15, *17, *19, *20, *29, *35, *36, *40 and *41), as well as 7 CYP2D6 gene duplications (*1 9 N, *2 9 N, *4 9 N, *10 9 N, *17 9 N, *35 9 N and *41 9 N) by use of the AmpliChip CYP450 GeneChip.