Bioequivalence Study of Carvedilol 12.5mg Tablets Under Fed Conditions

NCT ID: NCT00775619

Last Updated: 2008-10-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2003-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2003-12-31

Brief Summary

The objective of this study was to compare the single-dose oral bioavailability of Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets of Ranbaxy Laboratories with Coreg 12.5 mg tablets of Glaxosmithkline in healthy, adult, human subjects under fed conditions.

Detailed Description

The study was conducted as an open label, balanced, randomized, two-treatment, two-sequence, two-period, single-dose, crossover, bioavailability study on carvedilol formulation comparing carvedilol 12.5mg of Ohm Laboratories, Inc. (a subsidiary of Ranbaxy pharmaceuticals Inc, USA) with Coreg® 12.5mg tablet (containing carvedilol 12.5 mg) of GlaxoSmithKline, USA in healthy, adult, male, human subjects under fed condition.

Forty healthy, adult, human subjects who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria as described in the protocol were enrolled in the study. Thirty-nine subjects completed both the periods of the study

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

bioequivalence Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets fed conditions

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

2

Coreg® 12.5 mg tablets

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets

Intervention Type: DRUG

bioequivalence Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets fed conditions

1

Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets

Intervention Type: DRUG

bioequivalence Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets fed conditions

Interventions

Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets

bioequivalence Carvedilol 12.5 mg tablets fed conditions

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Be in the' age range of 18-45 years.
• Be neither overweight nor underweight for his/her height as per the Life Insurance Corporation of lndia height/weight chart for non-medical cases.
• Have voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study.
• Be of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the subjects performed within :1.4 days prior to the commencement of the study.

If female and:

• Of childbearing potential, is practicing an acceptable method of birth control for the duration of the study as judged by the investigator(s), such as condoms, foams, jellies, diaphragm, intrauterine device ([UD), or abstinence; or Is postmenopausal for at least 1 year; or
• Is surgically sterile (bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy).

Exclusion Criteria

• History of allergy to 13-adrenoceptor antagonists especially carvedilol.
• Any evidence of organ dysfunction or any clinically significant deviation from the normal, in physical or clinical determinations.
• Presence of disease markers of HIV 1 and 2, Hepatitis B and C viruses or syphilis infection.
• Female volunteers demonstrating a positive pregnancy test.
• Female volunteers who are currently breastfeeding.
• Presence of values which are significantly different from normal reference ranges (as defined in Appendix 5) and/or judged clinically significant for haemoglobin, total white blood cells count, differential WBC count or platelet count.

Positive for urinary screen testing of drugs of abuse (opiates And cannabinoids)

• Presence of values which are significantly different from normal reference ranges (as defined in Appendix 5) and/or judged clinically significant for serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), serum alkaline phosphatase, serum bilirubin, plasma glucose or serum cholesterol.
• Clinically abnormal chemical and microscopic examination of urine defined as presence of RBC, WBC (>4/HPF), epithelial cells (>4/HPF), glucose (positive) or protein (positive).
• Clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray.
• History of serious gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological or haematological disease, diabetes, glaucoma, bronchial asthma, fainting or syncope.
• History of any psychiatric illness which may impair the ability to provide written informed consent.
• Regular smokers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes daily or have difficulty abstaining from smoking for the duration of each study period.
• History of drug dependence or excessive alcohol intake on Habitual basis of more than 2 units of alcoholic beverages per day (1 Unit equivalent to half pint of beer or ! glass of wine or I measure of spirit) or have difficulty_ in abstaininq for the duration of each study period.
• Use of any enzyme modifying drugs within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study.
• Participation in any clinical trial within 12 weeks preceding Day 1 of this study.
• A haemoglobin concentration of less than 7 % of lower limit of reference range e.g. 13 gm % for reference range of 1448 gm at screening.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ranbaxy Research Labs

Related Links

http://clinicalstudies.ranbaxy.com

Related Info

http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm

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http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

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Other Identifiers

023/CARVE-12.5/03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id