Clinical trial NCT02171013: Bioequivalence of Two Different Drug Product Batches of Dabigatran Etexilate Following Oral Administration in Healthy Male and Female Volunteers
Official title: Bioequivalence of Two Different Drug Product Batches of 150 mg of Dabigatran Etexilate Following Oral Administration in Healthy Male and Female Volunteers (Double Blind, Randomised, Single-dose, Replicate Design in a Two-treatments, Four Periods Crossover Study)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Healthy
Lead sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2014-06-23
Enrollment: 66
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To establish the bioequivalence of two drug product batches of dabigatran etexilate, one batch containing only polymorph I vs. the other batch containing 17% of dabigatran etexilate polymorph II in addition to polymorph I


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy males and females according to the following criteria: Based upon a complete medical history, including the physical examination, vital signs (BP, PR), 12-lead ECG, clinical laboratory tests
2. Age ≥65 and ≤85 years
3. BMI ≥18.5 and BMI ≤32.0 kg/m2 (Body Mass Index)
4. Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with GCP and the local legislation

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Clinically relevant gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders
2. Clinically relevant surgery of gastrointestinal tract
3. Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders
4. Any relevant bleeding history
5. History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts
6. Chronic or relevant acute infections
7. History of allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy) which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator
8. Intake of drugs with a long half-life (\>24 hours) within at least one month or less than 10 half-lives of the respective drug prior to administration or during the trial
9. Use of drugs which might reasonably influence the results of the trial based on the knowledge at the time of protocol preparation within 10 days prior to administration or during the trial
10. Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial
11. Alcohol abuse (more than 60 g/day)
12. Drug abuse
13. Blood donation (more than 100 mL within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial)
14. Excessive physical activities (within one week prior to administration or during the trial)
15. Any laboratory value outside the reference range that is of clinical relevance
16. Inability to comply with dietary regimen of study centre

Primary outcomes:
measure: Area under the concentration-time curve of total BIBR 953 ZW in plasma over the time interval from 0 extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Maximum measured concentration of total BIBR 953 ZW in plasma (Cmax)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Area under the concentration-time curve of free BIBR 953 ZW in plasma over the time interval from 0 extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Maximum measured concentration of free BIBR 953 ZW in plasma (Cmax)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval from 0 to the time of the last quantifiable data point (AUC0-tz)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Area under the concentration time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval t1 to t2 (AUCt1-t2)
timeFrame: t1 = 0 and t2 = 24, 48, 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Time from dosing to the maximum concentration of the analyte in plasma (tmax)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Terminal rate constant in plasma (λz)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Terminal half-life of the analyte in plasma (t1/2)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Mean residence time of the analyte in the body after oral administration (MRTpo)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Apparent clearance of the analyte in the plasma after extravascular administration (CL/F )
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Apparent volume of distribution during the terminal phase λz following an extravascular dose (Vz/F)
timeFrame: Up to 72 hours after drug administration
measure: Change from baseline in physical examination
timeFrame: Baseline, day 73
measure: Change from baseline in vital signs (blood pressure, pulse rate)
timeFrame: Baseline, day 73
measure: Change from baseline in 12-lead ECG (electrocardiogram)
timeFrame: Baseline, day 73
measure: Change from baseline in clinical laboratory tests
timeFrame: Baseline, day 73
measure: Number of Participants with Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events
timeFrame: Up to day 73
measure: Assessment of tolerability by investigator on a four point scale (good, satisfactory, not satisfactory, bad)
timeFrame: Day 73
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