Conditions: Hypertension
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 24
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This study will determine if MK-3614, given as single doses, is safe and well tolerated in healthy males and male participants with mild to moderate hypertension.

Detailed description:
Up to three planned panels of either 8 healthy participants (Panels A and B) or 8 participants with mild to moderate hypertension (Panel C) will be enrolled. In Panels A and B, 8 participants will alternately receive single rising doses of MK-3614 or placebo. All doses will be administered in the fasted state, except Panel A, Period 3 in which a standard high-fat breakfast provided approximately 30 minutes prior to dosing. Panel A will begin first. At least 3 days will elapse before participants in the alternate panel (Panel B) will receive the next higher dose. In Panel C, 8 mild to moderate hypertensive male participants will receive single rising doses of MK-8892 or placebo. For all panels, there will be at least 7 days washout between treatment periods for any given participant. Participants may only be enrolled in one panel of the study. All participants in periods of all panels (with exception of 0.25 mg fasted/fed periods) will be randomly assigned to either study drug or placebo, i.e., a participant could be assigned to receive study drug in one period and placebo in another. As per the protocol allocation plan, the same participants will receive 0.25 mg MK-3612 in a fasted and fed state.

Arms:
arm 1: Healthy participants receive single oral dose of MK-3614 0.25 mg, 1.25 mg, 0.25 mg w/ food, 0.75 mg or matching placebo. There is at least a 7-day washout between the 4 dosing periods. All doses were administered after an 8-hour fast except for Period 3. Period 3 dose was administered after the ingestion of a high-fat breakfast. arm 2: Healthy participants receive single oral dose of MK-3614 0.5 mg. 0.75 mg, 0.25 mg twice a day (b.i.d.), 0.25 mg three times a day (t.i.d), or matching placebo. There is at least a 7-day washout between the 4 dosing periods. All doses were administered after an 8-hour fast arm 3: Hypertensive participants receive single oral dose of MK-3614 0.75 mg. 0.5 mg. 0.75 mg, 0.75 mg or matching placebo. There is at least a 7-day washout between the 4 dosing period. All doses were administered after an 8-hour fast

Interventions: intervention 1: MK-3614 intervention 2: Comparator: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: