Safety and Pharmacokinetics of BIRB 796 BS Tablets Administered Twice Daily Orally to Healthy Human Subjects
Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Interventions
- Drug: PlaceboDrug: BIBR 796 BS
- Registration Number
- NCT02211144
- Lead Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Brief Summary
Study to assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of BIRB 796 BS tablets administered as multiple daily doses at various dose levels
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy male or female subjects as determined by results of screening
- Signed written informed consent in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation
- Female subjects who were not lactating and not of child bearing potential as defined by surgically sterile or post menopausal (no periods for at least 12 months and elevated follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) with low estradiol while on no estrogen supplementation). Females were to use barrier contraception (e.g. condoms) prior to administration of study medication, during the study and at least one month after release from the study. Women must have had negative blood pregnancy tests
- Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 60 years
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 18.5 and ≤ 29.9 kg/m2
- Able to communicate well with the investigator and to comply with study requirements
- Laboratory values within a clinically defined reference range
Exclusion Criteria
- Any finding of the medical examination (including blood pressure, pulse rate, and electrocardiogram) deviating from normal and of clinical relevance
- Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunologic or hormonal disorders
- Surgery of gastrointestinal tract (except appendectomy)
- Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders
- History of orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts
- Chronic or relevant acute infections
- History of allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy) which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator
- History of vasculitis (past history of fever, malaise, myalgias, rash, etc.)
- Intake of drugs with a long half-life (> 24 hours) (< 1 month prior to administration or during the trial)
- Use of any drugs, which might influence the results of the trial, (< 10 days prior to administration or during the trial)
- Participation in another trial with an investigational drug (< 1 months prior to administration (at least 10 times the relevant elimination half-life) or during the trial)
- Having had prescription medication 2 weeks prior to study drug administration or over the counter medication 1 week prior to study drug administration (at least 10 times the relevant elimination half-life)
- Smoker
- Alcohol abuse (> 60 g/day)
- Drug abuse
- Use of methylxanthine-containing drinks or foods (coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks, chocolate, etc.), grapefruit or grapefruit juice, alcohol, green tea, or tobacco < 5 days prior to administration of study drug
- Blood donation or loss > 400 mL (< 1 month prior to administration or during the trial)
- Excessive physical activities (< 5 days prior to administration or during the trial)
- Following specific laboratory findings: white blood cell count, C-reactive protein, gamma-glutamyl-transferase, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, or glutamate dehydrogenase above the normal range; any erythrocytes or > 15 mg/dl protein on urine dipstick if not menstruating
- Any EKG value outside of the reference range of clinical relevance including, but not limited to QTcB > 480 ms or QRS interval > 110 ms
- History of any familial bleeding disorder
- Inability to comply with dietary regimen of study centre
- Inability to comply with investigator's instructions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Placebo Placebo - BIRB 796 BS BIBR 796 BS in escalating doses BIRB 796 BS Placebo in escalating doses
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of patients with clinical relevant findings in electrocardiogram (ECG) up to day 21 Number of patients with clinically relevant changes in laboratory parameters up to day 21 Number of patients with adverse events up to 35 days Number of patients with clinically significant changes in vital signs (pulse rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure) up to day 21 Clinical assessment of tolerability on a 4-point scale day 21
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Elimination half-life (t1/2) up to day 16 Terminal elimination rate constant (λz) up to day 16 Apparent volume of distribution based on terminal elimination phase, divided by F (bioavailability factor) (Vz/F) up to day 16 Maximum observed plasma concentration during steady state dosing interval (Cmax,ss) up to day 16 Time to the maximum plasma concentration at steady state (tmax,ss) up to day 16 Average steady state plasma concentration (Css) up to day 16 Total apparent oral clearance of drug from plasma after oral administration (CL/F ) up to day 16 area under the plasma concentration versus time curve at different time points (AUC) up to day 16 Mean residence time (MRT) up to day 16 Morning trough plasma concentration prior day 14 on day 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13 and 14