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A Study of Aleglitazar in Combination With Oral Contraceptive Healthy Volunteers

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Healthy Volunteer
Interventions
Drug: Microgynon®
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT01615354
Lead Sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Brief Summary

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study will assess the effect of aleglitazar on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics on Microgynon® in healthy volunteers. Volunteers will receive multiple oral doses of aleglitazar in one period; in the other period volunteers will receive placebo.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
18
Inclusion Criteria
  • Healthy female volunteer, 18 to 45 years of age
  • Body mass index (BMI) between 18.0 and 29.9 kg/m2
  • Body weight at least 55.0 kg
  • Non-pregnant, not lactating and not planning pregnancy from screening to 3 months after the last dose of study treatment
  • Non-smoker for at least 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
  • Currently active gynecological disorder
  • History of amenorrhea within the previous 3 years
  • Known or suspected history of estrogen-dependent neoplasia or sex hormone-dependent malignant tumors
  • Use of steroid hormone-containing intrauterine device (IUD) or progesterone-release IUD contraceptive within 3 months to screening.
  • History of clinically significant disease that could jeopardize the volunteer safety in the study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlacebo-
PlaceboMicrogynon®-
TreatmentMicrogynon®-
TreatmentAleglitazar-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pharmacokinetics of Levonorgestrel: area under the concentration time curvepre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose
Pharmacokinetics of ethinyl estradiol: area under the concentration time curvepre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pharmacodynamics: luteinizing/follicular stimulation hormone concentrationDays 1, 7, 13, 14, 15, 21
Safety: incidence of adverse events16 weeks
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