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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN35823260
ISRCTN35823260CompletedNot Applicable

Exploratory study to assess the cerebral bioavailability of Silexan® WS® 1265 standard softgel capsule and Silexan® WS® 1265 enteric-coated capsule using quantitative Electroencephalography (EEG) in healthy volunteers: a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study

Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)0 sites48 target enrollmentStarted: March 18, 2011Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
48

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Male or female outpatients aged 18 to 65 years (both inclusive)
  • 2. Written informed consent in accordance with the legal requirement
  • 3. Readiness and ability on the part of the patient to comply with the physician?s instructions and to fill in the self-assessment scales
  • 4. Negative pregnancy test within 7 days before baseline visit in women with childbearing potential (non-childbearing potential is defined as post-menopause for at least one year or surgical sterilisation or hysterectomy at least three months before the study starts)
  • 5. Use of adequate double contraception in women with childbearing potential [oral or injectable contraception or hormonal intra-uterine system (IUS) combined with condom]

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Participation in another clinical trial during the preceding 3 months
  • 2. Pregnancy, lactation
  • 3. Any acute medical disorder
  • 4. History of relevant diseases of vital organs, of the central nervous system or other organs
  • 5. Gastrointestinal disorders with uncertain absorption of orally administered drugs (e.g. partial or total gastrectomy, enterectomy, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, symptomatic lactose intolerance, other disorders associated with chronic diarrhoea)
  • 6. Subjects with a medical disorder, condition or history of such that would impair the subject?s ability to participate or complete this study in the opinion of the investigator or the sponsor
  • 7. Known hypersensitivity to lavender preparations
  • 8. Regular daily consumption of more than 25 cigarettes
  • 9. Regular daily consumption of more than half litre of usual beer or the equivalent quantity of approximately 20 g of alcohol in another form
  • 10. Regular daily consumption of more than one litre of xanthin-containing beverages
  • 11. Use of medication within the 2 weeks preceding the study which could interfere with the investigational product
  • 12. Prohibited concomitant medication
  • 13. Relevant deviation from the normal range in clinical chemistry, haematology or urinalysis
  • 14. Resting heart rate in the awake subject below 45 beats per minute (BPM) or above 100 BPM
  • 15. Systolic blood pressure below 90 mmHg for women and below 100 mmHg for men or above 150 mmHg
  • 16. Diastolic blood pressure above 95 mmHg
  • 17. History or evidence of alcohol and/or substance abuse or dependence, particularly of sedatives, hypnotics and anxiolytics within last 6 months before the study
  • 18. Subjects testing positive in the drug screening
  • 19. Participation in any previous clinical study with Silexan®/Lavender oil WS1265 or participation in a further clinical trial at the same time
  • 20. Massive deviation from normal quantitativee electroencephalography (EEG) parameters

Investigators

Sponsor
Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

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