Use of Dermal Microdialysis to Evaluate the Effect of Skin Properties and Application Site on the Topical Bioequivalence of Diclofenac: The Main Study
Overview
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Intervention
- Test, Patch location thigh, batch 2
- Conditions
- Bioequivalence
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
- Enrollment
- 6
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Blood and tissue diclofenac concentrations
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 13 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that a technique called microdialysis can be used to measure the amount of the drug diclofenac which penetrates (enters) the fatty tissue under the skin. Microdialysis uses a small device called a 'probe' to determine the amount of drug which enters a body tissue. The small device is placed directly in the fatty tissue and samples are taken at specific times. The investigators will determine whether site of application affects the availability of the drug.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Males or females, between 18 and 55 years of age.
- •Body mass index of 18.5 and 32 kg/m2, inclusive.
- •Non-smoker (not smoked for 12 months prior to screening).
- •Healthy on the basis of physical examination, medical history, and vital signs.
- •Healthy on the basis of clinical laboratory tests performed at screening. If the results of the serum chemistry panel (including liver enzymes, other specific tests) and hematology are outside the normal reference ranges, the subject may be included only if the study physician judges the abnormalities or deviations from normal to be not clinically significant.
- •Female subjects must be postmenopausal (for at least 6 months), surgically sterile, or abstinent; or, if of childbearing potential and sexually active, be practicing an effective method of birth control (e.g., prescription oral contraceptives, contraceptive injections, intrauterine device, double-barrier method, contraceptive patch) before entry and throughout the study. Also, subjects must have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test at the initial screening.
- •Agree not to consume any alcohol 72 hours prior to application of the study patch and until discharge from the unit.
- •Agree not to use diclofenac-containing medications while enrolled in the study.
- •Willing to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol.
- •Subjects must have signed an informed consent document indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Clinically significant abnormal values for hematology or chemistry at screening.
- •History of current significant medical illness including (but not limited to) cardiovascular thrombotic events, myocardial infarction, stroke or other cardiac disease, hypertension, peptic ulcer disease or gastrointestinal bleeding, skin disorders, hematological disease, bronchospastic respiratory disease, asthma, diabetes mellitus, renal or hepatic insufficiency, or any other illness that the investigator considers should exclude the subject.
- •History of atopic eczema, dry skin or ichthyosis.
- •Excessive hair at the site of application that could possibly affect drug absorption; scar tissue, open tissue(s), tattoo or coloration that would interfere with the test sites, their assessments, and their reaction to drug, or that may compromised the safety of the subjects.
- •Known allergies or hypersensitivity to Flector® Patch or diclofenac-containing products.
- •Clinically significant abnormal physical examination and/or vital signs (e.g. systolic blood pressure \>140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure \>90 mmHg, heart rate \>100 bpm and \<45 bpm).
- •Received an investigational drug (including vaccines) within 60 days prior to study drug administration or are currently enrolled in an investigational study.
- •Pregnant or breast-feeding.
- •Recent history of surgery; within the past 3 months prior to screening.
- •Clinically significant acute illness within 7 days prior to study drug administration.
Arms & Interventions
Test, Patch location thigh, batch 2
Test, Patch location thigh, batch 2: A single dose of the patch will be applied. In addition, the Microdialysis probe consisting of three probes will be inserted to test for the amount of the drug diclofenace. This will determine whether the site of application affects the availability of the drug.
Intervention: Test, Patch location thigh, batch 2
Reference, Patch location thigh, batch 1
Reference, Patch location thigh, batch 1: A single dose of the patch will be applied. In addition, the Microdialysis probe consisting of three probes will be inserted to test for the amount of the drug diclofenace. This will determine whether the site of application affects the availability of the drug.
Intervention: Reference, Patch location thigh, batch 1
Reference, Patch location abdomen, batch 1
Reference, Patch location abdomen, batch 1: A single dose of the patch will be applied. In addition, the Microdialysis probe consisting of three probes will be inserted to test for the amount of the drug diclofenace. This will determine whether the site of application affects the availability of the drug.
Intervention: Reference, Patch location abdomen, batch 1
Test, Patch location abdomen, batch 2
Test, Patch location abdomen, batch 2: A single dose of the patch will be applied. In addition, the Microdialysis probe consisting of three probes will be inserted to test for the amount of the drug diclofenace. This will determine whether the site of application affects the availability of the drug.
Intervention: Test, Patch location abdomen, batch 2
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Blood and tissue diclofenac concentrations
Time Frame: 24 hours per visit
Blood and tissue concentrations (nanograms/milliliter) of the drug diclofenac will be measured and compared between different batches of the product Flector. In addition, the two batches will be compared at different application sites, namely the abdomen and thigh. Tissue concentrations will be measured using microdialysis.