Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Single Rising Oral Doses of BIRB 1017 BS as a Solution in PEG 400 / 26% Ethanol Administered to Healthy Male Subjects

Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Single Rising Oral Doses of BIRB 1017 BS (5, 25, 100, 250, 500, and 800 mg) as a Solution in PEG 400 / 26% Ethanol Administered to Healthy Male Subjects. Placebo Controlled and Blinded at Each Dose Level

Study to assess safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of BIRB 1017 BS in single rising oral doses of 5 to 800 mg in a polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) / 26% ethanol solution in healthy male subjects

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: BIBR 1017 BS powder; Drug: Placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 48
• Phase: Phase 1

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 50 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male subjects as determined by results of screening
• Signed written informed consent in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation
• Age >= 18 and <= 50 years
• BMI >18.5 and <29.9 kg/m2 (Body Mass Index)

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, haematological, oncological or hormonal disorders
• Surgery of gastrointestinal tract (except appendectomy)
• Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders
• Relevant 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
• 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 study drug administration or expected during the trial)
• Participation in another trial with an investigational drug (< 2 months prior to administration or expected during trial)
• Smoker (> 10 cigarettes or >3 cigars or >3 pipes/day)
• Inability to refrain from smoking on trial days
• Alcohol abuse (> 60 g/day)
• Drug abuse
• Blood donation or loss > 400 mL, < 1 month prior to administration or expected during the trial
• Excessive physical activities (within 5 days prior to administration or during the trial)
• Clinically relevant laboratory abnormalities
• Any electrocardiogram value outside of the reference range and of clinical relevance including, but not limited to QRS interval > 110 ms or QTcB > 450 ms or QT >500 ms
• Known hypersensitivity to the drug or its excipients
• Inability to comply with dietary regimen of study centre
• Inability to comply with investigator's instructions

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Placebo	Drug: Placebo; PEG 400
Experimental: BIRB 1017 BS in single rising doses	Drug: BIBR 1017 BS powder

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Assessment of safety and tolerability by the investigator on a 4-point scale	at day 5-10
Number of patients with adverse events	up to 25 days
Number of patients with clinically significant changes in vital signs (pulse rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure)	up to day 10
Number of patients with abnormal changes in clinical laboratory tests	up to day 10
Number of patients with clinically relevant effect on electrocardiogram parameters	up to day 10

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Maximum concentration of BIRB 1017 BS in plasma (Cmax)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Time from dosing to maximum concentration (tmax)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma ofer the time interval from 0 to the last quantifiable analyte plasma concentration (AUC0-infinity)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval from 0 to the last quantifiable analyte plasma concentration (AUC0-tz)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Terminal elimination rate constant in plasma (λz)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Terminal half-life of the analyte in plasma (t1/2)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Mean residence time of the analyte in the body (MRT)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Apparent oral clearance of the analyte in the plasma after oral administration (CL/F)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug
Apparent volume of distribution during the terminal phase λz following an oral dose (Vz/F)	pre-dose and 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 15:00, 24:00, 34:00, and 48:00 hours after administration of study drug

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2004
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 8, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): July 9, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 14, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 11, 2014
• Last Verified: July 1, 2014

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 1187.1