Overview

A Relative Bioavailability Study of Acetaminophen 650 mg Extended Release Gelcaps Under Fasting Condition

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Male
Summary
The study was conducted as an open labeled, balanced, randomized, two-treatment, two-period, two-sequence, single-dose, crossover, bioavailability study comparing acetaminophen extended release gelcaps 650 mg of OHM Laboratories Inc. with Tylenol® Arthritis Pain caplets 650 mg of McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, in healthy, adult, human, male subjects under fasting condition.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
Treatments:
Acetaminophen
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Were in the age range of 18-45 years.

- Were neither overweight nor underweight for his height as per the Life Insurance
Corporation of India height/weight chart for non-medical cases.

- Had voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study.

- Were of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the
subjects performed within 21 days prior to the commencement of the study.

There were no deviations in this regard.

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of hypersensitivity to acetaminophen or other related drugs.

- History of skin rashes, thrombocytopenia, urticaria or angioedema.

- History of peptic ulcer disease.

- Recent history of nausea and vomiting

- Any evidence of organ dysfunction or any clinically significant deviation from the
normal, in physical or clinical determinations.

- Presence of disease markers of HIV 1 or 2, Hepatitis B or C viruses or syphilis
infection.

- Presence of values which were significantly different from normal reference ranges
and/or judged clinically significant for haemoglobin, total white blood cells count,
differential WBC count or platelet count.

- Positive for urinary screen testing of drugs of abuse (opiates or cannabinoids)

- Presence of values, which were significantly different from normal reference ranges
and/or judged clinically significant for serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, serum
aspartate aminotransferase (AST), serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), serum alkaline
phosphatase, serum bilirubin, plasma glucose or serum cholesterol.

- Clinically abnormal chemical and microscopic examination of urine defined as presence
of RBC, WBC (>4/HPF), epithelial cells (>4/HPF), glucose (positive) or protein
(positive).

- Clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray.

- History of serious gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary,
neurological or haematological disease, diabetes or glaucoma.

- History of any psychiatric illness, which might impair the ability to provide written
informed consent.

- Regular smokers who smoked more than 10 cigarettes daily or have difficulty abstaining
from smoking for the duration of each study period.

- History of drug dependence or excessive alcohol intake on a habitual basis of more
than 2 units of alcoholic beverages per day (1 unit equivalent to half pint of beer or
1 glass of wine or 1 measure of spirit) or had difficulty in abstaining for the
duration of each study period.

- Had used of any enzyme modifying drugs within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study.

- Participated in any clinical trial within 12 weeks preceding Day 1 of this study.

- Subjects who, through completion of this study, would had donated and/or lost more
than 350 mL of blood in the past 3 months.

There was no deviation in this regard.