Overview

Bioequivalence Study of Quinapril Hydrochloride 20 mg and Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg Tablets Under Fed Conditions

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-11-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Male
Summary
This open-label, balanced, randomized, two-treatment, four-period, two-sequence, single dose, crossover fully replicated study was conducted on fixed-dose combination of quinapril 20 mg and hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg tablets of OHM Laboratories Inc. (division of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited) and Accuretic 20-25 mg tablets of Parke-Davis (division of Pfizer Inc.) in healthy, adult, human, male, subjects under fed conditions.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
Treatments:
Hydrochlorothiazide
Quinapril
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Be in the age range of 18-45 years.

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

3. Have voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study.

4. Be of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the
subjects performed within 14 days prior to the commencement of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of allergy to quinapril, hydrochlorothiazide, sulfonamide derived drugs or
related ACE inhibitors.

2. History of anuria, gout or dry cough.

3. History of diarrhea or vomiting in the last one week.

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

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

6. Presence of values, which are significantly different from normal, reference ranges
(as defined in Appendix 5) and/or judged clinically significant for haemoglobin, total
white blood cells count, differential WBC count or platelet count.

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

8. Presence of values, which are significantly different from normal, reference ranges
(as defined in Appendix 5) 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.

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

10. Clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray.

11. History of serious gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary,
neurological or haematological disease, diabetes, glaucoma or angioedema due to any
cause.

12. History of any psychiatric illness which may impair the ability to provide written
informed consent.

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

14. 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 have difficulty in abstaining for the
duration of each study period.

15. Use of any enzyme modifying drugs within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study.

16. Participation in any clinical trial within 12 weeks preceding Day 1 of this study.

17. A haemoglobin concentration of less than 7 % of lower limit of reference range e.g. 13
gm % for reference range of 14-18 gm at screening.