Bioequivalence of Telmisartan / HCTZ of Fixed Dose Combination Compared to Its Monocomponents in Healthy Male Volunteers

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

To establish the bioequivalence of fixed dose combination of 40 mg telmisartan / 12.5 mg HCTZ vs. its monocomponents

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Treatments: Hydrochlorothiazide; Telmisartan

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy males according to the following criteria:

Based upon a complete medical history, the physical examination (physical findings and measurements of height and body weight), vital signs (blood pressure (BP), pulse rate (PR)), 12-lead ECG (electrocardiogram), clinical laboratory tests

• No finding of clinical relevance

• No evidence of a clinically relevant concomitant disease

2. Age ≥20 years and Age ≤35 years

3. BMI ≥ 17.6 kg/m2 and BMI ≤ 25.0 kg/m2 (Body Mass Index)

4. Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP)(MHW Ordinance No. 28, as of Mar. 27, 1997) and the local legislation.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders

2. Surgery of gastrointestinal tract (except appendectomy)

3. Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders

4. History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts.

5. Chronic or relevant acute infections

6. History of allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy) which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator

7. Positive result for Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg), anti Hepatitis C virus (HCV) anti bodies, syphilitic test or Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test

8. Intake of drugs with a long half-life (≥24 hours) within at least one month or less than 10 half-lives of the respective drug prior to administration or during the trial

9. Use of drugs which might reasonably influence the results of the trial based on the knowledge at the time of protocol preparation within 10 days prior to administration or during the trial.

10. Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within four months prior to administration or during the trial

11. Smoker (more than 20 cigarettes/day)

12. Inability to refrain from smoking during hospitalisation

13. Alcohol abuse (more than 60 g/day as ethanol ex.) three middle sized bottles of beer / three gous (equivalent to 540 mL) of sake)

14. Drug abuse

15. Blood donation (more than 100 mL within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial)

16. Excessive physical activities (within one week prior to administration or during the trial)

17. Any laboratory value outside the reference range that is of clinical relevance

18. Inability to comply with dietary regimen of study centre

19. Any other volunteers whom, the principal investigator or sub investigator would not allow to participate this study