Overview

Food Study of Pioglitazone HCl Tablets 45 mg to Actos® Tablets 45 mg

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-03-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The objective of this study was to investigate the bioequivalence of Mylan pioglitazone HCl 45 mg tablets to Takeda Actos® 45 mg tablets following a single, oral 45 mg (1 x 45 mg) dose administration under fed conditions.
Phase:
Phase 1
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Mylan Pharmaceuticals
Treatments:
Pioglitazone
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age: 18 years and older.

2. Sex: Male and non-pregnant, non-lactating female

1. Women of childbearing potential must have negative serum beta-human chorionic
gonadotropin (HCG) pregnancy tests performed within 14 days prior to the start of
the study and the evening prior to dosing of each study period. If dosing is
scheduled for a Sunday or Monday, the beta-HCG pregnancy test should be given
within 48 hours prior to dosing for that study period. An additional beta-HCG
pregnancy test will be performed upon completion of the study.

2. Women of childbearing potential must practice abstinence or be using an
acceptable form of contraception throughout the duration of the study. No
hormonal contraceptives or hormonal replacement therapy are permitted in this
study. Acceptable forms of contraception include the following:

1. intrauterine device in place for at least 3 months prior to the start of the
study and remaining in place during the study period, or

2. barrier methods containing or used in conjunction with a spermicidal agent,
or

3. surgical sterility (tubal ligation, oophorectomy or hysterectomy) or
postmenopausal accompanied with a documented postmenopausal course of at
least one year.

3. During the course of the study, from study screen until study exit - including
the washout period, women of childbearing potential must use a spermicide
containing barrier method of contraception in addition to their current
contraceptive device. This advice should be documented in the informed consent
form.

3. Weight: At least 60 kg (132 lbs) for men and 48 kg (106 lbs) for women and all
subjects within 15% of Ideal Body Weight (IBW), as referenced by the Table of
""Desirable Weights of Adults"" Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1999 (See Part II
ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF BIOEQUIVALENCE PROTOCOLS).

4. All subjects should be judged normal and healthy during a pre-study medical evaluation
(physical examination, laboratory evaluation, hepatitis B and hepatitis C tests, HIV
test, 12-lead ECG, and urine drug screen including amphetamine, barbiturates,
benzodiazepines, cannabinoid, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine, and methadone)
performed within 14 days of the initial dose of study medication.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Institutionalized subjects will not be used.

2. Social Habits:

1. Use of any tobacco products.

2. Ingestion of any alcoholic, caffeine- or xanthine-containing food or beverage
within the 48 hours prior to the initial dose of study medication.

3. Ingestion of any vitamins or herbal products within the 48 hours prior to the
initial dose of the study medication.

4. Any recent, significant change in dietary or exercise habits.

3. Medications:

1. Use of any medication within the 14 days prior to the initial dose of study
medication.

2. Use of any medication known to alter hepatic enzyme activity within 28 days prior
to the initial dose of study medication.

4. Diseases:

1. History of any significant cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, pulmonary,
hematologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immunologic, dermatologic, neurologic
disease.

2. History of drug and/or alcohol abuse.

3. Acute illness at the time of either the pre-study medical evaluation or dosing.

5. Abnormal and clinically significant laboratory test results:

1. Clinically significant deviation from the Guide to Clinically Relevant
Abnormalities (See Part II ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF BIOEQUIVALENCE PROTOCOLS).

2. Abnormal and clinically relevant ECG tracing.

6. Donation or loss of a significant volume of blood or plasma (> 450 mL) within 28 days
prior to the initial dose of study medication.

7. Subjects who have received an investigational drug within 30 days prior to the initial
dose of study medication.

8. Allergy or hypersensitivity to pioglitazone, any of the inactive ingredients, or other
related products.

9. History of difficulties in swallowing, or any gastrointestinal disease which could
affect the drug absorption.

10. Consumption of grapefruit or grapefruit containing products within 7 days of drug
administration.