Drug Interaction With Proton Pump Inhibitors for Nifedipine ER Tablets

Healthy Volunteers Clinical Trial

Official title: A Single-Dose, Open-label, Randomized, Crossover, Drug-Drug Interaction Study of Nifedipine Extended-release Tablets With or Without Multiple-dose Administration of Proton-Pump Inhibitor Omeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate in Healthy Volunteers

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the amount of study drug present in blood after being administered a generic version of nifedipine extended-release tablets, 60 mg (Valeant Pharmaceuticals, LLC) and brand-name version PROCARDIA XL extended-release tablets, 60 mg (Pfizer Inc.) individually and in presence of stomach acid reducing drug (antacid), omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate capsules, 40 mg/1100 mg (generic) on separate occasions, on an empty stomach. This study also involves administrations of an FDA-cleared capsule, SmartPill™, which will measure stomach acid, prior to each study arm.

Clinical Trial Description

A question that arises with generic oral extended-release (ER) products is related to pH-dependent dissolution kinetics in comparison with that of their reference listed drug (RLD). For example, poorly water-soluble drugs with the presence of pKa in the gastrointestinal (GI) pH range have pH-dependent solubility and dissolution behaviors during in vivo drug release. In this case, the generic product which utilizes a different release mechanism could amplify or reduce such a pH dependence (e.g. osmotic pump RLD vs. matrix generic counterparts). This may render these generic ER products more or less dependent on gastric pH modification, commonly occurred in patients taking concomitant over-the-counter (OTC) proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for the treatment of gastric acid-related disorders. It has been noted that PPIs (e.g. lansoprazole, omeprazole, esomeprazole) and PPIs with antacids (e.g. omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) can drastically elevate the gastric pH, thus potentially changing the equilibrium solubility of co-administered drug substances or altering their release profiles.

For instance, nifedipine is a calcium channel blocker, indicated for the long-term treatment of hypertension and angina. The drug substance is a weak acid (pKa 3.9) and practically insoluble in water. Currently, there is one RLD of oral ER nifedipine tablets based on an osmotic pump design (Procardia XL) and a generic counterpart of ER nifedipine tablets employing a matrix formulation design which is different from this RLD product. Due to complicated release mechanisms, quality attribute profiles, and in vivo pharmacokinetics (PK) behaviors of ER products, FDA is assessing the need of a drug-drug interaction study between PPIs/antacids (e.g. omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) and generic nifedipine ER products based on a formulation design which is different from that of its RLD.

To this end, the objective of this proposal is to investigate the dependence of in vivo PK on the formulation design of generic oral extended-release products in comparison with that of their RLD when co-administered with PPIs/antacids. The outcome of this study will help the Agency advance further understanding about product PK performance in potential patient population with abnormal gastric pH and improve review standards for equivalence of this category of oral ER products if necessary. The study results will help the Agency gain a better understanding of drug-drug interaction between oral modified-release products and PPIs/antacids and establish regulatory standards of bioequivalence approaches for this category of generic oral ER products. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Volunteers

• NCT number: NCT03100838
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: March 20, 2017
• Completion date: April 6, 2018