Relative Bioavailability and Food Effect Study

Pharmacology, Clinical Clinical Trial

Official title:

Relative Bioavailability and Food Effect Study of Two Oral Liquid Formulations in Comparison to a 1 mg Tablet of Riociguat to Characterize Its Pharmacokinetic Properties in Healthy Male and Female Adult Subjects in a Randomized, Open Label, 5-fold Crossover Design

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01489488
• Other study ID #: 14986
• Secondary ID: 2011-001893-24
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: December 8, 2011
• Last updated: June 29, 2015
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: May 2012

Study information

• Verified date: June 2015
• Source: Bayer
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Primary objective: To determine oral bioavailability of the liquid formulation intended for pediatric use and potential food effects in healthy adults.

Secondary objective: To evaluate safety and tolerability measured by physical examination findings, vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG), laboratory parameters, and adverse events (AEs).

Description:

Clinical pharmacology

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: May 2012
• Est. primary completion date: April 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male or female volunteers

• Age 18-45 years

• Body mass index (BMI) 18.0-29.9 kg/m²

• Systolic blood pressure (SBP) 110-145 mmHg

• No drugs 2 weeks before treatment

• Nonsmokers for at least 12 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incompletely cured pre-existing diseases for which it can be assumed that the absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and effects of the study drugs will not be normal

• Medical disorder that would impair the subject's ability to complete the study in the opinion of the Investigator

• Known hypersensitivity to the study drugs (active substance or excipients of the preparations)

• Known severe allergies, non-allergic drug reactions, or multiple drug allergies

• Relevant diseases within the last 4 weeks prior to the first study drug administration

• Regular use of medicines

• Regular use of therapeutic or recreational drugs

• Use of any medication within the 2 weeks preceding the study

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Bio-availability Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pharmacology, Clinical

Intervention

Drug:
• Riociguat (BAY63-2521)
Single oral dose of 2.4 milligram (mg) riociguat (BAY63-2521) as pediatric high-concentration suspension (0.15 mg per milliliter [mg/mL], i.e. 16 mL) under fasting conditions
• Riociguat (BAY63-2521)
Single oral dose of 2.4 mg riociguat as pediatric high-concentration suspension (0.15 mg/mL, i.e. 16 mL) under fed conditions
• Riociguat (BAY63-2521)
Single oral dose of 0.3 mg riociguat as pediatric high-concentration suspension (0.15 mg/mL, i.e. 2 mL) under fasting conditions
• Riociguat (BAY63-2521)
Single oral dose of 0.15 mg riociguat as pediatric low-concentration suspension (0.03 mg/mL, i.e. 5 mL) under fasting conditions
• Riociguat (BAY63-2521)
Single oral dose of riociguat immediate release (IR) tablet 1 mg under fasting conditions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bayer

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Area Under the Concentration Versus Time Curve From Zero to Infinity (AUC) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552)	AUC is a measure of systemic drug exposure, which is obtained by collecting a series of blood samples and measuring the concentrations of drug in each sample. AUC is defined as area under concentration versus time curve from time 0 (predose) to extrapolated infinite time. Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Primary	Maximum Observed Drug Concentration (Cmax) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	Cmax refers to the highest measured drug concentration which is obtained by collecting a series of plasma samples and measuring the concentrations of drug in each sample. Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Primary	Area Under the Concentration Versus Time Curve From Zero to Infinity Divided by Dose (AUC/D) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Primary	Maximum Observed Drug Concentration Adjusted by Dose (Cmax/D) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Area Under the Concentration Versus Time Curve From Zero to Infinity Divided by Dose per Kilogram Body Weight (AUC,norm) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	AUC is a measure of the plasma concentration of the drug over time. It is used to characterize drug absorption. AUCnorm is defined as AUC divided by dose per kg body weight.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration Divided by Dose per Kilogram Body Weight (Cmax,norm) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	Cmax refers to the highest measured drug concentration which is obtained by collecting a series of blood samples and measuring the concentrations of drug in each sample. Cmax,norm is defined as Cmax divided by dose per kg body weight.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Time to Reach Maximum Drug Concentration in Plasma (tmax) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	tmax refers to the time after dosing when a drug attains its highest measurable concentration (Cmax). It is obtained by collecting a series of blood samples at various times after dosing, and measuring them for drug content.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Terminal Half Life (t1/2) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552)	Half life associated with terminal slope refers to the elimination of the drug. It is the time taken for the blood plasma concentration to reach half the concentration in the terminal phase of elimination. It is expressed in hours and derived from the terminal slope of the concentration versus time curve. Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Mean Residence Time (MRT) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY604552)	MRT is an average duration of the drug in the body, and is expressed in hours.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Area Under the Concentration Versus Time Curve From Zero to Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC[0-tlast]) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	AUC is a measure of systemic drug exposure, which is obtained by collecting a series of blood samples and measuring the concentrations of drug in each sample. AUC(0-tlast) is defined as AUC from time zero to the last data point above the lower limit of quantification. Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Area Under the Concentration Versus Time Curve From Zero to Last Quantifiable Concentration Divided by Dose per Kilogram Body Weight (AUC[0-tlast]norm) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	AUC is a measure of systemic drug exposure, which is obtained by collecting a series of blood samples and measuring the concentrations of drug in each sample. AUC(0-tlast), norm is defined as AUC from time zero to the last data point above the lower limit of quantification divided by dose per kg body weight. Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No
Secondary	Area Under the Concentration Versus Time Curve From Zero to Last Quantifiable Concentration Divided by Dose (AUC[0-tlast]/D) of Riociguat and its Analyte M1 (BAY60-4552) After a Single Dose	AUC is a measure of systemic drug exposure, which is obtained by collecting a series of blood samples and measuring the concentrations of drug in each sample. AUC(0-tlast)/D is defined as AUC from time zero to the last data point above the lower limit of quantification divided by dose. Geometric mean and percentage geometric coefficient of variation (%CV) were reported.	0 hour (predose), 15, 30, 45 minutes; 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours postdose	No

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