Status:

COMPLETED

Bioequivalence Study of Loratadine Orally Disintegrating Tablets 10 mg Under Fed Conditions

Lead Sponsor:

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

MALE

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

To compare the single-dose oral bioavailability of loratadine 10 mg orally disintegrating tablets of Ohm Laboratories Inc (A subsidiary of Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. USA) with Claritin® Reditabs® (...

Detailed Description

The study was conducted as an open label, balanced, randomized, two-treatment, two-sequence,two-period, single-dose, crossover, bioavailability study on loratadine formulation comparing loratadine 10 ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Were in the age range of 18-45 years.
  • Were neither overweight nor underweight for his height as per the Life Insurance Corporation of India height/weight chart for non-medical cases.
  • Had voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study.
  • Were of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the subjects performed within 21 days prior to the commencement of the study.
  • Had non-vegetarian dietary habit

Exclusion

  • Had history of allergy to loratadine.
  • Had history of hypertension
  • Had Concurrently used enzyme modifying drugs especially erythromycin, MAO inhibitors, ketoconazole, and cimetidine
  • Had recent history of abdominal pain, epistaxis or sleep disturbances
  • Had any evidence of organ dysfunction or any clinically significant deviation from the normal, in physical or clinical determinations.
  • Had presence of disease markers of HIV 1 and 2, Hepatitis B and C viruses or syphilis infection.
  • Had presence of values which were significantly different from normal reference ranges and/or judged clinically significant for haemoglobin, total white blood cells count, differential WBC count or platelet count.
  • Had been positive for urinary screen testing of drugs of abuse (opiates or cannabinoids).
  • Had presence of values, which are significantly different from normal reference ranges 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.
  • If there was any clinically abnormal chemical and microscopic examination of urine defined as presence of RBC, WBC (\>4/HPF), epithelial cells, casts, crystals, glucose (positive) or protein (positive).
  • Had clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray.
  • Had history of serious gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological or haematological disease, diabetes or glaucoma.
  • Had 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.
  • Had history of any psychiatric illness, which may impair the ability to provide, written informed consent.
  • Were regular smokers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes daily or have difficulty abstaining from smoking for the duration of each study period.
  • Used enzyme modifying drugs within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study.
  • Had Participated in any clinical trial within 12 weeks preceding Day 1 of this study.
  • Subjects who, through completion of this study, had donated and/or lost more than 350 mL of blood in the past 3 months.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00776282

Start Date

July 1 2006

End Date

September 1 2006

Last Update

October 21 2008

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