Bioequivalence Trial of Concor AM® vs Bisoprolol and Amlodipine in Chinese Participants

Merck KGaA (EMD Serono)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Drug: Bisoprolol; Drug: Amlodipine; Drug: Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03226275

EMR200006-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a Phase I, open-label, randomized, 2-period, 2-sequence, crossover study to demonstrate bioequivalence (BE) between the bisoprolol-amlodipine fixed-dose-combination (FDC) tablet (investigational product) and bisoprolol and amlodipine tablets administered concomitantly (comparators) given as a single oral dose in fasting and fed state.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Availability for the entire trial period and willingness to adhere to the protocol requirements as evidenced by the informed consent form (ICF) duly read, signed and dated by the volunteer
• Chinese male and female volunteer
• Volunteer with a body mass index greater than or equal to 18 and below 28 kilogram/meter^2 (kg/m^2)
• Systolic blood pressure (in supine position) within 100 to 139 mmHg (inclusive) and diastolic blood pressure (in supine position) within 65 to 90 millimeter of mercury (mmHg) (inclusive) at Screening, during Admission to the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) (12 hour predose) and before each dosing
• Clinical laboratory values (within 1 month before screening) within the laboratory's stated normal range; if not within this range, they must lack clinical significance
• Healthy according to assessment of the medical history, Electrocardiogram, vital signs, physical examination,laboratory results, negative drug screening, and negative serology tests (except results after vaccination)
• Non-smoker or ex-smoker, not using any nicotine product; an ex-smoker being defined as someone who completely stopped smoking for at least 12 months before Day 1 of the trial
• Each participant has to be capable of understanding the trial procedures and sign the Informed consent form prior to their participation in the trial
• Participants must consent to adhere to the recommended contraceptive methods

Exclusion criteria

• Significant history of hypersensitivity to bisoprolol, amlodipine, other dihydropyridines, or any related products (including excipients of the formulations)
• Significant history of severe hypersensitivity reactions (eg, angioedema) to any drugs
• Pulse rate (in supine position) less than (<) 60 beats per minute (bpm) or more than 100 bpm at screening
• Presence of significant arrhythmia: QTc interval prolongation (QTc greater than 430 milliseconds (msec), severe sinus node dysfunction, or second or third atrioventricular block
• History of low blood pressure (< 100/65 mmHg) or vegetative dystonia
• History or presence of peripheral arterial occlusion or Raynaud's syndrome
• Presence of diabetes mellitus
• History or presence of asthma
• Presence of significant gastrointestinal, liver, kidney disease, surgery, or any other conditions known to interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of drugs or known to potentiate or predispose to undesired effects
• Use of any enzyme-modifying drugs, including strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes (such as cimetidine, fluoxetine, quinidine, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, fluconazole, ketoconazole, diltiazem, and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] antivirals) and strong inducers of CYP enzymes (such as barbiturates, carbamazepine, glucocorticoids, phenytoin, rifampin, St. John's wort or other herbal medicine known with effect on CYP enzymes) within 28 days before Day 1 of this trial
• Presence or history of significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, neurologic, endocrine, immunologic, or dermatological disease
• Presence or history of significant angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction or ST segment and T wave changes other than non-clinically significant minor changes
• Presence or history of ventricular arrhythmia (such as ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation) or of congestive heart failure Acute conditions which might alter the renal function (eg, dehydration, severe infection)
• Surgery in the previous 28 days before Day 1 of this trial
• Any history of tuberculosis and/or prophylaxis for tuberculosis within 10 years of Day 1 of the trial
• Positive results to HIV antibody, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody, or treponema pallidum (TP) antibody tests
• Donation of 50 milliliter (mL) or more of blood within 28 days before Day 1 of the trial; donation of 500 mL or more of blood within 56 days before Day 1 of the trial
• History of suicidal tendency, history of or disposition to seizures, state of confusion, clinically relevant psychiatric diseases
• Poor motivation, intellectual problems likely to limit the validity of consent to participate in the trial or limit the ability to comply with the protocol requirements or inability to cooperate adequately, inability to understand and to observe the instructions of the physician
• Maintenance therapy with any drug, or significant history of drug dependency or alcohol abuse (> 3 × 14 gram (g) alcohol per day, intake of excessive alcohol, acute or chronic use)
• Positive urine screening of drugs of abuse (cannabis, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, opiates, cocaine, and methyl amphetamine), or positive breath test of alcohol
• Positive pregnancy test (only for females of child-bearing potential) or females breast feeding a child
• Consumption of large quantities of methylxanthine-containing beverages (more than 600 mg caffeine/day: 1 cup (250 mL) of coffee contains approximately 100 mg of caffeine, 1 cup of black or green tea contains approximately 30 mg and 1 glass of cola contains approximately 20 mg caffeine)
• Volunteers who took an investigational product (in another clinical trial) by prescription within 2 weeks or an over-the-counter medication taken within 1 week before drug administration

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 4 patient groups

Fasting: First Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC, Then Both Separately

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received a single oral dose of 5 milligram(mg)/5 mg bisoprolol-amlodipine FDC tablet (Concor AM®) on Day 1 in treatment period 1 followed by a single oral dose of 5 mg bisoprolol and a single oral dose of 5 mg amlodipine given concomitantly on Day 15 in treatment period 2 under fasting conditions. The two periods were separated by a washout period of 14 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC

Drug: Bisoprolol

Drug: Amlodipine

Fasting: First Bisoprolol and Amlodipine Separately, Then FDC

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received a single oral dose of 5 mg bisoprolol and a single oral dose of 5 mg amlodipine given concomitantly on Day 1 in treatment period 1 followed by a single oral dose of 5 mg/5 mg bisoprolol-amlodipine FDC tablet (Concor AM®) on Day 15 in treatment period 2 under fasting conditions. The two periods were separated by a washout period of 14 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC

Drug: Bisoprolol

Drug: Amlodipine

Fed: First Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC, Then Both Separately

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received a single oral dose of 5 mg/5 mg bisoprolol-amlodipine FDC tablet (Concor AM®) on Day 1 in treatment period 1 followed by a single oral dose of 5 mg bisoprolol and a single oral dose of 5 mg amlodipine given concomitantly on Day 15 in treatment period 2 under fed conditions. The two periods were separated by a washout period of 14 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC

Drug: Bisoprolol

Drug: Amlodipine

Fed: First Bisoprolol and Amlodipine Separately, Then FDC

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received a single oral dose of 5 mg bisoprolol and a single oral dose of 5 mg amlodipine given concomitantly on Day 1 in treatment period 1 followed by a single oral dose of 5 mg/5 mg bisoprolol-amlodipine FDC tablet (Concor AM®) on Day 15 in treatment period 2 under fed conditions. The two periods were separated by a washout period of 14 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Bisoprolol-Amlodipine FDC

Drug: Bisoprolol

Drug: Amlodipine