The Effect of Multiple Oral Doses of BI 1356 BS on Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Multiple Oral Doses of Simvastatin and on the Pharmacokinetics of Its Metabolite Simvastatin Acid in Healthy Male Volunteers

Boehringer Ingelheim

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Drug: Simvastatin

Drug: 10 mg BI 1356 BS

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02183623

1218.9

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigation of the multiple dose pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of simvastatin and simvastatin acid with and without concomitant administration of BI 1356 BS

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

21 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Healthy male subjects according to the following criteria: No findings deviating from normal and of clinical relevance as well as no evidence of a clinically relevant concomitant disease based upon a complete medical history, including the physical examination, vital signs (Blood Pressure (BP), Pulse Rate (PR)), 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG), clinical laboratory tests
Age ≥21 and Age ≤65 years
BMI ≥18.5 and BMI ≤29.9 kg/m2 (Body Mass Index)
Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the local legislation

Exclusion criteria

Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders
Surgery of gastrointestinal tract (except appendectomy)
Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or-neurological disorders
History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts
Chronic or relevant acute infections
History of allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy) which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator
Intake of drugs with a long half-life (> 24 hours) within at least one month or less than 10 half-lives of the respective drug prior to administration or during the trial
Use of drugs, including herbal products, which might reasonably influence the results of the trial based on the knowledge at the time of protocol preparation within 10 days prior to administration or during the trial
Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within two months prior to administration or during the trial
Smoker (> 10 cigarettes or > 3 cigars or > 3 pipes/day)
Inability to refrain from smoking on trial days
Alcohol abuse (more than 60 g/day)
Drug abuse
Blood donation (more than 100 mL within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial)
Excessive physical activities (within one week prior to administration or during the trial)
Any laboratory value outside the reference range that is of clinical relevance
Inability to comply with dietary regimen of study centre
Not willing to use adequate contraception (condom use plus another form of contraception e.g. spermicide, oral contraceptive taken by female partner, sterilisation, intrauterine device) during the whole study period from the time of the first intake of study drug until one month after the last intake