Bioequivalence Study of Nitrofurantoin 100 mg Capsules Under Fed Conditions

NCT00778583 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 024/NITRO-100/03
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

An open label, randomised, two-treatment, four-period, two-sequence, single-dose, crossover, fully replicated bioavailability study on Nitrofurantoin formulations comparing Nitrofurantoin 100 mg capsules of Ranbaxy Laboratories with Macrobid 100 mg capsules in healthy, adult, human subjects under fed conditions

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Bioequivalence Nitrofurantoin capsules

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Bioequivalence

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

Nitrofurantoin 100 mg capsules of Ranbaxy

Drug: Nitrofurantoin 100 mg capsules

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Macrobid 100 mg capsules

Drug: Nitrofurantoin 100 mg capsules

Interventions

Nitrofurantoin 100 mg capsules DRUG

1; 2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Be in the age range of 18-45 years.
• Be neither overweight nor underweight for his/her height as per the Life insurance Corporation of India height/weight chart for non-medical cases.
• Have voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study.
• Be of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the subjects performed within 14 days prior to the commencement of the study.
• If female and:
• Of childbearing potential, is practicing an acceptable method of birth control for the duration of the study as judged by the investigator(s), such as condoms, foams, jellies, diaphragm, intrauterine device (IUD), or abstinence; or
• Is postmenopausal for at least I year; or
• Is surgically sterile (bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy).

You may not qualify if:

• History of allergy to nitrofurantoin and/or other related drugs.
• Any evidence of organ dysfunction or any clinically significant deviation from the normal, in physical or clinical determinations.
• Evidence of haemolysis (for glucose-6-phosphotase) deficiency.
• Presence of disease markers of HIV 1 and 2, Hepatitis B and C viruses or syphilis infection.
• Female volunteers demonstrating a positive pregnancy test.
• Female volunteers who are currently breastfeeding.
• Presence of values which are significantly different from normal reference ranges (as defined in Appendix 5) and/or judged clinically significant for haemoglobin, total white blood cells count, differential WBC count or platelet count.
• Positive for urinary screen testing of drugs of abuse (opiates and cannabinoids)
• Presence of values which are significantly different from normal reference ranges (as defined in Appendix 5) 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.
• Clinically abnormal chemical and microscopic examination of udne defined as presence of RI3C, WBC (\>4/HPF), epithelial cells (\>4/HPF), glucose (positive) or protein (positive).
• Clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray. History of serious gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological or haematological disease, diabetes, glaucoma or gout.
• History of any psychiatric illness which may impair the ability to provide written informed consent.
• Regular smokers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes daily or have difficulty abstaining from smoking for the duration of each study period.
• History of drug dependence or excessive alcohol intake on a habitual basis of more than 2 units of alcoholic beverages per day (1 unify.equivalent to half pint of beer or ! glass of wine or 1 measure of spirit)or have difficulty in abstaining for the duration of each study period.
• Use of any enzyme modi\~ing drugs within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ranbaxy Research Laboratories

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Location

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MeSH Terms

Interventions

Nitrofurantoin

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nitrofurans; Nitro Compounds; Organic Chemicals; Furans; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2008
• First Posted: October 23, 2008
• Study Start: September 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2003
• Study Completion: December 1, 2003
• Last Updated: October 23, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-10

Locations

IN (1)