A Study in Healthy Humans to Assess the Relative Bioavailability of One Fixed-dose Combination Tablet Empagliflozin/Metformin Versus Jardiance® Tablet and Glifage® Tablet Administered Together

Boehringer Ingelheim32 enrolled

Overview

This trial is to establish bioequivalence of the fixed dose combination (FDC) tablets (containing 12.5 mg empagliflozin/850 mg metformin) (Test, T) compared with the single tablets (10 mg empagliflozin and Glifage® 850 mg tablets) (Reference, R).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy

Interventions

FDC 12.5mg empagliflozin/850mg metforminDRUG

empagliflozin/metformin

EmpagliflozinDRUG

empagliflozin 10mg (R1)

Glifage®DRUG

Glifage® 850mg (R2)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion criteria: * Healthy male or female subjects according to the assessment of the investigator, as based on a complete medical history including a physical examination, vital signs (blood pressure (BP), pulse rate (PR)), 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG), and clinical laboratory tests * Age of at least 18 (inclusive) to 50 years (inclusive) * Body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 29.9 weight divided by height squared (kg/m2) (inclusive) * Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation * Male subjects, or female subjects who meet any of the following criteria from at least 30 days before the first administration of trial medication until 30 days after trial completion: * Use of adequate contraception, e.g. any of the following methods plus condom: * implants, injectables, combined oral or vaginal contraceptives, intrauterine device * Sexually abstinent * A vasectomised sexual partner (vasectomy at least 1 year prior to enrolment) * Surgically sterilised (including hysterectomy) Exclusion Criteria: * Any finding in the medical examination (including BP, PR or ECG) deviating from normal and assessed as clinically relevant by the investigator * Repeated measurement of systolic blood pressure outside the range of 90 to 140 millimetre of mercury (mmHg), diastolic blood pressure outside the range of 50 to 90 mmHg, or pulse rate outside the range of 50 to 90 beats per minute (bpm) * Any laboratory value outside the reference range that the investigator considers to be of clinical relevance * Cholecystectomy or other surgery of the gastrointestinal tract that could interfere with the pharmacokinetics of the trial medication (except appendectomy or simple hernia repair) * History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells, or blackouts * Chronic or relevant acute infections * Use of drugs within 30 days of planned administration of trial medication that might reasonably influence the results of the trial (including drugs that cause time from the start of the Q wave to the end of the T wave (QT) / corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation) * Smoker (more than 5 cigarettes or 1 cigar or 1 pipe per day) * Detection or indeterminate / inconclusive result of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Coronavirus ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) exam performed on the day before the admission of each period; * The research participant presents symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection (even if the result is "undetected" in the RT-PCR exam for COVID-19) * Further exclusion criteria apply

Locations (1)

Instituto de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Estudos e Pesquisas - ICF

Goiânia, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dose-normalized Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of Empagliflozin in Plasma Over the Time Interval From 0 to the Last Quantifiable Data Point (AUC0-tz)

Area under the concentration-time curve of empagliflozin in plasma over the time interval from 0 to the last quantifiable data point (AUC0-tz) normalized to the actual administered dose is presented. The AUC0-tz was divided by the actual dose strength to get the normalized area under the concentration-time curve. The statistical model used for the analysis of the primary endpoints was an analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the logarithmic scale. That is, the PK endpoints were log-transformed (natural logarithm) prior to fitting the ANOVA model. This model included effects accounting for the following sources of variation: sequence, subjects within sequences, period and treatment. The effect 'subjects within sequences' was considered as random, whereas the other effects were considered as fixed. Unit of measure:(hour\*nanogram/milliliter)/milligram.

Time frame: Within 5 minutes (min) before and 15min, 30min, 45min, 1h, 1h15min, 1h30min, 1h45min, 2h, 2h20min, 2h40min, 3h, 3h30min, 4h, 4h30min, 5h, 5h30min, 6h, 7h, 8h, 10h, 12h, 24h, 48h, and 72h after treatment administration for both arms.

Dose-normalized Maximum Measured Concentration of Empagliflozin (Cmax)

Dose-normalized Maximum measured concentration of empagliflozin in plasma is presented. The maximum measured concentration was divided by the actual dose strength to get the dose-normalised Cmax. The statistical model used for the analysis of the primary endpoints was an analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the logarithmic scale. That is, the PK endpoints were log-transformed (natural logarithm) prior to fitting the ANOVA model. This model included effects accounting for the following sources of variation: sequence, subjects within sequences, period and treatment. The effect 'subjects within sequences' was considered as random, whereas the other effects were considered as fixed. The unit of measure reported is: (nanogram/milliliter)/milligram.

Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of Metformin in Plasma Over the Time Interval From 0 to the Last Quantifiable Data Point (AUC0-tz)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Secondary Outcomes

Dose-normalized Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of Empagliflozin in Plasma Over the Time Interval From 0 Extrapolated to Infinity (AUC0-∞ )

Area under the concentration-time curve of empagliflozin in plasma over the time interval from 0 extrapolated to infinity from the last quantifiable data point (AUC0-inf) normalized to the actual administered dose is presented. The AUC0-oo was divided by the actual dose strength to get the normalized area under the concentration-time curve. The statistical model used for the analysis of the primary endpoints was an analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the logarithmic scale. That is, the PK endpoints were log-transformed (natural logarithm) prior to fitting the ANOVA model. This model included effects accounting for the following sources of variation: sequence, subjects within sequences, period and treatment. The effect 'subjects within sequences' was considered as random, whereas the other effects were considered as fixed. Unit of measure: (hour\*nanogram/milliliter)/milligram.