A Human Volunteer Study Investigating Single Oral Doses of GSK598809 in Otherwise Healthy Smokers
Substance Dependence
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Substance Dependence focused on measuring Tolerability, dose escalation, GSK598809, Pharmacodynamics, Safety, single, placebo, Smokers, Pharmacokinetics
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion:
- A healthy man or woman
- 18 - 50 years old
- Neither too fat, nor too thin
- Female subjects must use an acceptable method of contraception from the first dose of study medication until 90 days following the final follow-up visit.
- Female subjects must not be breast feeding and should not have been breast feeding for a month.
- Male subjects must agree to use an acceptable method of contraception from the first dose of study medication until 90 days following the final follow-up.
- Subjects need to smoke 20 - 40 cigarettes a day inclusive for at least the past year and to not have tried to quit in the 3 months before the start of the study.
Exclusion:
- Any current medical or psychiatric illness
- Any history of chronic medical or psychiatric illnesses
- Previous or current alcohol or drug abuse/dependence including nicotine
- Personal or family history of prolonged QTc syndrome
Sites / Locations
- GSK Investigational Site
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Subjects receiving treatment sequence ABCD
Subjects receiving treatment sequence BACD
Subjects receiving treatment sequence BCAD
Subjects receiving treatment sequence BCDA
Subjects will receive treatment sequence ABCD; A= placebo, B= GSK598809 dose 1 (75 milligrams), C = GSK598809 dose 2, and D = GSK598809 dose 3.
Subjects will receive treatment sequence BACD; B= GSK598809 dose 1 (75 milligrams), A= placebo, C = GSK598809 dose 2 and D = GSK598809 dose 3
Subjects will receive treatment sequence BCAD; B= GSK598809 dose 1 (75 milligrams), C = GSK598809 dose 2, A= placebo and D = GSK598809 dose 3.
Subjects will receive treatment sequence BCDA; B= GSK598809 dose 1 (75 milligrams), C = GSK598809 dose 2, D = GSK598809 dose 3 and A= placebo.