Acotral® Versus Zetia® Ezetimibe Bioequivalance Study.

This is an interventional other trial for Hypercholesterolaemia Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Literate healthy adult male human subjects within the age range of 18 to 45 years inclusive.
• Weight not less than 50 kg.
• Normal BMI [18.5 to 24.99 kg/m2 inclusive].
• Willingness to provide written informed consent to participate in the study and capable of giving written informed consent to participate in the study.
• Free of significant diseases or clinically significant abnormal findings during screening, medical history, physical examination, laboratory evaluations, 12-lead ECG, Chest X-ray [PA view].
• AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin 1.5xULN (isolated bilirubin >1.5xULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin <35%).
• Absence of disease markers of HIV 1 and 2, Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis.
• ECG normal for morphology and measurements. QTcB or QTcF < 450 msec; or QTc < 480 msec in subjects with Bundle Branch Block.

Exclusion Criteria:

• History or presence of significant: Cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, hematological, gastro-intestinal, endocrine, immunologic, dermatologic, neurological, psychiatric disease.
• History or presence of significant:
• Alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse during past one year.
• Drug abuse for the last one month and other illicit drugs for the last 6 months.
• Smoking of more than 5 cigarettes per day or consumption of other forms of tobacco containing products.
• Asthma, urticaria or other allergic type reactions after taking aspirin or any other drug.
• Ulceration or history of gastric and / or duodenal ulcer.
• Jaundice in the past 6 months.
• Bleeding disorder.
• Allergy to the test drug or any drug chemically similar to the drug or to the excipients of the products under investigation.
• Donation of 500 mL blood within 08 weeks prior to receiving the first dose of study drug.
• Subjects who have participated in another clinical study in the past 3 months prior to commencement of this study.
• Use of prescription or non-prescription drugs, including vitamins, herbal and dietary supplements (including St John's Wort) within 7 days (or 14 days if the drug is a potential enzyme inducer) or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study medication, unless in the opinion of the Investigator and GSK Medical Monitor the medication will not interfere with the study assessments or compromise subject safety.
• Any difficulty in accessibility of forearm veins for cannulation or blood sampling.
• Refuse to abstain from food for at least 10 h prior to drug administration and for at least 4 h after dose in each period.
• Refuse to abstain from fluid for at least 1 h prior to and until 1 h post each dose.
• Found positive in breath alcohol test done on the day of check-in and ambulatory visit.
• Found positive in urine test for drug of abuse done on the day of check-in.
• History of difficulty in swallowing tablet.
• Use of enzyme modifying drugs within 30 days prior to receiving the first dose of study medication.
• Other Eligibility Criteria Considerations
• To assess any potential impact on subject eligibility with regard to safety, the investigator must refer to the product data sheet for detailed information regarding warnings, precautions, contraindications, adverse events, and other significant data pertaining to the product being used in this study.