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HealthyPhase 1NCT03467945

Bioequivalence and Drug - Drug Interaction Study of Metformin/Gliclazide in Healthy Participants

A Phase 1 study testing Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination, Metformin and Gliclazide in people with Healthy, run by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany at 1 site in Germany.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study investigated the bioequivalence and drug-drug interaction of Metformin/Gliclazide fixed combination tablet compared to co-administration of individual tablets of Metformin and Gliclazide. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 55 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Healthy
What is being tested?
Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination, Metformin and Gliclazide
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
16 Feb 2018to 29 Apr 2018
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 55 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants has given written informed consent before any study-related activities were carried out
  • Ethnic origin: Mexicans
  • Weight between 55 and 95 kilogram (kg)
  • Body mass index between 18.5 and 27 kilogram per meter square (kg/m^2)
  • Not smoking more than 5 cigarettes or 1 cigar or 1 pipe per day (or non smokers)
  • Good physical and mental health status
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  • Vital signs (blood pressure and pulse) in supine position within the normal range or showing no clinically relevant deviation as judged by the Investigator
  • Electrocardiogram recording (12-lead) without signs of clinically relevant pathology in particular QTc (Bazett) <450 milliseconds (ms)
  • All values for biochemistry and hematology tests of blood and urine within the normal range or showing no clinically relevant deviation as judged by the Investigator
  • All women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) were not nursing, were not pregnant, and were using highly effective methods of birth control for a period of at least one month before and after dosing
  • All women of childbearing potential must have negative tests for pregnancy at screening, and at day -1 for each treatment period and at end of trial (EOT)
  • Negative screen for alcohol and drugs of abuse at Screening and on each admission
  • Negative screen for Hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigens, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antibodies, Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) antibodies and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 1 and 2 antibodies
  • Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply

Who cannot join

  • Participation in a clinical trial within 90 days prior to first drug administration
  • Participants who have donated more than 500 milliliter (mL) of blood or who have lost significantly (more than 450 mL) blood within 90 days prior to first drug of administration
  • Any surgical or medical condition, constitutes a risk or a contraindication for the participation of the participant in the study or that could interfere with the study objectives, conduct or evaluation
  • History of surgery of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Allergy
  • Receipt of any prescription or non-prescription medication within 2 weeks before the first study drug administration
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  • Renal failure or renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance less than [<] 80 mL/minute) as assessed by using the estimated measure with the Cockcroft-Gault formula
  • Known lack of participant compliance or inability to communicate or cooperate with the Investigator
  • Considerable diet deviations from normal nutritional patterns
  • Consumption of large quantities of methylxanthine-containing beverages (more than 600 milligram [mg] caffeine / day: one cup [240 mL] of coffee contains approx. 100 mg of caffeine, one cup of tea approximately 30 mg and one glass of cola approximately 20 mg caffeine)
  • Consumption of grapefruit, orange, cranberry or juices of these fruits, 14 days prior to drug administration and during the study
  • Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
  • Participants kept in detention
  • Other protocol defined exclusion criteria could apply

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Please Contact the Merck KGaA Communication Center

    Darmstadt, 64293

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About this study

Official title: Randomized, Open Label, Single Dose, 4 Treatment, 4 Period, Crossover Design (4 x 4) Trial to Evaluate the Bioequivalence and Secondarily Drug - Drug Interaction of Fixed Combination of Metformin Tablets 1000 mg/Gliclazide 30 mg MR, Compared With the Co-administration of Individual Tablets and Individual Administration of Each Single Tablet (Metformin 1000 mg XR and Gliclazide 30 mg MR) in Healthy Volunteers

This study investigated the bioequivalence and drug-drug interaction of Metformin/Gliclazide fixed combination tablet compared to co-administration of individual tablets of Metformin and Gliclazide.

Conditions
Healthy
Being tested
Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination, Metformin, Gliclazide
Keywords
Metformin, Gliclazide, Bioequivalence, Drug-drug Interaction, Pharmacokinetics

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed CombinationDrug

    Participants received single oral dose of Metformin and Gliclazide fixed combination tablet in treatment period 1, 2, 3 or 4.

  • MetforminDrug

    Participants received single oral dose of Metformin tablet in treatment period 1, 2, 3 or 4.

  • GliclazideDrug

    Participants received single oral dose of Gliclazide tablet in treatment period 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Study groups in NCT03467945
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment Sequence 1ExperimentalParticipants received single oral dose of metformin 1000 milligram (mg) and gliclazide 30 mg fixed combination tablet in treatment period 1 followed by concomitant oral dosing of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 2 followed by single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg in treatment period 3 and then a single oral dose of gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 4. Each treatment period was separated by a 14-day wash-out period.
Receives: Drug: Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination; Drug: Metformin; Drug: Gliclazide
Treatment Sequence 2ExperimentalParticipants received concomitant oral dosing of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 1 followed by single oral dose of gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 2 followed by single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg fixed combination tablet in treatment period 3 and then single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg in treatment period 4. Each treatment period was separated by a 14-day wash-out period.
Receives: Drug: Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination; Drug: Metformin; Drug: Gliclazide
Treatment Sequence 3ExperimentalParticipants received single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg in treatment period 1 followed by single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg fixed combination tablet in treatment period 2 followed by single oral dose of gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 3 and then concomitant oral dosing of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 4. Each treatment period was separated by a 14-day wash-out period.
Receives: Drug: Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination; Drug: Metformin; Drug: Gliclazide
Treatment Sequence 4ExperimentalParticipants received single oral dose of gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 1 followed by single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg in treatment period 2 followed by concomitant oral dosing of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg in treatment period 3 and then single oral dose of metformin 1000 mg and gliclazide 30 mg fixed combination tablet in treatment period 4. Each treatment period was separated by a 14-day wash-out period.
Receives: Drug: Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination; Drug: Metformin; Drug: Gliclazide

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Last Measurable Concentration (AUC0-t) of Metformin

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  2. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Last Measurable Concentration (AUC0-t) of Gliclazide

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  3. Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Metformin

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  4. Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Gliclazide

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  5. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time Zero to Infinity (AUC0-inf) of Metformin

    AUC (0-inf) is defined as the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) from time zero (pre-dose) to extrapolated infinite time (0-inf).

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  6. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time Zero to Infinity (AUC0-inf) of Gliclazide

    AUC (0-inf) is defined as the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) from time zero (pre-dose) to extrapolated infinite time (0-inf).

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/f) of Metformin

    Vz/f was defined as apparent volume of distribution during terminal phase after non-intravenous administration.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  2. Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/f) of Gliclazide

    Vz/f was defined as apparent volume of distribution during terminal phase after non-intravenous administration.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  3. Elimination Half Life (t1/2) of Metformin

    Elimination Half Life (t1/2) was defined as the time required for the concentration or amount of drug in the body to be reduced by one-half.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  4. Elimination Half Life (t1/2) of Gliclazide

    Elimination Half Life (t1/2) was defined as the time required for the concentration or amount of drug in the body to be reduced by one-half.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  5. Apparent Total Body Clearance (CL/f) of Metformin

    CL/f was defined as apparent total clearance of the drug from plasma after oral administration.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  6. Apparent Total Body Clearance (CL/f) of Gliclazide

    CL/f was defined as apparent total clearance of the drug from plasma after oral administration.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  7. Median Residence Time (MRT) for Metformin

    MRT is the average time that the molecules introduced into the body stays in the body.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  8. Median Residence Time (MRT) for Gliclazide

    MRT is the average time that the molecules introduced into the body stays in the body.

    Measured: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose

  9. Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    An Adverse event (AE) was defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of study drug, whether or not considered related to the study drug or worsening of pre-existing medical condition, whether or not related to study drug. A serious adverse event (SAE) was an AE that resulted in any of the following outcomes: death; life threatening; persistent/significant disability/incapacity; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; congenital anomaly/birth defect or was otherwise considered medically important. Treatment-emergent are events between first dose of study drug that were absent before treatment or that worsened relative to pre-treatment state. TEAEs included both Serious TEAEs and non-serious TEAEs.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 72

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Mar 2018
  2. Study start16 Feb 2018
  3. Primary completion29 Apr 2018
  4. Study completion29 Apr 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03467945
Sponsor's protocol ID
EMR200763_003
Status last verified
Apr 2019
First submitted
12 Mar 2018
Last updated
16 Jul 2019
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Metformin/Gliclazide Fixed Combination, Metformin and Gliclazide in people with Healthy, run by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany at 1 site in Germany.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 14 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Jul 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 16 Jul 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Last Measurable Concentration (AUC0-t) of Metformin (time frame: Pre-dose, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours post-dose). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Jul 2019.

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