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Study aim
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bioequivalence evaluation of losartan and cozaar® formulations in healthy volunteers
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Design
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A randomized, two-treatment, two-period, cross over study
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Settings and conduct
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26 healthy subjects are enrolled. The study is single-blind.
Following an overnight fast of at least 10 hours, the drug product is administered. In each treatment period, under supervision of study investigators, a single dose of 50 mg of Losartan is administered orally with 240 ml of water to subjects. No food is allowed for at least 4 hours post-dose. Water is allowed as desired except for one hour before and after drug administration.
For the measurement of pharmacokinetic parameters, 5 ml blood samples are taken before (0 min) and at 0.33, 0.66, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 24 hours after administration.
The subjects spend approximately 11 hours at the study location during each treatment phase, starting 1 hour before dosing until 10 hours afterwards. The subjects show up for a post-study visit 24 after the dosing.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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inclusion criteria: healthy volunteers
exclusion criteria:
Significant history or presence of gastrointestinal, kidney disease or any other conditions known to interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of common medications.
Any clinically significant illness during the 4 weeks prior to day of this study.
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Intervention groups
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The administration of two products is carried out by a randomized and
crossover study design. Subjects are randomly divided into two equal groups and assigned to one of the two sequences of drug administration.
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Main outcome variables
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Bioequivalence, Losartan, Pharmacokinetics