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Study aim
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In- Vivo Bioequivalence study of Esmoprazole 40mg Cap. Kooshan Pharmed. Co. (Eosoflux) with brand drugs (Nexium® 40mg Cap., AstraZeneca, UK) in Iranian healthy volunteers.
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Design
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Single dose, randomized, two sequences, two period crossover with a washout period.
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Settings and conduct
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This study will be conducted in two-way, cross-over and fasting, and on two sets of healthy volunteers. The study will be conducted in two periods of twenty-four hours.The interval between these two periods, which is called the wash-out time, is determined by the half-life of the drug plasma, which according to scientific sources should be at least 5 to 7 half-life of the drug in the case of the drug under study. The plan will take a week to clean up the drug, given the biological half-life of the drugs in the drug form.In the first round, candidates are divided into two groups, and the first group receives a test tablet and the second group receives a similar tablet. Blood samples will taken by the volunteer by the technician immediately after taking the drug, and the preparation steps of the samples, including plasma separation and drug extraction, are performed to analyze the amount of drug on them.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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24 participants will be selected from non-smoking, not pregnant people with no history of heart, kidney and liver disease or dis functions with both sex (male and female). The ages and BMIs of participant should be in the range of 18-60 and 18-25 respectively.
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Intervention groups
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Both groups received in cross-over design medication and testing at two different cross-sections and Therefor,the test results are independent of individual differences and it will only show the difference in the formulation of the two drugs.
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Main outcome variables
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Cmax,Tmax, T1/2, Ke(Elemination)