Pharmacokinetic Properties of Nevirapine Extended Release Tablets When Administered Orally in Healthy Male Volunteers

An Open-label, Randomised, Single Dose, Parallel-group Phase I Study to Investigate the Pharmacokinetic Properties of 200 mg Nevirapine Extended Release Tablets When Administered Orally as 2x100 mg Tablets or as 4x50 mg Tablets in Healthy Male Volunteers

Study to determine the pharmacokinetic properties of 200 mg nevirapine (NVP) administered as 4 x 50 mg extended release (XR) tablets in a single dose and to establish the bioequivalence of this formulation compared to 200 mg NVP administered as 2 x 100 mg XR tablets in a single dose

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male according to the following criteria based upon a complete medical history, including the physical examination, vital signs (Blood Pressure (BP), Pulse Rate (PR)), 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), clinical laboratory; values within normal ranges or deviating from normal without clinical relevance as considered by the investigator
• Age ≥21 and Age ≤50 years
• Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥18.5 and BMI ≤29.9 kg/m2
• Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with Good clinical practice (GCP) and the local legislation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any finding of the medical examination (including BP, PR and ECG) deviating from normal and of clinical relevance
• Any evidence of a clinically relevant concomitant disease
• Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders of clinical relevance
• Surgery of the gastrointestinal tract (except appendectomy and herniotomy)
• Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders
• History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts
• Chronic or relevant acute infections
• History of relevant allergy/hypersensitivity (including allergy to drug or its excipients)
• Intake of drugs with a long half-life (>24 hours) within at least one month or less than 10 half-lives of the respective drug prior to administration or during the trial
• Use of drugs which might reasonably influence the results of the trial based on the knowledge at the time of protocol preparation within 10 days prior to administration or during the trial
• Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within two months prior to administration or during the trial
• Previous intake of Nevirapine
• Smoker (>10 cigarettes or >3 cigars or >3 pipes/day)
• Inability to refrain from smoking on trial days
• Alcohol abuse (more than 30 g/day)
• Drug abuse
• Blood donation (more than 100 mL within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial)
• Excessive physical activities (within one week prior to administration or during the trial)
• Any laboratory value outside the reference range that is of clinical relevance
• Inability to comply with dietary regimen of trial site