Pharmacokinetics of Midazolam, With and Without Concomitant Administration of Crobenetine in Healthy Male Subjects

Pharmacokinetics of 7.5 mg Midazolam, Given Orally With and Without Concomitant Administration of 175 mg Crobenetine, Given as a 6 Hrs i.v. Infusion (One Hour Loading Dose Directly Followed by a Five Hours Maintenance Dose). A Randomised, Single Blind, Two-way Crossover Trial in Healthy Male Subjects

To assess the pharmacokinetics of midazolam with/without concomitant administration of crobenetine

Inclusion Criteria:

- All participants in the study should be healthy males, range from 21 to 50 years of age and their bodymass index (BMI) be within 18.5 to 29.9 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any finding of the medical examination (including blood pressure, pulse rate and ECG) deviating from normal and of clinical relevance
• Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders
• 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 allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy), which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator
• Intake of drugs with a long half-life (> 24 hours) within at least one month or less than ten half-lives of the respective drug before enrolment in the study (except substitution therapy regarding thyroid gland)
• Use of any drugs that might influence the results of the trial (within one week 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)
• Smoker (> 10 cigarettes or > 3 cigars or > 3 pipes/day)
• Inability to refrain from smoking on trial days
• Alcohol abuse (> 60 g/day)
• Drug abuse
• Blood donation (≥ 100 mL, within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial)
• Excessive physical activities (within the last week before the study)
• Any laboratory value outside the reference range of clinical relevance