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The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the amount of study drug that gets into your blood after the administration of each of the three formulations of cetirizine under different conditions. Another objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of food on the amount of study drug that gets into your blood after the administration of the investigational formulation. Other objectives of this study are to determine the sensory experience and ease of swallowing the investigational formulation, as well as to determine the safety of test and reference formulations of cetirizine.
The purpose of this study is to establish bioequivalence of a cetirizine 10 mg chewable tablet manufactured at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (McNeil LLC) with two commercially marketed cetirizine 10 mg immediate release (IR) tablets (ZYRTEC®, US reference) and (Australian/EU reference), establish bioequivalence between the two commercial products (ZYRTEC®, US reference and REACTINE®, Australian/EU reference), and to evaluate the effect of food on bioavailability of the cetirizine 10 mg chewable tablet compared to the bioavailability of cetirizine 10 mg chewable tablet administrated with water only. In addition, subject's sensory experience and ease of swallowing of the test product will be assessed.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Treatment A | Experimental | Single dose of 10 mg cetirizine as a chewable tablet, administered orally after a 10-hour overnight fast and followed with 240 mL ambient water. Subjects will be instructed to chew the tablet completely before swallowing. |
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| Treatment B | Experimental | Single dose of 10 mg cetirizine as a chewable tablet, administered orally after a 10-hour overnight fast without water. Subjects will be instructed to chew the tablet completely before swallowing. |
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| Treatment C | Experimental | Single dose of 10 mg cetirizine as a chewable tablet, administered orally after a 10-hour overnight fast and 30 minutes after the start of the standard high-fat breakfast and followed with 240 mL ambient water. Subjects will be instructed to chew the tablet completely before swallowing. |
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| Treatment D | Active Comparator | Single dose of currently marketed US 10 mg cetirizine as immediate release tablet (ZYRTEC®), administered orally after a 10-hour overnight fast and followed with 240 mL ambient water. |
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| Treatment E | Active Comparator |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Cetirizine 10mg | Drug | Chewable tablet |
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| The maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of cetirizine | The maximum observed plasma concentration. | At baseline, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 28 and 32 hours after the start of dose administration. |
| The area under the plasma concentration versus time curves to the last measurable concentration (AUCt) | Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve from start of drug administration until last measurable concentration. | At baseline, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 28 and 32 hours after the start of dose administration. |
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| Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve extrapolated to infinity | Area under the plasma concentration-time curve extrapolated to infinity. | At baseline, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 28 and 32 hours after the start of dose administration. |
| The time point at which the maximum concentration of cetirizine is observed (Tmax). |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
No less than approximately 40% of either gender will be represented in the study population.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Eric Sicard, MD | Algorithme Pharma Inc | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Algorithme (An altascience Company) | Mount Royal | Quebec | H3P 3P1 | Canada |
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| CSR synopsis for Bioequivalence Study. | View source |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
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| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
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| D017332 | Cetirizine |
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| D006919 | Hydroxyzine |
| D010879 | Piperazines |
| D006573 | Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring |
| D006571 | Heterocyclic Compounds |
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This is a randomized, single-dose, four-treatment crossover bioequivalence and food effect study of Cetirizine Chewable Tablets versus ZYRTEC® Immediate Release (IR) Tablets (US reference) and REACTINE® IR Tablets (EU and Australian marketed reference product).
The study will be conducted in two parts. Part 1 of the study will have a randomized, four way crossover study design in which 40 healthy subjects, ages 18 to 55 years, will be randomized to four sequences of Treatments A, B, D and E over consecutive periods. No less than approximately 40% of either gender will be represented in the study population. Part 2 of the study will assess a potential food effect in which all subjects will be administered Treatment C in the fifth period.
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Blinding of the test and reference products to study subjects is not feasible, because the products are different dosage forms (chewable tablets and IR tablets) and administered in different ways (with or without water and fasted or fed). Personnel conducting the bioanalyses of samples will not know the treatment sequence. The randomization code will not be available to them until the analytical tables have been finalized and audited by the Algorithme Pharma (An Altasciences Company) Quality Assurance (QA) department.
Single dose of currently marketed EU/Australian 10 mg cetirizine film coated tablet (REACTINE®) administered orally after a 10-hour overnight fast and followed with 240 mL ambient water.
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| Cetirizine 10 mg | Drug | Immediate Release Tablet |
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| Cetirizine 10 mg | Drug | Immediate Release Tablet |
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The time point at which the maximum concentration of cetirizine occurs. |
| At baseline, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 28 and 32 hours after the start of dose administration. |
| The terminal elimination half-life (T1/2) of cetirizine in plasma | The time it takes for the cetirizine plasma concentration to fall to half of its original value. | At baseline, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 28 and 32 hours after the start of dose administration. |
| The terminal elimination rate constant (lambda z) for cetirizine in plasma. | The rate at which the drug is removed from the body system. | At baseline, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 28 and 32 hours after the start of dose administration. |
| To assess subject's sensory experience and ease of swallowing of the test product | A questionaire with 5 product sensory questions for study subjects to answer. | Assessed one minute after dosing, and preferably completed within 15 minutes of dosing for treatments A, B and C |
| Number of patients with adverse events. | An adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a subject after they have signed an informed consent for a trial involving an investigational product. | Approximately 3 months. From signed informed consent until 30 days after last treatment administration. |
| The extrapolated part of the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve of cetirizine | The area under the plasma concentration versus time curve from 12 hours after start of drug administration until 48 hours after start of drug administration. | Extrapolated from 12 hours after start of drug administration until 48 hours |