A Study to Compare the Bioequivalence of 50-mg Tapentadol (CG5503) Dose Administered as Two 25-mg Tablets Relative to One 50-mg Tablet

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the bioequivalence of a 50-mg tapentadol (CG5503) dose administered as two 25-mg ER, TRF tablets relative to one 50-mg ER TRF tablet in healthy Japanese male participants.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
• Treatments: Tapentadol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Japanese participants who have resided outside of Japan for no more than 5 years and whose parents and maternal and paternal grandparents are Japanese, as determined by participant's verbal report

• Deemed healthy on the basis of prestudy physical examination, medical history (including smoking habits), 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs, and clinical laboratory parameters (serum chemistry, serology and hematology) performed within 21 days before study drug administration

• Must not impregnate their partners.

• Body mass index (BMI) (weight [kg]/height [m2]) between 18.5 and 25 kg/m2, inclusive, and body weight not less than 50 kg

• Blood pressure (after the participant is supine for 5 minutes) between 100 and 140 mm Hg systolic, inclusive, and between 50 and 90 mm Hg diastolic, inclusive

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of seizure disorder or epilepsy or ¿mild or moderate traumatic brain injury, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or brain neoplasm within 1 year of screening

• history of ¿severe traumatic brain injury (consisting of 1 or more of the following:

brain contusion

• intracranial hematoma

• or episode(s) of more than 24 hours duration of unconsciousness or posttraumatic amnesia) within 15 years of screening, or history of ¿severe traumatic brain injury resulting in ongoing sequelae suggesting transient changes in consciousness or symptoms suggestive thereof

• History of a gastrointestinal disease affecting absorption, gastric surgery or history of or current significant medical illness

• History of clinically significant allergies, especially known hypersensitivity/intolerance or contraindications to opioids, opioid antagonists (e.g., naloxone), benzodiazepines (e.g., diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam), any study drug formulation component, any of the excipients of the formulation, or heparin (should the use of a heparin lock be necessary)

• History of, or a reason to believe a participant has a history of lifetime opioid abuse, or drug or alcohol abuse within the past 5 years