A Study to Compare the Dose-proportionality of Tapentadol (CG5503) in Healthy Japanese and Korean Male Volunteers

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dose-proportionality of the pharmacokinetics of tapentadol (CG5503) in healthy Japanese and Korean adult 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:

• Healthy Japanese and Korean male volunteers, inclusive

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

• Japanese volunteers must have resided outside of Japan for no more than 5 years, and their parents and maternal and paternal grandparents are Japanese.

• Korean volunteers must have resided outside of Korea for no more than 5 years and their parents and maternal and paternal grandparents are Korean.

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of or current clinically significant medical illness including (but not limited to) cardiac arrhythmias or other cardiac disease

• History of hematologic disease, coagulation disorders (including any abnormal bleeding or blood dyscrasias), lipid abnormalities

• History of significant pulmonary disease, including bronchospastic respiratory disease

• History of diabetes mellitus, renal or hepatic insufficiency, thyroid disease, neurologic or psychiatric disease, infection, or any other illness that the investigator considers should exclude the participant or that could interfere with the interpretation of the study results

• Use of any prescription or nonprescription medication (including vitamins and herbal supplements), except for paracetamol-acetaminophen, within 14 days before the first dose of the study drug is scheduled

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