Phase 1 Pharmacokinetic Study of Tapentadol Prolonged-Release 250 Milligram (mg) Formulation in Healthy Participants

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate pharmacokinetics (explores what the body does to the drug), safety and tolerability of single and multiple-dose of tapentadol in healthy 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:

• Deemed healthy on the basis of pre-study physical examination, medical history, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs, and clinical laboratory parameters performed within 2 and 21 days before first study drug administration

• Received a thorough explanation of the optional pharmacogenomic research component of the study and was offered an opportunity to participate by signing the separate pharmacogenomic informed consent document

• Female participants must be postmenopausal (at least 12 months since last menses), surgically sterile, or, if of childbearing potential or sexually active, be practicing an effective method of birth control before entry and throughout the study

• Female participants must have a negative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (b-hCG) pregnancy test at Screening

• Body mass index between 20 and 28 kilogram per square meter (kg/m^2), inclusive, and body weight not less than 50 kilogram

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with history of seizure disorder or epilepsy mild or moderate traumatic brain injury, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or brain neoplasm within 1 year of Screening, or severe traumatic brain injury

• History of gastrointestinal disease affecting absorption, gastric surgery or history of or current significant medical illness including cardiac arrhythmias (uneven heart beat) or other cardiac disease, hematologic disease, coagulation disorders lipid abnormalities, significant pulmonary disease,diabetes mellitus, renal or hepatic insufficiency, thyroid disease, neurologic or psychiatric (mental disorders) disease, infection, or any other illness that the investigator considers should exclude the participant - History of clinically significant allergies, especially known hypersensitivity or intolerance or contraindications to opioids, opioid antagonists, benzodiazepines, any study drug formulation component, any of the excipients of the formulation, or heparin

• 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

• Positive test for drugs of abuse, such as cannabinoids, alcohol, opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, or barbiturates at Screening or on Day -1 of the first treatment period