Healthy
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to obtain information about the safety and tolerability of BIIF 1149 BS45 (single dose: 40, 65, 100 mg), to determine the pharmacologically active dose (range) by performing a citric acid challenge test and to obtain preliminary pharmacokinetic data.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy males, based on a complete medical examination * Age range from 21 to 50 years * +/- 20 % of their normal weight (Broca-Index) * Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Volunteers will be excluded from the study if the results of the medical examination or laboratory tests are judged by the clinical investigator to differ significantly from normal clinical values * Volunteers with known gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders * Volunteers with diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or with psychiatric disorders * Volunteers with known history of orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts * Volunteers with chronic or relevant acute infections (especially respiratory infections, cough) * Volunteers with history of allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy) which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator * Volunteers who have taken a drug with a long half-life (≥ 24 hours) within ten half-lives of the respective drug before enrolment in the study * Volunteers who received any other drugs which might influence the results of the study during the week prior to the start of the study * Volunteers who have participated in another study with an investigational drug within the last 2 months preceding this study * Volunteers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes (or equivalent) per day * Volunteers who are not able to refrain from smoking on study days * Volunteers who drink more than 40 g of alcohol per day * Volunteers who are dependent on drugs * Volunteers who are participated in excessive physical activities (e.g. competitive sports) during the last week before the study * Volunteers who have donated blood (≥ 100 ml) within the last four weeks
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of patients with clinically relevant changes in vital functions (blood pressure, pulse rate) | up to 8 days after last drug administration |
| Number of patients with clinically relevant changes in electrocardiogram (ECG) | up to 8 days after last drug administration |
| Number of patients with clinically relevant changes in laboratory parameters | up to 8 days after last drug administration |
| Number of patients with adverse events | up to 8 days after last drug administration |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mean residence time (MRT) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Total clearance after oral administration (CLtot/f) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Amount of drug excreted in urine (Ae) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Maximum drug plasma concentration (Cmax) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Volume of Distribution during terminal phase after oral administration (Vz/F) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Renal clearance in the time interval form 0 to x h (Clren0-xh) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Measurement of pharmacodynamic activity | Screening, at least 15 days after first administration | Citric acid challenge |
| Time to reach maximum drug concentration (tmax) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Total area under the plasma drug concentration-time curve (AUC) for several time points | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |
| Terminal half-life (t1/2) | up to 360 hours after drug administration | — |