Healthy
Conditions
Brief summary
To investigate safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of BIBW 2948 BS after repeated dosing
Interventions
DRUGLow dose of BIBW 2948 BS for oral inhalation
DRUGMedium dose of BIBW 2948 BS for oral inhalation
DRUGHigh dose of BIBW 2948 BS for oral inhalation
DRUGPlacebo
Sponsors
Boehringer Ingelheim
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
21 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy males based on a complete medical history, including the physical examination, vital signs (BP, PR), 12-lead ECG, clinical laboratory tests * Age ≥21 and Age ≤ 50 years * BMI (Body Mass Index) ≥18.5 and BMI ≤ 29.9 kg/m2 * Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with good clinical practice (GCP) and the local legislation * Subjects must be current smokers (\<10 cigarettes or \<3 cigars \<3 pipes/day) with a smoking history \>1 year
Exclusion criteria
* Any finding of the medical examination (including BP, PR and ECG) deviating from normal and of clinical relevance * Any evidence of a clinically relevant concomitant disease * Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders * Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders * History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts * Chronic or relevant acute infections * History of relevant allergy/hypersensitivity (including allergy to the drug or its excipients) * Intake of drugs with a long half-life (\>24 hours) within at least one month or less than 10 half-lives of the respective drug prior to administration or during the trial * Use of drugs which may have reasonably influenced the results of the trial based on the knowledge at the time of protocol preparation within 10 days prior to administration or during the trial * Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within two months prior to administration or during the trial * Smoker (\>10 cigarettes or \>3 cigars or \>3 pipes/day) * Inability to refrain from smoking on trial days * Alcohol abuse (more than 60 g/day) * Drug abuse * Blood donation (more than 100 mL within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial) * Excessive physical activities (within one week prior to administration or during the trial) * Any laboratory value outside the reference range that is of clinical relevance * Inability to comply with dietary regimen of study centre
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of patients with clinically significant findings in vital signs | Up to day 20 after start of treatment |
| Number of patients with clinically significant findings in 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) | Up to day 20 after start of treatment |
| Number of patients with clinically significant findings in clinical laboratory tests | Up to day 20 after start of treatment |
| Number of patients with adverse events | Up to day 41 |
| Assessment of tolerability by investigator on a 4-point scale | Up to day 20 after start of treatment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Terminal half-life of the analyte in plasma at different time points (t1/2) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Mean residence time of the analyte in the body after one administration at different time points (MRTih) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Apparent clearance of the analyte in plasma following extravascular administration at different time points (CL/F) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Apparent volume of distribution during the terminal phase λz following an extravascular administration at different time points (Vz/F) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Amount of analyte that is eliminated in urine from at different time points (Ae) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Fraction of analyte eliminated in urine at different time points (fe) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Renal clearance of the analyte at different time points (CLR) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Maximum concentration of the analyte BIBW in plasma at different time points (Cmax) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Accumulation ratio of the analyte in plasma after multiple dose administration over a uniform dosing interval τ based on Cmax (RA,Cmax,10) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Accumulation ratio of the analyte in plasma after multiple dose administration over a uniform dosing interval τ based on AUC0-τ (RA,AUC,10) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Linearity index (AUCτ,ss / AUC0-∞) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Changes from baseline in induced sputum analysis (amount of cells, mucin) | Pre-dose, 268 hours after start of treatment |
| area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval from 0 extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval from 0 to the last quantifiable concentration at tz (AUC0-tz) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Minimum concentration of the analyte in plasma at steady state over a uniform dosing interval τ (Cmin,ss) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Time from dosing to maximum measured concentration of the analyte in plasma at different time points (tmax) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over a uniform dosing interval τ (AUCτ,1) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| The percentage of the area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval from 0 to infinity (AUC0-∞) that is obtained by extrapolation (%AUCtz-∞) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
| Terminal rate constant of the analyte in plasma at different time points (λz) | Pre-dose, up to 336 hours after start of treatment |
Outcome results
None listed