Bioequivalence study of two formulations containing 400 mg dexibuprofen in healthy Indian subjects

Mandal, Uttam and Das, Ayan and Agarwal, Sangita and Chakraborty, Uday and Nandi, Utpal and Chatterjee, Tapas Kumar and Pal, Tapan Kumar (2008) Bioequivalence study of two formulations containing 400 mg dexibuprofen in healthy Indian subjects. Arzneimittel-Forschung (Drug Research), 58 (7). pp. 342-347. ISSN 00044172

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Abstract

Objective: This study presents the results of two-period, two-treatment crossover investigations on 24 healthy Indian male subjects to assess the bioequivalence of two oral formulations containing 400 mg of dexibuprofen (CAS 51146-56-6). An attempt was also made to study the pharmacokinetics of dexibuprofen in the local population of Indian origin.Method: Both of the formulations were administered orally as a single dose separated by a one-week washout period. The concentration of dexibuprofen in plasma was determined by a validated HPLC method with UV detection using carbamazepine as internal standard. The formulations were compared using the parameters area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC0-t), area under the plasma concentration-time curve from zero to infinity (AUC0-∞), peak plasma concentration (Cmax), and time to reach peak plasma concentration (tmax).Results: The results of this investigation indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the logarithmically transformed AUC0-∞ and Cmax values of the two preparations. The 90 % confidence interval for the ratio of the logarithmically transformed AUC0-t, AUC0-∞ and Cmax were within the bioequivalence limit of 0.8-1.25 and the relative bioavailability of the test formulation was 99.04 % of that of reference formulationjok?.Conclusion: Thus, these findings clearly indicate that the two formulations are bioequivalent in terms of rate and extent of drug absorption. Both preparations were well tolerated with no adverse reactions observed throughout the study.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6688/28421
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anti-inflammatories, nonsteroidal; CAS 51146-56-6; Dexibuprofen, bioequivalence, pharmacokinetics
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Pharmacy
Depositing User:	Dr. Uttam Kumar Mandal
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2013 23:21
Last Modified:	26 Aug 2013 23:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/28421

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