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CompletedNCT03697889Updated Jan 23, 2020

A Study to Assess Bioquivalence Between a Novel Naproxen Sodium 275 mg Film-coated Tablet and Nalgesin Naproxen Sodium 275 mg Film-coated Tablet in Healthy Adult Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of Naproxen sodium (test product) and Naproxen sodium (reference product) in Healthy, sponsored by McNeil AB. Completed at 1 site in Russian Federation. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-23.

Sponsored by McNeil AB (formerly part of Johnson & Johnson) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
28
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a research study designed to evaluate the rate and extent of absorption of Naproxen from a novel Naproxen sodium tablet and Nalgesin naproxen sodium 275 mg.

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The study has an open-label, randomized, two-way crossover design. 28 healthy participants will be included. Single-doses of 1 tablet of Naproxen sodium 275 mg and Nalgesin 275 mg will be given on separate treatment visits to healthy adult participants under fasting conditions. A crossover design is chosen in order to allow within-subject comparisons of treatments. To minimize the risk of carry-over effect, the washout period between the study drug administrations is set to 7 days. The study is open-label because the primary data collected are concentration measurements that cannot be expected to be affected by a participant's knowledge of the product administered.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy

Keywords

  • Bioequivalence
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In context

Lead sponsor

McNeil AB is the lead sponsor of 42 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

First submitted before McNeil AB left Johnson & Johnson.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy male or female subject between the ages of 18 and 45 years, inclusive. Healthy is defined as the absence of any disease or abnormalities (including positive test for (HIV) 1 or 2 antibodies, surface antigen (HBsAg), or antibodies (anti-HCV) or syphilis (RW)) as judged by the investigator on the basis of a detailed medical history, physical examination, blood pressure, pulse rate measurements, 12-lead , as well as clinical laboratory tests. The responsible investigator may request additional investigations or analyses if necessary
  • Non- or ex-tobacco user, being defined as someone who completely stopped smoking or using any form of tobacco or nicotine-containing product for at least 12 months before 1st dose of the study drug in this study.
  • Females: state (absence of menstrual discharge for at least two years and a follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) serum level exceeding 30 IU/L) or premenopausal/perimenopausal state with an effective means of (oral, injected, implanted, or transdermal hormonal contraceptives, vaginal contraceptive ring, intrauterine device, or status after operative sterilization) during the study and 30 days thereafter, single male partner who has had a vasectomy, or abstinence from heterosexual intercourse, during the study and 30 days thereafter.
  • Males: No pregnant spouse or partner at screening and willingness to protect potential spouse or partner from becoming pregnant during the study and 30 days thereafter.
  • (BMI) ≥ 18.5 and ≤ 30.0 kg/m2 with a total body weight >50 kg.
  • A personally signed and dated document, indicating that the subject has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
  • Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures specified in the protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Use of medications other than specified in Inclusion criterion 3 or occasional use of other medications approved by the Investigator.
  • Use of any vitamins, dietary and herbal supplements within 7 days before each dose of study drugs.
  • Use of any nonprescription or prescription medications, including naproxen medications, other than contraceptives, within 5 times the drug's half-life before each dose of study drug.
  • Depot injection or an implant of any drug within 3 months prior to dosing.
  • History of any allergy or (e.g. skin reaction, asthma, angioedema) to naproxen, ibuprofen, ASA, other NSAIDs or any related products (including of the formulations).
  • Females: Confirmed pregnancy or a positive pregnancy test at the screening visit, or planning to become pregnant during the duration of the study, and/or breast-feeding
  • Has a history of peptic ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding of any etiology, bleeding disorders, gastrointestinal disease (including chronic heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease), inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease), or gastrointestinal surgery other than appendectomy.
  • Has asthma, hypertension, fluid retention, or heart disease either by history or by the medically qualified principal investigator's medical judgment; has hemophilia and other disorders of blood clotting and hemostasis disorders, has cerebrovascular hemorrhage or other hemorrhages;
  • Has renal or hepatic impairment; according to the medically qualified investigator discretion;
  • Acute infectious disease within 4 weeks prior to screening.
  • Treatment with an drug within 3 months preceding the first dose of study treatment.
  • Preplanned surgical procedures during the study period, if this may interfere with the conduct of the study.
  • History of alcoholism defined as alcohol consumption in the 6 months before screening that exceeds weekly limits of 10 alcohol units (2 L of wine or 5 L of beer or 0.5 L of spirits) or substance abuse, as judged by the Investigator, within the past 6 months preceding this study.
  • Consumed alcohol beverage(s) within 48 hours prior to the first scheduled dose of the study drug, positive respiratory alcohol test at screening, or inability to abstain from alcohol consumption during the entire study period.
  • Positive urine screen for drug abuse.
  • Use of xanthine containing products (e.g., coffee, tea, chocolate or cola drink) within 48 hours before each dose of study drug.
  • Ingestion of food or beverages containing grapefruit, Chinese grapefruit (pomelo) or Seville oranges (including marmalade) within 10 days before the first dose of study drug and throughout the study.
  • Donation or loss of blood within 3 months prior to the first dose of study drug if the estimated lost blood volume equaled or exceeded 450 mL.
  • Abnormal results of laboratory and instrumental methods of examinations, including (ECG) at screening;
  • Heart rate \<60 or >90 per minute at rest, or systolic blood pressure \<100 or >130 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure \<70 or >90 mm Hg measured at screening visit.
  • Has any acute or chronic, medical or psychiatric condition(s) that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the medically qualified investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study;
  • Relationship to persons involved directly in the conduct of the study (i.e., principal investigator, subinvestigators,study coordinators, other study personnel, employees or contractors of the sponsor or Johnson \& Johnson subsidiaries, and the family of each).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(11)

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
28 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment Sequence AB

    Participants will receive Treatment A (test product Naproxen sodium tablet, 1 x 275 mg) at dosing period 1 followed by Treatment B (reference product Nalgesin, 1 x 275 mg) dosing period 2. There is a wash-out period of 7 days between the two dosing periods.

    Drug: Naproxen sodium (test product) · Drug: Naproxen sodium (reference product)

  • Experimental
    Treatment Sequence BA

    Participants will receive Treatment B (reference product Nalgesin, 1 x 275 mg) at dosing period 1 followed by Treatment A (test product Naproxen sodium tablet, 1 x 275 mg) at dosing period 2. There is a wash-out period of 7 days between the two dosing periods.

    Drug: Naproxen sodium (test product) · Drug: Naproxen sodium (reference product)

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The maximum observed plasma concentrations (Cmax) of Naproxen Sodium

    The maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

  2. The area under the plasma concentration-vs.-time curves from start of Naproxen sodium administration until the time of the last measurable concentration (AUCt)

    AUCt is defines as area under the plasma concentration versus time curves from start of drug administration until the last measureable concentration.

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

Secondary outcomes

  1. The area under the plasma concentration-vs.-time curve from the start of Naproxen sodium administration extrapolated to infinity (AUC∞)

    AUC∞ is defined as area under the plasma concentration versus time curves from start of drug administration until the nicotine plasma concentration is negligible (infinity).

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

  2. The extrapolated part of AUC∞, AUCExtrap

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

  3. The time at which maximum Naproxen sodium concentraton (Cmax) is observed (Tmax)

    Tmax is defined as the time point at which the maximum nicotine concentration (Cmax) occurs

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

  4. The terminal elimination rate constant (lambda-z) for Naproxen sodium

    The rate at which the drug is removed from the body system.

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

  5. The terminal elimination half-life (t1/2) of Naproxen sodium

    The time taken for the Naproxen sodium plasma concentration to fall to half its original value.

    Time frame: 15, 30, 45 minutes, and at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 hours after drug administration

  6. Number of participants with Adverse Events

    An AE is any untoward from a medical standpoint event occurred in patient or subject of clinical study after the use of a medicinal product which may or may not have a causal relationship with its use.

    Time frame: Approximately 26 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • LLC "Scientific and Research centre Eco-safety"
    St.Petersburg, 196143, Russian Federation
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References and documents

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Dec 2018 to primary completion in Dec 2018, 0 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 4, 2018
First posted
Oct 5, 2018
StartActual
Dec 3, 2018
Primary completionActual
Dec 17, 2018
CompletionActual
Jan 21, 2019
Last update
Jan 23, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 23, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03697889
Lead sponsor
McNeil AB
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 5, 2018
Start date
Dec 3, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 17, 2018
Completion
Jan 21, 2019
Last update
Jan 23, 2020

Study contacts

Konstantin A. Zacharov, MD
principal investigator · LLC "Scientific and Research centre Eco-safety"

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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