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CompletedNCT06149117Updated Nov 28, 2023

Bioequivalence Study of Azithromycin Capsule and Reference Formulation Sumamed * in Healthy Adult Subjects in China

A Phase 4 interventional study of test product (T) azithromycin capsule and reference product (R) azithromycin capsule "Sumamed®" in Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, Lower Respiratory Infection and Skin Infection, sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-28.

Sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2022, registered Sep 2023).
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
48
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Main research purpose

To investigate the pharmacokinetics of the test preparation azithromycin capsule and the reference preparation azithromycin capsule (Sumamed®) in Chinese healthy adult subjects by single oral administration in fasting state, and to evaluate the bioequivalence of the two preparations by oral administration in fasting state.

Secondary research purpose

To investigate the safety of the test preparation azithromycin capsule and the reference preparation "Sumamed®" in healthy subjects.

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The fasting trial was designed with single-center, open, randomized, single-dose, two-cycle, two-sequence and cross-dosing trials.

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Conditions studied

  • Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Lower Respiratory Infection
  • Skin Infection
  • Subcutaneous Tissues Infection
  • Genital Infection
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In context

Respiratory Tract Infections

751 studies on the registry are indexed under Respiratory Tract Infections; 114 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 48 is below the median of 200 across 540 interventional studies indexed under Respiratory Tract Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University People's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 609 studies on the registry; 247 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be enrolled in the study:

    1. Before the test, voluntarily sign , fully understand the test content, process and possible adverse reactions, and be able to complete the study in accordance with the requirements of the test plan;
    2. Chinese male and female subjects aged 18-45 years old (including 18 and 45 years old);
    3. The weight of male subjects is not less than 50.0kg, the weight of female subjects is not less than 45.0kg, the (BMI = weight/height 2 (kg/m2)), the body mass index is in the range of 19.0\~26.0 kg/m2 (including the cut-off value).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • One of the following conditions will be excluded:

    1. (Consultation, systematic inquiry) The study physician considers it inappropriate for participants to have past or present chronic or serious diseases of cardiovascular, liver, kidney, respiratory, blood and lymphatic, endocrine, immune, psychiatric, nervous, gastrointestinal, metabolic and skeletal systems;
    2. abnormalities judged by clinicians during the screening period, including physical examination, vital signs examination, or clinical laboratory examination;
    3. (Check) male greater than 450ms, female QTc interval greater than 470ms;
    4. (consultation) past or current epilepsy or a history of seizures;
    5. Patients with a history of cholestatic jaundice/hepatic insufficiency after previous use of azithromycin;
    6. (consultation) people who have a history of specific allergies (asthma, etc.) or are currently suffering from allergic diseases (urticaria, eczema, etc.), or are allergic to two or more drugs, foods such as milk or pollen, or are known to be allergic to components or analogizes of this drug (such as azithromycin, erythromycin, other macrolides or ketonolactones);
    7. (consultation) have dysphagia or any history of gastrointestinal diseases that affect drug absorption (such as stomach or small intestine resection, atrophic gastritis, gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, etc.);
    8. (consultation) patients with any disease that increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding (such as acute gastritis or gastric and duodenal ulcers);
    9. (consultation) Patients with venous blood collection difficulties and a history of fainting needles and fainting blood;
    10. (consultation, examination) female subjects who are in pregnancy, breastfeeding or pregnancy test results are positive;
    11. (Consultation) Subjects (including male subjects) who have not taken effective within 14 days before the first dose, or who have a pregnancy, sperm donation or egg donation plan within 6 months after the last dose, see Appendix 2 for specific contraceptive methods;
    12. (examination) antibody (screening), virus surface antigen test, virus antibody test, treponema pallidum antibody any test result is positive;
    13. (consultation, examination) have a history of drug abuse within five years, or have used drugs within 3 months before screening, or urine drug screening positive;
    14. (consultation, examination) those who consumed an average of more than 14 units of alcohol per week (1 unit =360 mL beer or 45 mL liquor with 40% alcohol or 150 mL wine) in the three months prior to screening, or those who could not stop alcohol intake from 24 hours before medication to the completion of the blood sample collection for that cycle, or those who tested positive for alcohol breath;
    15. (Consultation) Those who smoked more than 5 cigarettes per day on average in the 3 months before screening or used e-cigarette products or refused to stop smoking (including e-cigarettes) during check-in;
    16. (Consultation) patients with surgery or severe trauma that the investigator determined would affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion, or who are scheduled to be hospitalized for surgery, dental surgery, or hospitalization during the study period;
    17. Blood donation and/or component blood within 3 months before screening or planned blood donation and/or component blood during the test period, or large blood loss (>400mL, except for female physiological blood loss), or blood transfusion or use of blood products;
    18. Patients who have participated in any drug clinical trials and used drugs within 3 months before screening (consultation);
    19. (Consultation) Those who have taken any drug that alters liver enzyme activity or interacts with azithromycin (such as antacids, ergotamine or dihydroergotamine, fluconazole, efavirenz, nefinavir, etc.) within 28 days before the first dose;
    20. (Consultation) Those who have taken any prescription drugs (including vaccines) within 14 days before the first dose;
    21. (Consultation) Those who have taken any non-prescription drugs, Chinese herbs or health products for the prevention and/or treatment of their own diseases within 14 days prior to the first medication;
    22. (Consultation) 48 hours before the first dose until the end of the study, those who cannot avoid eating a special diet (such as grapefruit and products containing grapefruit components) or have vigorous exercise, or have other factors affecting drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, etc.;
    23. (Consultation) patients who cannot avoid consuming any food or drink rich in caffeine or xanthines (such as coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, milk tea, etc.) 48 hours before taking the drug until the end of the study;
    24. Subjects deemed unsuitable by other investigators.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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Informed consent

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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.

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.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
48 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    test product (T) azithromycin capsule and reference product (R) azithromycin capsule "Sumamed®"

    TR

    Drug: test product (T) azithromycin capsule and reference product (R) azithromycin capsule "Sumamed®"

  • Experimental
    reference product (R) azithromycin capsule "Sumamed®"and test product (T) azithromycin capsule

    RT

    Drug: test product (T) azithromycin capsule and reference product (R) azithromycin capsule "Sumamed®"

Interventions

  • Drugtest product (T) azithromycin capsule and reference product (R) azithromycin capsule "Sumamed®"

    Take one capsule orally every cycle(T or R)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Cmax

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®: Cmax

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

  2. AUC0-t

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®:AUC0-t

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

  3. AUC0-∞

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®:AUC0-∞

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Tmax

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®:Tmax

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

  2. t1/2

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®:t1/2

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

  3. λz

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®:λz

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

  4. AUC_%Extrap

    PK parameters comparison between test product azithromycin capsuleand Sumamed®:AUC_%Extrap

    Time frame: Pre-dose and after dose 7 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Peking University People's Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing 101149, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 28, 2023, 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
NCT06149117
Responsible party
Yi Fang (Professor of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 28, 2023
Start date
Nov 16, 2022
Primary completion
Apr 3, 2023
Completion
Apr 3, 2023
Last update
Nov 28, 2023

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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