To Demonstrate the Relative Bioequivalency of Cord's 100 mg Desipramine HCL Tablets To Merrell Dow's 100 mg Norpramin Tablets
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00913809 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 4, 2009
Last Update Posted : March 28, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Depression | Drug: Desipramine HCL 100 mg Tablets Cord Laboratories Drug: Norpramin 100 mg Tablets Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 36 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Two-Way Single Dose Crossover Bioequivalency of Cord's 100 mg Desipramine HCL Tablets To Merrell Dow's 100 mg Norpramin Tablets |
Study Start Date : | December 1987 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 1987 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 1987 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Desipramine HCL 100 mg Tablets Cord Laboratories
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Drug: Desipramine HCL 100 mg Tablets Cord Laboratories |
Active Comparator: 2
Norpramin 100 mg Tablets Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc
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Drug: Norpramin 100 mg Tablets Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
- Bioequivalence based on AUC and Cmax [ Time Frame: 24 days ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- No clinically significant abnormal finding on physical exam, medical history, or clinical laboratory results on screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Positive test results for HIV or hepatitis B or C.
- Treatment for drug or alcohol dependence.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00913809
Principal Investigator: | Jules Kann, Ph.D. | Biodecision Laboratories |
Responsible Party: | Eric Mittleberg, Ph.D, VP of Product Development, Sandoz Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00913809 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
870609-D |
First Posted: | June 4, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 28, 2017 |
Last Verified: | June 2009 |
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