The purpose of this study is to investigate the pharmacokinetics (how the drug is absorbed
into the bloodstream, distributed in the body and eliminated from the body) after a single
dose and after repeated administration of TMC278 administered once daily for 11 days in
subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment (impaired liver function), compared with
healthy control subjects. Furthermore the short-term safety and tolerability (how well the
body tolerates the drug) of TMC278 will be assessed.
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: 65 Years.
Gender(s): Both.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Non smoking or smoking no more than 10 cigarettes, or 2 cigars, or 2 pipes per day
for at least 3 months prior to selection
- Body Mass Index (BMI, weight in kg divided by the square of height in meters) of 18. 0
to 32. 0 kg/m2, extremes included
- Only for subjects with hepatic impairment: History of hepatic disease
- Documented liver cirrhosis
- Mild or moderate liver function impairment
- Only for healthy control subjects: Healthy on the basis of a physical examination,
medical history, electrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs and the results of blood
biochemistry and hematology tests and a urinalysis
- Matched to a subject with hepatic impairment with regards to sex, age (± 5 yrs), and
BMI (± 15%).
Exclusion Criteria:
- No positive HIV test
- No females, except if postmenopausal since more than 2 years, or posthysterectomy, or
post tubal ligation
- No barbiturate, amphetamine, recreational or narcotic drug use
- No use of more than 1 unit of alcoholic beverages per day
- No positive urine drug test
- No active gastrointestinal disease (with the exception of liver cirrhosis in the
hepatically impaired subjects), cardiovascular, neurologic, psychiatric, metabolic,
renal, respiratory, inflammatory, or infectious disease
- No currently significant diarrhea, gastric stasis, or constipation
- No history of any significant skin disease
- No previously demonstrated clinically significant allergy or hypersensitivity to any
of the excipients of the investigational medication administered in this trial (i. e.
TMC278)
- Not previously participated in more than 1 trial with TMC125, TMC120 and/or TMC278 or
having developed a rash, erythema or urticaria while participating in a trial with
the aforementioned compounds
- No participation in an investigational drug trial within 60 days prior to the first
administration of trial medication
- No donation of blood or plasma or significant blood loss within the 60 days preceding
the first administration of trial medication
- No vulnerable subjects
- No subjects who are not able to read or write
- Only for subjects with hepatic impairment: No acute or active hepatitis
- No evidence of hepatic decompensation
- No grade 3 or 4 encephalopathy
- No hepatic carcinoma
- No hepatorenal syndrome
- No severe liver insufficiency
- Not an active candidate for liver transplantation
- No grade 3 laboratory abnormalities present with the exception of laboratory
abnormalities related to hepatic impairment
- Only for healthy control subjects: No hepatitis A, B or C infection
- No current hepatic disease
- No subjects with certain lab abnormalities.