The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the dose proportionality of 324 mg
Quinine Sulfate capsules following a single oral dose (1 x 324 mg capsules versus 2 x 324 mg
capsules) in healthy adult volunteers when administered under fasting conditions.
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Screening Demographics: All volunteers will be healthy men or women 18 years of age
or older at the time of dosing. The weight range will not exceed ±20% for height and
body frame as per Desirable Weights for Adults - 1983 Metropolitan Height and Weight
Table
- Screening procedures: Each volunteer will complete the screening process within 28
days prior to Period I dosing. Consent documents for both screening evaluation and
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody determination will be reviewed,
discussed, and signed by each potential participant before full implementation of
screening procedures
- Screening will include general observations, physical examination, demographics,
medical and medication history, an electrocardiogram, sitting blood pressure and
heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature. The physical examination will include,
but may not be limited to, an evaluation of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal,
respiratory and central nervous systems.
- The screening clinical laboratory procedures will include:
- HEMATOLOGY: hematocrit, hemoglobin, white blood cell (WBC) count with differential,
red blood cell (RBC) count, platelet count;
- CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), glucose, AST(SGOT -
Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase), ALT(SGPT - Serum glutamic-pyruvic
transaminase), albumin, total bilirubin, total protein, and alkaline phosphatase;
- HIV antibody and hepatitis B surface antigen screens;
- URINALYSIS: by dipstick; full microscopic examination if dipstick positive; and
- URINE DRUG SCREEN: ethyl alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines,
cannabinoids, cocaine metabolites, opiates and phencyclidine
- SERUM PREGNANCY SCREEN (female volunteers only)
If female and:
- of childbearing potential, is practicing an acceptable method of birth control for
the duration of the study as judged by the investigator(s), such as condom with
spermicide, diaphragm, intrauterine device (IUD), or abstinence; or
- is postmenopausal for at least 1 year; or is surgically sterile (bilateral tubal
ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Volunteers with a recent history of drug or alcohol addiction or abuse
- Volunteers with the presence of a clinically significant disorder involving the
cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, immunologic, hematologic,
endocrine, or neurologic system(s) or psychiatric disease (as determined by the
clinical investigators)
- Volunteers whose clinical laboratory test values are outside the accepted reference
range and when confirmed on re-examination are deemed to be clinically significant
- Volunteers demonstrating a positive hepatitis B surface antigen screen or a reactive
HIV antibody screen
- Volunteers demonstrating a positive drug abuse screen when screened for this study
- Female volunteers demonstrating a positive pregnancy screen
- Female volunteers who are currently breastfeeding
- Volunteers with a history of allergic response(s) to quinine or related drugs
- Volunteers with a history of clinically significant allergies including drug
allergies
- Volunteers with a clinically significant illness during the 4 weeks prior to Period I
dosing (as determined by the clinical investigators)
- Volunteers who currently use tobacco products
- Volunteers who have taken any drug known to induce or inhibit hepatic drug metabolism
in the 28 days prior to Period I dosing
- Volunteers who report donating greater than 150 mL of blood within 28 days prior to
Period I dosing. All subjects will be advised not to donate blood for four weeks
after completing the study
- Volunteers who have donated plasma (e. g.plasmapheresis) within 14 days prior to
Period I dosing. All subjects will be advised not to donate plasma for four weeks
after completing the study
- Volunteers who report receiving any investigational drug within 28 days prior to
Period I dosing
- Volunteers who report taking any systemic prescription medication in the 14 days
prior to Period I dosing
- Volunteers with a QTc (corrected QT interval) > 480 msec on the screening
electrocardiogram (ECG) or with clinically significant findings
- Volunteers who have a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenese deficiency (G6PD)