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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2013, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (9): 1031-1035.

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Bioequivalence of Tolvaptan tablets in healthy Chinese volunteers

LI Zuo-jun1, YANG Guo-ping2, PEI Qi1, TAN Hong-yi2, ZHANG Ran-ran2, LIU Li2, CHEN Jun2, LIU Shi-kun1, LI Bing1   

  1. 1Department of Pharmacy, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University;
    2Center of Clinical Pharmacology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University,Changsha 410013,Hunan,China
  • Received:2013-08-06 Revised:2013-08-16 Published:2013-09-07

Abstract: AIM: To evaluate the bioequivalence of Tolvaptan tablets in healthy Chinese volunteers.METHODS: A single oral doses of 30 mg Tolvaptan tablets (test and reference) were given to 24 healthy volunteers according to an open randomized crossover design. The concentrations of Tolvaptan in plasma were determined by HPLC-MS/MS. The pharmacokinetic parameters of the test and reference preparation were calculated by DAS 2.1. The bioequivalence was evaluated by two one-sided t test.RESULTS: The pharmacokinetic parameters of the test and reference preparations were as follows: Cmax were (179±97) and (189±86) μg/L; tmax were (2.5±1.1) and (2.5±1.0) h;AUC0-t were (1153±488) and (1225±528) μg·h·L-1;AUC0-∞ were (1161±492) and (1232±528) μg·h·L-1;t1/2 were (5.6±2.0) and (5.6±2.0) h. The relative bioavailability of the test preparation was (95.8±18.7)%.CONCLUSION: The tested preparation was of bioequivalence to the reference preparation.

Key words: Tolvaptan, HPLC-MS/MS, Pharmacokinetics, Bioequivalence

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