Study of antacid effect of the drug Antareit® in healthy volunteers

Abstract

The aim. Study of pharmacodynamic parameters and confirmation of pharmacodynamic equivalence (bioequivalence) of the drugs Antareit® (INN: magaldrate), chewable tablets, 800 mg (Valenta Pharm JSC, Russia) and Riopan (INN magaldrate), chewable tablets, 800 mg (Takeda GmbH, Germany). Material and methods. An open randomized crossover study was conducted to investigate the pharmacodynamics of the study drug Antareit® and the reference drug Riopan, assessing their bioequivalence after taking 2 chewable tablets of the study or reference drug 3 times a day. The study involved 40 healthy volunteers who were randomized into 2 groups of 20 people depending on the sequence of drug administration in study periods I and II. Intragastric acidity was measured with a pH-probe within 30 minutes before and for one hour after taking the study drugs. Based on the data obtained, 90% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for the pharmacodynamic parameter AUCABL, reflecting the area above the baseline pH. The safety of the study drugs was assessed by the frequency and severity of adverse events (AEs). Results. Statistical analysis showed that the 90% CI for the ratio of the mean values of the AUC ABL parameter of the study drug to the reference drug did not fall below 80% (90% CI: 80.55–119.49). During the study, 18 adverse events (AEs) were reported in 15.4% (6 of 39) of volunteers in the safety population, and there were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of AEs between groups, nor in the incidence of AEs depending on the drug taken. Conclusion. The studied drugs are pharmacodynamically equivalent and have a similar safety profile when administered repeatedly.