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Trial reportDrugs in R&D2025

Demonstrating Bioequivalence for a Lumacaftor Monosubstance Formulation Versus Orkambi

Alexandra Papaelias, Darcy Lidington, Steffen-Sebastian Bolz

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialComparative Study
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Trial report in Drugs in R&D, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05968612 (A Single-Dose, Bioequivalence and Food Effect Bioavailability Study in Healthy Volunteers Comparing the Commercial Lumacaftor 200 mg / Ivacaftor 125 mg Combination Film-Coated Tablet), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05968612 phase1completednot on this map

A Single-Dose, Bioequivalence and Food Effect Bioavailability Study in Healthy Volunteers Comparing the Commercial Lumacaftor 200 mg / Ivacaftor 125 mg Combination Film-Coated Tablet (Orkambi®) to the Lumacaftor 200 mg Film-Coated Tablet Formulation, and the Lumacaftor 200 mg Film-Coated Tablet Formulation in the Fasted to Fed State.

TypeinterventionalSponsorQanatpharma Canada LTDRan2023 to 2023Enrolled39ConditionsHealthy VolunteerArmsLumacaftor 200 mg/Ivacaftor 125 mg Film-Coated Tablet, Lumacaftor 200 mg Film-Coated Tablet Formulation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alexandra PapaeliasDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Darcy LidingtonDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Steffen-Sebastian BolzDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. sts.bolz@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6558-4751

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveLumacaftor is an active ingredient in the US Food and Drug Administration-approved combination medication Orkambi

methodsThis comparative bioavailability and food-effect study compared lumacaftor pharmacokinetics in healthy patients following: (i) oral administration of lumacaftor (400 mg; Test Product) or Orkambi

resultsThe "Test-to-Reference ratio" of the geometric least-square means for maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve met the Food and Drug Administration-defined criteria for bioequivalence; median times to maximum plasma concentration values were not statistically different. The "Fed to Fasted ratio" of the geometric least-square means for maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve indicated a clear food effect on bioavailability. Lumacaftor exposure was approximately two times higher when administered with fatty foods than when taken in a fasting state. The monosubstance formulation was well tolerated.

conclusionsWe conclude that the lumacaftor monosubstance formulation delivers lumacaftor exposure that is not meaningfully different than the currently approved combination product. CLINICAL

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05968612.

Indexed as

AminophenolsAminopyridinesBenzodioxolesQuinolonesAdministration, OralAdolescentAdultArea Under CurveBiological AvailabilityCross-Over StudiesCystic FibrosisDrug CombinationsFemaleFood-Drug InteractionsHealthy VolunteersHumansAminophenolsAminopyridinesBenzodioxolesDrug Combinationslumacaftorlumacaftor, ivacaftor drug combinationQuinolones

Identifiers

PMID40551045
PMCPMC12460204

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