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Trial reportDrug design, development and therapy2017

Bioequivalence of generic alendronate sodium tablets (70 mg) to Fosamax

Yifan Zhang, Xiaoyan Chen, Yunbiao Tang, Youming Lu, Lixia Guo, Dafang Zhong

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Trial report in Drug design, development and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yifan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai.
Xiaoyan ChenState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai.
Yunbiao TangDepartment of Pharmacy, The General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Shenyang, People's Republic of China.
Youming LuState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai.
Lixia GuoState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai.
Dafang ZhongState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the bioequivalence of a generic product 70 mg alendronate sodium tablets with the reference product Fosamax MATERIALS AND

methodsA single-center, open-label, randomized, three-period, three-sequence, reference-replicated crossover study was performed in 36 healthy Chinese male volunteers under fasting conditions. In each study period, the volunteers received a single oral dose of the generic or reference product (70 mg). Blood samples were collected at pre-dose and up to 8 h after administration. The bioequivalence of the generic product to the reference product was assessed using the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) reference-scaled average bioequivalence (RSABE) methods.

resultsThe average maximum concentrations (

conclusionThe generic product was bioequivalent to the reference product in terms of the rate and extent of alendronate absorption after a single 70 mg oral dose under fasting conditions.

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AdolescentAdultAlendronateArea Under CurveAsian PeopleBiological AvailabilityBone Density Conservation AgentsCross-Over StudiesDrugs, GenericHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleTherapeutic EquivalencyYoung AdultAlendronateBone Density Conservation AgentsDrugs, Genericalendronate sodiumhighly variable drugpharmacokineticsreference-scaled average bioequivalence

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PMID28744102
PMCPMC5513855

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