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Study aim
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In vivo fasted-state bioequivalence study of Azithromycin tablet
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Design
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The clinical trial has control and test groups with crossover, randomized design, without blinding. 24 healthy male volunteers will participate randomly in the study as two twelve-person groups. Each volunteer will receive a single tablet in two periods. In one period the test and in another period the reference formulation. Therefore, each volunteer will be his own "Control". To randomly assign participants in two groups, the lottery method will be used.
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Settings and conduct
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After oral administration of one tablet of Azithromycin to volunteer, the blood samples will be collected in predetermined time intervals up to 72 hours. The plasma samples will be stored in freezer -4 degrees centigrade until analysis and sample quantitation. The concentration of drug will be measured by HPLC with mass spectroscopy detector. The study will be performed without blinding in Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: General Health (in terms of Liver, Heart and Kidney diseases), Age (18-59 years old) Exclusion criteria: Smoking, History of cardiovascular disease, liver and kidney disease, Pregnancy, Alcohol and drug addiction, History of drug allergy
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group will receive one tablet of Azithromycin manufactured by Exir Co. and Control group will receive one tablet of Azithromycin manufactured by Fizer Co. Blood samples will be taken for 72 hours at the mentioned time points after drug administration and the plasma will be stored in freezer until analysis. In both groups, breakfast and lunch will be served two and six hours after drug administration, respectively.
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Main outcome variables
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Drug plasma concentration