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. 2020 Jul 27;10:12457. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69326-y

Table 4.

Summary of study designs used for pharmacokinetic analysis of digoxin.

Study Study design Number of subjects Pharmacokinetic sampling Dose regimen of digoxin Identity and manufacturer of digoxin
Trial I58

Reference period: digoxin 0.5 mg + midazolam 2 mg p.o. + midazolam 1 mg i.v. + tolbutamide 125 mg + caffeine 150 mg + omeprazole 20 mg + dextromethorphan 30 mg

Test period: as above + ethanol (up to 0.7 ‰ Cmax)

16 healthy Caucasian subjects (male = 8; female = 8)

Plasma (28 samples): -0:15 h predose, and postdose at 0:08, 0:20, 0:30, 0:45, 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2:00, 2:05, 2:08, 2:20, 2:30, 2:45, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 and 24:00 h

Urine (6 collection interval): Predose, 0–6 h 6–10 h, 10–14 h, 14-18 h and 18-24 h

Single dose (2 tablets)

Digacin 0.25 mg

Mibe GmbH Arzneimittel, Brehna, Germany

Trial II52

Reference period: digoxin 0.5 mg

Test period: digoxin 0.5 mg + adefovir 10 mg + metformin 500 mg + pitavastatin 2 mg + sitagliptin 100 mg

24 healthy Caucasian subjects (Male = 10; Female = 14)

Plasma (19 samples): -0:15 h predose, and postdose at 0:15, 0:30, 0:45, 1:00, 1:20, 1:40, 2:00, 2:20, 2:40, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 12:00, 16:00 and 24:00 h

Urine (6 collection interval): Predose, 0–4 h, 4–8 h, 8–12 h, 12–16 h and 16–24 h

Single dose (2 tablets)

Digacin 0.25 mg

Mibe GmbH Arzneimittel, Brehna, Germany

Cmax, maximal observed plasma concentration.