An Open Label, Balanced, Randomized, Two-treatment, Two-period, Two-sequence, Single-dose, Crossover Bioequivalence Study Comparing Pantoprazole Sodium 40 mg Delayed Release Tablets (Containing 45.1 mg of Pantoprazole Sodium Sesquihydrate Equivalent to 40 mg of Pantoprazole) of Ohm Laboratories Inc. (a Subsidiary of Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc, USA) With PROTONIX® 40 mg Delayed Release Tablets (Containing 45.1 mg of Pantoprazole Sodium Sesquihydrate Equivalent to 40 mg of Pantoprazole) of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Healthy, Adult, Male, Human Subjects Under Fasting Conditions.

Fecha de inicio: 1 de septiembre de 2009

Inclusion Criteria: Volunteers who met the following criteria were included in the study * Were in the age range of 18-45 years. * Were neither overweight nor underweight for his height as per the Life Insurance Corporation of India height/weight chart for non-medical cases. * Had voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study. * Were of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the subjects performed within 21 days prior to the commencement of the study. There were no deviations in this regard. Exclusion Criteria: * History of known hypersensitivity to Pantoprazole, related drugs and/or any other drugs. * Use of alcohol within 48 hours prior to admission. * Use of grapefruit juice and or grape fruit supplements within 48 hours prior to admission. * Any evidence of organ dysfunction or any clinically significant deviation from the normal, in physical or clinical determinations. * Subjects with investigations (laboratory test parameters) which was/were outside acceptable limits and was judged clinically significant by investigator. * Subjects with clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray. * Presence of disease markers of HIV 1 or 2, Hepatitis B or C viruses or syphilis infection. * Subjects with clinically abnormal chemical and microscopic examination of urine defined as presence of RBC, WBC (\>4 /HPF), glucose (Positive) or Protein (Positive). * History of serious medical illness including but not limited to gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological or hematological disease, diabetes, glaucoma, any serious potentially life threatening illness or any psychiatric illness (which might impair the ability to provide written informed consent form). * Regular smokers who smoked more than 10 cigarettes daily or had difficulty abstaining from smoking for the duration of each study period. * History of drug dependence or excessive alcohol intake on a habitual basis of more than 2 units of alcoholic beverages per day (1 unit equivalent to half pint of beer or 1 glass of wine or 1 measure of spirit) or had difficulty in abstaining for the duration of each study period. * Use of any regular medication (OTC or prescription) or any drug metabolizing enzyme modifying medications within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study. * Participation in any clinical trial within 12 weeks preceding Day 1 of this study (except for the subjects who dropout/withdrawn from the previous study prior to period I dosing). * Subjects who, through completion of this study, would have donated and /or lost more than 350 ml of blood in the past 3 months other than study participation. * Subjects with problem(s) in complying with the study protocol. There were no deviations in this regard..