A Study to Explore Pharmacokinetic Interaction Between Rilpivirine and Metformin in Healthy Participants

This is a phase I, open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention) and sequential study (study medication is given in a sequence) in healthy participants, to investigate the pharmacokinetic interaction between steady-state rilpivirine and a single dose of metformin. The study consists of 3 phases including, the screening phase (28 days before enrollment), treatment phase (19 days), and the follow-up phase (7 days after the last intake of study medication). All participants will receive study medications in two sessions in a fixed, sequential order as a session 1 (a single dose of metformin on Day 1) followed by washout period (period when no treatment is received) of 4 days and then session 2 (rilpivirine on Day 5 to Day 17 with a single dose of metformin on Day 15). The duration of the study is approximately 54 days. Safety evaluations including adverse events, clinical laboratory tests, electrocardiogram, vital signs, and physical examination (including skin examination) will be monitored throughout the study.

Inclusion criteria

• Participants should be healthy on the basis of physical examination, medical history, vital signs, electrocardiogram, the results of blood biochemistry and hematology tests and a urinalysis performed at screening
• Participant must have a Body Mass Index of 18.5 to 30.0 kg/m2
• Male participants should agree to protocol-defined use of effective contraception and women must be postmenopausal or surgically sterile
• Female participants must have a negative pregnancy test at screening
• Participants must be non-smoking for at least 3 months prior to screening

Exclusion criteria

• A positive Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2 test and Hepatitis A, B or C infection at screening
• Currently active clinically significant gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neurologic, psychiatric, metabolic, endocrine, renal, hepatic, respiratory, inflammatory or infectious disease with any history of clinically significant skin disease
• Any history of tuberculosis, ocular herpes, or uveitis
• Have previously participated in more than one study with etravirine - TMC120 (dapivirine) and/or rilpivirine
• Participants with abnormal laboratory values at screening