Nitazoxanide Pharmacokinetic Parameters in Hepatic Impaired Patients

This study is being conducted to assess the effect of hepatic impairment on the pharmacokinetics of the major Nitazoxanide active metabolite in hepatic impaired (moderate and severe according to Child-Pugh categories) and healthy control adults following repeated oral dose administration of NTZ 500 mg twice a day for 7 days.

Inclusion criteria

• Males or females, between 18 and 75 years of age, inclusive;
• With a minimum body weight of 50 kg and within a BMI range of 18.0 to 40.0 kg/m^2, inclusive;
• Females participating in this study must be of non-childbearing potential or must be using highly effective contraception for the full duration of the study;
• Negative human immunodeficiency virus antibody screens at Screening;
• Matched to participants with moderate and/or severe hepatic impairment in age (± 10 years), BMI (± 20 percentage) and sex;
• Participants who have chronic (≥ 6 months) moderate or severe hepatic insufficiency (of any etiology) that has been clinically stable (no acute episodes of illness due to deterioration in hepatic function) for at least 1 month prior to Screening and must also remain stable throughout the Screening period.

Other protocol-defined inclusion criteria may apply

Exclusion criteria

• A positive alcohol test result at Check-In Visit;
• A history of alcohol abuse in the prior 2 years;
• Positive urine screen for drugs of abuse at Screening or Check-In;
• Strenuous exercise within 72 hours prior to Check-In Visit;
• Blood donation or loss of blood (excluding volume drawn at screening or menses) of 50 mL to 499 mL of blood within 30 days, or more than 499 mL within 56 days prior to the dosing;
• History of a major surgical procedure within 30 days prior to Screening;
• History of stomach or intestinal surgery or resection that would potentially alter absorption and/or excretion of orally administered drugs except that appendectomy and hernia repair will be allowed. Bariatric surgery will not be allowed;
• Presence or history of malignancy within the prior 3 years, with the exception of treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma;
• Poor peripheral venous access;
• Receipt of blood products within 2 months prior to Check-In Visit;
• Significant history or clinical manifestation of any metabolic (including thyroid), allergic, dermatological, hepatic, renal, hematological, pulmonary, cardiovascular (including any prior history of cardiomyopathy or cardiac failure), gastrointestinal (GI), neurological, or psychiatric disorder;
• Positive serologic test for hepatitis B surface antigen or for hepatitis C virus antibody at Screening;
• Frequent headaches (> twice a month) and/or migraines, recurrent nausea and/or vomiting, diarrhea;
• Participants with symptomatic hypotension at Screening, whatever the decrease of blood pressure, or asymptomatic postural hypotension;
• History of unstable diabetes mellitus;
• Participants who have a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and/or have undergone portacaval shunting;
• Participant has shown evidence of hepatorenal syndrome or has creatinine clearance ≤ 60 mL/min;
• Participants has required treatment for GI bleeding within the 6 months prior to Check-In Visit;
• Recent history of paracentesis (< 1 months prior to Check-In Visit);
• Participants with Wilson's disease, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, glycogen storage diseases, or galactosemia;
• Participants with anemia secondary to hepatic disease, unless hemoglobin is ≥ 8.5 g/dL and anemia symptoms are not clinically significant. Participants must have ≥ 30,000 platelets at screening and at Check-In Visit.

Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply