Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of BEA 2180 BR in Healthy Male Subjects

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy male volunteers based upon a complete medical history, including the physical examination, vital signs (BP, PR), 12-lead ECG, clinical laboratory test
• No finding deviating from normal and of clinical relevance
• No evidence of a clinically relevant concomitant disease
• Age ≥ 30 and Age ≤ 55 years
• Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 18.5 and BMI < 30 kg/m2
• Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and the local legislation

Exclusion criteria

• Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders
• Diseases of the central nervous system (such as epilepsy) or psychiatric disorders or neurological disorders
• History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells or blackouts
• Chronic or relevant acute infections
• History of allergy/hypersensitivity (including drug allergy) which is deemed relevant to the trial as judged by the investigator (or his deputy)
• Intake of drugs with a long half-life (> 24 hours) within at least one month or less than 10 half-lives of the respective drug prior to administration or during the trial
• Use of drugs which might reasonably influence the results of the trial based on the knowledge at the time of protocol preparation within 10 days prior to administration or during the trial
• Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within two months prior to administration or during the trial
• Alcohol abuse (more than 60 g/day)
• Drug abuse
• Blood donation (more than 100 mL within four weeks prior to administration or during the trial)
• Excessive physical activities (within one week prior to administration or during the trial)
• Any laboratory value outside the reference range of clinical relevance

Exclusion criteria

specific for this study:

• Bronchial hyperreactivity as demonstrated by a 45% change of SGaw at or below a cumulative methacholine concentration of 10 mg/mL = 1%
• Asthma or bronchial hyperreactivity
• Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
• Glaucoma
• Urinary tract obstruction
• Epilepsy
• History of cardiovascular disease
• History of peptic ulcer disease
• History of thyroid disease