title: Comparative bioavailability of trazodone formulations using stable isotope methodology.
abstract: The bioavailability of trazodone, a new antidepressant, from 50 mg dividose (A) or film-sealed (B) tablets relative to an oral solution was determined in six healthy male subjects using 50 mg of D4-trazodone as a stable isotope labelled standard. Concentrations of trazodone and D4-trazodone were measured by GCMS. The pharmacokinetics of trazodone and D4-trazodone were identical indicating no isotope effect. For formulation A, B and solution, the relative (trazodone/D4-trazodone) Cmax values were 0.84 +/- 0.09, 0.90 +/- 0.05 and 1.05 +/- 0.04. The relative bioequivalence of the dosage formed with a power of 85% (power by conventional ANOVA was 54%). Among subjects % relative standard deviations (RSD) for the D4-trazodone AUC values, a measure of intra-subject variability, were 6 to 38% while the % RSDs by period, a measure of inter-subject variability, were 26 to 55%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010879:Piperazines / Q000378:metabolism*; D013607:Tablets; D014196:Trazodone / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D013607:Tablets; D014196:Trazodone