Bioequivalence and Bioavailability Forum

Hi Achievwin,

❝ I vaguely recall when you don't have subject by formulation interaction in a replicate study design (4-period full replicate design???) you can request switchability (Metadate ANDA I guess)

No idea (too lazy to search).

❝ […] can we assess this subject by formulation interaction in a 3-period partial replicate design?) what additional statistical test one needs for documenting this?

Not sure whether it will work. The partial replicate is a nasty beast (for potential problems see there).

IIRC, in the late 1990s concerns about the Subject-by-Formulation interaction emerg­ed. Temporarily studies had to be performed in a replicated design. After assessing the results, the FDA con­cluded that the S × F interaction is practically not relevant and the temporary requirement was lifted.
Furthermore, none of the simulations performed by various authors or by the FDA which lead to RSABE contained an S × F-interaction term in the model.