- Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test performed within 7 days prior to the study inclusion. Postmenopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months. If the risk of conception exists both male and female subjects must use effective contraception (for example, abstinence, intrauterine device (IUD), oral contraceptive, double barrier method or to be surgically sterile) since the signature of the consent form until at least 6 months after the end of treatment or end of last dose, whichever occurs first