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NCT Number: NCT02860715

Clinical Trial of GX-I7 in Healthy Volunteers

This is a Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study designed to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of GX-I7 in healthy volunteers.

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

19 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, 110-744, South Korea

About this study

The subjects who are adequately eligible to attend this clinical trial via screening will be hospitalized one day prior to the injection (Day -1), administered a single dose of GX-I7 solution for subcutaneous injection, and then discharged on Day 3. After completing all scheduled tests at the visit 8 (Day 28), safety-related data of each cohort will be evaluated by Independent Safety Monitoring Committee (SMC). Dose escalation will proceed under the principal investigator, medical monitor, and the sponsor's mutual approval, referring to SMC's evaluation.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject is willing and able to give informed consent after listening character of the clinical trial
  • Must be 19-45 years of age, inclusive
  • Weight 50-100kg, BMI 18-30kg/m2
  • Subject who is adequately able to attend the study based on medical history and physical exam, no clinically significant abnormality from vital sign and clinical laboratory values
  • No clinical abnormality from ECG test
  • Non-smoker (no smoking or no use of any product containing nicotine least for one month and negative from urine test)

Exclusion criteria

  • Suspected or confirmed malignancy, or has malignancy history
  • Any clinically significant acute or chronic medical condition requiring care of a physician, in liver, biliary tract, renal, nervous system (CNS or peripheral). respiratory system, endocrine (diabetes, hyperlipidemia etc), cardiovascular (congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction etc), hematology, malignancy, urinary disease, mental disorder, musculoskeletal disorder, immune system (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus etc), otorhinolaryngologic diseases
  • Positive to HBsAg, hepatitis C virus (HCV) Ab and HIV Ab
  • Are considering or scheduled to undergo any surgical or dental procedure during the study
  • Administered other Investigational Product (IP) by attending other clinical study or biological equivalent study within recent 3 months
  • Any Serious adverse drug reaction (SAR) against vaccines or antibiotics, any medical history with serious allergic diseases
  • Positive from urine drug screen or respiratory alcohol screen at medical screening or check-in
  • History of alcohol, drug, or substance abuse in the past 12 months
  • Consumption of alcohol within 48 hours prior to hospitalization
  • Medications with antacid, analgesic, herbal treatment, vitamin, mineral (except maximum 4 grams of acetaminophen) hormone, steroids, insulin, hypoglycemic drug or other hormone substitute within 14 days before administration
  • Planning pregnancy or donation of sperm/disagreeing proper contraception during the study and 3 months following IP administration
  • Do not have veins suitable for cannulation or multiple venipunctures
  • Any other factor that the Investigator thinks will increase subject risk with participation

Treatment and study plan

GX-I7

Drug

Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is T cell growth factor that can be used for treating lymphopenia patients. GX-I7 is a protein drug recombining human IL-7 and hybrid Fc (hyFc). HyFc made by Genexine is composed of hinge-CH2 region of Immunoglobulin D (IgD) and CH2-CH3 region of Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4). The recombined region is not exposed and each region's characteristics can reduce immunogenicity and improve the efficacy of drug. Consequently, it will be able to treat the patients with lymphopenia in effective ways.

Other names: IL-7-hyFc

Placebo

Drug

This is the placebo of GX-I7 described above.

Other names: GX-17 vehicle (formulation buffer)

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessment of adverse events including laboratory abnormality after Single Subcutaneous (SC) Injection of GX-I7

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    Adverse events after injections.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pharmacokinetic (PK) Assessment: Maximum serum concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    PK Parameters to be assessed by single SC administration will be Cmax.

  2. Pharmacokinetic (PK) Assessment: Time to Cmax (Tmax)

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    PK Parameters to be assessed by single SC administration will be Tmax.

  3. Pharmacokinetic (PK) Assessment: apparent terminal half-life (t1/2)

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    PK Parameters to be assessed by single SC administration will be t1/2. t1/2=lnf(2)/λz (λz: invariable for speed of loss obtained from linear regression analysis in logarithmic plot of terminal phase)

  4. Pharmacokinetic (PK) Assessment: Area under the curve from zero to last time of measurable concentration after single administration by trapezoidal rule (AUCt)

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    PK Parameters to be assessed by single SC administration will be AUC (0-inf).

  5. Pharmacokinetic (PK) Assessment: Area under the curve from zero to infinity (AUC(0-inf))

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    PK Parameters to be assessed by single SC administration will be AUC(0-inf).

  6. Pharmacodynamic (PD) Assessment: Emax of Absolute Lymphocyte Count (ALC)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    PD parameters will be determined by Emax of ALC, which will be compared with peripheral baseline.

  7. Pharmacodynamic (PD) Assessment: Area Under The Effect-Time Curve Up To Last Quantifiable Effect (AUEClast) of ALC

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    PD parameters will be determined by AUEClast of ALC, which will be compared with peripheral baseline.

Other outcomes

  1. Exploratory PD (PD) assessment: Change of the ratio of immune cells

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    Change of the ratio of immune cells by flow cytometer

  2. Exploratory PD (PD) assessment: T cells in lymphocytes by flow cytometer

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    Cluster of Differentiation 4 (CD4) T and Cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8) T in lymphocytes by flow cytometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Genexine, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Single Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of GX-I7 in Healthy Volunteers

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2018
First posted
Aug 9, 2016
Registry last updated
Oct 23, 2018

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