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NCT Number: NCT03551769

Pharmacokinetics of Tricaprilin Including Food Effect on Ketone Body Production

This is a Phase I, single center, open label, fixed-order, crossover, food-effect, pharmacokinetic (PK) study recruiting healthy, adult, male subjects.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Nucleus Network

Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy adult male, ages 18 - 55
  • Able to consume a regular diet and one high fat meal; no specific dietary requirements
  • Cohort 2 (Asian subject population) restricted to being of Japanese or Chinese heritage

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of any illness or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator might confound the study results or poses risk to the subject
  • Has been on a ketogenic diet as supported by review of a food diary
  • Has positive Urine Drug Screen or alcohol results at Screening

Treatment and study plan

Tricaprilin

Drug

Tricaprilin formulated as AC-SD-01

Standard meal

Other

standard meal

High-fat Meal

Other

high-fat meal

Overnight fast

Other

fasting for at least 9 hours

Primary outcomes

  1. Total ketones

    Time frame: 1 day

    Area Under the Curve (AUC) AUC 0-last

  2. Total ketones

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 4

  3. Total ketones

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 6

  4. Total ketones

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-8

  5. Total ketones

    Time frame: 1 day

    Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

  6. B-hydrodxybutyrate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-last

  7. B-hydroxybutyrate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-4

  8. B-hydroxybutyrate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-6

  9. B-hydroxybutyrate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-8

  10. B-hydroxybutyrate

    Time frame: 1 day

    Cmax

  11. Acetoacetate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-last

  12. Acetoacetate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-4

  13. Acetoacetate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-6

  14. Acetoacetate

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0-8

  15. Acetoacetate

    Time frame: 1 day

    Cmax

Secondary outcomes

  1. tricaprilin

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - last

  2. tricaprilin

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 4

  3. tricaprilin

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 6

  4. tricaprilin

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 8

  5. tricaprilin

    Time frame: 1 day

    Time to maximum concentration (Tmax)

  6. tricaprilin

    Time frame: 1 day

    Cmax

  7. octanoic acid

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - last

  8. octanoic acid

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 4

  9. octanoic acid

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 6

  10. octanoic acid

    Time frame: 1 day

    AUC 0 - 8

  11. octanoic acid

    Time frame: 1 day

    Tmax

  12. octanoic acid

    Time frame: 1 day

    Cmax

  13. Computerized Cognitive Battery - Attention

    Time frame: 1 day

    Rapid Visual Information Processing Test

  14. Computerized Cognitive Battery - Episodic Memory

    Time frame: 1 day

    Paired Associates Learning Test

  15. Computerized Cognitive Battery - Working Memory

    Time frame: 1 day

    Spatial Working Memory Test

  16. Computerized Cognitive Battery - Psychomotor Function

    Time frame: 1 day

    Reaction Time Test

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cerecin

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase I, Open-label, Fixed-order, Single-dose, 2-Part, Crossover Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics of a Formulation of Tricaprilin (AC-SD-01) Including the Effect of Food on Ketone Body Production in Caucasians and Asians

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 11, 2018
Registry last updated
May 29, 2019

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