First-in-human Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of NOX-H94

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is the first clinical trial with NOX-H94. The purpose of this clinical trial is to identify a safe and efficacious treatment regimen for the clinical development of NOX-H94 in patients with anemia of chronic disease (inflammation).

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: NOXXON Pharma AG

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male subjects or female subjects of non-childbearing potential (Groups A to E), male subjects (groups F to H)

• Age 18-65 years

• Healthy as determined by medical history, physical examination, vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram, and clinical laboratory parameters

• Males willing to use 2 means of contraceptive methods for at least 2 months after the final examination

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Anemia predominantly caused by other factors than chronic disease.

2. Iron overload or disturbances in utilization of iron.

3. Intravenous iron treatment or blood transfusion within 4 weeks prior to screening visit.

4. Erythropoietin treatment within 4 weeks prior to screening visit.

5. Intake of Intravenous iron, Blood transfusions, Erythropoietin during their trial participation.

6. Resting supine pulse rate < 40 or > 100 beats / min.

7. Resting supine blood pressure:

Systolic blood pressure < 90 or > 160 mmHg Diastolic blood pressure < 40 or > 100 mmHg.

8. History or presence of confirmed orthostatic hypotension defined.

9. Positive test of HIV type 1/2 antibodies, HBs antigen, HBc antibodies, HCV antibodies.

10. Participation in another clinical trial during the last 3 months before starting this trial.

11. Positive test for drugs of abuse.

12. Diseases or condition known to interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of drugs.

13. Marked repolarization abnormality.

14. Current bronchial asthma, childhood asthma which has been resolved is allowed.

15. Definite or suspected history of drug allergy or hypersensitivity or intolerance to PEG

16. Regular intake of over 14 units of alcohol per week for women and 21 units for men.

17. Not able to abstain from consumption of:

• Caffeine containing beverages or food (tea, coffee, cola, chocolate, etc.)

• Quinine containing beverages or food (bitter lemon, tonic water)

• Grapefruit juice (sweet or sour)

• Poppy seeds containing beverages or food

18. Subjects who have donated any blood, plasma or platelets in the month prior to screening

19. History of seizures or at risk

20. Known or suspected of not being able to comply with the trial protocol and/or clinical unit restrictions.

21. History of or presence of clinically significant diseases other than the underlying disease.

22. Surgery or trauma with significant blood loss within the last 2 months before administration of study drug.

28. History of increased bleeding risk.