Safety Study of Single Administration Post-exposure Prophylaxis Treatment for Marburg Virus

May 4, 2012 updated by: Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Dose, Dose-Escalation Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of AVI-6003 in Healthy Adult Volunteers

The purpose of this study is to characterize the safety and pharmacology of single administrations of AVI-6003, a post-exposure prophylaxis candidate treatment for Marburg virus.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a rare human disease caused by the Marburg virus, a filamentous, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus. In general, the mortality rate associated with Marburg virus outbreaks has ranged from 23% to 88%, with the highest death rates seen in more recent epidemics. No vaccine or effective therapy is available for Marburg hemorrhagic fever. AVI-6003 is an experimental combination of 2 phosphorodiamidate morpholino antisense oligomers with positive charges on selected subunits (PMOplus™). These oligomers specifically target viral messenger RNA encoding 2 Marburg virus proteins thought to be important in viral replication and host immune suppression. The present study is designed to characterize the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of escalating single-administration doses of AVI-6003 in healthy human subjects.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Cypress, California, United States, 90630
        • West Coast Clinical Trials

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 50 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female and between the ages of 18 and 50 years in good general health
  • Volunteers must be willing to use barrier methods of contraception or be of non-childbearing potential
  • Volunteers must be willing to undergo a urine screen for drugs of abuse

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • Any clinically relevant abnormalities in physical examinations, vital signs, ECG, clinical chemistry, hematology or urinalysis
  • Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B or hepatitis C or known history of HIV infection

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: QUADRUPLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Normal saline
Drug: Placebo
Single intravenous administration
Experimental: AVI-6003
Phosphorodiamidate morpholino antisense oligomer with positive charges on selected subunits (PMOplus™)
Drug: AVI-6003
Single intravenous administration

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of subjects experiencing adverse events
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Plasma drug concentration
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days
Urine drug concentration
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.

Collaborators

United States Department of Defense

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Apinya B Vutikullird, MD, West Coast Clinical Trials

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 22, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 11, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

May 12, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 7, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2012

Last Verified

May 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 6003-us-101
  • W9113M-10-C-0056 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Transformational Medical Technologies, US Dept. of Defense)

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