A Study in Healthy Japanese Men to Test How Different Doses of BI 1569912 Are Taken up by the Body and How Well They Are Tolerated

Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Single Rising Oral Doses and Multiple Oral Doses of BI 1569912 in Healthy Male Japanese Subjects (Single-blind, Partially Randomized Within Dose Groups, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Design)

The main objectives of this trial are to investigate safety and tolerability of BI 1569912 in healthy male Japanese subjects following oral administration of single rising doses and multiple doses.

Secondary objective is the exploration of pharmacokinetics (PK) of BI 1569912.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Placebo; Drug: BI 1569912

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 56
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Japan
  • Tokyo, Sumida-ku, Japan, 130-0004
    • SOUSEIKAI Sumida Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male subjects according to the assessment of the investigator, as based on a complete medical history including a medical examination, vital signs (blood pressure (BP), pulse rate (PR)), 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG), and clinical laboratory tests
• Japanese ethnicity, according to the following criteria: born in Japan, have lived outside of Japan <10 years, and have parents and grandparents who are Japanese
• Age of 18 to 45 years (inclusive)
• Body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 25.0 kg/m2 (inclusive)
• Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation

• Subjects who agree to minimize the risk of making their partner pregnant by fulfilling any of the following criteria starting from the first administration of trial medication until 90 days after last administration of trial medication

  • Use of adequate contraception, any of the following methods plus condom: intrauterine device, combined oral contraceptives that started at least 2 months prior to the first drug administration.
  • Vasectomized (vasectomy at least 1 year prior to enrolment)
  • Surgical sterilization (including bilateral tubal occlusion, hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy) of the subject's female partner

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any finding in the medical examination (including BP, PR or ECG) deviating from normal and assessed as clinically relevant by the investigator
• Repeated measurement of systolic blood pressure outside the range of 90 to 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure outside the range of 40 to 90 mmHg, or pulse rate outside the range of 40 to 99 beats per minute (bpm)
• Any laboratory value outside the reference range that the investigator considers to be of clinical relevance
• Any evidence of a concomitant disease assessed as clinically relevant by the investigator
• Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, immunological or hormonal disorders
• Cholecystectomy or other surgery of the gastrointestinal tract that could interfere with the pharmacokinetics of the trial medication (except appendectomy or simple hernia repair)
• Diseases of the central nervous system (including but not limited to any kind of seizures or stroke), and other relevant neurological or psychiatric disorders
• History of relevant orthostatic hypotension, fainting spells, or blackouts Further exclusion criteria apply.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

9

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Single-rising dose part - BI 1569912 2.5 mg; Healthy male subjects were administered one tablet of 2.5 milligram (mg) BI 1569912 orally with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Experimental: Single-rising dose part - BI 1569912 5 mg; Healthy male subjects were administered one tablet of 5 milligram (mg) BI 1569912 orally with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Experimental: Single-rising dose part - BI 1569912 10 mg; Healthy male subjects were administered one dose of 10 milligram (mg) BI 1569912 (2 tablets of 5 mg) orally with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Experimental: Single-rising dose part - BI 1569912 20 mg; Healthy male subjects were administered one dose of 20 milligram (mg) BI 1569912 (4 tablets of 5 mg) orally with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Experimental: Multiple dose part - 20 mg BI 1569912; Healthy male subjects were administered one daily dose of 20 milligram (mg) of BI 1569912 (4 tablets of 5 mg) orally with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours. The treatment was administered for 14 days.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Placebo Comparator: Multiple dose part - Placebo; Healthy male subjects were administered one daily matching dose of placebo as tablets orally with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours. The treatment was administered for 14 days.	Drug: Placebo; Placebo
Experimental: Evening pharmacokinetics part I - 5 mg BI 1569912 T-R; Healthy male subjects were administered one tablet of 5 milligram (mg) BI 1569912 in the evening (test treatment (T)) orally with 240 milliliters (mL) of water after a fasting period of at least 5 hours (h). After a washout period of at least 5 days, subjects were administered one tablet of 5 mg BI 1569912 in the morning (reference treatment (R)) orally with 240 mL of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 h.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Experimental: Evening pharmacokinetics part II - 5 mg BI 1569912 R-T; Healthy male subjects were administered one tablet of 5 milligram (mg) BI 1569912 in the morning (reference treatment (R)) orally with 240 milliliters (mL) of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours (h). After a washout period of at least 5 days, subjects were administered one tablet of 5 mg BI 1569912 in the evening (test treatment (T)) orally with 240 mL of water after a fasting period of at least 5 h.	Drug: BI 1569912; BI 1569912
Placebo Comparator: Single-rising dose part - Placebo; Subjects treated with placebo were assigned to each dose group (DG) of the SRD part, and are all included in this arm, regardless of the DGs they were part of. Healthy male subjects were administered one dose of matching placebo orally as one or multiple tablets, depending on the DG they were assigned to, with 240 milliliters of water after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours.	Drug: Placebo; Placebo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
SRD Part - Number of Subjects With Drug-related Adverse Events	Number of subjects in the single-rising dose (SRD) part with drug-related adverse events (AEs) is reported.	From drug administration plus 48 hours (residual effect period (REP)), or 12:00 a.m. on day after subject's trial termination date, whichever occurs first, up to 48 hours.
MD Part - Number of Subjects With Drug-related Adverse Events	Number of subjects in the multiple dose (MD) part with drug-related adverse events is reported.	From first drug administration until last administration of study drug plus 48 hours (REP), or 12:00 a.m. on day after subject's trial termination date, whichever occurs first, up to 16 days.
Evening PK Part - Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of BI 1569912 in Plasma Over the Time Interval From 0 to the Last Quantifiable Data Point (AUC0-tz)	Evening pharmacokinetics (PK) part - area under the concentration-time curve of BI 1569912 in plasma over the time interval from 0 to the last quantifiable data point (AUC0-tz) is reported. Geometric least square mean (adjusted geometric mean) and adjusted geometric standard error were calculated using an analysis of variance (ANOVA) model on the logarithmic scale. The PK endpoints were log-transformed (natural logarithm) prior to fitting the ANOVA model. This model included effects accounting for the following sources of variation: the effect 'subjects within sequences' was considered as random, whereas 'sequence', 'period', and 'treatment' were considered as fixed. These quantities were then back-transformed to the original scale.	Within 3 hours (h) prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36 h after drug administration.
Evening PK Part - Maximum Measured Concentration of BI 1569912 in Plasma (Cmax)	Evening pharmacokinetics (PK) part - maximum measured concentration of BI 1569912 in plasma (Cmax) is reported. Geometric least square mean (adjusted geometric mean) and adjusted geometric standard error were calculated using an analysis of variance (ANOVA) model on the logarithmic scale. The PK endpoints were log-transformed (natural logarithm) prior to fitting the ANOVA model. This model included effects accounting for the following sources of variation: the effect 'subjects within sequences' was considered as random, whereas 'sequence', 'period', and 'treatment' were considered as fixed. These quantities were then back-transformed to the original scale.	Within 3 hours (h) prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36 h after drug administration.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evening PK Part - Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of the Analyte in Plasma Over the Time Interval From 0 Extrapolated to Infinity (AUC0-∞)	Evening pharmacokinetics (PK) part - area under the concentration-time curve of the analyte in plasma over the time interval from 0 extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞) is reported. Geometric least square mean (adjusted geometric mean) and adjusted geometric standard error were calculated using an analysis of variance (ANOVA) model on the logarithmic scale. The PK endpoints were log-transformed (natural logarithm) prior to fitting the ANOVA model. This model included effects accounting for the following sources of variation: the effect 'subjects within sequences' was considered as random, whereas 'sequence', 'period', and 'treatment' were considered as fixed. These quantities were then back-transformed to the original scale.	Within 3 hours (h) prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36 h after drug administration.
SRD Part - Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of BI 1569912 in Plasma Over the Time Interval From 0 Extrapolated to Infinity (AUC0-∞)	Single-rising dose (SRD) part - area under the concentration-time curve of BI 1569912 in plasma over the time interval from 0 extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞) is reported.	Within 3 hours (h) prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 h after drug administration.
SRD Part - Maximum Measured Concentration of BI 1569912 in Plasma (Cmax)	Single-rising dose (SRD) part - maximum measured concentration of BI 1569912 in plasma (Cmax) is reported.	Within 3 hours (h) prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 h after drug administration.
MD Part - Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of BI 1569912 in Plasma From 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24) After the First Dose	Multiple dose (MD) part - area under the concentration-time curve of BI 1569912 in plasma from 0 to 24 hours (h) (AUC0-24) after the first dose is reported. AUC0-24 was calculated by extrapolation	Within 3 h prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 23 h after first drug administration.
MD Part - Maximum Measured Concentration of BI 1569912 in Plasma (Cmax) After the First Dose	Multiple dose (MD) part - maximum measured concentration of BI 1569912 in plasma (Cmax) after the first dose is reported.	Within 3 hours (h) prior to drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 23 h after first drug administration.
MD Part - Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of BI 1569912 in Plasma Over the Dosing Interval τ at Steady State (AUCτ,ss) After the Last Dose	Multiple dose (MD) part - area under the concentration-time curve of BI 1569912 in plasma over the dosing interval τ at steady state (AUCτ,ss) after the last dose is reported. The dosing interval τ is 24 hours (h).	One hour (h) prior to the last drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 23, 47, 71 h after last drug administration.
MD Part - Maximum Measured Concentration of BI 1569912 in Plasma at Steady State (Cmax,ss) After the Last Dose	Multiple dose (MD) part - maximum measured concentration of BI 1569912 in plasma at steady state (Cmax,ss) after the last dose is reported.	One hour (h) prior to the last drug administration and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 23, 47, 71 h after last drug administration.
Evening PK Part - Number of Subjects With Drug-related Adverse Events	Number of subjects in the evening pharmacokinetics (PK) part with drug-related adverse events is reported.	From drug administration plus 48 hours (REP), or 12:00 a.m. on day after subject's trial termination date, whichever occurs first, up to 48 hours.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 5, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 6, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): July 12, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 22, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 29, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 1447-0004

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

IPD Plan Description

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1. studies in products where Boehringer Ingelheim is not the license holder;
2. studies regarding pharmaceutical formulations and associated analytical methods, and studies pertinent to pharmacokinetics using human biomaterials;
3. studies conducted in a single center or targeting rare diseases (because of limitations with anonymization).

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Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No