Phase 1 Clinical Trial of RHN-001 in Healthy Adult Volunteers

A Single-Dose Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of RHN-001 in Healthy Adult Volunteers.

The goal of this clinical Trial is to assess the safety, tolerability and Pharmacokinetic profile of 750 mg single oral dose of RHN-001 and 1500 mg of RHN-001 administered orally in fasted and fed conditions in healthy adult volunteers.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pharmacokinetics; Tolerability; Safety
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: RHN-001 (one tablet 750mg); Drug: RHN-001 (750mg * 2 Tablets)

Detailed Description

The study is planned to be conducted in Two Phases (Cohort A and Cohort B). The first phase will be carried out in two Cohorts i.e., a single oral dose of investigational drug 750 mg or placebo under fasting (Cohort A1) and a single oral dose of investigational drug 750 mg or placebo under fed conditions (Cohort A2).

The second phase of the study will also be carried out in two cohorts i.e., a single oral dose of 1500 mg or placebo under fasting (Cohort B1) and a single oral dose of 1500 mg or placebo under fed conditions (Cohort B2).

Blood samples will be obtained from the volunteers at different time-points i.e. 0.0 hour (before dosing), 15.0 minutes, 30.0 minutes, 1.0 hour, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 8.0, 12.0 and 24.0 hours post-dose in each cohort.

Urine samples (10 mL) for PK analysis will be collected after dosing for 24 hours whenever the subjects feel to urinate during their stay at the clinical trial site.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 64
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Sindh
    • Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 75270
      • Center for Bioequivalence Studies and clinical research (CBSCR), ICCBS

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject's written informed consent obtained prior to any study-related procedures.
• Subject is a male/female with an age between 18 and 55 years of age, inclusive.
• Subject has a body mass index between 18 and 32 kg/m2, inclusive.
• Subject is judged to be in good health on the basis of medical history, complete physical examination, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) and standard laboratory tests including complete hematology, blood chemistry, Lipid profile, Thyroid profile and urinalysis.
• Subject understands the procedures and agrees to participate in the study program.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject is under the age of legal consent, or is mentally or legally incapacitated.
• Subject has a history of any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose additional risk in administering RHN-001 to the subject.
• Subject has a recent history (10 years) of major cardiovascular, hepatic or renal disease.
• Subject has liver function tests abnormalities with elevated AST or ALT greater than or equal to 2 times upper limit of normal and/or elevated bilirubin greater than or equal to 2 times upper limit of normal.
• Subject has renal function tests abnormalities with serum creatinine greater than 1.8 g/dL.
• Subject has any clinically significant abnormal hematological values in the opinion of the principal investigator.
• Subject has abnormal serum concentrations of TSH, T3 or T4.
• Subject has clinically significant abnormalities at physical examination, ECG or laboratory tests carried out at screening.
• Subject has a history of psychiatric disorders, significant allergic conditions or known hypersensitivity to medications.
• Subject is positive on testing for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody or HIV 1 or 2 antibodies or tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid antigen testing.
• Subject has donated blood within the 2 months before study drug administration.
• Subject has a history of alcohol or drug abuse within the past year.
• Subject used any over-the-counter drug during the 2 weeks prior to study drug administration (except occasional acetaminophen or vitamins).
• Subject is positive on urine drug screening for drugs of abuse (cannabinoids, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines).
• Subject tests positive for alcohol on Breath alcohol or urine screening.
• Subject smokes more than 5 cigarettes per day.
• Subject consumes caffeine more than 500 mg per day.
• Subjects unlikely to comply with the study protocol or unable to understand the nature and scope of the study or the possible benefits or unwanted effects of the study treatments.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Cohort A1 (750mg RHN-001 or Placebo) in fasting state; Eligible 16 subjects will be randomized in Cohort A1 (n=16; 12 active: 4 Placebo) and fast for at least 10 hours on check-in day after dinner till 4 hours after they receive the investigational product (RHN-001 750mg caplet) or placebo at the study site on the morning of Day 2 of the study.	Drug: RHN-001 (one tablet 750mg); Subjects in A1 and A2 will receive 750mg RHN-001 or matching placebo tablets in Fasted state and Fed states respectively with 240 mL ambient temperature water.
Experimental: Cohort A2 (750mg RHN-001 or Placebo) in fed state; Eligible 16 subjects will be randomized in Cohort A2 (n=16; 12 active: 4 Placebo) and will receive the investigational product (RHN-001) or placebo on Day 2 (dosing day) within 30 minutes after a standard breakfast. All subjects will undergo a 24-hour PK study during their stay at the clinical trial site.	Drug: RHN-001 (one tablet 750mg); Subjects in A1 and A2 will receive 750mg RHN-001 or matching placebo tablets in Fasted state and Fed states respectively with 240 mL ambient temperature water.
Experimental: Cohort B1 (1500mg RHN-001 or Placebo) in fasting state; Eligible 16 subjects will be randomized in Cohort B1 (n=16; 12 active: 4 Placebo) and fast for at least 10 hours on check-in day after dinner till 4 hours after they receive the investigational product (RHN-001 1500mg caplet) or placebo at the study site on the morning of Day 2 of the study.	Drug: RHN-001 (750mg * 2 Tablets); Subjects in B1 and B2 will receive 1500mg RHN-001 (750mg tablet) or matching placebo tablets in Fasted state and Fed states respectively with 240 mL ambient temperature water.
Experimental: Cohort B2 (1500mg RHN-001 or Placebo) in fed state; Eligible 16 subjects will be randomized in Cohort B2 (n=16; 12 active: 4 Placebo) and will receive the investigational product (RHN-001) or placebo on Day 2 (dosing day) within 30 minutes after a standard breakfast. All subjects will undergo a 24-hour PK study during their stay at the clinical trial site.	Drug: RHN-001 (750mg * 2 Tablets); Subjects in B1 and B2 will receive 1500mg RHN-001 (750mg tablet) or matching placebo tablets in Fasted state and Fed states respectively with 240 mL ambient temperature water.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Safety and tolerability profile of SAD of RHN-001	Number of subjects with adverse events (AEs) (i.e., seriousness, severity, relationship to the study medication, outcome, duration, and management), vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECGs), clinical laboratory parameters, weight, and physical examination.	up to 24 hours post dose in each cohort
Safety Endpoints of MAD of RHN-001	Number of subjects with adverse events (AEs) (i.e., seriousness, severity, relationship to the study medication, outcome, duration, and management), vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECGs), clinical laboratory parameters, weight, and physical examination.	up to 24 hours post dose in each cohort

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
maximum plasma concentration	maximum concentration of RHN-001 in plasma after dose in each cohort	up to 24 hours post dose
Time to reach maximum plasma concentration	Time required for RHN-001 to reach maximum plasma concentration	up to 24 hours post dose
AUC (Area under concentration vs time curve)	Area under the time versus plasma RHN-001 concentration curve	up to 24 hours post dose

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: RH Nanopharmaceuticals
• Collaborators: Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Muhammad Raza Shah, PhD, Center for bio-equivalence studies and clinical research, ICCBS, University of Karachi, Pakistan; Principal Investigator: Izhar Hasan, MD, PhD, RH Nanopharmaceuticals LLC, Princeton, NJ 088540

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 9, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 19, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): March 19, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2023
• First Posted (Estimate): May 8, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 8, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: healthy volunteers; Anti inflammatory; Phase 1 study
• Other Study ID Numbers: CB-046-RHN(S)-2021

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: only de-identified individual participants data can be shared upon proper request to the sponsor.

Drug and device information, study documents

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