A First-in-Human Study of Single and Multiple Doses of Amilo-5MER in Healthy Subjects

A Phase 1, Double-blind, Single and Multiple-Dose Study of Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Amilo-5MER in Healthy Volunteers

This is a three-part, single Centre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled first-in-human study of single ascending doses (SADs, Part 1) and multiple doses (Part 2) of amilo-5MER in healthy young adult male subjects and a single dose cohort in healthy elderly male and female subjects (Part 3)

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Inflammatory Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: amilo-5MER

Detailed Description

This is a three-part, single Centre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled first-in-human study of single ascending doses (SADs, Part 1) and multiple doses (Part 2) of amilo-5MER in healthy young adult male subjects and a single dose cohort in healthy elderly male and female subjects (Part 3).

The study aim is to assess and characterize the safety and tolerability of single and multiple doses of amilo-5MER in healthy young adult subjects and single doses in healthy elderly subjects.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 55
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG11 6JS
    • Quotient Sciences, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6JS, UK

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy males (all parts) or healthy females (Part 3 only).
2. Aged 18 to 45 years (Parts 1 and 2) or aged 65 to 80 years (Part 3) inclusive at the time of signing informed consent.
3. Body mass index (BMI) of 19.0 to 31.0 kg/m2, with a body weight <95 kg, as measured at screening.
4. Willing and able to communicate and participate in the whole study.
5. Provided a written informed consent.
6. Agreed to adhere to the contraception requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects who had received any IMP in a clinical research study within the 90 days prior to Day 1.
2. Subjects who were, or were immediate family members of, a study site or sponsor employee.
3. Subjects who had previously been administered IMP in this study. Subjects who took part in Part 1 were not permitted to take part in Part 2.
4. Evidence of recent SARS-CoV-2 symptomatic infection within the last 3 months. Subjects who had asymptomatic, incidental, positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) findings could have been included if tested more than 30 days prior to screening and test negative at screening.
5. History of any drug or alcohol abuse in the past 2 years.
6. Regular alcohol consumption in males >21 units per week and females (Part 3 only) >14 units per week (1 unit = ½ pint beer, or a 25 mL shot of 40% spirit, 1.5 to 2 units = 125 mL glass of wine, depending on type).
7. A confirmed positive alcohol breath test at screening or admission.
8. Current smokers and those who had smoked within the last 6 months. A confirmed breath carbon monoxide (CO) reading of greater than 10 ppm at screening or admission.
9. Current users of e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement products and those who had used these products within the last 6 months.
10. Females of childbearing potential including those who were pregnant or lactating (all female subjects must have had a negative highly sensitive urine and serum pregnancy test). A woman was considered of childbearing potential unless she was permanently sterile (hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, and bilateral oophorectomy) or was postmenopausal (had no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause and a serum follicle stimulating hormone [FSH] concentration ≥30 IU/L) at screening and admission visit (Part 3 only).
11. Male subjects who had pregnant or lactating partners.
12. Subjects who did not have suitable veins for multiple venepunctures/cannulation as assessed by the investigator at screening.
13. Clinically significant abnormal clinical chemistry, haematology or urinalysis as judged by the investigator (laboratory parameters are listed in Appendix 1 of protocol [Appendix 16.1.1.1]).
14. Confirmed positive drugs of abuse test result (drugs of abuse tests are listed in Appendix 1 of protocol [Appendix 16.1.1.1]) at screening or admission.
15. Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody results.
16. Evidence of renal impairment at screening, as indicated by an estimated creatinine clearance (CLcr) of <80 mL/min (Parts 1 and 2) or <60 mL/min (Part 3) using the Cockcroft-Gault equation at screening.
17. History of clinically significant cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, dermatological, chronic respiratory or gastrointestinal disease, neurological or psychiatric disorder, as judged by the investigator.
18. Clinically significant abnormalities on electrocardiogram (ECG) (e.g. prolonged QTc, prolonged PR interval).
19. Serious adverse reaction or serious hypersensitivity to any drug or the formulation excipients.
20. Presence or history of clinically significant allergy requiring treatment, as judged by the investigator. Hay fever was allowed unless it was active.
21. Donation of blood or plasma within the previous 3 months or loss of greater than 400 mL of blood.
22. Had received blood or plasma derivatives in the 3 months preceding dosing.
23. Adherence (for whatever reason) to an abnormal diet during the 4 weeks prior to the study, or subjects with recent significant change in body weight.
24. Subjects who were taking, or had taken, any prescribed or over-the-counter drug (other than up to 2 g of paracetamol per day until 24 h prior to dosing and hormone replacement therapy [HRT]) or herbal remedies or dietary supplements (including bran) in the 14 days before IMP administration.
25. Subjects with tattoos or scars on the abdomen which could have interfered with injection site assessments, as determined by the investigator at screening.
26. Failure to satisfy the investigator of fitness to participate for any other reason.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: A- amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo- 10 mg; Amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo at a dose of 10 mg	Drug: amilo-5MER; amilo-5MER is a 5 amino acid synthetic peptide MTADV (Methionine, Threonine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Valine).; Other Names: Synthetic peptide consisting of 5 amino acids
Experimental: B- amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo- 30 mg; Amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo at a dose of 30 mg	Drug: amilo-5MER; amilo-5MER is a 5 amino acid synthetic peptide MTADV (Methionine, Threonine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Valine).; Other Names: Synthetic peptide consisting of 5 amino acids
Experimental: C- amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo- 90 mg; Amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo at a dose of 90 mg	Drug: amilo-5MER; amilo-5MER is a 5 amino acid synthetic peptide MTADV (Methionine, Threonine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Valine).; Other Names: Synthetic peptide consisting of 5 amino acids
Experimental: D- amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo- 180 mg; Amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo at a dose of 180 mg	Drug: amilo-5MER; amilo-5MER is a 5 amino acid synthetic peptide MTADV (Methionine, Threonine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Valine).; Other Names: Synthetic peptide consisting of 5 amino acids
Experimental: E- amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo- 360mg; Amilo-5MER solution for subcutaneous administration or matching placebo at a dose of 360 mg	Drug: amilo-5MER; amilo-5MER is a 5 amino acid synthetic peptide MTADV (Methionine, Threonine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Valine).; Other Names: Synthetic peptide consisting of 5 amino acids

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Safety and tolerability of amilo-5ER	Assess and characterize the number of participants with clinically significant changes in safety assessments, including adverse events, physical examination findings, vital signs, clinical laboratory assessments, and urinalysis.	10 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
PK- Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)	Investigate the plasma Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) of single and multiple doses of amilo-5MER	10 days
PK- Time of maximum observed concentration (Tmax)	Investigate the plasma Time of maximum observed concentration (Tmax) of single and multiple doses of amilo-5MER	10 days
PK- Maximum observed concentration (Cmax)	Investigate the plasma Maximum observed concentration (Cmax) of single and multiple doses of amilo-5MER	10 days
PK- Total body clearance (CL/F)	Investigate the Total body clearance (CL/F) of single and multiple doses of amilo-5MER	10 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd
• Collaborators: Quotient Sciences
• Investigators: Study Director: John Posner, PhD, FRCP, Pharmaceutical medicine consultant

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 5, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 4, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Amilo-5MER-002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Data collected for exploration only.

Drug and device information, study documents

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