A Study of Orally Administered JNJ-56136379 to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics After Single Ascending Doses and One Multiple Dose Regimen in Healthy Participants (Part I), and After Multiple Dose Regimens in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis B (Part II)

Janssen (J&J Innovative Medicine)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Healthy; Hepatitis, Chronic

Treatments: Drug: Placebo; Drug: JNJ-56136379

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02662712

56136379HPB1001 (Other Identifier)

2015-003724-30 (EudraCT Number)

CR108092

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate pharmacokinetics and safety data including serious and other adverse events, physical examinations, vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and clinical laboratory results (including biochemistry, hematology, and urine).

Full description

Part 1: This is a first-in-human (FIH), double-blind (neither the researchers nor the participants know what treatment the participant is receiving), randomized (study medication assigned to participants by chance), placebo-controlled (an inactive substance; a pretend treatment [with no drug in it] that is compared in a clinical trial with a drug to test if the drug has a real effect) study. Part 1 includes healthy adult participants, divided into 3 panels (Panel 1, 2 and 3) and in Part 2 adult Chronic Hepatitis B Participants will be included, in Sessions VIII to XI and Optional Sessions A-B-C (Panel 4). The study will consists of screening phase (part 1: [less than or equal to <=28 days before the first intake of study drug; part 2: [<=56 to greater than or equal to {>=} 20 days before the first intake of study drug), Treatment Phase (multiple dose phase in part 1: Day -1 up to 12 or 19 days; part 2: up to 4 weeks) and Follow up Phase (part 1: 30-35 days after last study drug intake or after dropout; part 2: up to week 8 after actual end of study drug treatment). Participants' safety will be evaluated throughout the study.

Enrollment: 87 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• For Part II, a female participant must be either of a) Non-childbearing potential defined as: 1) Postmenopausal: A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level (greater than (>)40 international unit per milliliter (IU/L) or milli-international units per milliliter (mIU/mL) in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a postmenopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy, however in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient, or 2) Permanently sterile: Permanent sterilization methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, bilateral tubal occlusion/ligation procedures, and bilateral oophorectomy, or b) Childbearing potential and practicing sexual abstinence or a highly effective method of contraception from screening onwards and agree to continue to use the same method of contraception throughout study treatment and for at least 90 days after the last dose of study drug (or longer, if dictated by local regulation)
• Female participants should have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening
• Healthy Participants: Participants must have a body mass index (BMI; weight in kg divided by the square of height in meters) of 18.0 to 30.0 kilogram per square meter (kg/m2), extremes included
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Participants must have lack of advanced liver disease, ie, either: Metavir F0-F2 (or comparable histologic scoring system) as determined on a liver biopsy within one year of the screening visit; a result based on specific radiologic liver disease staging modalities (eg, Fibroscan, AFRI, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]-Elastography) compatible with Metavir F0-F2 within 6 months of the screening visit
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Participants must have HBV DNA of greater than or equal [>=] 2,000 international unit per milliliter (IU/mL) at screening
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Participants must be aged between 18 years to 65 years, have a body mass index (BMI; weight in kg divided by the square of height in meters) of 18.0 to 35.0 kilogram per square meter (kg/m^2), extremes included

Exclusion criteria

• Healthy Participants: Participants with a past history of cardiac arrhythmias (example, extrasystolic, tachycardia at rest), history of risk factors for Torsade de Pointes syndrome (eg, hypokalemia, family history of long QT Syndrome)
• Healthy Participants: Female participants who are breastfeeding at screening
• Healthy Participants: Participants with current human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) or HIV-2 infection (confirmed by antibodies) at screening
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Participants with current HCV infection (confirmed by HCV antibody or HCV RNA) or hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection (confirmed by HDV antibody) at screening
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Participants with positivity of anti-HBs antibodies
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Participants with a past history of cardiac arrhythmias (eg, extrasystolic, tachycardia at rest), history of risk factors for Torsade de Pointes syndrome (eg, hypokalemia, family history of long QT Syndrome)
• Chronic Hepatitis B Participants: Female participants who are breastfeeding at screening

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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87 participants in 3 patient groups

Part 1: Single Dose Escalation

Experimental group

Description:

The single dose escalation phase of the study will consist of 6 dosing sessions (Sessions I to VI) evaluated in 2 panels (Panels 1 and 2). The dose of JNJ-56136379 will be consecutively escalated over 5 levels, alternating between the 2 panels. Panel 1 will receive 3 single doses (SD1, SD3 and SD3fed) in Sessions I, III and V, respectively. Panel 2 will receive 3 single doses (SD2, SD4 and SD5) in Sessions II, IV and VI, respectively. There will be a washout period of at least 14 days between consecutive JNJ-56136379/placebo dosing in each individual participant.

Treatment:

Drug: JNJ-56136379

Drug: Placebo

Part 1: Multiple dose session

Experimental group

Description:

After completion of the fifth single dose session another panel of healthy participant (panel 3) receive multiple doses of JNJ-56136379 at one dose level (MDx) or placebo for 12 or 19 consecutive days (Session VII) in fed or fasted conditions.

Treatment:

Drug: JNJ-56136379

Drug: Placebo

Part 2: Multiple dose escalation

Experimental group

Description:

Multiple dose levels will be given in Panel 4 in Session VIII (European sites), Sessions IX and X (European and/or Asian sites) Session XI (Asian sites) for 28 consecutive days in fed conditions. Optional Sessions A-B-C (Panel 4) used for further dose evaluations at European and/or Asian sites. Per session, participants will receive JNJ 56136379 or placebo. Dose progression to the next multiple dose level may be adapted based on the emerging safety and PK outcome of the previous dosing levels.

Treatment:

Drug: JNJ-56136379

Drug: Placebo