A Study to Assess Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Pelacarsen (ISIS 681257) in Healthy Japanese Participants

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Healthy Participants

Treatments: Drug: Pelacarsen; Drug: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05337878

AKCEA-CS1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and multiple subcutaneous (SC) doses of Pelacarsen (ISIS 681257) in healthy Japanese participants.

Full description

This was a randomized, placebo-controlled, participant and investigator-blinded, single ascending and multiple-dose study of Pelacrsen (ISIS 681257) in up to 29 healthy Japanese male and female participants. The study was conducted in two parts:1) Single ascending dose (SAD) including up to a 28-day screening period, a baseline period, dose with study drug on Day 1, a 2-day (48 hours) post-dose in-patient observation period, followed by an out-patient observation period up to Day 90; 2) Multiple doses (MD) including up to a 28-day screening period, a baseline period, dose with study drug up to Day 85, a 2-day (48 hours) post-dose in-patient observation period, followed by an out-patient observation period up to Day 204.

In the SAD period, participants were randomized to receive single dose of Pelacarsen or placebo.

Upon completion of the SAD period participants were randomized to receive multiple doses of Pelacarsen.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Provided written informed consent (signed and dated) and any authorizations required by local law and was able to comply with all study requirements.
2. Male and female of first-, second- or third-generation Japanese participants.
3. Japanese healthy or obese male and female participants 18 to 65 years of age inclusive, and in good health as determined by past medical history, physical examination, vital signs, ECG and laboratory tests at screening.
4. Participants weighed at least 45 kilograms (kg), healthy or obese with body mass index (BMI) ≤ 35.0 kilograms per meter square (kg/m^2).
5. Participants had to have lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) ≥ 15 nanomole per liter (nmol/L) (8 milligram per deciliter [mg/dL]) at screening.

Exclusion criteria

1. Clinically significant abnormalities in medical history including acute coronary syndrome, major surgery within 3 months of screening, planned surgery that would have occurred during the study or physical examination or other screening results such as ECGs findings at screening.

Screening laboratory results as follows or any other clinically significant abnormalities in screening laboratory values that would have rendered a participant unsuitable for inclusion. If abnormal, the laboratory tests may have been repeated after consultation with the Sponsor Medical Monitor.

• Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ˂ 60 milliliter per minute per 1.73 meter per square (mL/min/1.73m^2) (as determined by the Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiological Collaboration [CKD-EPI] Equation).
• Urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) ≥ 200 milligram per gram (mg/g) or urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) ≥ 30 mg/g.
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT; serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), aspartate aminotransferase (AST; serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase), bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen > 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening excluded a participant from participation in the study.
• Fasting blood glucose > ULN. If elevated, hemoglobin A1c was checked and if < 6%, the participant could have been enrolled.
• Platelet count < 140,000 per microliter (/μL). 3. Active infection requiring systemic antiviral or antimicrobial therapy that would not have been completed prior to Day 1.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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29 participants in 6 patient groups, including a placebo group

SAD: Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Single dose of Pelacarsen-matching placebo administered by SC injection on Day 1 of single-dose treatment period.

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo

SAD: Pelacarsen 20 milligrams (mg)

Experimental group

Description:

Single dose of Pelacarsen, 20 mg, administered by SC injection on Day 1 of single-dose treatment period.

Treatment:

Drug: Pelacarsen

SAD: Pelacarsen 40 mg

Experimental group

Description:

Single dose of Pelacarsen, 40 mg, administered by SC injection on Day 1 of single-dose treatment period.

Treatment:

Drug: Pelacarsen

SAD: Pelacarsen 80 mg

Experimental group

Description:

Single dose of Pelacarsen, 80 mg, administered by SC injection on Day 1 of single-dose treatment period.

Treatment:

Drug: Pelacarsen

MD: Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Multiple doses of Pelacarsen-matching placebo administered by SC injection every 4 weeks, on Days 1, 29, 57 and 85 of multiple-dose treatment period.

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo

MD: Pelacarsen 80 mg

Experimental group

Description:

Multiple doses of Pelacarsen, 80 mg, administered by SC injection every 4 weeks, on Days 1, 29, 57 and 85 of multiple-dose treatment period.

Treatment:

Drug: Pelacarsen