Study to Assess the Pharmacodynamic Effects of Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) in Healthy Volunteers With and Without Bendavia

Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Healthy Volunteers

In brief

This will be a phase 1 randomized, double-blind crossover trial enrolling approximately 12 healthy volunteers to assess whether intravenous (IV) UFH and IV Bendavia administered together have any significant impact on the pharmacodynamic effects of UFH and the pharmacokinetics of Bendavia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01513200

Run by

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.

People needed

12

Starts

2012-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy adult males or females aged between 18 and 65 years of age with signed informed consent.
• Women who are not post-menopausal (without menstrual bleed for >24 months) or surgically sterile must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and within 24 hours of treatment with understanding (through informed consent process) to not become pregnant over the duration of the study and must agree to employ an effective form of birth control for the duration of the study [Acceptable forms of birth control are: double-barrier contraceptives (condom, diaphragm with spermicide) or intra-uterine device (IUD) 1 week prior to and at least 30 days post treatment even if hormonal contraceptives are used]

You may not qualify if…

• Serum sodium level below the lower limit of the site's clinical laboratory normal range at both study period qualification visits,
• Platelet value below the lower limit of normal range at screening or admission,
• aPTT value outside the normal range at screening or admission,
• Creatinine clearance calculated by the Cockcroft and Gault method calculated to be <90 mL/min for males and <80 mL/min for females,
• Any addition laboratory abnormalities determined as clinically significant by the Principal Investigator at laboratory screening,
• Clinically significant abnormalities on physical examination,
• Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 18 kg/m2 or greater than 32 kg/m2,
• Any disease or condition that might compromise the cardiovascular, hematological, renal, hepatic, pulmonary (including chronic asthma), endocrine (e.g., diabetes), central nervous, or gastrointestinal (including an ulcer) systems,
• History of seizures or history of epilepsy,
• History of serious (Principal Investigator judgment) mental illness,
• Receipt of investigational medicinal product within 30 days before planned date of unfractionated heparin and/or study drug administration,
• Positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus 1 or 2 (HIV1 or 2), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis C virus (HCV),
• Fever greater than 37.5°C at the time of planned dosing,
• Suspicion of or recent history of alcohol or substance abuse,
• Donated blood or blood products within the past 30 days,
• Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding,
• Employee or family member of the investigational site,
• Subjects who currently smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes or chew tobacco products or who have used any tobacco products in the 30 days prior to screening,
• Subjects who are either unwilling to agree to refrain from using or found to be using:
• Alcohol, caffeine, xanthine-containing food or beverages, nicotine products and over-the-counter medications with the exception of Tylenol from 24 hours prior to dosing and throughout the confinement period
• Prescription medications from 14 days prior to and 7 days post treatment (excluding hormonal contraceptives)
• Hormonal contraceptives without concomitant use of double-barrier contraceptives (condom, diaphragm with spermicide) for a period of 7 days prior to and 30 days post treatment
• Subjects taking aspirin or any other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, either prescription or over-the-counter, within 10 days of treatment,
• Subjects known to have allergic or untoward effects when using unfractionated heparin,
• Subjects having previous exposure to Bendavia,

Where it is running

• Clinical Pharmacology of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States

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