A single-site, single-blind study of ascending doses of Lyophilized Plasma in normal healthy volunteers.
This "first-in-human" Phase I, single-center, dose escalation study (using 3 dose levels) is proposed to assess the safety of infusing reconstituted lyophilized human plasma (LyP). The study design incorporates plasmapheresis-derived autologous plasma (FFP) for infusion(s) to eliminate variables and events known to be related to allogenic transfusion. Subjects will be enrolled at a blood center and provide autologous FFP that will be shipped to the sponsor site and used as the starting material to manufacture LyP. Once manufacturing is complete, the LyP (autologous) will be returned to the blood center for reconstitution and infusion into subjects. Maximum dosage within this study will approach "massive transfusion" (1 liter in Cohort 3) to obtain a preliminary assessment of safety. One half of the FFP obtained from subjects in Cohort 3 (only) will be shipped to the sponsor and returned to the site (but not manufactured into LyP) to serve as the control (autologous FFP).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
16
Lyophilized Plasma is serves as a source of plasma proteins for subjects who are deficient in plasma proteins. The donor and recipient are the same person, therefore the process is autologous. HemCon's lyophilized plasma originates from FFP from screened individual donors to significantly reduce the risk of bloodborne disease transmission and undesired transfusion-associated reactions. Each single-donor unit is tested (per required of the blood supply) to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents and hence, maximize subject safety.
The fluid portion of one unit of human blood that has been centrifuged, separated, and frozen solid at -18 °C (-0.4 °F) (or colder) within 6 hours of collection.
Hoxworth Blood Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
To assess the safety and tolerability of increasing doses of infused autologous units of LyP in normal healthy volunteers and to define possible LyP adverse reactions.
Time frame: 1 day, 7 day, 14 day, and 28 day follow-ups after infusion.
To demonstrate that coagulation function assays and specific coagulation factors [Cohort 3 only] are similar within clinically meaningful levels, post-infusion of either autologous LyP or FFP.
Time frame: 1 day, 7 day, 14 day, and 28 day follow up after second infusion.
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