Xfibra, Inc. is conducting a Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, first-in-human study of the safety, tolerability, and physiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and multiple ascending doses of XFB19 in healthy adult volunteers.
Xfibra, Inc. is conducting this clinical research study to test a potential new drug called XFB19 that is being developed for inflammatory/fibrotic diseases. Although current medications are available to improve health and survival in patients with inflammatory/fibrotic diseases no specific pharmacotherapy has proven curative against Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), liver cirrhosis , or Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). The advantages of XFB19 over currently available therapies are its target specificity, in that it only affects a carefully selected target which may allow recovery from inflammatory/fibrotic diseases, and potentially reverse tissue fibrosis. Although many laboratory and animal studies have been completed, this is the first time XFB-19 is being tested in humans. Therefore, side effects in humans are unknown. This study will be conducted in two parts - Part A (single dose) and Part B (multiple dosing). The purpose and main goals of this study are: * To determine whether XFB19 is safe and well tolerated in humans * To determine a safe dose of XFB19 to be used in future studies in patients. * To test how much XFB19 gets into the blood and how long it takes to be cleared from the body * To measure the activity of XFB19 in blood. XFB19 is considered experimental because it has not yet been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in the USA, or any other regulatory agency responsible for approving medicines. There may be risks in taking this experimental drug that are unknown.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
40
The site-specific phosphorylation of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) on Threonine266 (phospho-C/EBPβThr266) is critical for the priming and activation pathways, signals 1 and 2 of the NLRP3 inflammasome, that result in its full induction, causal to systemic inflammation critical to the morbidity and mortality of inflammatory/fibrotic diseases. Phospho-C/EBPβThr266 is also essential for the mesenchymal myofibroblastic cell cycle checkpoint failure and transition that results in the inappropriate tissue repair and pathological tissue fibrosis. XFB19 is a first-in-class, rationally-designed drug. It is homeostatic, and in preclinical studies, effectively, safely, and selectively inhibits phospho-C/EBPβThr266, the pathological inflammatory-fibrotic complications of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and synergistic myofibroblastic transition, reversing the pathology towards homeostasis, and fulfilling the precision medicine objectives.
No active ingredient drug use to blind participants and investigators
Number of participants with adverse events
Number of participants with adverse events (using the CTCAE v5.0 grading scale), with abnormal laboratory tests results (hematology, serum chemistry, coagulation, and urinalysis), abnormal vital signs, abnormal ECG parameters, and abnormal physical examination findings.
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Heart Rate (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: Heart Rate
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Rhythm (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: Rhythm
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
P wave (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: P wave
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
PR interval (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: PR interval
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
QRS complex (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: QRS complex
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
ST segment (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: ST segment
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
T wave (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: T wave
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Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
QT interval (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: QT interval
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Cardiac axis (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: Cardiac axis
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
J-point (assessed by ECG)
ECG parameters include the following: J-point
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Maximum observed concentration (Cmax)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Cmax
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Time to Cmax (Tmax)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Tmax
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Trough concentration (Ctrough)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Ctrough (predose Day 7 in Part B only)
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Area under the plasma drug concentration-time curve (AUC0-tlast).
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Area under the plasma drug concentration-time curve from time zero to the time of last quantifiable concentration (AUC0-tlast)
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Apparent terminal elimination half-life (t1/2)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • t1/2
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Apparent terminal elimination half-life (t1/2)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Apparent terminal elimination half-life (t1/2)
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Terminal elimination rate constant (λz)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • λz
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Total apparent body clearance (CL/F)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • CL/F
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Apparent volume of distribution (Vz/F)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Vz/F
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)
Apparent steady state volume of distribution (Vss/F)
XFB19 PK endpoints include (but are not limited to) the following after the single dose in Part A and/or the first and last doses in Part B as indicated: • Vss/F
Time frame: During admission to the clinical unit (up to 10 days)