This is a randomized double-blind comparative parallel group study of the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of Complarate and Actemra® in healthy volunteers. Participants received a single intravenous dose of tocilizumab 8 mg/kg. The follow up period was 43 days
Complarate (tocilizumab) is being developed as a biosimilar to the drug Actemra®, a concentrate for the preparation of a solution for infusion. Tocilizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody to the human interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor from the immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) subclass of immunoglobulins. Tocilizumab binds to and inhibits both soluble and membrane IL-6 receptors (sIL-6R and mIL-6R). This I phase study is aimed to compare the pharmacokinetics and safety of the drugs Complarate and Actemra® after their single intravenous administration to healthy volunteers at a dose of 8 mg/kg. The study included healthy volunteers aged 18-45 years at the time of signing the informed consent form. The study included a screening period, single administration of study/comparator drug and a follow up period. Allocation of patients to treatment groups was carried out by randomization in a ratio of 1:1 to the study drug and comparator drug. 46 healthy volunteers (23 to the study drug group and 23 to the reference drug group) were randomized.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
43
The test drug Complarate® was administered as an intravenous infusion at a single dose of 8 mg/kg.
The reference drug Actemra® was administered as an intravenous infusion at a single dose of 8 mg/kg.
Department of Clinical Research, Center for Clinical Drug Research
Moscow, Russia
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov" of the Ministry of Health of Russia
Moscow, Russia
Pharmacokinetics: Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC)
Analysis of equivalence of area under concentration-time curve from time 0 (predose) to the last quantifiable data point and to infinity of Complarate and Actemra®
Time frame: day 43
Pharmacokinetics: Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax)
Analysis of equivalence of Cmax of Complarate and Actemra®
Time frame: day 43
Pharmacodynamics: Concentration of interleukine-6 (IL-6)
IL-6 concentration
Time frame: day 43
Pharmacodynamics: Concentration of soluble interleukine-6 receptor (sIL-6R)
sIL-6R concentration
Time frame: day 43
Pharmacodynamics: Concentration of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)
hsCRP concentration
Time frame: day 43
Adverse events
The Investigator will carefully monitor each subject throughout the study for any adverse events (coded to preferred term and system organ class using the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities \[MedDRA\])
Time frame: day 43
Immunogenicity
antidrug antibodies (ADA) level
Time frame: day 43
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