Status:

COMPLETED

Clearance of NRL972 in Patients With Cirrhosis, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and in Healthy Volunteers

Lead Sponsor:

Norgine

Conditions:

Hepatic Cirrhosis

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The study was conducted to describe and compare the plasma pharmacokinetics of NRL972 administered after a standard meal and while fasted in patients with hepatic cirrhosis (Child-Turcotte-Pugh \[CTP\...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • General - all subjects
  • Males or females (females of non-childbearing potential or of childbearing potential while taking medically appropriate contraception)
  • Caucasian
  • BMI: between 19 and 34 kg.m-2
  • BW: between 45 and 110 kg
  • willing and able to provide informed consent Healthy volunteers (group N)
  • Age: 18 - 40 years (inclusive) e.g. \> 60 years
  • Assessed as healthy based on the pre study examination Hepatic cirrhosis
  • Age: 18 - 75 years
  • stable compensated liver cirrhosis (cryptogenic, posthepatic, alcoholic) with histo-logical or macroscopic (e.g. laparascopy, biopsy, ultrasound sonography or other adequate imaging techniques) confirmation Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
  • Age: 18 - 75 years
  • Diagnosis of NASH confirmed by liver biopsy

Exclusion

  • General - all subjects
  • Previous participation in the trial
  • Participant in any other trial during the last 90 days
  • Donation of blood during the last 60 days or a history of blood loss exceeding 450 mL within the last 3 months
  • History of any clinically relevant allergy
  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or any further intolerability of the Galactose test
  • Presence of acute or chronic infection
  • Resting systolic blood pressure \> 160 or \< 90 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure \> 95 or \< 50 mmHg
  • Clinically relevant ECG-abnormalities, prolonged QTc with \> 450 msec in males and \> 460 msec in females in particular
  • Clinically relevant ECG-abnormalities that constitute a contraindication for the Lido-cain-MEG'-X-test
  • Positive HIV test
  • Positive alcohol or urine drug test on recruitment
  • Daily use of \> 30 gr alcohol
  • Smoking more than 15 cigarettes/day or equivalent of other tobacco products
  • Use of prohibited medication
  • Suspicion or evidence that the subject is not trustworthy and reliable
  • Suspicion or evidence that the subject is not able to make a free consent or to under-stand the information in this regard
  • General - all females
  • Positive pregnancy test
  • Lactating
  • Not using appropriate contraception in premenopausal women All healthy subjects
  • Presence or history of any relevant comorbidity (list of past and present diseases will be reviewed by an expert panel)
  • Presence of any relevant abnormality in the laboratory safety tests, especially low haemoglobin, increased liver enzymes, reduced serum creatinine (laboratory test abnormalities will be reviewed by an expert panel)
  • Positive serology for HBsAg, anti HBc and anti HCV
  • History of alcohol and/or drug abuse.
  • Patients with hepatic disease
  • Biliary liver cirrhosis
  • Liver impairment due to space-occupying processes (e.g. carcinoma)
  • State after liver transplantation or patient scheduled for liver transplantation
  • Fluctuating or rapidly deteriorating hepatic function
  • Significant bleeding diathesis
  • Oesophageal bleeding within the last 8 weeks before study entry
  • Ascites \> 6 L on abdominal US
  • Number Connection test: time to connect 25 consecutive numbers \> 30 sec
  • Presence or history of any relevant comorbidity other than hepatic disease (list of past and present diseases will be reviewed by an expert panel)
  • Clinically relevant abnormal laboratory values other than those associated or sufficiently explained by the existing liver disease (laboratory test abnormalities will be reviewed by an expert panel)
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse within 2 months prior to dosing

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

52 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00856869

Start Date

August 1 2004

End Date

April 1 2005

Last Update

March 6 2009

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UMHAPT St. Ivan Rilski's University Hospital

Sofia, Bulgaria, 1431