A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic Effects of KUR-101 in Healthy Adults
- Registration Number
- NCT05114265
- Lead Sponsor
- Kures, Inc.
- Brief Summary
This project is testing the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK, the amount of study drug in your blood) and pharmacodynamics (PD, how the study drug affects your body) of single doses of a new drug called KUR-101.
Up to 58 healthy men or women aged between 18-55 will be enrolled in this study in two parts.
Part 1 will involve a single ascending (increasing) dose (SAD) where 40 participants (5 groups of 8) will be randomised (assigned randomly, like flipping a coin) to receive a single oral dose of the study drug or placebo. The placebo will look the same as the study drug but will not contain any medicine.
Part 2: will involve a crossover design where 18 participants will be randomised to receive a single oral dose of each of three interventions (study drug, placebo or a marketed form of oxycodone). Each dose is separated by 7 days and the participants are randomised so they do not know the order of the interventions.
For Part 1 the total participation will last 9 days, of which 4 days (3 nights) will be spent in the clinic. One group of subjects in Part 1 will return to the clinic to receive a second dose of drug given with a high fat breakfast. In this group, the total participation will last 16 days, of which 8 days (7 nights) will be spent in the clinic.
For Part 2 the total participation will last 23 days, of which 9 days (8 nights) will be spent in the clinic.
- Detailed Description
This is a Phase 1, single-center, prospective, study of orally administered KUR-101 in normal healthy participants. The study will be conducted in two parts.
Part 1 is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety, tolerability, PK, analgesic and respiratory effects of single ascending doses of orally administered KUR-101 in normal healthy participants. Once the MTD has been determined, this dose, or an alternate lower dose, will be taken into Part 2 of the study.
Part 2 is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-period crossover study to assess the analgesic and respiratory effects of a single oral KUR-101 as compared to that of oxycodone in normal healthy participants.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- Healthy male and female subjects;
- Between 18 and 55 years of age;
- Provide a signed EC-approved consent form;
- Generally healthy, in the opinion of the Investigator;
- Body Mass Index (BMI) 18 to 32 kg/m^2;
- Using method of contraception;
- Willing and able to comply with protocol requirements for the duration of the study
- Subjects taking prohibited medications;
- Subjects with a history or presence of clinically significant medical or psychiatric disease;
- Subjects with a history of recreational or opiate use;
- Subjects with a history of alcohol abuse or moderate to severe substance abuse;
- Subjects who have regularly used nicotine-containing products;
- Subjects with a hospital admission or major illness within 1 month prior to Screening;
- Subjects with a major surgery within 3 months prior to Screening;
- Subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Subjects who have participated (taken investigative drug and/or device) in another clinical trial within 30 days prior to Screening;
- Subjects who belong to a vulnerable population.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SEQUENTIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Part 2: Three-way crossover OxyNorm Single dose of oral KUR-101, oral placebo and oral OxyNorm Part 1: Single ascending dose KUR-101 Single dose of oral KUR-101 or oral placebo Part 2: Three-way crossover Placebo Single dose of oral KUR-101, oral placebo and oral OxyNorm Part 1: Single ascending dose Placebo Single dose of oral KUR-101 or oral placebo Part 2: Three-way crossover KUR-101 Single dose of oral KUR-101, oral placebo and oral OxyNorm
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Part 1: Safety of KUR-101 when compared with placebo From the signing of the informed consent through Day 8 in Cohort 1, 2, 4 and 5 and through Day 15 in Cohort 3 Measured by the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events
Part 2: Effect of KUR-101 on evoked pain response as compared to oxycodone and placebo Up to 4 hours post dose Measured using thermal sensory testing
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Part 1 and Part 2: Pharmacokinetics of KUR-101 Up to 48 hours post dose Measured by levels of KUR-101 in the blood
Part 1: Pharmacokinetics of KUR-101 Up to 48 hours post dose Measured by levels of KUR-101 in the urine
Part 2: Effect of KUR-101 on respiratory function when compared to placebo and oxycodone Up to 8 hours post dose Measured using vital signs monitoring
Part 2: Safety of KUR-101 when compared with placebo and oxycodone From the signing of the informed consent through Day 22 Measured by the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events
Part 2: Addictive potential of KUR-101 when compared with placebo and oxycodone Up to 4 hours post dose Measured through the Addiction Research Center Inventory Morphine Benzedrine Group scale
Part 1: Effect of KUR-101 on respiratory function when compared to placebo Up to 8 hours post dose Measured using vital signs monitoring
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
KUR-101-101 Clinical Research Site
🇳🇿Christchurch, New Zealand