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Safety, Tolerability,Pharmacokinetics(PK)and Pharmacodynamics(PD)Assessment of LCQ908 in Patients With Severe Hypertriglyceridemia

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Hyperlipoproteinemia
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT01146522
Lead Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

This study will assess safety, tolerability, and effect of LCQ908 on blood lipids in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
8
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with hyperlipoproteinemia Type I or Type V willing and medically able to discontinue their lipid lowering medication (if prescribed).
  • Non breast feeding women.
  • Women of child bearing potential practicing appropriate contraception with a negative pregnancy test before dosing.
Exclusion Criteria

Patients with:

  • uncontrolled type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus,
  • active pancreatitis (the month prior to study start),
  • history of drug or alcohol abuse within the 12 months prior to dosing,
  • or any surgical or medical condition, acute or unstable chronic disease which may, based on the investigator's opinion, jeopardize the patient in case of participation in the study.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlacebo-
LCQ908LCQ908-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Fasting and postprandial plasma triglyceridesbaseline and 3 weeks after initiation of each dose level (a test meal will be served at baseline and on Day 21 of treatment)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood concentration to characterize LCQ908 kineticsserial blood samples will be collected from all patients enrolled in the study on Day 21 of treatment with each dose
Different blood lipid biomarkers (such as phospholipids, apolipoproteins, and free fatty acids)after 3 weeks of treatment with each dose

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Novartis Investigative Site

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Quebec, Canada

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