A Study of Lebrikizumab in Healthy Japanese and Caucasian Volunteers
- Registration Number
- NCT01423318
- Lead Sponsor
- Genentech, Inc.
- Brief Summary
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous lebrikizumab in healthy Japanese volunteers. Healthy Japanese and Caucasian volunteers will be randomized to receive a single subcutaneous dose of either lebrikizumab or placebo.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult healthy males and females, 18 to 55 years of age inclusive
- Caucasian, Japanese, or non-Japanese subjects. Caucasian or non-Japanese subjects will have no parents or grandparents of Japanese descent; Japanese subjects must be first, second or third generation
- Body weight between 45 and 105 kg, inclusive
- In good health, determined by no clinically significant findings from medical history, 12-lead ECG, vital signs, and laboratory evaluations
- Fertile males and women of childbearing potential must use appropriate form of contraception from screening until 60 days after study completion
- Negative for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infection
- Negative for selected drugs of abuse at screening (not including alcohol) and at check-in (including alcohol)
Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnant and lactating women
- History of clinically significant drug allergy and/or a known hypersensitivity to the study drug or formulation components
- History of helminthic infection or travel within the past 3 months to areas of high risk for parasitic exposure
- Use of prescription drugs including inhaled, oral, or parenteral corticosteroids and/or beta agonists, within 7 days prior to dosing or during the study
- Use of tobacco- or nicotine-containing products from 7 days prior to check-in, resulting in urinary cotinine >500 ng/mL. Minimal/intermittent smoking will be permitted during the study
- Participation in any other investigational drug trial in which receipt of an investigational study drug occurred within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to check-in (Day -1)
- History of significant, chronic, or recurrent infections requiring treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description B placebo - A lebrikizumab -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Safety: Incidence of adverse events in healthy Japanese subjects 120 days Pharmacokinetics in healthy Japanese subjects: Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) 120 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of safety (incidence of adverse events) in healthy Japanese and Caucasian subjects approximately 5 months Comparison of pharmacokinetics (AUC) in healthy Japanese and Caucasian subjects approximately 5 months