VIAging Deceleration Trial Using Metformin, Dasatinib, Rapamycin and Nutritional Supplements
Phase 1
Withdrawn
- Conditions
- Aging
- Interventions
- Drug: Study Drugs and Nutritional Supplements
- Registration Number
- NCT04994561
- Lead Sponsor
- Vitality in Aging Research Group, Inc.
- Brief Summary
This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of study drugs and supplements on clinical (structural and functional) signs of aging and to explore/identify other possible biological measures of aging.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
- Male or female subjects 65 years of age or older
- Received full dose of COVID-19 vaccine
- Fasting Glucose: > 60 - < 125 mg/dl;
- HbA1C: </= 6.4
- Vitamin D: > 30 ng/mL
- Homocysteine < 14 mol/L
- B12 levels >232 pg/mL
- Ferritin: > 30 ng/mL
- Cystatin C: > 0.62 mg/L
- eGFR > 45 mL/min/1.73 m2
- BMI > 18 kg/m2 < 35 kg/m²
- Stable body weight (+/-10 lbs.) over last 6 months
- Be willing to travel to the study facility as required for this study
- Be willing to avoid taking antacids 2 hours prior and 2 hours after taking dasatinib
- Be willing to discontinue proton pump inhibitors
- Be willing to discontinue St. John's Wort
- Be willing to discontinue medication/supplements, if applicable, for a washout period and while participating on this study.
- If taking metformin for anti-aging, willing to washout for 2 months prior to initiating protocol intervention.
- Be willing to take the investigational product(s) according to schedule and keep a diary for compliance monitoring.
- Has not participated in another clinical trial within last 30 days
- If applicable, five years or more post cancer treatment and disease free (define as tumor free or 5 years of clean PET/CT scans).
- Able to provide signed written informed consent prior to any study specific procedures being performed.
Exclusion Criteria
- Inability to provide written informed consent.
- ECOG score >/= 2
- More than 1 alcoholic drinks consumed per day.
- Anemic (defined as hemoglobin (Hb) levels < 12.0 g/dL in women and < 13.0 g/dL in men)
- Thrombocytopenia (defined as platelet count < 100 × 10^9/L
- Neutropenia (defined as < 1.0-1.5 × 10^9 neutrophils/L (mild))
- Any allergy to any medications or supplements used on this trial.
- Shellfish or iodine allergy (note: glucosamine sulfate supplement contains shellfish (shrimp, crab)
- Clinically significant vital signs (e.g. uncontrolled hypertension >/= 180/100) or lab abnormalities (defined as platelet count < 100 × 10^9/L; absolute granulocyte count < 1,000/mm3; ALT (SGOT) > 2.0 times the upper limit of normal range; total bilirubin > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal range) at baseline
- HIV and/or Hepatitis infection
- Immunosuppressed due to any condition (e.g. transplant).
- Taking concurrent medications that may interfere with the drugs or supplements used on this study.
- Any concurrent uncontrolled medical condition or psychiatric illness which could place the patient at unacceptable risk of study treatment.
- Other concerns that in the PI's judgment will be a potential safety issue for the subject or that precludes the ability to provide informed consent or complete the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Subjects receiving study drugs and nutritional supplements Study Drugs and Nutritional Supplements All eligible and consented subjects will receive study drugs and nutritional supplements as described in the intervention.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0 through study completion, up to post treatment phone (approx. Day 532) Visceral adipose tissue fat tissue (volume (in^3)) physiological parameter value measured by DEXA scan Change from baseline to Visit 20 (approx. Day 502) Systolic blood pressure physiological parameter value measured with a blood pressure cuff Change from baseline to Visit 20 (approx. Day 502) Senescent cell-cycle arrest physiological parameter value measured by MMP-9 laboratory test Change from baseline to Visit 20 (approx. Day 502) Glucose control (insulin resistance) physiological parameter as measured by HOMA-IR (mg/dL) calculation value Change from baseline to Visit 20 (approx. Day 502) insulin and glucose laboratory values are collected to computer the measurement used
DNA Methylation physiological parameter as measured by 2019 GrimAge Clock laboratory test Change from baseline to Visit 20 (approx. Day 502)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method