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TerminatedNCT01316185Updated Aug 8, 2016

Proof-of-concept Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of EBP921 in Delta Hepatitis (HDV)

A Phase 1 interventional study of EBP921 in Hepatitis D, sponsored by Eiger BioPharmaceuticals. Terminated at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-08-08.

Sponsored by Eiger BioPharmaceuticals · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
the enrollment was slow and never completed.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
3
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the optimal dose of EBP921 by comparing the efficacy and safety of 2 dose regimens in patients with chronic HDV.

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This is an open-label, phase 1b, proof-of-concept study to assess the safety and efficacy of EBP921, a prenylation inhibitor, in subjects chronically infected with delta hepatitis. Subjects will be randomized to receive one of two different doses of EBP921. Dosing will occur over 28-days and during that time, evidence of antiviral response will be assessed by frequent measurements of HDV-RNA via PCR assay. In addition, safety lab data will also be collected along with surveillance monitoring of HBV activity.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatitis D

Keywords

  • Hepatitis D
  • HDV
  • Hepatitis
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In context

Hepatitis D

82 studies on the registry are indexed under Hepatitis D; 24 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 3 is below the median of 55 across 38 interventional studies indexed under Hepatitis D.

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Lead sponsor

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Men and women age 18 or older with the capacity to give written informed consent
  2. Patients with compensated chronic HDV infection as indicated by presence of anti-HDV in serum.
  3. Liver biopsy should be performed within one-year of study screening and graded using the Knodell scoring system.
  4. Presence of HDV antigen in liver tissue or HDV-RNA in serum.
  5. Active HBV replication will not exclude patients.
  6. Previous therapy with standard alpha-interferon or peginterferon will not exclude patients.
  7. Patients who are HBV therapy-naïve or who previously received HBV antiviral therapy will be eligible. Patients currently taking HBV antiviral therapy will e considered on a case basis.
  8. Female subjects of reproductive potential and female partners of male subjects should be on two reliable forms of contraception from the start of the study until 60 days from the end of EBP921 dosing.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Severe neuropsychiatric disorders
  2. History or clinical manifestations of significant metabolic, hematological, pulmonary, ischemic heart disease, significant or unstable heart disease, gastrointestinal, neurological, renal, urological, endocrine, ophthalmologic disorders including severe retinopathy, or immune-mediated disease
  3. Pregnant or breast-feeding patients or the inability to practice adequate contraception during the conduct of the study
  4. Underlying autoimmune/immune-deficiency disease (e.g., lupus, sarcoidosis, celiac disease, HIV antibody positive, AIDS)
  5. Chronic (> 4 weeks duration) diarrhea
  6. Body weight > 128 kg and \< 40 kg
  7. Uncompensated cirrhosis
  8. Absolute neutrophil count less than 1500 per cubic millimeter
  9. Platelet count less than 90,000 per cubic millimeter
  10. Evidence of concurrent HCV infection with positive serum HCVRNA
  11. Evidence of hepatocellular carcinoma
  12. Active substance abuse (alcohol, inhaled or injected drugs) within the past 12 months
  13. Diagnosis of malignancy in the previous five years excluding superficial dermatologic malignancies
  14. Any experimental therapy in the previous 6 months prior to enrollment.

16. Patients with a history of multiple drug resistant HBV 17. Patients receiving interferon therapy for any reason.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
3 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group 1

    Low Dose for 28 days: n=4

    Drug: EBP921

  • Experimental
    Group 2

    High Dose for 28 days; n=4

    Drug: EBP921

Interventions

  • DrugEBP921

    Patients randomized to receive low or high dose. All dosing of EBP921 should be taken with food.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in HDV-RNA

    The primary efficacy endpoint will be the median change in HDV-RNA from baseline to HDV RNA nadir as measured by quantitative PCR during the 28-day dosing period.

    Time frame: 28 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in HDV RNA from baseline to Day 7, 14, 28 and post therapy weeks 1,2,4,8

    The median change in HDV RNA from baseline to Days 7, 14, 28, and post-therapy Weeks 1, 2, 4, and 8 of the study; the proportion of patients with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization defined as ALT ≤ upper limit of normal for patients with ALT \> ULN at baseline; assessment of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proliferation after 14 and 28 days exposure to EBP921; the percentage of patients with undetectable HDV RNA at Days 7, 14, 28, post-therapy Weeks 1, 2, 4, and 8; the median change in HBV DNA at Days 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42, and HBsAg at Days 14, 28, and 42.

    Time frame: 8 Weeks

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Study locations

2 sites
  • San Francisco, California, United States
  • Henry Ford Hospital
    Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 8, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01316185
Lead sponsor
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 16, 2011
Start date
Jan 2011
Primary completion
Apr 2013
Completion
Apr 2013
Last update
Aug 8, 2016

Study contacts

Brian Murphy, MD, MPH
study director · Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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