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PK and PD Study of IDN-6556 in Subjects With Hepatic Impairment and Matched Healthy Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of IDN-6556 in Hepatic Impairment, Liver Diseases and Digestive System Diseases, sponsored by Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-02-24.

Sponsored by Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
37
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is an open-label, parallel-group study to compare the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of IDN-6556 following a single 50 mg oral dose of IDN-6556 in subjects with mild, moderate, and severe hepatic impairment (defined as Child-Pugh A, B, and C, respectively) and matched healthy volunteers with normal hepatic function.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatic Impairment
  • Liver Diseases
  • Digestive System Diseases

Keywords

  • Hepatic Impairment
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Pharmacodynamics
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In context

Liver Diseases

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Lead sponsor

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

All Subjects:

  • Male or female subjects 18 years of age or older, able to provide written informed consent, understand and comply with all scheduled visits, and other requirements of the study
  • Body mass index (BMI) 18.0 - 40.0 kg/m2 and body weight >45 kg
  • Willingness to utilize two reliable forms of contraception (for both males and females of childbearing potential) from Screening to one month after the last dose of study drug

Matched Healthy Volunteers:

  • Medically healthy as determined by the Investigator
  • Supine blood pressure ≤145/90 mmHg
  • No significant uncontrolled systemic or major illness that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would preclude the subject from participating in and completing the study
  • Demographically comparable to subjects with hepatic impairment as follows:

    1. Mean body weight within ±15 kg
    2. Mean age within ±10 years
    3. Similar gender ratio

Subjects with Hepatic Impairment:

  • Evidence of hepatic disease

    1. Score ≥ 2 on one of the Child-Pugh parameters, or
    2. Histological or imaging diagnosis of cirrhosis, or
    3. Presence of esophageal varices, or
    4. Abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels
  • Meet one of the following criteria for Child-Pugh classification for hepatic impairment during Screening

    1. Mild hepatic impairment: Class A (Child-Pugh Scores 5-6 points)
    2. Moderate hepatic impairment: Class B (Child-Pugh Scores 7-9 points)
    3. Severe hepatic impairment: Class C (Child Pugh Scores 10-15 points)
  • Supine blood pressure ≤160/100 mmHg

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

All Subjects:

  • Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon serological testing
  • Evidence of clinically significant uncontrolled hematological, endocrine, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, renal, psychiatric, neurologic, or allergic disease (including drug allergies, but excluding untreated, asymptomatic, seasonal allergies at time of dosing)
  • Disorders or surgery of the gastrointestinal tract which may interfere with drug absorption or may otherwise influence the pharmacokinetics of the investigational medicinal product (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, resections of the small or large intestine, etc.)
  • History of febrile illness within 5 days prior to dosing Note: Subjects can be rescreened once afebrile and more than 5 days have elapsed since the febrile illness.
  • Known ongoing drug abuse within one month prior to dosing, or evidence of such abuse as indicated by the laboratory assays conducted during Screening and/or at Day -1
  • Subjects with active or history of malignancies other than curatively treated skin cancer (basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas)
  • Dosing in another clinical trial within 30 days prior to the study drug administration
  • If female: known pregnancy, positive urine or serum pregnancy test, or lactating/breastfeeding

Matched Healthy Volunteers:

  • Evidence of clinically significant liver disease or liver damage (e.g., hepatitis B or C, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) that is considered clinically significant by the Investigator, etc.)
  • Screening creatinine clearance \<80 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation
  • History or presence of clinically concerning cardiac arrhythmias, or prolongation of Screening (pre-treatment) QT or QTc interval of >450 milliseconds (msec)
  • History of regular alcohol consumption exceeding 28 drinks/week (1 drink = 150 mL of wine or 360 mL of beer or 45 mL of spirits) within 6 months of Screening

Subjects with Hepatic Impairment:

  • Fluctuating or rapidly deteriorating hepatic function, as indicated by strongly varying or worsening of clinical and/or laboratory signs of hepatic impairment during Screening period and up to Day -1 (e.g., advanced ascites, infection of ascites, fever, active gastrointestinal bleeding)
  • History of liver transplant, or have a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, and/or have undergone portacaval shunting
  • History or presence of clinically concerning cardiac arrhythmias, or prolongation of Screening (pre-treatment) QT or QTc interval of >480 milliseconds (msec)
  • Screening creatinine clearance \<50 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
37 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Chil-Pugh Class A

    All subjects with mild hepatic impairment received a single 50 mg oral dose of IDN-6556

    Drug: IDN-6556

  • Experimental
    Chil-Pugh Class B

    All subjects with moderate hepatic impairment received a single 50 mg oral dose of IDN-6556

    Drug: IDN-6556

  • Experimental
    Chil-Pugh Class C

    All subjects with severe hepatic impairment received a single 50 mg oral dose of IDN-6556

    Drug: IDN-6556

  • Experimental
    Normal Hepatic Function

    All healthy volunteers subjects received a single 50 mg oral dose of IDN-6556

    Drug: IDN-6556

Interventions

  • DrugIDN-6556

    Also known as: emricasan, PF-03491390

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. AUC

    Area under the plasma concentration curve (AUC) to 12 hours post-dose (AUC0-12); AUC to the last observed plasma concentration (AUClast);

    Time frame: 48 Hours

  2. Cmax

    Maximum concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: 48 Hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Levels of cCK18/M30

    Caspase-cleaved cytokeratin levels (cCK18M30)

    Time frame: predose, 0.5, 1,2,3,4,5,8,12,24, and 48 hours post dose

  2. Levels of Caspase 3/7 RLU

    Concentration of Caspase 3/7 Relative Light Units

    Time frame: predose, 0.5, 1,2,3,4,5,8,12,24, and 48 hours post dose

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Results

Posted Feb 24, 2016

Participant flow

This was an open-label, multicenter, parallel-group study to compare the PK and PD of IDN 6556 following a single 50 mg oral dose of IDN-6556 in subjects with mild, moderate, and severe hepatic impairment (defined as Child-Pugh A, B, and C, respectively) and matched healthy volunteers (subjects with normal hepatic function).

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneNormal Hepatic FunctionChild-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class C
Started81288
Completed81288
Not completed0000

Outcome measures

PrimaryAUC

Area under the plasma concentration curve (AUC) to 12 hours post-dose (AUC0-12); AUC to the last observed plasma concentration (AUClast);

Time frame:
48 Hours
Reported as:
Geometric mean · h*ng/mL
AUC
h*ng/mLNormal Hepatic FunctionChild-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class C
AUC0-12 (h*ng/mL)113.5 ± 51.1114.6 ± 36.0423.7 ± 126.11042 ± 27.8
AUClast (h*ng/mL)120.6 ± 47.1118.2 ± 33.0435.7 ± 121.71083 ± 26.9
SecondaryLevels of cCK18/M30

Caspase-cleaved cytokeratin levels (cCK18M30)

Time frame:
predose, 0.5, 1,2,3,4,5,8,12,24, and 48 hours post dose
Reported as:
Median · U/L
Levels of cCK18/M30
U/LNormal Hepatic FunctionChild-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class C
Predose161.5 (123.0 to 236.0)147.5 (110.5 to 293.5)348.0 (200.0 to 601.5)517.0 (340.5 to 552.5)
0.5 hour post dose147.0 (141.5 to 174.0)153.0 (124.0 to 322.5)433.5 (188.0 to 578.5)506.5 (348.5 to 551.5)
1 hour post dose155.5 (139.0 to 189.0)170.5 (122.0 to 276.5)380.5 (224.5 to 560.0)471.0 (344.0 to 499.5)
2 hours post dose149.0 (130.5 to 183.0)153.0 (109.0 to 247.0)376.5 (205.0 to 471.0)446.5 (345.0 to 531.0)
3 hours post dose181.5 (146.5 to 212.5)167.0 (108.5 to 250.5)322.5 (176.0 to 422.0)388.0 (307.0 to 493.5)
4 hours post dose161.5 (144.0 to 190.0)156.5 (110.5 to 249.0)295.5 (196.0 to 361.0)362.0 (287.0 to 437.5)
5 hours post dose157.5 (138.5 to 184.5)161.5 (102.0 to 187.0)229.0 (164.5 to 350.0)358.0 (243.5 to 415.0)
8 hours post dose146.0 (127.5 to 205.0)126.0 (104.0 to 172.0)190.5 (110.5 to 307.0)274.5 (208.5 to 343.0)
12 hours post dose175.5 (135.0 to 219.5)104.5 (84.5 to 164.5)137.5 (110.5 to 249.5)287.5 (164.0 to 356.0)
24 hours post dose163.5 (134.0 to 191.5)151.0 (104.0 to 213.5)298.0 (183.0 to 339.5)423.0 (331.5 to 488.0)
48 hours post dose213.0 (141.0 to 269.5)193.0 (121.5 to 283.0)353.5 (244.0 to 555.5)508.5 (381.0 to 581.5)
SecondaryLevels of Caspase 3/7 RLU

Concentration of Caspase 3/7 Relative Light Units

Time frame:
predose, 0.5, 1,2,3,4,5,8,12,24, and 48 hours post dose
Reported as:
Median · RLU
Levels of Caspase 3/7 RLU
RLUNormal Hepatic FunctionChild-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class C
Predose963.5 (753.5 to 1554.0)1158.5 (862.5 to 1547.5)2006.0 (1537.0 to 2394.5)1662.5 (1256.5 to 2194.0)
.5 hour post dose900.5 (835.5 to 1398.5)1130.5 (852.5 to 1386.0)2027.0 (1391.5 to 2276.0)1933.5 (1557.0 to 2915.0)
1 hour post dose850.5 (766.5 to 1078.5)1260.5 (814.5 to 1297.5)1482.0 (1169.0 to 1821.0)1392.0 (1096.0 to 1814.5)
2 hours post dose820.0 (772.0 to 1111.0)1048.0 (873.5 to 1311.5)1121.0 (961.5 to 1270.0)1090.0 (674.5 to 1482.0)
3 hours post dose872.0 (746.5 to 1084.5)1027.0 (888.5 to 1170.5)906.5 (858.0 to 1238.5)796.0 (618.0 to 958.5)
4 hours post dose848.5 (789.0 to 1085.0)921.0 (795.5 to 1097.0)984.5 (887.0 to 1170.0)806.5 (571.0 to 949.5)
5 hours post dose836.5 (792.5 to 1142.0)976.0 (823.0 to 1178.0)903.5 (856.5 to 1312.5)776.0 (694.5 to 935.5)
8 hours post dose916.0 (797.5 to 1263.0)1088.5 (929.0 to 1216.5)1084.5 (921.5 to 1410.0)893.5 (750.5 to 1275.5)
12 hours post dose876.5 (686.5 to 1002.0)1039.0 (793.0 to 1170.5)1230.5 (992.0 to 1516.5)1187.0 (924.5 to 1478.0)
24 hours post dose842.0 (723.5 to 1060.0)1227.5 (949.5 to 1344.5)1798.5 (1308.5 to 2128.5)1276.0 (1027.0 to 2907.5)
48 hours post dose991.5 (719.5 to 1149.5)1291.0 (877.5 to 1534.0)1754.0 (1440.5 to 2243.5)1457.5 (1097.0 to 2685.0)
PrimaryCmax

Maximum concentration (Cmax)

Time frame:
48 Hours
Reported as:
Geometric mean · ng/mL
Cmax
ng/mLNormal Hepatic FunctionChild-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class C
Cmax26.01 ± 70.437.45 ± 64.9127.2 ± 146.6322.2 ± 40.9

Adverse events

Collected over 10 Days. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
IDN-6556—0/36 (0%)12/36 (33.3%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventIDN-6556
headacheNervous system disorders3/36
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders2/36
tachycardiaCardiac disorders1/36
GastroenteritisInfections and infestations1/36
DyspepsiaGastrointestinal disorders1/36
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders1/36
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders1/36
Pulpitis DentalInfections and infestations1/36
Lipase increasedInvestigations1/36
Transaminases increasedInvestigations1/36

Baseline characteristics

Subjects with normal hepatic function were matched for weight, age, and gender to subjects with severe hepatic impairment. The subjects mean age was 56 years. In all subject groups, more male than female subjects, with no female subjects in the moderate hepatic impairment group. The majority of subjects were White (92%).

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Child-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class CNormal Hepatic FunctionTotal
Mean54.8 ± 8.854.1 ± 7.157.4 ± 4.857.6 ± 4.955.9 ± 6.8
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Child-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class CNormal Hepatic FunctionTotal
Female40329
Male885627
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Child-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class CNormal Hepatic FunctionTotal
Hispanic or Latino444517
Not Hispanic or Latino844319
Unknown or Not Reported00000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Child-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class CNormal Hepatic FunctionTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native00000
Asian10001
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander00000
Black or African American00011
White1088733
More than one race10001
Unknown or Not Reported00000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Child-Pugh Class AChild-Pugh Class BChild-Pugh Class CNormal Hepatic FunctionTotal
United States1288836
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Study locations

3 sites
  • Avail Clinical Research
    DeLand, Florida 32720, United States
  • University of Miami
    Miami, Florida 33136, United States
  • Orlando Clinical Research Center
    Orlando, Florida 32809, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 24, 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
NCT02121860
Lead sponsor
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 24, 2014
Start date
Apr 2014
Primary completion
Jul 2014
Completion
Jul 2014
Results posted
Feb 24, 2016
Last update
Feb 24, 2016

Study contacts

Dave Hagerty, MD
study chair · Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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