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CompletedNCT02673476Updated Feb 4, 2025

A Phase 2a Study to Evaluate Orally Administered ALS-008176 in Adults Hospitalized With a Respiratory Syncytial Virus

A Phase 2 interventional study of ALS-008176 and Placebo in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections, sponsored by Alios Biopharma Inc.. Completed at 21 sites in 5 countries. Open to participants aged 50 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-04.

Sponsored by Alios Biopharma Inc. (part of Johnson & Johnson) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Oct 2016, 10 years ago, and no results have been posted to the registry; the sponsor requested a delay in submitting them in Oct 2017.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
9
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
50 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is being to see how effective and safe ALS-008176 is in treating adults in the hospital with a Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Illness.

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Conditions studied

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
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In context

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections

306 studies on the registry are indexed under Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections; 50 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 9 is below the median of 89 across 223 interventional studies indexed under Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Alios Biopharma Inc. is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (20%) have results posted.

First submitted after Alios Biopharma Inc. became part of Johnson & Johnson.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subject is ≥50 years of age.
  2. Female subjects of non- (i.e., surgically sterilized, [amenorrhea for 1 year confirmed by negative hormone panel]) who also have a negative pregnancy test at screening.
  3. Male subjects must be either surgically sterilized (e.g., post-vasectomy or orchiectomy) or willing to adhere to the study's requirements. Male subjects'female partner(s) must be surgically sterilized or post-menopausal (amenorrhea for 1 year) or their female partner(s) of child-bearing potential must be willing and able to adhere to the contraceptive requirements.
  4. Each subject or their legal guardian must sign an form (ICF) indicating that he or she understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and is willing to participate in the study before starting any screening activities.
  5. Subject has a positive RT-PCR test result for RSV at the time of screening. NOTE: Co-infection with other acute viruses or bacteria is permitted.
  6. Subject has been, or will be, admitted to the hospital for an acute respiratory illness with signs and symptoms consistent with a viral infection (e.g., fever, cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, myalgia, lethargy, shortness of breath, or wheezing) with onset \<7 days from the anticipated time of randomization.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject is undergoing peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis or hemofiltration or has an estimated (GFR, determined by Formula) \<30 mL/min.
  2. Subject has presence of any concurrent illness, including laboratory, vital sign, , or physical exam findings, or medical history that, in the opinion of the investigator, would place the subject at an unreasonably increased risk as a result of participation in this study.
  3. Subject reports receiving an drug or vaccine within 30 days, or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the planned first dose of study drug.
  4. Subject has a known history of (HIV) or chronic, active hepatitis infection.
  5. >3× AND >2×ULN (direct >35%) OR ALT>5×ULN
  6. Subjects who have been hospitalized for >72 hours at the time of randomization.
  7. Subjects anticipated to be hospitalized for \<24 hours after randomization.
  8. Subjects who are not expected to survive for \<48 hours.
  9. Recent (\<5 half-lives) use, or anticipated use during conduct of the study, of concomitant medications (prescription and non-prescription) which are inhibitors of the OAT3 transporter.
  10. Treatment of the current illness with drugs specifically targeting the RSV infection itself (e.g., RSV immunoglobulin, ribavirin, palivizumab). Medications treating the sequelae of the RSV infection or any concurrent illness are permitted if not otherwise excluded.
  11. Subjects unwilling to undergo regular nasal swab procedures or with any physical abnormality which limits the ability to collect regular nasal specimens.
  12. Subjects that are considered by the investigator to be over the past 12 months, whether due to underlying medical condition or medical therapy.
  13. Subjects unable to take medications enterally (e.g., orally or via nasogastric or PEG tube) or a known gastrointestinal-related condition that may interfere with study drug absorption.
  14. Female subject that is pregnant or breastfeeding
  15. In the investigator's opinion, the subject is unwilling or unable to comply with protocol requirements, instructions, and protocol stated restrictions, and is unlikely to complete the study as planned.
  16. Subject has known or suspected to the study drug or its (microcrystalline cellulose, mannitol, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, talc, titanium dioxide).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(15)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
9 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Identical Placebo Comparator

    Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    ALS-008176

    ALS-008176 tablets

    Drug: ALS-008176

Interventions

  • ALS-008176 tablets

  • DrugPlacebo

    Identical placebo tablets

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. AUC of RSV RNA

    Area under the curve (AUC) of RSV ribonucleic acid (RNA) from nasal swabs immediately prior to 1st dose of study drug (baseline) until Day 7.

    Time frame: From prior to first dose to study day 7

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time from baseline to non-detectability of RSV from nasal swab

    Time from baseline to non-detectability of RSV from nasal swab

    Time frame: From prior first dose to study day 28

  2. Percent of subjects with undetectable RSV by qPCR

    Percent of subjects with undetectable RSV by qPCR on Day 3, Day 5, and every other day until 2 days after last dose from nasal swab

    Time frame: From study day 3, and every two days until study day 7

  3. Peak post-baseline viral load

    Peak post-baseline viral load from nasal swab

    Time frame: From before first dose to study day 28

  4. Rate of decline from baseline in viral load during treatment from nasal swab

    Rate of decline from baseline in viral load during treatment from nasal swab

    Time frame: From before first dose to study day 2

  5. Duration of hospital stay

    Duration of hospital stay

    Time frame: From first dose to study day 28

  6. Safety data: Composite number and frequency of treatment emergent adverse events, physical examination findings, abnormal vital signs, 12 lead ECG, echo and abnormal clinical laboratory results

    Tabulation of the number and frequency of treatment emergent adverse events, physical examination findings, abnormal vital signs, 12 lead ECG, echo and abnormal clinical laboratory results (including chemistry, hematology, and urine).

    Time frame: From screening to study day 28

  7. PK parameters: Cmax

    PK parameters in plasma following repeat dose administration: Cmax

    Time frame: From first dose to study day 28

  8. PK parameters: tmax

    PK parameters in plasma following repeat dose administration: tmax

    Time frame: From first dose to study day 28

  9. PK parameters: AUClast

    PK parameters in plasma following repeat dose administration: AUClast

    Time frame: From first dose to study day 28

  10. PK parameters: t1/2

    PK parameters in plasma following repeat dose administration: t1/2

    Time frame: From first dose to study day 28

  11. PK parameters: AUC0 tau

    PK parameters in plasma following repeat dose administration: AUC0 tau

    Time frame: From first dose to study day 28

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Study locations

21 sites
  • Lake Internal Med. Assoc.
    Eustis, Florida 32726, United States
  • The Research Center, Inc.
    Hialeah, Florida 33013, United States
  • JDH Medical Group LLC
    Miami, Florida 33186, United States
  • St Lucie Medical Center
    Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34952, United States
  • Tampa Genereal Hospital
    Tampa, Florida 33606, United States
  • Infectious Disease Specialists of Atlanta
    Atlanta, Georgia 30033, United States
  • Kentucky Lung Clinic, PSC
    Hazard, Kentucky 41701, United States
  • Bronson Methodist Hosp. Ped
    Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007, United States
  • William Beaumont Hospital
    Troy, Michigan 48085, United States
  • University of Missouri- Clinical Research Center
    Columbia, Missouri 65212, United States
  • Washington Univ School of Med
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
  • Westmead Hospital
    Northmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
  • Cairns Hospital
    Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
  • Mater Adult Hospital
    South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
  • Princess Alexandra Hospital
    Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    Woodville South, South Australia 5011, Australia
  • Monash Heal.-Monash Lung&Sleep
    Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
  • The Royal Melbourne Hospital
    Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
  • Wellington Regional Hospital
    Newtown, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
  • Raffles Hospital
    Singapore, 188770, Singapore
  • Taipei Med. Uni-Shuang Ho Hosp
    New Taipei City, 235, Taiwan
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — No data will be shared

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 4, 2025, 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
NCT02673476
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 4, 2016
Start date
Feb 29, 2016
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2016
Completion
Oct 31, 2016
Last update
Feb 4, 2025

Study contacts

Abbie Oey
study director · Alios Biopharma Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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