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CompletedNCT02792647Updated Nov 10, 2016

A Study of Multiple Oral Doses of IX-01 in Healthy Male Subjects

A Phase 1 interventional study of Placebo and IX-01 in Healthy Volunteers, sponsored by Ixchelsis Limited. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-11-10.

Sponsored by Ixchelsis Limited · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and tolerability of IX-01 after multiple doses, and to determine the PK of IX-01 and activity of CYP3A4.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy Volunteers
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In context

Lead sponsor

Ixchelsis Limited is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Male healthy volunteer.
  2. Aged 18-45 years at the time of signing the .
  3. A (Quetelet index) in the range 18-30.
  4. Total body weight >50 kg at screening.
  5. Sufficient intelligence to understand the nature of the trial and any hazards of participating in it. Ability to communicate satisfactorily with the investigator and to participate in, and comply with the requirements of, the entire trial.
  6. Willingness to comply with the requirements of the trial.
  7. Willingness to give written consent to participate after reading the information and consent form, and after having the opportunity to discuss the trial with the investigator or his delegate.
  8. Willingness to give written consent to have data entered into The Overvolunteering Prevention System (TOPS).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. abnormal history, physical findings, , or laboratory values at the pre-trial screening assessment that could interfere with the objectives of the trial or the safety of the volunteer, including any of the following findings:

    • have lipid and/or liver function test results >1.25 x or other clinical laboratory blood biochemistry test results outside the normal reference range unless discussed and approved by sponsor
    • history of unexplained syncope
    • family history of unexplained sudden death, or sudden death due to long syndrome
    • QTcF interval >450 msec in 2 of 3 consecutive ECGs (additional ECGs may be recorded, if required, but a median QTcF ≤ 450 msec from 3 consecutive ECGs is required for the volunteer to be considered eligible)
    • bundle branch block and other conduction abnormalities, other than mild first degree atrio-ventricular block
    • irregular rhythms other than sinus arrhythmia or occasional supraventricular ectopic beats
    • T-wave configuration of insufficient quality for determination of QT interval, as assessed by the investigator
  2. Presence of acute or chronic illness or history of chronic illness sufficient to invalidate the volunteer's participation in the trial or make it unnecessarily hazardous.
  3. Impaired gastrointestinal, endocrine, thyroid, hepatic, cardiovascular, respiratory, haematological, renal or neurological function, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, or history of any psychotic mental illness.
  4. Surgery (e.g. stomach bypass) or medical condition that might affect absorption of medicines.
  5. Presence or history of severe adverse reaction to any drug.
  6. Use of any prescription or over-the-counter medicine during the 14 days before the first dose of trial medication, or intention to use any medicine during the trial, with the exception of short courses of medication considered by the investigator not to interfere with the safety of the subject or the integrity of the trial data (such as acetaminophen (paracetamol)).
  7. Current use of any herbal remedy or nutritional supplement, or intention to use any such product during the study.
  8. Participation in another clinical trial of a new chemical entity or a prescription medicine within the 3 months prior to the first dose.
  9. Previous participation in this trial or any other clinical trial of an oxytocin receptor antagonist.
  10. Presence or history of drug or alcohol abuse, or intake of more than 21 units of alcohol weekly or more than 5 cigarettes daily.
  11. Blood pressure and heart rate in supine position at the screening examination outside the ranges 90-130 mm Hg systolic, 50-90 mm Hg diastolic; heart rate 50-90 beats/min, unless judged not clinically significant by an investigator.
  12. Possibility that the volunteer will not cooperate with the requirements of the protocol.
  13. Evidence of drug abuse on urine testing.
  14. Positive test for , or HIV1 or HIV2.
  15. Loss of more than 400 mL blood during the 3 months prior to the first dose, eg as a blood donor.
  16. Objection by General Practitioner (GP) to volunteer entering trial.
  17. Employee of the investigator site or any company involved in sponsoring, organising or conducting the trial, or immediate family of the employee. Immediate family is defined as spouse, parent, child or sibling, whether biologically related or legally adopted.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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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.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

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.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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.

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.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
24 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Placebo

    Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Experimental: IX-01

    2 different dose groups 1,600 mg and 2,400 mg of IX-01 oral aqueous dispersion, administered once daily for 10 days

    Drug: IX-01

Interventions

  • DrugPlacebo

    Administered orally

  • DrugIX-01

    Administered orally

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with One or More Drug Related Adverse Events (AEs) or any Serious AEs

    Time frame: Baseline to Day 20 (Estimated up to 3 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose to 24 hours post dose on Days 1 and 10

  2. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUCtau)

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 24 hours post dose on Days 1 and 10

  3. Time of Peak Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose to 24 hours post dose on Days 1 and 10

  4. Urine 6-β-hydroxycortisol/cortisol Ratio

    Time frame: Pre-dose on Day 1 and Day 10

  5. Elimination Half Life (t1/2) of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 96 hours post dose on Day 10

  6. Accumulation Ratio (Racc) of IX-01 based on AUCtau

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 24 hours post dose on Day 10

  7. Accumulation Ratio (Racc) of IX-01 based on Cmax

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 24 hours post dose on Days 1 and 10

  8. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUCt) from Zero to the Time of Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC(0-t)) of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose to 96 hours post dose on Day 10

  9. Minimum Observed Concentration (Ctrough) of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose on Days 2 to 10

  10. Elimination Rate Constant (Kel) of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 96 hours post dose on Day 10

  11. Apparent Clearance of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 24 hours post dose on Day 10

  12. Apparent Volume of Distribution During the Terminal Phase of IX-01

    Time frame: Pre-dose up to 96 hours post dose on Day 10

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hammersmith Medicines Research
    London, NW10 7EW, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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 Nov 10, 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
NCT02792647
Lead sponsor
Ixchelsis Limited
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 7, 2016
Start date
May 2016
Primary completion
Jul 2016
Completion
Oct 2016
Last update
Nov 10, 2016

Study contacts

Franz van den Berg, MBChB
principal investigator · Hammersmith Medicines Research

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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