A Phase 2 interventional study of Ciraparantag and Placebo in Healthy, sponsored by Perosphere Pharmaceuticals Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-02.
Sponsored by Perosphere Pharmaceuticals Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (part of Azurity Pharmaceuticals) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
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This study is a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of ciraparantag administered to healthy volunteers anticoagulated with apixaban measuring clotting times using Whole Blood Clotting Time (WBCT).
This is a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled assessment of the efficacy and safety of ciraparantag administered to healthy volunteers measuring clotting times using WBCT as determined by the manual testing method. All subjects will undergo screening up to 36 days prior to enrollment.
All enrolled subjects are to receive 10 mg apixaban orally for 3.5 days (every 12 hours on Days 1-3 and once on the morning of Day 4). On Day 4, subjects who achieve sufficient anticoagulation (WBCT ≥20% above baseline) are randomized and will receive a single dose of study drug (ciraparantag or placebo) intravenously (IV) approximately 3 hours after the apixaban dose, followed by serial testing of manual WBCT.
Subjects are enrolled sequentially into 3 ciraparantag dose cohorts. There will be a safety review after completion of treatment in one cohort and prior to initiation of treatment in the subsequent cohort.
Perosphere Pharmaceuticals Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
First submitted before Perosphere Pharmaceuticals Inc became part of Azurity Pharmaceuticals.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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).
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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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
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ciraparantag (60 mg)
Drug: Ciraparantag · Drug: Apixaban
ciraparantag (120 mg)
Drug: Ciraparantag · Drug: Apixaban
ciraparantag (30 mg)
Drug: Ciraparantag · Drug: Apixaban
placebo (saline for injection)
Drug: Placebo · Drug: Apixaban
Ciraparantag (administered over 10 minutes)
Also known as: PER977, AMAG 977
Saline for injection
Also known as: PBO
Apixaban 10mg given twice daily (q12h)
Subjects Achieving Complete Reversal of Anticoagulation (WBCT is ≤ 110% of Baseline)
Complete reversal is achieved if WBCT (manual method) is ≤ 110% of baseline at any post-baseline time point up to and including 1 hour following ciraparantag/PBO administration
Time frame: Within 1 Hour
Subjects Achieving Complete and Sustained Reversal of Anticoagulation (WBCT is ≤115% of Baseline)
Complete and sustained reversal of anticoagulation is achieved for a subject if WBCT (manual method) is ≤ 115% of baseline at all time points between 1 and 5 hours (inclusive) following ciraparantag/placebo administration.
Time frame: Between 1 and 5 Hours
One study site in the US enrolled subjects between August 2017 and August 2019.
| Milestone | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Started | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Completed | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Not completed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Complete reversal is achieved if WBCT (manual method) is ≤ 110% of baseline at any post-baseline time point up to and including 1 hour following ciraparantag/PBO administration
| Participants | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects Achieving Complete Reversal of Anticoagulation (WBCT is ≤ 110% of Baseline) | 2 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
Complete and sustained reversal of anticoagulation is achieved for a subject if WBCT (manual method) is ≤ 115% of baseline at all time points between 1 and 5 hours (inclusive) following ciraparantag/placebo administration.
| Participants | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects Achieving Complete and Sustained Reversal of Anticoagulation (WBCT is ≤115% of Baseline) | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Collected over All AEs occurring after the subject signed the informed consent through the last study visit (follow-up phone call occurring 7 to 10 days following ciraparantag/PBO administration), whether observed by the Investigator or reported by the subject, were collected. SAEs occurring up to 30 calendar days post treatment were collected.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo | 0/13 (0%) | 0/13 (0%) | 1/13 (7.7%) |
| Ciraparantag 30 mg | 0/12 (0%) | 0/12 (0%) | 4/12 (33.3%) |
| Ciraparantag 60 mg | 0/12 (0%) | 0/12 (0%) | 6/12 (50%) |
| Ciraparantag 120 mg | 0/12 (0%) | 0/12 (0%) | 8/12 (66.7%) |
| Enrolled But Not Randomized Participants | 0/11 (0%) | 0/11 (0%) | 3/11 (27.3%) |
| Event | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Enrolled But Not Randomized Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot flushVascular disorders | 0/13 | 1/12 | 5/12 | 2/12 | 0/11 |
| Feeling hotGeneral disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 3/12 | 0/11 |
| Abdominal PainGastrointestinal disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
| DizzinessNervous system disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
| VomitingGastrointestinal disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
| HeadacheNervous system disorders | 0/13 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 1/11 |
| NauseaGastrointestinal disorders | 0/13 | 1/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
| Rash papularSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
| Oropharyngeal painRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
| ParaesthesiaNervous system disorders | 0/13 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 0/12 | 1/11 |
Safety Population, defined as all subjects who receive at least 1 administration of investigational product (ciraparantag or placebo), was used for all baseline measures except for WBCT, which uses the Pharmacodynamic Population. These populations differ only in the placebo group which has 12 subjects for WBCT baseline measure.
| Age, Customized(years) | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 57.2 ± 6.90 | 55.8 ± 5.72 | 54.4 ± 3.87 | 53.9 ± 4.13 | 55.4 ± 5.05 |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Male | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asian | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black or African American | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| White | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BMI(kg/m^2) | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 27.36 ± 3.70 | 26.22 ± 3.03 | 26.40 ± 2.47 | 26.59 ± 2.98 | 26.66 ± 3.03 |
| Baseline Whole Blood Clotting Time (WBCT, manual method)(minutes) | Placebo | Ciraparantag 30 mg | Ciraparantag 60 mg | Ciraparantag 120 mg | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 7.4 ± 0.29 | 7.7 ± 0.33 | 7.3 ± 0.26 | 7.5 ± 0.33 | 7.5 ± 0.30 |
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Ran from Aug 2017 to primary completion in Aug 2019, 23 months.
Results were first posted in Sep 2025, 6 years after primary completion. A results delay was requested in Aug 2020.
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Studies of the drug tested here: PER977
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