A Phase 1 interventional study of Letrozole ISM in Healthy, sponsored by Rovi Pharmaceuticals Laboratories. Completed at 1 site in Czechia. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-04.
Sponsored by Rovi Pharmaceuticals Laboratories · Phase 1, Interventional, and Other
This is a Phase I, open label, dose escalation study designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of single intramuscular injections of Letrozole ISM® at different strengths in voluntary healthy post menopausal women
The objective of this study is to assess the pharmacokinetic profile of a single ascending doses of Letrozole ISM® (Rovi), and secondly, to evaluate safety and tolerability of single ascending doses of Letrozole ISM, measure estrogen levels, and characterize oral letrozole pharmacokinetic profile to be used in subsequent comparison to Letrozole ISM.
The study will be carried out in healthy post-menopausal women who satisfy inclusion and exclusion criteria.
The study consists of 3 treatment periods (TP) (TP1, TP2 and TP3) preceding by 2 Screening Periods (one for TP1 and one for TP3). In TP1, each subject will sequentially receive 1 dose daily of oral Femara (EU sourced) over a period of 14 days followed by a single intramuscular (IM) dose of Letrozole ISM (after a washout period) in TP2. Ascending doses of Letrozole ISM will be given sequentially to four Cohorts (1, 2, 3, and 4) [NOTE: Cohorts 3 and 4 were not finally performed because the Safety Review Committee considered it was not necessary for the achieving the objectives of the study] . All subjects who will finalize TP2 and fulfil the eligibility criteria will be offered to participate in TP3. The purpose is to have, at least, a minimum of 12 subjects receiving one oral daily dose of Femara (US sourced) 2.5 mg QD for a period of 14 days, to provide a complete pharmacokinetic (PK)/pharmacodynamic (PD) face-to-face comparison.
Rovi Pharmaceuticals Laboratories is the lead sponsor of 19 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects who have regularly taken foods or food supplements that contain high levels of Isoflavinoids, including soybean, soymilk, soynuts, chickpeas, alfalfa, fava beans, kudzu, miso and tofu in the 14 days prior to dosing (Treatment Period 1).
4.1. The investigator and medical monitor will determine on a case-by-case basis if a subject who intakes food or food supplements containing Isoflavinoids is eligible to participate in the study.
Subjects who have used:
5.1. Any medications including St. John's wort, known to be potent or moderate inducers of CYP P450 3A4 in the 3 weeks prior to dosing (Treatment Period 1).
5.2. Any medications or products known to be potent or moderate inhibitors of CYP P450 3A4 (e.g. grapefruit juice) in the 7 days prior to dosing on Treatment Period 1.
Subjects who have been diagnosed with osteoporosis (previously or results from screening DEXA for this study with a T score \< -2.5). Subjects with osteopenia (with the T-score between -1 and -2.5) will be allowed to participate in this study.
8.1. Subjects who are not on a stable dose of long- or short-acting bisphosphonates therapy for at least 3 months prior to Screening.
8.2. Subjects who are on raloxifene therapy.
Subjects who have any clinically significant abnormal laboratory safety findings at Screening or Check-in, upon repeat testing, as determined by the investigator (1 repeat assessment is acceptable).
12.1. Subjects who have or AST >1.5 × . For subjects with elevated total , direct and indirect bilirubin will be evaluated.
12.2. Subjects with elevated cholesterol or triglyceride levels above the ULN must be determined by the Investigator to be not clinically significant.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 oral doses of 2.5 mg Femara (once daily) + single IM injection of 50 mg Letrozole ISM
Drug: Letrozole ISM
14 oral doses of 2.5 mg Femara (once daily) + single IM injection of 100 mg Letrozole ISM
Drug: Letrozole ISM
14 oral doses of 2.5 mg Femara (once daily) + single IM injection of 200 mg Letrozole ISM
Drug: Letrozole ISM
14 oral doses of 2.5 mg Femara (once daily) + single IM injection of 400 mg Letrozole ISM
Drug: Letrozole ISM
2.5 mg Femara + single IM injection of 50-400 mg Letrozole ISM
Also known as: Femara, 4,4'-(1H- 1,2,4-Triazol-1-ylmethylene)dibenzonitrile
λz
Terminal phase elimination rate constant
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
Cmax
Maximum observed plasma concentration
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
Cmax/D
Dose-normalized Maximum observed plasma concentration
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
tmax
Time to maximum observed concentration
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
tlag
Lag time before observation of quantifiable concentrations in plasma
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
t½
Terminal elimination half life
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
AUC∞
Area under the concentration time curve from time zero extrapolated to infinity
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
AUC∞/D
Dose-normalized AUC∞
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
AUCextrap
Percentage of AUC∞ obtained by extrapolation
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
AUClast
Area under the concentration time curve from time zero up to the last quantifiable concentration
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
Vz/F
Apparent volume of distribution during terminal phase after extravascular dosing
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
CL/F
Apparent systemic clearance after extravascular dosing
Time frame: Following single intramuscular administration of Letrozole ISM (Period 2, Day 1)
λz
Terminal phase elimination rate constant
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
Cav
Average plasma concentration over a dosing interval
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
Cmin,ss
Minimum observed plasma concentration at steady state
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
Cmax,ss
Maximum observed plasma concentration at steady state
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
tmax
Time to maximum observed concentration
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
t½
Terminal elimination half life
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
AUCτ
Area under the concentration time curve over a dosing interval
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
Vz/F
Apparent volume of distribution during terminal phase after extravascular dosing
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
CLss/F
Apparent systemic clearance after extravascular dosing at steady state
Time frame: Following multiple oral administrations of Femara (Period 1, Day 14)
Hormones levels
The dose response relationship between doses letrozole and some hormones levels
Time frame: From date of screening to follow-up visit, assessed up to 50 weeks
AEs
Incidence and severity of adverse events
Time frame: From date of screening to follow-up visit, assessed up to 50 weeks
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Ran from Nov 2017 to primary completion in May 2024, 78 months.
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Studies of the drug tested here: Letrozole
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