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CompletedNCT03929016Updated Dec 20, 2022

Single Oral Dose Escalation Study of DNDI-0690 in Healthy Subjects

A Phase 1 interventional study of DNDI-0690 and Placebo of DNDI-0690 in Visceral Leishmaniasis and Cutaneous Leishmaniases, sponsored by Drugs for Neglected Diseases. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-20.

Sponsored by Drugs for Neglected Diseases · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
64
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will evaluate how the test medicine DNDI-0690 is taken up and broken down by the body and will also look at the safety and tolerability of the test medicine after a single dose. This is the first time the test medicine DNDI-0690 will be administered to humans.

Read the detailed description

DNDI-0690 is intended to be used as oral treatment for Visceral Leishmaniasis with potential for the cutaneous form of the disease, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. The present protocol describes the first-in-human (FIH) study with DNDI-0690.

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Conditions studied

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis
  • Cutaneous Leishmaniases

Keywords

  • First-in-human
  • single ascending dose
  • healthy volunteer
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In context

Leishmaniasis

185 studies on the registry are indexed under Leishmaniasis; 15 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 64 is below the median of 80 across 133 interventional studies indexed under Leishmaniasis.

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Lead sponsor

Drugs for Neglected Diseases is the lead sponsor of 56 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy males (Cohorts 1 to 7) or healthy WONCBP (Cohort 8)
  • 18 to 55 years (Cohorts 1 to 7) or 18 to 60 years (Cohort 8)of age at the time of signing informed consent
  • Body mass index (BMI) of 18.0 to 30.1 kg/m2 as measured at screening
  • General good physical health determined by medical and surgical history, physical examination, 12-lead ECG, vital signs and clinical laboratory tests
  • Normal blood pressure: Systolic blood pressure between ≥90 and ≤140 mmHg, Diastolic blood pressure ≤90 mmHg, measured after 10 min rest in supine position at screening, admission and pre-dose
  • A resting Heart Rate (HR) between ≥40 and ≤90 bpm measured after 10 min rest in supine position at screening, admission and pre-dose
  • ECG recording without clinically significant abnormality, including QTcF measure of ≤450 msec (male) or ≤470 msec (female) at screening, admission and pre-dose
  • Having had no febrile seizures or infectious illness for at least 7 days prior to administration of the Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP)
  • Must be willing and able to communicate and participate in the whole study
  • Must provide written informed consent
  • Must agree to adhere to the contraception requirements and life-style restrictions defined in the protocol

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who have received any IMP in a clinical research study within the 3 months or 90 days prior to Day 1
  • Subjects who are study site employees, or immediate family members of a study site or sponsor employee
  • Subjects who have previously been enrolled in this study and/or have received DNDI-0690 previously
  • History of any drug or alcohol abuse in the past 2 years
  • Demonstrating excess in caffeine/xanthine consumption (more than 6 cups of coffee or equivalent a day)
  • Regular alcohol consumption in males >21 units per week and females >14 units per week (1 unit = ½ pint beer, or a 25 mL shot of 40% spirit, 1.5 to 2 Units = 125 mL glass of wine, depending on type). As confirmed by a positive alcohol breath test at screening or admission
  • Current smokers and those who have smoked within the last 12 months. As confirmed by a breath carbon monoxide reading of greater than 10 ppm at screening or admission
  • Current users of e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement products and those who have used these products within the last 12 months
  • Females of childbearing potential including those who are pregnant or lactating (all female subjects must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and admission). A woman is considered of childbearing potential unless she is permanently sterile (hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral tubal occlusion and bilateral oophorectomy) or is postmenopausal (had no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause and a serum follicle stimulating hormone [FSH] concentration ≥40 IU/L)
  • Subjects who do not have suitable veins for multiple venepunctures/cannulation as assessed by the investigator or delegate at screening
  • Clinically significant abnormal biochemistry, haematology, coagulation or urinalysis (especially aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN)) as judged by the investigator (laboratory parameters are listed in Appendix 1). Subjects with Gilbert's syndrome are allowed
  • Confirmed positive drugs of abuse test result
  • Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results
  • Evidence of renal impairment at screening or admission, as indicated by an estimated creatinine clearance (CLcr) of \<80 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation
  • History of clinically significant cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, neurological (especially seizures), immunological, psychiatric, myopathies, bleeding tendency, respiratory and particularly gastrointestinal (GI) disease, especially peptic ulceration and chronic gastritis, GI bleeding, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's Disease or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, as judged by the investigator
  • History of additional risk factors for Torsades des Pointe (eg heart failure, hypokalaemia, family history of long QT syndrome)
  • Rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrose-isomaltase insufficiency
  • Any relevant GI complaints within 7 days of dosing
  • Subjects with a history of cholecystectomy or gall stones (Cohort 7 only)
  • Serious adverse reaction or clinically relevant hypersensitivity to any drug or the formulation excipients (Hypromellose [HPMC], sodium lauryl sulphate [SLS], sucrose, croscarmellose sodium and magnesium stearate)
  • Presence or history of clinically significant allergy requiring treatment (including asthma, urticaria, clinically significant allergic rash or other severe allergic diathesis), as judged by the investigator. Hay fever is allowed unless it is active
  • Donation or loss of greater than 500 mL of blood within the previous 3 months or more than 100 mL within 30 days before signing Informed Consent Form (ICF) to this trial
  • Subjects who are taking, or have taken, any prescribed or over-the-counter drug (including anti-acid drugs) or vitamins/herbal remedies (eg St. John's Wort and others which are known to interfere with the Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) metabolic pathways) or HRT in the 21 days before IMP administration. Administration of up to 4 g of paracetamol per day within 7 days of IMP administration is allowed
  • Surgery within 12 weeks prior to screening, with the exception of appendectomy
  • Any surgery (eg gastric bypass) or medical condition that may affect absorption of orally administered drugs
  • Failure to satisfy the investigator of fitness to participate for any other reason
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
64 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 male 10mg fasting

    Single dose 10mg male fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo male fasting

    Single dose placebo male fasting

    Drug: Placebo of DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 male 30mg fasting

    Single dose 30mg male fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 male 150mg fasting

    Single dose 150mg male fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 male 400mg fasting

    Single dose 400mg male fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 male 1200mg fasting

    Single dose 1200mg male fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 male 3600mg fasting

    Single dose 3600mg male fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo male fed

    Placebo male fed

    Drug: Placebo of DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 400mg male fed

    Single dose 400mg male fed

    Drug: DNDI-0690

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo female fasting

    Placebo female fasting

    Drug: Placebo of DNDI-0690

  • Experimental
    Active DNDI-0690 1200mg female fasting

    Single dose 1200mg female fasting

    Drug: DNDI-0690

Interventions

  • DrugDNDI-0690

    capsules of 10, 100 and 200 mg

  • DrugPlacebo of DNDI-0690

    capsules of matching placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Occurrence of Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    number of subjects experiencing TEAEs classified by MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities) System Organ Class and Preferred Terms

    Time frame: from baseline up to 7-10 days post-dose

  2. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Changes in 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters

    corrected QT interval by Frideriecia's formula (QTcF) (msec)

    Time frame: from baseline up to 7-10 days post-dose

  3. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Changes of Safety laboratory parameters related to liver function

    aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

    Time frame: from baseline up 7-10 days post-dose

  4. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Changes of Safety laboratory parameters related to liver function

    alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

    Time frame: from baseline up 7-10 days post-dose

  5. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Changes of Safety laboratory parameters related to renal function

    creatinine (mg/dL)

    Time frame: from baseline up 7-10 days post-dose

  6. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Changes of Safety laboratory parameters related to renal function

    creatinine clearance (CLcr)

    Time frame: from baseline up 7-10 days post-dose

  7. Safety and Tolerability of DNDI-0690 by Assessing the Changes of Troponin I as a cardiac safety marker

    Troponin I

    Time frame: 4h, 9h, 24h and 48h post-dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Area Under the Plasma Concentration Versus Time Curve (AUC) From Zero Extrapolated to Infinity (AUC0-inf)

    To assess plasma pharmacokinetic parameters

    Time frame: pre-dose up to 72 hours post-dose

  2. Observed Maximum Concentration (Cmax)

    To assess plasma pharmacokinetic parameters

    Time frame: pre-dose up to 72 hours post-dose

  3. Time to Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax)

    To assess plasma pharmacokinetic parameters

    Time frame: pre-dose up to 72 hours post-dose

  4. Apparent elimination half-life (T1/2)

    To assess plasma pharmacokinetic parameters

    Time frame: pre-dose up to 72 hours post-dose

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Study locations

1 site
  • Quotient Sciences
    Nottingham, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All IPD that underlie results in the publication will be shared at the time of publication of study results.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Csr

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 Dec 20, 2022, 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
NCT03929016
Lead sponsor
Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Collaborators
Wellcome Trust
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 26, 2019
Start date
Apr 4, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 6, 2019
Completion
Jul 2, 2020
Last update
Dec 20, 2022

Study contacts

Sharan Sidhu, MD
principal investigator · Quotient Sciences

Oversight

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