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CompletedNCT04270981Updated Apr 27, 2021

ADME Study of Acoziborole in Healthy Subjects

A Phase 1 interventional study of [14C]-acoziborole capsule, 240 mg containing NMT 9.25 kBq (250 nCi) 14C in Trypanosomiases, African, sponsored by Drugs for Neglected Diseases. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-27.

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

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
Male
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 16 studies in Trypanosomiasis, African by Drugs for Neglected Diseases — 1 open to participants now, 1 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Trypanosomiasis, African · Drugs for Neglected Diseases.

Enrollment
16th of 16
6 · median 155
Started
2020
the only one that year
Phase 1
5 of 16
none open now
Registered
12th of 16
by date

Among the 16 studies in Trypanosomiasis, African by Drugs for Neglected Diseases, this one is the 16th largest by enrollment, is the only one that started in 2020, is one of 5 in phase 1, and was the 12th registered.

By phase

16 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Phase 2/37 · 0 open
Phase 1this study5 · 0 open
Phase 33 · 1 open
Phase 41 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 2009; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2020.

Size and results

Median enrollment 155 across the 16 interventional studies. Of the 15 that completed or were terminated, 4 (27%) have results posted.

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Study summary

This is a single centre, open-label, single group, non-randomised, single oral dose study in healthy male subjects designed to assess the mass balance recovery, PK, metabolite profile and metabolite identification, and exploratory pharmacodynamics of acoziborole. It is planned to enrol 6 subjects.

All subjects will receive an oral dose of 960 mg [14C] acoziborole on a single occasion as 4 capsules containing a small amount of radioactivity (not more than [NMT] 1000 nCi [37 KBq] 14C).

Read the detailed description

The present study aims to further understand and quantify the absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination (ADME) of acoziborole in humans through the assessment of the mass balance recovery after a single oral dose of [14C]-acoziborole. The routes and rates of elimination of [14C]-acoziborole will be determined and plasma, urine and faecal samples will be used for metabolic profiling and structural identification.

Subjects will be screened for inclusion in the study up to 28 days before dosing. Subjects will be admitted in the evening on the day before dosing (Day 1).

Subjects will be dosed on the morning of Day 1 following an overnight fast of a minimum of 9 h, and will remain resident in the clinic until up to 240 h after dosing (up to Day 11). Subjects will return to the clinical unit for 5 additional 48 h collection periods, admitting to the clinical unit the evening before the collection period. The additional collection periods will be on Days 14 to 17, 28 to 31, 58 to 61, 88 to 91 and 118 to 121. A follow up call will take place 5 to 10 days post-final discharge to ensure the ongoing wellbeing of subjects.

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Conditions studied

  • Trypanosomiases, African
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy Caucasian males.
  • Age 18 to 55 years of age at the time of signing .
  • (BMI) of 18.0 to 30.0 kg/m2 as measured at screening.
  • Must be willing and able to communicate and participate in the whole study.
  • Must have regular bowel movements (i.e., average stool production of ≥1 and ≤3 stools per day).
  • Normal blood pressure (BP): Systolic BP between 90 and 140 (160 if >45 years old) mmHg (inclusive), diastolic BP 45 to 90 mmHg (inclusive), measured after 10 min rest in supine position at screening and pre-dose.
  • A resting heart rate (HR) between 45 and 100 bpm (inclusive), measured after 10 min rest in supine position at screening and pre-dose.
  • recording without abnormality, including measure of ≤450 msec at screening and pre-dose.
  • Must provide written informed consent.
  • Must agree to adhere to the requirements
  • Subjects must be able to swallow multiple capsules.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who have received any IMP in a clinical research study within the 90 days prior to Day 1.
  • Subjects who are study site employees, or immediate family members of a study site or sponsor employee.
  • History of any drug or alcohol abuse in the past 2 years
  • Regular alcohol consumption >21 units per week and (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 any on admission to the clinical unit.
  • Current smokers and those who have smoked within the last 6 months. As confirmed by a breath carbon monoxide reading of greater than 10 ppm at screening or admission
  • Subjects with pregnant or lactating partners.
  • Radiation exposure, including that from the present study, excluding background radiation but including diagnostic x-rays and other medical exposures, exceeding 5 mSv in the last 12 months or 10 mSv in the last 5 year. No occupationally exposed worker shall participate in the study.
  • Subjects who have been enrolled in an ADME study in the last 12 months.
  • Subjects who do not have suitable veins for multiple venepunctures/cannulation as assessed by the investigator or delegate at screening.
  • abnormal clinical chemistry, haematology, urinalysis (especially , aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase) or clinically significant abnormal physical examination findings as judged by the investigator .
  • Abnormal thyroid function test results
  • Abnormal renal function (estimate [eGFR] \<80 mL/min).
  • Confirmed positive drugs of abuse test result .
  • Positive surface antigen (HBsAg), virus antibody (HCV Ab) or (HIV) results.
  • History of any clinically significant acute or chronic cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, neurological (especially seizures), immunological, psychiatric, myopathies, bleeding tendency, respiratory and particularly GI disease, especially peptic ulceration and chronic gastritis, GI bleeding, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's Disease or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, as judged by the investigator.
  • Any relevant GI complaints within 7 days of dosing.
  • Serious adverse reaction or serious to any drug or the formulation .
  • 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 400 mL of blood within the previous 3 months or more than 100 mL within 30 days before signing ICF to this trial.
  • Subjects who are taking any prescribed drug in the 14 days before screening or require regular use of any prescription medication during the study
  • Subjects who have taken, any over-the-counter medications, including vitamins, analgesics or antacids, herbal remedies or St. John's wort in the 7 days before IMP administration . Exceptions may apply on a case by case basis, if considered not to interfere with the objectives of the study, as determined by the PI.
  • Use of enzyme-altering drugs (e.g. barbiturates, phenothiazines, cimetidine) within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, of study Day 1.
  • Surgery within 12 weeks prior to screening, with the exception of appendectomy or at the discretion of the Investigator for minor surgery.
  • Any surgery (e.g. 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.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(13)

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    [14C]-acoziborole capsule, 240 mg containing NMT 9.25 kBq (250

    single administration of 960 mg (4 × 240 mg capsules) acoziborole in oral and fasted condition

    Drug: [14C]-acoziborole capsule, 240 mg containing NMT 9.25 kBq (250 nCi) 14C

Interventions

  • Drug[14C]-acoziborole capsule, 240 mg containing NMT 9.25 kBq (250 nCi) 14C

    960 mg (4 × 240 mg capsules)of acoziborole in oral and fasted condition

    Also known as: no other name

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. total radioactivity in urines and feces

    Total radioactivity in urine and faeces at each time interval and cumulative radioactivity excretion (mass balance). For the sample collection periods following 240 h after the dose, excretion will be interpolated between collection periods

    Time frame: 121 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Plasma and urine concentrations of acoziborole and of its main metabolite, SCYX 3109

    Plasma and urine concentrations of acoziborole and of its main metabolite, SCYX 3109, to determine relevant PK parameters

    Time frame: 121 days

  2. Total radioactivity in whole blood (optional), plasma, urine and faeces

    Total radioactivity in whole blood (optional), plasma, urine and faeces at each time point, to determine relevant PK parameters

    Time frame: 121 days

  3. Quantitative metabolite profiling and identification of metabolites in pooled samples of plasma, urine and faeces

    Quantitative metabolite profiling and identification of metabolites in pooled samples of plasma, urine and faeces, using liquid chromatography (LC)/accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) in conjunction with LC/tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS)

    Time frame: 121 days

  4. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with adverse events

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by d number of subjects with adverse events

    Time frame: 126 days

  5. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by adverse events severity

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by adverse events severity

    Time frame: 126 days

  6. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with vital signs findings

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with vital signs findings

    Time frame: 121 days

  7. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with 12 -lead ECG findings

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with 12 -lead ECG findings

    Time frame: 121 days

  8. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with clinical laboratory tests findings (hematology)

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with clinical laboratory tests findings (hematology)

    Time frame: 121 days

  9. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with clinical laboratory tests findings (biochemistry)

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with clinical laboratory tests findings (biochemistry)

    Time frame: 121 days

  10. safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with physical examination findings

    Safety and tolerability of 14C acoziborole after single dose as measured by number of subjects with physical examination findings

    Time frame: 121 days

  11. Amount of radioactivity in plasma, faeces and urine over time

    Amount of radioactivity in plasma, faeces and urine over time exploratory and optional

    Time frame: 121 days

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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: 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 Apr 27, 2021, 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
NCT04270981
Lead sponsor
Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 17, 2020
Start date
Feb 5, 2020
Primary completion
Jul 8, 2020
Completion
Jul 8, 2020
Last update
Apr 27, 2021

Study contacts

Sharan Sidhu, MBChB
principal investigator · Quotient Clinical

Oversight

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