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CompletedNCT04844450Updated Mar 30, 2025

A Single and Multiple Ascending Dose Study of Subcutaneously Administered JNJ-75220795

A Phase 1 interventional study of JNJ-75220795 and Placebo in Fatty Liver Disease, sponsored by Janssen Research & Development, LLC. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-30.

Sponsored by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2023, 3 years 6 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
55
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and tolerability of single and multiple subcutaneous (SC) doses of JNJ-75220795.

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Conditions studied

  • Fatty Liver Disease
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In context

Liver Diseases

2,081 studies on the registry are indexed under Liver Diseases; 390 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 55 is close to the median of 50 across 1,323 interventional studies indexed under Liver Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Janssen Research & Development, LLC is the lead sponsor of 912 studies on the registry; 76 are open to participants now.

Of its 278 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 131 (47%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants with certain genetic predisposition to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) determined at screening
  • Presence of liver steatosis at screening
  • Participants on anti-hypertensive and/or lipid lowering medications and/or glucose lowering medications must be on stable dose(s) for at least 4 weeks prior to screening
  • Weight stable defined as no more than 5% body weight loss or gain within 3 months prior to screening and no more than 5% body weight loss or gain from screening to randomization

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to JNJ-75220795 or its excipients
  • History of hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) or hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) positive, or other clinically active liver disease, or tests positive for HbsAg or anti-HCV at screening
  • History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive, or tests positive for HIV at screening
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Single Ascending Dose (SAD)

    Participants in cohorts 1-5 and cohorts 3a-5a will receive subcutaneous (SC) injection of single dose (Part A) of JNJ-75220795 or matching placebo.

    Drug: JNJ-75220795 · Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Multiple Ascending Dose (MAD)

    Participants in cohorts 6-8 will receive SC injection of 2 doses (Part B) of JNJ-75220795 or matching placebo. Participants in cohorts 9-11 will receive SC injection of 4 doses (Part C) of JNJ-75220795 or matching placebo.

    Drug: JNJ-75220795 · Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugJNJ-75220795

    JNJ-75220795 will be administered subcutaneously.

  • DrugPlacebo

    Matching placebo will be administered subcutaneously.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Signs and Symptoms/ Adverse Events (AEs)

    Number of participants with treatment-emergent signs and symptoms/adverse events (including allergic reactions/hypersensitivity and local injection site reactions) will be reported. An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant participating in a clinical study that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the pharmaceutical/biological agent under study. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) are defined as AEs with onset or worsening on or after date of first dose of study treatment.

    Time frame: Up to Day 182

  2. Number of Participants With Change From Baseline in Vital Signs Abnormalities

    Number of participants with change from baseline in vital signs abnormalities including temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure (supine) will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 168

  3. Number of Participants With Change From Baseline in Clinical Laboratory Abnormalities

    Number of participants with change from baseline in clinical laboratory abnormalities including hematology, chemistry and urinalysis will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 168

  4. Number of Participants With Change From Baseline in Physical Examination Abnormalities

    Number of participants with change from baseline in physical examination abnormalities will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 168

  5. Number of Participants With Change From Baseline in Electrocardiogram (ECG) Abnormalities

    Number of participants with change from baseline in ECG abnormalities will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 168

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percent Change From Baseline in Liver Fat Content

    Percent change from baseline in liver fat content will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline, weeks 6, 12, 18 and 24

  2. Plasma Concentration of JNJ-75220795 Over Time

    Plasma samples will be analyzed to determine concentrations of JNJ-75220795.

    Time frame: SAD: Predose, up to Day 3 and MAD: Predose, up to Day 86

  3. Percentage of Participants With Treatment-emergent Anti Drug Antibodies (ADA)

    Percentage of participants with treatment-emergent ADA will be assessed using a validated assay for ADA analysis.

    Time frame: Up to Day 168

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Research Centers of America, LLC
    Hollywood, Florida 33024, United States
  • Endeavor Clinical Trials, LLC
    San Antonio, Texas 78240, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The data sharing policy of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson \& Johnson is available at www.janssen.com/clinical-trials/transparency. As noted on this site, requests for access to the study data can be submitted through Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project site at yoda.yale.edu

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 Mar 30, 2025, 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
NCT04844450
Lead sponsor
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 14, 2021
Start date
Apr 29, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2023
Completion
Mar 31, 2023
Last update
Mar 30, 2025

Study contacts

Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
study director · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Oversight

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