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CompletedNCT04987242Updated Jun 22, 2023

An Inpatient Study of ALLN-346 (Engineered Urate Oxidase) in Hyperuricemic Subjects (Study 201)

A Phase 2 interventional study of ALLN-346 and Placebo in Hyperuricemia, Gout and Chronic Kidney Diseases, sponsored by Allena Pharmaceuticals. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-22.

Sponsored by Allena Pharmaceuticals · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2022, 4 years 8 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
16
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this Phase IIa study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ALLN-346 in subjects with hyperuricemia in an inpatient, controlled setting.

Read the detailed description

This is a Phase II, 7-day, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of orally administered ALLN-346 in subjects with hyperuricemia, with subpopulations to include generally healthy hyperuricemic subjects with normal kidney function and those with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD). Study will take place at a clinical pharmacology unit (CPU). The study will have two Parts. Part 1 will include subjects with serum urate ≥ 6.8 mg/dL and eGFR ≥ 60 mL/minute/1.73 m2 (subjects with eGFR of stage 2 CKD and with normal kidney function). Part 2 will include subjects with serum urate ≥ 6.8 mg/dL and eGFR 45-100 mL/minute/1.73 m2 (eGFR of CKD Stages 2- 3a).

The study will evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (lack of absorption) and pharmacodynamics of ALLN-346.

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Conditions studied

  • Hyperuricemia
  • Gout
  • Chronic Kidney Diseases
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In context

Hyperuricemia

240 studies on the registry are indexed under Hyperuricemia; 44 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 16 is below the median of 68 across 193 interventional studies indexed under Hyperuricemia.

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Lead sponsor

Allena Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 12 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) 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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female, age 18 to 55 years
  • sUA level ≥ 6.8 mg/dL at Screening (hyperuricemia), with or without a diagnosis of gout
  • Not pregnant, not capable of pregnancy, not nursing, and agrees to use an effective method of ; males subjects must agree to abstain from sperm donation
  • Normal non- abnormalities in vital signs
  • Normal clinical laboratory test results and , which are not considered to be clinically significant

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Screening of \<60 mL/minute/1.73 m2 for Part 1, and for Part 2 Screening eGFR outside the range of 45-100 mL/minute/1.73 m2.
  • History or clinical manifestations of significant metabolic, hematological, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurologic, hepatic, urological, or psychiatric disorders.
  • Presence or history of any other condition (including surgery) known to interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of medicines
  • Currently taking any urate-lowering medication within 4 weeks prior to Day 1 (first dosing day)
  • Prior uricase therapy or exposure to recombinant uricase
  • abnormal findings on (ECG)
  • Positive test result for surface antigen, virus antibody, or (HIV) antibody
  • Received treatment with or exposure to an drug or device within 30 days - prior to or during Screening
  • Prior dosing in ALLN-346 clinical study
  • Per Investigator judgment, is not an ideal clinical study candidate
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
16 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ALLN-346 (Engineered Urate Oxidase)

    ALLN-346 is novel urate oxidase provided as capsules for oral administration: 5 capsules thrice daily (TID) for a total of 15 capsules per day will be evaluated for 7 days

    Drug: ALLN-346

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Matching placebo capsules for oral administration: 5 capsules thrice daily (TID) for a total of 15 capsules per day will be evaluated for 7 days

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • ALLN-346 (Engineered Urate Oxidase) is an orally administered, novel urate oxidase; provided as capsules for oral administration

    Also known as: Engineered urate oxidase

  • DrugPlacebo

    Matched placebo capsules are similar in weight and appearance to the ALLN-346 capsules

    Also known as: Matching placebo capsule

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Number of of participants with treatment emergent adverse events

    Time frame: 21 days per Study Part

Secondary outcomes

  1. Serum ALLN-346

    Serum concentration of ALLN-346 (ng/mL)

    Time frame: 8 days

Other outcomes

  1. Serum Urate

    Serum urate \[mg/dL\]

    Time frame: 8 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Celerion
    Tempe, Arizona 85283, United States
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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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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jul 2021 to primary completion in Mar 2022, 7 months.

Of 24 phase 2 interventional studies under Hyperuricemia, half reached primary completion within 14 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 26. This study's 7 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 26, 2021
First posted
Aug 3, 2021
StartActual
Jul 16, 2021
Primary completionActual
Mar 2, 2022
CompletionActual
Mar 2, 2022
Last update
Jun 22, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 22, 2023, 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
NCT04987242
Lead sponsor
Allena Pharmaceuticals
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 3, 2021
Start date
Jul 16, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 2, 2022
Completion
Mar 2, 2022
Last update
Jun 22, 2023

Study contacts

C Tosone, MS, RAC
study director · Allena Pharmceuticals

Oversight

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