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CompletedNCT05045833Updated Apr 21, 2022

Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Orally Administered SYN 020

A Phase 1 interventional study of SYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule in Enteritis Caused by Radiation, sponsored by Theriva Biologics, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-21.

Sponsored by Theriva Biologics, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Feb 2022, 4 years 8 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-ascending-dose study to assess the PK, safety, and tolerability of SYN-020 oral delayed release capsules (SYN 020) in healthy adults. At least 1 exploratory PD endpoint will also be assessed.

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Randomization to treatment will be stratified by sex, with equal numbers of males and females receiving each treatment in each cohort. Up to 5 ascending-dose cohorts of 8 subjects each will be enrolled, and all cohorts will be conducted as planned or until the safety data do not support further escalation. SYN-020 (or placebo) will be administered every 12 hours for 14 consecutive days at escalating doses of 5, 15, 45, and 75 mg in Cohorts 1 through 4, and at a dose not to exceed 75 mg in Cohort 5.

Subjects will be screened within 28 days before admission to the clinical research unit (CRU). For each cohort, eligible subjects will be admitted to the CRU on Day -1, and subjects who remain eligible will receive the first dose of study drug in the morning (AM) of Day 1. Subjects will receive study drug every 12 hours for 14 consecutive days. No restriction in food or fluids is required around dosing for any dose other than the AM dose on Days 1 and 14. Subjects will also fast overnight before blood samples are collected for clinical laboratory and/or PD tests on Days 2, 6, 8, 10, 14, and at the follow-up visit on Day 35. A standard Western diet appropriate for a Phase 1 study will be provided at approximately the same times each day during confinement, with each cohort receiving the same meals.

Subjects will be discharged from the CRU after the End of Study (EOS) procedures are completed in the AM on Day 15 and will return to the CRU for a follow-up visit on Day 35.

For PK assessment, blood samples (primarily on Days 1 and 14) and feces (pre-dose and over selected 48 hour time intervals) will be collected for analysis of SYN 020 concentrations.

For PD assessment, blood will be collected and analyzed (or stored for future analysis) for at least 1 of the exploratory endpoints. Fecal samples for PD assessment will be taken from the feces collected for PK assessment. These investigations will explore potential biomarkers for future SYN 020 indications and will be strictly and directly related to the pharmacology of SYN 020. While gastrointestinal microbiome/metabolome analyses include genotyping of the gut bacteria, no human genotyping will be performed.

Safety and tolerability will be monitored throughout the study. Safety assessments will include clinical laboratory tests, vital signs, 12-lead ECGs, physical examinations, monitoring for AEs, and ADA testing. Adverse event data will be collected from the time of informed consent through the follow-up visit at Day 35 or until the AE resolves or becomes stable.

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Conditions studied

  • Enteritis Caused by Radiation

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In context

Enteritis

34 studies on the registry are indexed under Enteritis; 7 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 53 across 26 interventional studies indexed under Enteritis.

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Lead sponsor

Theriva Biologics, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 8 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Subject is able to read, write, and comprehend English at a sufficient level to understand study-related materials, has provided written before any study-related procedure was performed, and is willing and able to comply with all testing and study requirements.
  2. Subject is a healthy male or female, at least 18 years of age.
  3. Subject does not use any tobacco or nicotine product (for example, cigarette, pipe, e cigarette, vape, smokeless tobacco) and has not used any tobacco or nicotine product for at least 2 months before CRU admission.
  4. Subject has a of 18.5 to \<35 kg/m2. Note: Approximately 50% of subjects should have BMI > 25 kg/m2; however, randomization is not based on BMI.
  5. Subject is healthy based on physical examination, clinical laboratory tests, 12-lead , and vital signs.
  6. Subject is willing to minimize the risk of inducing pregnancy from the time of signing the ICF to at least either 90 days (males) or 30 days (females) after the last study drug dose by following the procedures below.

    If male: Must agree to abstain from donating sperm for at least 90 days after the study drug dose.

    If male has a female sexual partner of : He must ALSO agree to use at least one of the following medically acceptable methods of for at least 90 days after the study drug dose:

    • Bilateral vasectomy performed at least 1 year before screening
    • Use of a condom or diaphragm plus either contraceptive sponge, foam, or jelly
    • Complete abstinence from heterosexual intercourse; periodic abstinence is not acceptable

    If a sexually active female of childbearing potential (defined as a female after puberty who is not for at least 1 year or surgically sterile): Must agree to use at least one of the following medically acceptable methods of contraception for at least 30 days after the study drug dose:

    • Intrauterine device (hormonal or non-hormonal, inserted 2 or more cycles before Screening)
    • Hormonal contraception (stable use for 2 or more cycles before Screening) administered orally or by depot injection or implant, transdermal system, or vaginal ring
    • Bilateral tubal ligation
    • Male partner with a bilateral vasectomy performed at least 1 year before screening
    • Barrier contraception: Use of a condom or diaphragm plus either contraceptive sponge, foam, or jelly
    • Complete abstinence from heterosexual intercourse; periodic abstinence is not acceptable
  7. If female, subject has a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and upon CRU admission.
  8. Subject usually has at least 1 bowel movement a day based on self-reporting.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject has a history or the presence of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immunologic, dermatologic, neurologic, oncologic, vascular, metabolic, collagen, or psychiatric disease or any other condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would jeopardize the safety of the subject or the validity of the study results.
  2. Subject has any known malabsorption syndrome or history of gastrointestinal surgery that could compromise the study objectives.
  3. Subject has used any medication (prescription or non-prescription) or herbal supplement other than prescription hormone replacement therapy (eg, thyroid, testosterone, estrogen) within 21 days before CRU admission or, if female, has used hormonal if use has not been stable for 2 or more cycles before Screening.
  4. Subject is pregnant, breastfeeding, or not using a medically accepted method of contraception.
  5. Subject is unable to abstain from artificial sweeteners (eg, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, advantame, saccharin, stevia, and sucralose) from CRU admission to CRU discharge.
  6. Subject has a positive urine drug or alcohol test at Screening or CRU admission OR has a history of drug/alcohol abuse within 12 months before Screening.
  7. Subject has donated more than 500 mL blood during the 3-month period before CRU admission.
  8. Subject has known intolerance of study drug or ingredients.
  9. In the judgment of the Investigator, subject has any factor (eg, other treatment) that could invalidate the study result.
  10. Subject is currently enrolled in another clinical study or has received an drug or device within 30 days or within a time period consistent with a of 5 half-lives before signing the ICF, whichever is longer.
  11. Subject has already participated in this or a previous SYN 020 study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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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.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Washout period

A planned gap after a treatment, so that its effects can lessen before the study treatment or a study assessment. Ask the study team and the doctor who prescribed it before changing any medicine.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    5 mg SYN-020

    1 x 5 mg oral capsule, 14 days, dosing every 12 hours, 6 subjects receive active, 2 subjects receive placebo

    Drug: SYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule

  • Experimental
    15 mg SYN-020

    1 x 15 mg oral capsule, 14 days, dosing every 12 hours, 6 subjects receive active, 2 subjects receive placebo

    Drug: SYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule

  • Experimental
    45 mg SYN-020

    3 x 15 mg oral capsules, 14 days, dosing every 12 hours, 6 subjects receive active, 2 subjects receive placebo

    Drug: SYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule

  • Experimental
    75 mg SYN-020

    5 x 15 mg oral capsules, 14 days, dosing every 12 hours, 6 subjects receive active, 2 subjects receive placebo

    Drug: SYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule

  • Experimental
    ≤ 75 mg SYN-020 (new formulation)

    ≤ 5 x 15 mg oral capsules, 14 days, dosing every 12 hours, 6 subjects receive active, 2 subjects receive placebo

    Drug: SYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule

Interventions

  • DrugSYN-020 Delayed Release Capsule

    Oral administration (by mouth)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. SYN-020 systemic absorption

    Analysis of SYN-020 level present in blood

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 15

  2. SYN-020 presence in feces

    Analysis of SYN-020 level present in feces

    Time frame: Day -1 to Day 14

Secondary outcomes

  1. Monitoring for Safety and Tolerability

    Adverse Events, CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 35

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Study locations

1 site
  • Spaulding Clinical Research LLC
    West Bend, Wisconsin 53095, 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 reached

Ran from Oct 2021 to primary completion in Feb 2022, 4 months.

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

Registered
Sep 9, 2021
First posted
Sep 16, 2021
StartActual
Oct 18, 2021
Primary completionActual
Feb 22, 2022
CompletionActual
Mar 21, 2022
Last update
Apr 21, 2022
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 Apr 21, 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
NCT05045833
Lead sponsor
Theriva Biologics, Inc.
Collaborators
Spaulding Clinical Research LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 16, 2021
Start date
Oct 18, 2021
Primary completion
Feb 22, 2022
Completion
Mar 21, 2022
Last update
Apr 21, 2022

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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