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CompletedNCT05462132HCUUpdated Mar 17, 2023

Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacodynamics of SYNB1353 in Healthy Adult Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of SYNB1353 in Homocystinuria, sponsored by Synlogic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 64 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-17.

Sponsored by Synlogic · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Nov 2022, 3 years 11 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 64 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a Phase 1, double-blind (Sponsor-open), placebo-controlled, randomized, dose-escalation, inpatient study using a multiple-ascending dose (MAD) design to assess the safety, tolerability, and PD of SYNB1353 in HVs.

Read the detailed description

This study is evaluating the safety, tolerability and PD of SYNB1353 in up to 8 cohorts of HVs. In each cohort, HVs will be randomly assigned to investigational medicinal product (IMP), according to a MAD design, to receive either SYNB1353 or placebo (6 active:2 placebo per cohort). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7. At each IMP dose level, a dose of methionine will be evaluated. The methionine dose may increase if necessary to evaluate the PD of SYNB1353.

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Conditions studied

  • Homocystinuria

Keywords

  • HCU
  • Amino acid metabolism
  • Inborn error of metabolism
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In context

Homocystinuria

20 studies on the registry are indexed under Homocystinuria; 5 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 31 is above the median of 22 across 12 interventional studies indexed under Homocystinuria.

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Lead sponsor

Synlogic is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 10 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (30%) 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 64 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 to ≤ 64 years.
  2. Able and willing to voluntarily complete the process.
  3. Available for and agree to all study procedures, including feces, urine, and blood collection and adherence to diet control, inpatient monitoring, follow-up visits, and compliance with all study procedures.
  4. Male subjects who are sexually abstinent or surgically sterilized (vasectomy), or those who are sexually active with a female partner(s) and agree to use an acceptable method of (such as a condom with spermicide) combined with an acceptable method of contraception for their non-pregnant female partner(s) (as defined in Inclusion Criterion # 5) after informed consent, throughout the study, and for a minimum of 3 months after the last dose of IMP, and who do not intend to donate sperm in the period from Screening until 3 months following administration of the IMP.
  5. Female subjects who meet 1 of the following:

    1. Women of (WOCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test (human chorionic gonadotropin) at Screening and a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline prior to the start of IMP and must agree to use acceptable method(s) of contraception, combined with an acceptable method of contraception for their male partner(s) (as defined in Inclusion Criterion # 4) after informed consent, throughout the study and for a minimum of 3 months after the last dose of IMP. Acceptable methods of contraception include hormonal contraception, hormonal or non-hormonal intrauterine device, bilateral tubal occlusion, complete abstinence, and/or vasectomized partner with documented azoospermia 3 months after procedure.
    2. WOCBP must not be breastfeeding.
    3. Premenopausal women with at least 1 of the following:

    i. Documented hysterectomy ii. Documented bilateral salpingectomy iii. Documented bilateral oophorectomy iv. Documented tubal ligation/occlusion v. Sexual abstinence is preferred or usual lifestyle of the subject d. women (12 months or more amenorrhea verified by follicle- stimulating hormone [FSH] assessment and over 45 years of age in the absence of other biological or physiological causes).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Acute or chronic medical, surgical, psychiatric, or social condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase subject risk associated with study participation, compromise adherence to study procedures and requirements, or may confound interpretation of study safety or PD results and, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for enrollment.
  2. \< 18.5 or ≥ 35 kg/m2.
  3. History of or current immunodeficiency disorder including (HIV) antibody positivity.
  4. surface antigen positivity (subjects with hepatitis B surface antibody positivity and hepatitis B core antibody positivity are not excluded, provided that the hepatitis B surface antigen is negative).
  5. antibody positivity, unless a hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid test is performed, and the result is negative.
  6. History of febrile illness, confirmed bacteremia, or other active infection deemed by the Investigator within 30 days prior to the anticipated first dose of IMP.
  7. History of (within the past month) passage of 3 or more loose stools per day, where "loose stool" is defined as a Type 6 or Type 7 on the Bristol Stool Chart (see Appendix 1).
  8. Inflammatory or irritable bowel disorder of any grade experienced within the previous 60 days.
  9. Active or past history of GI bleeding within 60 days prior to the Screening Visit as confirmed by hospitalization-related event(s) or medical history of hematemesis or hematochezia.
  10. Underlying cardiovascular disease or uncontrolled gastroesophageal reflux disease
  11. Intolerance of or allergic reaction to EcN, esomeprazole and all other PPIs, or any of the ingredients in SYNB1353 or placebo formulations.
  12. Allergy or intolerance to multiple antibiotics which would preclude use of antibiotics for eradication of SYNB1353 in case of colonization.
  13. Currently taking or plans to take Methotrexate, Azuridine, Nitrous Oxide, Phenytoin, or Carbamazepine.
  14. Currently taking or plans to take any type of systemic (e.g., oral or intravenous) antibiotic within 28 days prior to the first anticipated dose of IMP through final assessment, including planned surgery, hospitalizations, dental procedures, or interventional studies that are expected to require antibiotics. Exception: topical antibiotics are allowed.
  15. Major surgery (an operation upon an organ within the cranium, chest, abdomen, or pelvic cavity) or inpatient hospital stay within the past 3 months prior to Screening.
  16. Dependence on alcohol or drugs of abuse.
  17. Administration or ingestion of an drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to the Screening Visit, or current enrollment in an investigational study.
  18. Screening laboratory parameters (e.g., chemistry panel, hematology, coagulation) and outside of the normal limits based on standard ranges or as judged to be clinically significant by the Investigator. A single repeat evaluation is acceptable.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(11)

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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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1

    HV subjects receive doses 3 × 10\^11 live cells of SYNB1353 and 30 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of 30 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2

    HV subjects receive doses 3 × 10\^11 live cells of SYNB1353 and up to 100 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of up to 100 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3

    HV subjects receive doses 6 × 10\^11 live cells of SYNB1353 and 30 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of 30 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 4

    HV subjects receive doses 6 × 10\^11 live cells of SYNB1353 and up to 100 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of up to 100 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 5

    HV subjects receive doses 1 × 10\^12 live cells of SYNB1353 and 30 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of 30 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 6

    HV subjects receive doses 1 × 10\^12 live cells of SYNB1353 and up to 100 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of up to 100 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 7

    HV subjects receive doses less than or equal to 2 × 10\^12 live cells of SYNB1353 and 30 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of 30 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

  • Experimental
    Cohort 8

    HV subjects receive doses less than or equal to 2 × 10\^12 live cells of SYNB1353 and up to 100 mg/kg of methionine. Subjects will receive a single dose of SYNB1353 on the first day of dosing (Day 1), on Days 2 and 3 subjects will receive up to 2 doses of IMP (BID), and on Days 4 to 7 subjects will receive up to 3 doses of IMP (TID). A methionine loading study will be performed on Day -1 and Day 7 after an overnight fast. A dose of methionine of up to 100 mg/kg will be evaluated.

    Drug: SYNB1353

Interventions

  • DrugSYNB1353

    SYNB1353 IMP is formulated as a nonsterile solution intended for oral administration. SYNB1353 is subsequently lyophilized to form the bulk drug product. The lyophilized product is sieved into powder form and filled into high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles. Placebo will be manufactured using an inactive powder that is color matched to the SYNB1353 drug product. L-Methionine will be supplied as dry powder and will be suspended in a diluent prior to use.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with abnormal laboratory values and/or adverse events

    Lab results outside of the central laboratory normal range parameters will be considered abnormal and reviewed for clinical significance and reported as AEs. AEs will be evaluated using the NCI CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: Day -2 through Day 8

Secondary outcomes

  1. The rate at which the SYNB1353 strain clears

    Clearance is measured in feces by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). A negative in fecal SYNB1353 qPCR is defined as a result below the limit of quantification.

    Time frame: Up to 14 weeks following the last dose of IMP

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Study locations

1 site
  • High Point Clinical Trials Center
    High Point, North Carolina 27265, 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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 17, 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
NCT05462132
Lead sponsor
Synlogic
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 18, 2022
Start date
Jul 7, 2022
Primary completion
Nov 27, 2022
Completion
Nov 27, 2022
Last update
Mar 17, 2023

Oversight

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