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CompletedNCT06008652Updated Aug 13, 2024

A Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of DR-0201 in Healthy Adult Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of DR-0201 and Placebo in Healthy Adult Volunteers, sponsored by Dren Bio. Completed at 1 site in Australia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-13.

Sponsored by Dren Bio · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose escalation study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and immunogenicity of IV administered DR-0201 in healthy volunteers.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy Adult Volunteers
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In context

Lead sponsor

Dren Bio is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Healthy, in the opinion of the Investigator, as determined by medical evaluation including medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, vital signs, and 12-lead ECGs. A subject with a clinical abnormality or laboratory parameter(s) outside the reference range for the population being studied that is not specifically listed in the inclusion or exclusion criteria may be included if the Investigator (in consultation with the Medical Monitor) agree and document that the finding is unlikely to introduce additional risk factors and will not interfere with the study procedures or data interpretation.
  2. Between 18 and 55 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the .
  3. Body weight at screening ≥ 40 kg and \< 120 kg, with between 18 and 30 kg/m2.
  4. Capable of giving signed informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form and in this protocol, including the protocol-mandate hospitalization.
  5. Use of a highly effective measure (\< 1% failure rate; see Section 13.1) for all males and all females of during study and 90 days post dose for males and 30 days post dose for females. Females of childbearing potential need to have a confirmatory urine pregnancy test on Day -1. Females who are not of childbearing potential (i.e., who are considered to be [≥ 12 months of non-therapy amenorrhea] or surgically sterile [absence

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History or presence of a disease or condition that, in the Investigator's opinion, constitutes a risk when taking study drug or interfering with study assessment or interpretation of the data (e.g., disease). Subjects post cholecystectomy are acceptable. Subjects with resolved childhood asthma not requiring prescription medicine are acceptable. Subjects with Gilbert's disease are acceptable if total ≤3× .
  2. Medical history of severe allergic reaction, angioedema, anaphylaxis, drug reaction, or autoimmune or immunodeficiency disorder.
  3. Active infection or a history of serious infections as follows:

    1. Use of antimicrobials (antibacterials, antivirals, antifungals, or antiparasitic agents) for an infection within 30 days before first dose. Topical treatments may be allowed at the Medical Monitor's discretion.
    2. History of opportunistic infections in the last 2 years.
    3. Recurrent or chronic infection, or other active infection, that in the opinion of the Investigator might cause this study to be detrimental to the subject.
    4. Symptomatic herpes zoster within 3 months prior to screening.
    5. History of tuberculosis (active or latent) irrespective of treatment status.
    6. Any history of viral hepatitis: virus, virus (HCV), hepatitis E virus.

      HCV is acceptable if HCV RNA is undetectable for at least 3 months post completion of direct-acting antiviral therapy.

    7. Any known history of John Cunningham virus (JCV) infection or progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
  4. Any planned major surgical procedure during the study.
  5. History of malignant neoplasm within the last 10 years, except for fully treated nonmetastatic basal or squamous cell cancers of the skin (within 3 years) that shows no evidence of recurrence.
  6. Use of prescription or non-prescription drugs (including recreational drugs and herbal medications) within 7 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to dosing, unless in the opinion of the Investigator (in consultation with the Medical Monitor), the medication will not interfere with the study or compromise subject safety. Paracetamol (acetaminophen) at doses of ≤ 4 grams/day, and occasional use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at licensed doses, are permitted.
  7. Live or within 4 weeks of Day 1, or plan to receive a live vaccination during the study until follow-up.
  8. Previous exposure to DR-0201, or known hypersensitivity to biologics.
  9. Prior anaphylaxis to a biological agent or vaccine.
  10. Neutrophil or lymphocyte counts below the normal range.
  11. Estimated by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation calculation ≤ 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 at screening.
  12. > 2× upper limit of normal (ULN) and bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN (isolated bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin \< 35%) at screening. Bilirubin > 3 × ULN if known Gilbert's disease.
  13. Other clinically significant abnormalities of laboratory assessments, as judged by the Investigator and/or Medical Monitor, that could affect the safety of the subject, or the interpretation of the data from the study.
  14. Positive serology for (HIV) at screening.
  15. Positive drug/alcohol screen at screening or baseline.
  16. corrected for heart rate (QTc) > 450 msec, based on the mean of triplicate ECGs. The QTc is the QT interval corrected using Fridericia's formula (QTcF; preferred method), or another method, machine or overread.
  17. Seated blood pressure is less than 90/40 mmHg or greater than 140/90 mmHg at screening. Heart rate is lower than 40 bpm or higher than 100 bpm at screening.
  18. Participation in a clinical trial and has received an product within the following time period prior to screening in the current study: 3 months (for biologic therapies) or 1 month (for non-biologic therapies), 5 half-lives, or twice the duration of the biological effect of the investigational product (whichever is longer).
  19. Exposure to more than 4 new chemical entities within 12 months prior to the first dosing day.
  20. Participation in a clinical study resulting in loss of blood or blood products in excess of 500 mL within 3 months prior to enrollment.
  21. Any other medical or psychiatric condition, or laboratory abnormality that would, in the opinion of the Investigator or Medical Monitor, increase the subject's risk of participation, jeopardize completion of the study, or compromise interpretation of the study data. Subjects receiving systemic medication for depression are not acceptable
  22. Unstable lifestyle factors (including but not limited to excessive alcohol use, heavy nicotine use, or substance abuse), to the extent that in the opinion of the Investigator they would interfere with the ability of a subject to complete the study. Up to four units of alcohol per week are allowed once the in-patient period is complete.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(18)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

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.

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).

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

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.

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.

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.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    DR-0201

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of DR-0201

    Drug: DR-0201

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of placebo

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DR-0201 is a bi-specific antibody

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety and tolerability. To determine the incidence and severity of adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0 after a single IV dose

    Time frame: Up to 57 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. PK after a single IV dose: area under the plasma concentration time curve [AUC0-t].

    Time frame: Up to 57 days

  2. PK after a single IV dose: maximum observed plasma concentration [Cmax].

    Time frame: Up to 57 days

  3. PK after a single IV dose: time of occurrence of Cmax (tmax),

    Time frame: Up to 57 days

  4. PK after a single IV dose: estimated half-life

    Time frame: Up to 57 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Dren Investigational Site
    Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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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 Aug 13, 2024, 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
NCT06008652
Lead sponsor
Dren Bio
Collaborators
Novotech
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 23, 2023
Start date
Nov 26, 2023
Primary completion
Jul 24, 2024
Completion
Jul 24, 2024
Last update
Aug 13, 2024

Study contacts

Matthias Will, MD
study director · Dren Bio

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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