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CompletedNCT06225115Updated Dec 4, 2024

A Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of KYN-5356 in Healthy Subjects Aged 18 to 55 Years

A Phase 1 interventional study of KYN-5356 and placebo in Cognitive Dysfunction and Schizophrenia, sponsored by Kynexis B.V.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-04.

Sponsored by Kynexis B.V. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Oct 2024, 2 years ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
72
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This first-in-human clinical trial with a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study design is regarded as standard to test the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of KYN-5356.

The study comprises 3 parts:

Part 1: Single Ascending Dose study Part 2: Multiple Ascending Dose study Part 3: Food Effect study

The aim of Parts 1 and 2 of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability following single and multiple ascending doses of KYN-5356.

The secondary aim is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of escalating single and multiple doses of KYN-5356. In Part 2, cerebrospinal fluid will be sampled to explore PK and pharmacodynamic effects of KYN-5356.

The potential effect of food intake on the disposition of KYN-5356 following a single oral dose will be evaluated in Part 3. Part 3 is an open-label, randomized, 2 period, 2 sequence design.

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Conditions studied

  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Schizophrenia
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In context

Cognitive Dysfunction

3,930 studies on the registry are indexed under Cognitive Dysfunction; 1,114 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 72 is above the median of 64 across 2,855 interventional studies indexed under Cognitive Dysfunction.

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Lead sponsor

Kynexis B.V. is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none 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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subject understands the study procedures and agrees to participate by providing written informed consent prior to any study procedures.
  • Subject is between 18 and 55 years of age (inclusive), on the date of signing the informed consent form.
  • Subject has a body mass index between 18 and 30 kg/m2, inclusive.
  • A female subject is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: Not a woman of childbearing potential or a woman of childbearing potential who agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance (highly effective birth control method) from Screening until end of the study. Note: Males should use appropriate contraceptive method from Screening until end of the study.
  • Subject is judged to be in good health by the Principal Investigator based upon the results of a medical history, physical examination, vital signs, 12-lead ECG, and clinical laboratory safety tests.
  • Subject is willing to adhere to the study requirements and restrictions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject has positive serology for HBsAg, HCV, or HIV, or history of hepatitis from any cause with the exception of hepatitis A that was resolved at least 3 months prior to first dosing of the Investigational Medicinal Product.
  • Subject has any illness judged by the Principal Investigator as clinically significant, in the 3 months prior to first dosing of the Investigational Medicinal Product.
  • Subject has a suicidality score of "yes" on item 4 or item 5 of the suicidal ideation section of the C-SSRS, if this ideation occurred in the past 6 months, or "yes" on any item of the suicidal behavior section, except for the "Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior" (item also included in the suicidal behavior section), if this behavior occurred in the past 2 years.
  • Subject has a history or current sign or symptom of psychiatric or neurologic disease.
  • Subject has a history of head trauma in the past year and/or current seizures.
  • Subject is a smoker (use of tobacco products in the previous 3 months from Screening) or uses nicotine or nicotine-containing products and has a positive urine cotinine test at Screening or Admission.
  • Subject has a history of alcohol and/or illicit drug abuse within 2 years of entry or has a positive screening test for alcohol and/or drugs of abuse at Screening or Admission.
  • Subject consumes caffeine containing beverages exceeding 500 mg caffeine per day (5 cups of coffee) during the off-site days during the study.
  • Subject has regular excessive consumption of alcohol within 6 months prior to Screening (7 drinks/week for females, 14 drinks/week for males where 1 drink = 150 mL of wine or 360 mL of beer or 45 mL of hard liquor).
  • Subject has a history or current sign or symptom of a cardiovascular, renal, or metabolic bone disease or disease of bone remodeling, or any history of endocrine disease, including an abnormal laboratory result for pre-specified clinical laboratory safety parameters related to these conditions.
  • Subject has a history or presence of clinically significant abnormalities detected on 12-lead ECG of either rhythm or conduction. A first-degree atrioventricular block will not be considered as a significant abnormality. Subject has QTcF > 450 ms (mean values per parameter will be considered) detected on the 12-lead ECG at Screening or Admission.
  • Presence or sequelae of gastrointestinal, liver, kidney (creatinine clearance \<85 mL/min, using the Cockcroft-Gault formula), or other conditions known to interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of drugs at Screening or Admission.
  • Subject has a history of malignancy within the past 5 years prior to Screening with the exception of excised and curatively treated non-metastatic cell carcinoma of the skin which is considered cured with minimal risk of recurrence.
  • Subject tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 at Admission.
  • Additional exclusion criteria for subjects in the MAD Part in view of lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling and the ERP assessment.
  • Subject uses any prescription drugs, herbal supplements, within 4 weeks prior to initial dosing, and/or over-the-counter medication, dietary supplements (vitamins included) within 2 weeks prior to initial dosing, other than what is allowed per protocol.
  • Subject received vaccination 1 month before admission or plans to receive vaccination during the study.
  • Use of other investigational drugs/devices within 5 half-lives of the drug from enrollment (time of the subject signing the informed consent form), or within 30 days, whichever is longer.
  • Donation or loss of 400 mL or more of blood within 8 weeks prior to initial dosing.
  • Plasma donation (> 200 mL) within 7 days prior to first dosing.
  • Resting vital signs at Screening (blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg, heart rate > 90 beats per minute, respiratory rate > 20 breaths per minute, and clinically significant elevated body temperature), or any clinically significant abnormalities in vital signs requiring intervention in the opinion of the Investigator. Up to 2 repeat measurements are permitted to confirm eligibility.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
72 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    SAD Cohort 1

    Single-Ascending Dose Cohort 1. Intervention: KYN-5356 A mg or placebo, single dose, oral tablet

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    SAD Cohort 2

    Single-Ascending Dose Cohort 2. Intervention: KYN-5356 B mg or placebo, single dose, oral tablet

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    SAD Cohort 3

    Single-Ascending Dose Cohort 3. Intervention: KYN-5356 C mg or placebo, single dose, oral tablet

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    SAD Cohort 4

    Single-Ascending Dose Cohort 4. Intervention: KYN-5356 D mg or placebo, single dose, oral tablet

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    SAD Cohort 5

    Single-Ascending Dose Cohort 5. Intervention: KYN-5356 E mg or placebo, single dose, oral tablet

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    MAD Cohort 1

    Multiple-Ascending Dose Cohort 1. Intervention: KYN-5356 G mg or placebo, oral tablets for 7 days

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    MAD Cohort 2

    Multiple-Ascending Dose Cohort 2. Intervention: KYN-5356 H mg or placebo, oral tablets for 7 days

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    MAD Cohort 3

    Multiple-Ascending Dose Cohort 3. Intervention: KYN-5356 I mg or placebo, oral tablets for 7 days

    Drug: KYN-5356 · Drug: placebo

  • Experimental
    Food Effect Cohort

    Intervention: KYN-5356 J mg, single dose, oral tablets in fasted or fed state.

    Drug: KYN-5356

Interventions

  • DrugKYN-5356

    KYN-5356, oral tablet

  • Drugplacebo

    placebo, oral tablet

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

    All cohorts

    Time frame: Initiation of dosing through the last follow-up visit after the last dose, approximately 8 days in the MAD and 5 days after dosing in the SAD and the Food Effect parts of the study

Secondary outcomes

  1. PK parameters: Cmax [SAD]

    Maximum plasma concentration determined directly from the concentration-time profile. For each dose in SAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 72 hours post dosing

  2. PK parameters: tmax [SAD]

    Time of maximum plasma concentration determined directly from the concentration-time profile. For each dose in SAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 72 hours post dosing

  3. PK parameters: AUCinf [SAD]

    Area under the concentration-time curve from pre-dose (time 0) extrapolated to infinite time calculated using the linear-log trapezoidal rule. For each dose in SAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 72 hours post dosing

  4. PK parameters: Cmax on Day 1 [MAD]

    Maximum plasma concentration determined directly from the concentration-time profile. For each dose in MAD part

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 24 hours post first dosing

  5. PK parameters: tmax on Day 1 [MAD]

    Time of maximum plasma concentration determined directly from the concentration-time profile. For each dose in MAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 24 hours post first dosing

  6. PK parameters: Cmax,ss [MAD]

    Maximum observed plasma concentration during a dosing interval at steady state. For each dose in MAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 96 hours post dosing on Day 7.

  7. PK parameters: tmax,ss [MAD]

    Time of maximum plasma concentration determined directly from the concentration-time profile at steady state. For each dose in MAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 96 hours post dosing on Day 7.

  8. PK parameters: AUCtau on Days 1 and 7 [MAD]

    Area under the concentration-time curve over the dosing interval. For each dose in MAD part

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 96 hours post dosing on Day 7.

  9. PK parameters: AUCinf [MAD]

    Area under the concentration-time curve from pre-dose (time 0) extrapolated to infinite time calculated using the linear-log trapezoidal rule. For each dose in MAD part.

    Time frame: Baseline (predose) through 96 hours post dosing on Day 7.

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Study locations

1 site
  • Parexel Los Angeles Early Phase Clinical Unit
    Glendale, California 91206, 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 Dec 2023 to primary completion in Oct 2024, 9 months.

Of 80 phase 1 interventional studies under Cognitive Dysfunction, half reached primary completion within 30 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 53. This study's 9 months is below that.

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

Registered
Dec 20, 2023
First posted
Jan 25, 2024
StartActual
Dec 21, 2023
Primary completionActual
Oct 7, 2024
CompletionActual
Oct 7, 2024
Last update
Dec 4, 2024
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 Dec 4, 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
NCT06225115
Lead sponsor
Kynexis B.V.
Collaborators
Parexel
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 25, 2024
Start date
Dec 21, 2023
Primary completion
Oct 7, 2024
Completion
Oct 7, 2024
Last update
Dec 4, 2024

Study contacts

Hakop Gevorkyan, MD, MBA
principal investigator · Parexel

Oversight

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