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CompletedNCT06766864Updated Sep 29, 2025

A Study of Subcutaneous DR-01 in Healthy Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of DR-01 and Placebo in Healthy Volunteer, sponsored by Dren Bio. Completed at 1 site in New Zealand. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-29.

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

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, immunogenicity, and PD of SC administration of single ascending doses of DR-01 in healthy volunteers.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy Volunteer
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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 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

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 that is not specifically listed in the inclusion or exclusion criteria may be included if the Investigator (in consultation with the Medical Monitor) agrees and documents that the finding is unlikely to introduce additional risk factors and will not interfere with the study procedures, subject safety, or data interpretation.
  2. Between 18 and 65 years of age, inclusive, of any race or gender.
  3. Body weight at screening ≥ 40 kg and \< 120 kg, with between 18 and 35 kg/m2.
  4. Adequate abdominal adipose tissue for SC injection.
  5. Ability to understand and comply with protocol-required study procedures, including admission to the Clinical Research Unit the day prior to dosing with an overnight stay, and voluntarily sign a written document.
  6. 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 postdose for males and 30 days postdose for females. Bilateral tubal ligation performed 6 months prior to screening is considered a highly effective contraceptive measure for female subjects and female partners of male subjects and does not require the use of additional contraception. Females of childbearing potential must have a confirmatory negative urine pregnancy test on Day -1/prior to dosing 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 of ovaries and/or uterus or bilateral tubal ligation]) are not required to have a pregnancy test or use contraception.

Exclusion criteria

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.
  2. Medical history of severe allergic reaction, angioedema, anaphylaxis, drug reaction, or or immunodeficiency disorder.
  3. History of malignant neoplasm within 5 years prior to screening, except for fully treated nonmetastatic basal or squamous cell cancers of the skin (within 3 years) that shows no evidence of recurrence.
  4. Any of the following types of infection within 28 days of screening or before randomization:

    1. Serious (requiring hospitalization, and/or IV antimicrobial treatment).
    2. Chronic (duration of symptoms, signs, and/or treatment of 6 weeks or longer).
    3. Viral reactivation of CMV, EBV, VZV, or HSV type infection requiring systemic therapy in the last 2 years. Periodic HSV viral reactivation (e.g., cold sore) treated with a short course of systemic antiviral therapy within the last 2 years would not be exclusionary.
  5. Any of the following:

    1. .
    2. Current infection with (i.e., positive for HBsAg and/or polymerase chain reaction positive for HBV DNA).
    3. Current infection with (i.e., positive for HCV RNA).
    4. Active infection with SARS-CoV-2.
  6. Untreated latent tuberculosis infection, as indicated by IFNγ release assay, without documentation of appropriate treatment (as defined by the World Health Organization and/or the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
  7. Any surgical procedure (except for minor surgery requiring local or no anesthesia and without any complications or sequelae) within 12 weeks prior to screening or any planned surgical procedure during the study.
  8. Use of prescription or non-prescription drugs (including recreational drugs, herbal medications, vitamins, and supplements) 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 labeled/approved doses, are permitted.
  9. Live or within 28 days prior to dosing on Day 1 or during the study. All non-live vaccines (e.g., flu or COVID-19) are permitted.
  10. Previous exposure to DR-01.
  11. Known hypersensitivity to biologics.
  12. Prior anaphylaxis to a biological agent or vaccine.
  13. Neutrophil or lymphocyte counts below the normal range at screening; subjects who meet this exclusion criterion will be allowed to retest during screening, with at least a 1-week interval between the date of the first failed test and the date of the subsequent test.
  14. Estimated by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation calculation ≤ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 at screening, provided no signs of kidney damage such as proteinuria; subjects who meet this exclusion criterion will be allowed to retest during screening, with at least a 1-week interval between the date of the first failed test and the date of the subsequent test.
  15. and/or aspartate aminotransferase > 2 × and total > 1.5 × ULN (> 3 × ULN if known Gilbert's disease) at screening; subjects who meet this exclusion criterion will be allowed to retest during screening, with at least a 1-week interval between the date of the first failed test and the date of the subsequent test.
  16. 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 study data.
  17. > 490 msec.
  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 dosing on Day 1.
  20. Participation in a clinical trial resulting in loss of blood or blood products in excess of 500 mL within 3 months prior to screening.
  21. Women who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding, or who intend to become pregnant or to breastfeed at any time during the study or within 30 days postdose.
  22. Positive drug screen at screening or on Day -1/prior to dosing on Day 1, with the exception of a positive result for THC, as recreational use of cannabis is allowed.
  23. Positive alcohol screen on Day -1/prior to dosing on Day 1; females are allowed up to 7 units of alcohol per week and males are allowed up to 14 units of alcohol per week after collection of the 24-hour post-dose PK sample.
  24. Unstable lifestyle factors (including but not limited to excessive alcohol use, heavy nicotine use [cigarettes or vaping; heavy use is defined as ≥ 1 pack of cigarettes/day], or substance abuse) that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with the ability of a subject to complete the study.
  25. 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.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(19)

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
Sequential assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
32 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    DL1 of DR-01

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of dose level 1 of DR-01

    Drug: DR-01

  • Experimental
    DL2 of DR-01

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of dose level 2 of DR-01

    Drug: DR-01

  • Experimental
    DL3 of DR-01

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of dose level 3 of DR-01

    Drug: DR-01

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of placebo

    Other: Placebo

  • Experimental
    DL4 of DR-01

    Subjects in this arm will receive a single dose of dose level 4 of DR-01

    Drug: DR-01

Interventions

  • DrugDR-01

    DR-01 is a monoclonal antibody

  • OtherPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence and Severity of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability] as assessed by CTCAE v5.0 after a single SC dose

    Time frame: Up to 57 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Dren Investigational Site
    Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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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 Sep 29, 2025, 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
NCT06766864
Lead sponsor
Dren Bio
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 9, 2025
Start date
Mar 3, 2025
Primary completion
Aug 27, 2025
Completion
Aug 27, 2025
Last update
Sep 29, 2025

Study contacts

Michael Rothenberg, MD, PhD
study director · Dren Bio

Oversight

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