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RecruitingNCT07347678Updated Apr 3, 2026

Phase 1a Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of RN5681 in Healthy Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of RN5681 and Placebo control in High Cholesterol, sponsored by Ikaria Bioscience Pty Ltd. Recruiting at 2 sites in Australia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-03.

Sponsored by Ikaria Bioscience Pty Ltd · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Mar 2026; still recruiting 7 months later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and immunogenicity of single doses of RN5681 in Adult healthy subjects

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Conditions studied

  • High Cholesterol
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In context

Hypercholesterolemia

1,175 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypercholesterolemia; 93 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 110 across 975 interventional studies indexed under Hypercholesterolemia.

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Lead sponsor

Ikaria Bioscience Pty Ltd is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 2 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

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Inclusion criteria

  • (BMI) 18 to 35 kg/m2
  • Fasting LDL-C ≥70 mg/dL (1.81 mmol/L) (all SAD cohorts); fasting LDL-C ≥100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L) (POC cohort only)
  • Lp(a) at Screening: SAD cohort: ≥25 nmol/L POC cohort: ≥100 nmol/L
  • Fasting triglycerides \<400 mg/dL (4.51 mmol/L) at Screening
  • No abnormalities of hepatic or renal function

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >1.5× the at screening
  • (HbA1c) ≥6.5% at screening
  • Current regular smoker (defined as >2 cigarettes/day or >10 cigarettes/week) within 3 months prior to screening
  • Use of any siRNA, antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), cell and gene therapy, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) agent in the prior 12 months
  • Received any prescription lipid-lowering medication, including but not limited to statins, ezetimibe, and PCSK9 inhibitors to alter serum lipids within 30 days before screening
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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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.

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.

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.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    RN5681

    Drug: RN5681 Investigational product subcutaneous injections

    Drug: RN5681

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Drug: Placebo control 0.9% normal saline subcutaneous injection

    Drug: Placebo control

Interventions

  • DrugRN5681

    Investigational Product

  • DrugPlacebo control

    0.9% normal saline SC injection

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. in SAD cohort, To assess the safety and tolerability of subcutaneously (SC) administered RN5681

    Incidence, severity, and causal relationship of adverse events (AEs) as reported by the Investigator, with severity determined according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v6.0

    Time frame: From the enrollment to the end of treatment at Day180

  2. in POC cohort, To assess the metabolic markers of efficacy

    Percent change from Baseline in serum LDL-C and Lp(a) at Day 180

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at Day 180

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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

Started Mar 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Feb 2027, 11 months after the start.

Of 41 industry-sponsored phase 1 interventional studies under Hypercholesterolemia, half reached primary completion within 7 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 11. This study's planned 11 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 46 studies reached it within 7 months; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 10.

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

Registered
Jan 9, 2026
First posted
Jan 16, 2026
StartActual
Mar 12, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Feb 2027
CompletionEst.
Jul 2027
Last update
Apr 3, 2026
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 3, 2026, 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
NCT07347678
Lead sponsor
Ikaria Bioscience Pty Ltd
Collaborators
Shanghai Rona Therapeutics Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 16, 2026
Start date
Mar 12, 2026
Primary completion
Feb 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 3, 2026

Study contacts

Dan Xiang
Contact
dan.xiang@ronatherapeutics.com
+86 18516063568
Jie Zeng
Contact
jie.zeng@ronatherapeutics.com
jie.zeng@ronatherapeutics.com

Oversight

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