A Clinical Trial of AP026 (TQA2226) for Injection in Adult Subjects.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase I Clinical Trial to Evaluate AP026 (TQA2226) for Injection in Adult Subjects After Single/Multiple Administration.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06143423
• Other study ID #: TQA2226-I-01
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: May 24, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 2024

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
• Contact: Yanhua Ding
• Phone: +8618186879768
• Email: dingyanhua2003[@]126.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase I clinical trial of AP026 (TQA2226) for injection in adult healthy subjects, which planned to recruit 74 healthy subjects. The main purpose was to evaluate the safety and tolerance of AP026 (TQA2226) for injection after single and multiple doses in healthy subjects.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 74
• Est. completion date: December 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sign an informed consent form before the study and have a thorough understanding of the content, process, and potential adverse reactions of the study;

• Able to complete the study according to the requirements of the protocol;

• Subjects (including their partners) are willing to voluntarily take effective contraceptive measures within 6 months after the last study drug administration;

• Male and female subjects aged 18-55 (inclusive);

• Male subjects weighing no less than 50 kilograms and female subjects weighing no less than 45 kilograms, With a body mass index within the range of 18~28kg/m2 (inclusive);

• Physical examination and vital signs are normal or abnormal but with no clinical significance (judged by the investigators).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant and lactating women;

• There are abnormal and clinically significant clinical laboratory examination results, or clinically significant diseases within 12 months before screening, which is not recommended to participate in the trial after evaluation by the investigators. Subjects with a previous medical history but are recovered with clinical evidence can be included in this study;

• During the screening period, any one of the vital signs, physical examination, laboratory examination, 12 lead electrocardiogram, and other auxiliary examination results is abnormal and judged by the investigator to have clinical significance;

• Subjects who test positive for any of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus antibody (Anti HCV), human immunodeficiency virus antibody (Anti HIV), and Treponema pallidum antibody (Anti TP);

• Those who have undergone surgery within 4 weeks before screening or plan to undergo surgery during the study period;

• Received investigational drugs or participated in clinical trials within 3 months prior to screening;

• Received immunoglobulin or blood products within 30 days before randomization;

• Donated blood (> 300 mL) or experienced significant blood loss (> 400 mL) within 3 months prior to screening;

• Subjects with a history of needle sickness, blood sickness, or potential difficult in collecting blood;

• History of allergic reactions to other therapeutic monoclonal antibodies or biological agents, or history of allergies to multiple drugs or foods, especially to ingredients similar to the study drug;

• Smoking more than 5 cigarettes per day or using an equivalent amount of nicotine or nicotine containing products within 3 months before randomization, or failing to stop using any tobacco products during the trial period;

• Those who have been drinking excessively for a long time or have consumed more than 14 units of alcohol per week within 3 months before screening, or cannot abstain from alcohol during the trial period, or have tested positive for alcohol breath test;

• Subjects with a history of drug abuse, or positive urine drug screening;

• Received any commercially available or investigational biological agents within 4 months before randomization or within 5 half-lives of drugs (whichever is longer);

• Within 4 weeks before randomization, received any systemic prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, herbs, any vitamin products, and health products, or any topical drugs of the above forms at the injection site of this study;

• From the screening period to the study medication, acute diseases or concomitant medication occured.

• Any medical history that may affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.

• Any situation that the investigator believes will pose a safety risk to the subject during the study or may interfere with the implementation of this study, or the investigator believes that the subject may not be able to complete this study or may not be able to comply with the requirements of this study.

• QT interval > 450 milliseconds, or electrocardiogram is not suitable for Concentration-QT measurement (according to the judgment of the investigator).

• History of risk factors for torsade de pointe ventricular tachycardia. Subject with a family history of long QT syndrome or Brugada syndrome will also be excluded.

• Heart rate = 45 bpm.

• History of renal or liver dysfunction.

• History or condition of cardiovascular disease.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Intervention

Drug:
• AP026 (TQA2226) for injection
AP026 (TQA2226) for injection is a GLP-1-FGF21-Fc bifunctional fusion protein.
• AP026 (TQA2226) for injection matching placebo
AP026 (TQA2226) for injection matching placebo is a placebo produced according to AP026 (TQA2226) for injection, and has no effect on GLP-1 and FGF21.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	The first hospital of Jilin University	Changchun	Jilin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Nanjing Shunxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Incidence of adverse events (AEs)	Incidence of adverse events after dose, assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0.	From patient enrollment to withdrawal, estimated up to 2 months.
Primary	Severity of adverse events	Severity of adverse events after dose, assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0.	From patient enrollment to withdrawal, estimated up to 2 months.
Primary	Incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs)	Incidence of serious adverse events after dose, assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0.	From patient enrollment to withdrawal, estimated up to 2 months.
Primary	Severity of serious adverse events (SAEs)	Severity of serious adverse events after dose, assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0.	From patient enrollment to withdrawal, estimated up to 2 months.
Secondary	Peak concentration (Cmax)	The highest blood drug concentration achieved after administration.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Plasma concentration-area under time curve (AUC0-t)	The area under the plasma concentration-time curve from the beginning of the first administration to the last measurable concentration point.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Plasma concentration-area under time curve (AUC0-8)	Extrapolated from the first administration to the area under the plasma concentration-time curve to infinity.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Peak Time (Tmax)	the time required to reach the highest concentration (peak drug concentration).	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Apparent volume of distribution (Vd/F)	The theoretical volume that would be necessary to contain the total amount of an administered drug at the same concentration that it is observed in the blood plasma	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Clearance (CL)	The volume of a substance in plasma that the body or organ can clear per unit time.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Elimination half-life time (t1/2)	The time it takes to reduce the concentration of drugs in the blood by half.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Plasma concentration at steady state (Cav, SS)	The plasma concentration at which the rate of administration and rate of elimination are in equilibrium.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Tmax, ss	Time required to reach steady-state peak concentration after administration	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Cmax, ss	The highest blood drug concentration that occurs after reaching steady state	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Cmin, ss	The lowest blood drug concentration that occurs after reaching steady state	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	AUC, ss	The area under the plasma concentration-time curve of the steady state	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Rac	The ratio of steady-state blood drug concentration to blood drug concentration after the first administration	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.
Secondary	Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA)	The incidence of ADA after drug administration for evaluating the immunogenicity of antibody drugs.	SAD: From 30 minutes before administration to 1176 hours after administration on Day 1. MAD: From 30 minutes before administration on Day 1 to 1008 hours after the last administration.