A Research Study Comparing Active Drug in the Blood in Healthy Participants Following Dosing of the Current and a New Formulation (D) Semaglutide Tablets

Healthy Volunteers Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Comparative Bioavailability Trial of Steady State Semaglutide Exposure With the Current Formulation (Semaglutide) and a New Formulation (Semaglutide D) of Oral Semaglutide in Healthy Subjects

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04097600
• Other study ID #: NN9924-4486
• Secondary ID: U1111-1226-62572
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: September 30, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2022
• Source: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study two different tablets for oral use of a known investigational medicinal product, called semaglutide, will be tested. One is the current formulation and the other one is a new formulation of semaglutide. Both will be administered as a tablet and are for the treatment of diabetes. Currently, semaglutide is only prescribed as injections for the treatment of diabetes in some countries. The aim of this study is to find out if the dosage strength of the current formulation of semaglutide can be reduced in the new tablet formulation. For this purpose, it will be measured how much semaglutide is taken up in the body from the two (2) different tablet formulations each with three (3) different dosage strengths. The tablet version of the study medicine is a new medicine that cannot yet be prescribed. Participants will either get semaglutide in the current tablet formulation previously tested in many large studies, or get the tablet that contains semaglutide in a new formulation - which treatment is decided by chance. Participants will get one tablet per day over 4 weeks in each of the 3 treatment periods (i.e. treatment in a total of 12 weeks). The tablets should be taken in the morning together with half a glass of water (120 mL), after an overnight fast of at least 6 hours (no food or drinks). Furthermore, water is not allowed from 2 hours before dosing. After dosing participants must wait 30 minutes before they may eat or drink. At home, participants must take their breakfast 30-45 minutes after dosing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 274
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 16, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 64 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female, aged 18-64 years (both inclusive) at the time of signing informed consent.

• Body mass index between 20.0 kg/m^2 and 29.9 kg/m^2 (both inclusive).

• Considered to be generally healthy based on the medical history, physical examination, and the results of vital signs, electrocardiogram and clinical laboratory tests performed during the screening visit, as judged by the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) equal to or above 6.5 % (48 mmol/mol) at screening.

• Use of tobacco and nicotine products, defined as any of the below:

• Smoking more than 5 cigarettes or the equivalent per day

• Not willing to refrain from smoking and use of nicotine substitute products during the in-house period(s)

• History (as declared by the subject) of major surgical procedures involving the stomach potentially affecting absorption of trial products (e.g. subtotal and total gastrectomy, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass surgery).

• Presence of clinically significant gastrointestinal disorders or symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders potentially affecting absorption of drugs or nutrients, as judged by the investigator.

• Personal or first degree relative(s) history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 or medullary thyroid carcinoma (as declared by the subject).

• History (as declared by the subject) or presence of pancreatitis (acute or chronic).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Volunteers
• Type 2 Diabetes

Intervention

Drug:
• Oral semaglutide
Oral semaglutide current formulation and oral semaglutide new formulation, each in 3 different strengths, administered once daily during 6 treatment periods, each lasting 12 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Novo Nordisk Investigational Site	Berlin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Novo Nordisk A/S

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	AUC0-24h,sema,SS; area under the semaglutide plasma concentration-time curve during a dosing interval at steady state	nmol*h/L	From 0 to 24 hours after the last dosing of oral semaglutide low, medium and high dose on days 28, 56 and 84, respectively
Secondary	Cmax,sema,SS; maximum semaglutide plasma concentration at steady state	nmol/L	From 0 to 24 hours after the last dosing of oral semaglutide low, medium and high dose on days 28, 56 and 84, respectively
Secondary	tmax,sema,SS; time to maximum semaglutide plasma contraction at steady state	h	From 0 to 24 hours after the last dosing of oral semaglutide low, medium and high dose on days 28, 56 and 84, respectively
Secondary	t½,sema,SS; terminal half-life of semaglutide at steady state	h	Determined by concentrations measured between day 84 and follow-up at day 119 of semaglutide at steady state