Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Conditions
Keywords
healthy, pharmacodynamics, glucagon-like peptide 1, pharmacokinetics, scintigraphy, radiation, albiglutide
Brief summary
This study will use scintigraphy techniques to measure gastric emptying rate of liquid and solid food at baseline and after administration of GSK716155 or placebo.
Interventions
albiglutide subcutaneous injection
placebo injection
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy men or women, between the ages of 18 and 65, and have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of between 20 and 32. * If female, the subject must be not be capable of having children.
Exclusion criteria
* Subjects must not use tobacco, nicotine, or illegal drugs of abuse, and must not take caffeine or alcohol for 24 hours before dosing and before each set of scintigraphy procedures. * Subjects may not have HIV, hepatitis, elevated fasting blood sugar levels, high blood pressure, heart, lung, liver, gall bladder, gastrointestinal, pancreatic, or kidney disease, or untreated thyroid disease. * Subjects must not have a history of alcohol abuse, must not take prescription or non-prescription drugs within 7 days of Day 1 and Day 8 of the study, and must not have previous exposure to any GLP-1 mimetic or exenatide. * Prior radiation exposures must meet certain limits in order to participate in this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from baseline of the time to 50% gastric emptying (gastric emptying t½) of the solid and liquid components of a meal at 72 hours after dosing in healthy volunteers. | 3 Days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Exploratory correlation of % contents remaining in stomach after a meal.GSK716155 concentration before meal & at the time gastric emptying is complete. Safety and tolerability parameters each visit. | 3 Days |
Countries
United States