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A Study of Lebrikizumab in Healthy Japanese and Caucasian Volunteers

A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Subcutaneous Doses of Lebrikizumab in Healthy Japanese and Caucasian Volunteers

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01423318
Enrollment
60
Registered
2011-08-25
Start date
2011-08-31
Completion date
2012-02-29
Last updated
2016-11-02

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Conditions

Healthy Volunteer

Brief summary

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous lebrikizumab in healthy Japanese volunteers. Healthy Japanese and Caucasian volunteers will be randomized to receive a single subcutaneous dose of either lebrikizumab or placebo.

Interventions

DRUGlebrikizumab

Dose-level cohorts receiving single subcutaneous dose

DRUGplacebo

single dose subcutaneously

Sponsors

Genentech, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Adult healthy males and females, 18 to 55 years of age inclusive * Caucasian, Japanese, or non-Japanese subjects. Caucasian or non-Japanese subjects will have no parents or grandparents of Japanese descent; Japanese subjects must be first, second or third generation * Body weight between 45 and 105 kg, inclusive * In good health, determined by no clinically significant findings from medical history, 12-lead ECG, vital signs, and laboratory evaluations * Fertile males and women of childbearing potential must use appropriate form of contraception from screening until 60 days after study completion * Negative for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infection * Negative for selected drugs of abuse at screening (not including alcohol) and at check-in (including alcohol)

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant and lactating women * History of clinically significant drug allergy and/or a known hypersensitivity to the study drug or formulation components * History of helminthic infection or travel within the past 3 months to areas of high risk for parasitic exposure * Use of prescription drugs including inhaled, oral, or parenteral corticosteroids and/or beta agonists, within 7 days prior to dosing or during the study * Use of tobacco- or nicotine-containing products from 7 days prior to check-in, resulting in urinary cotinine \>500 ng/mL. Minimal/intermittent smoking will be permitted during the study * Participation in any other investigational drug trial in which receipt of an investigational study drug occurred within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to check-in (Day -1) * History of significant, chronic, or recurrent infections requiring treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Safety: Incidence of adverse events in healthy Japanese subjects120 days
Pharmacokinetics in healthy Japanese subjects: Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)120 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Comparison of safety (incidence of adverse events) in healthy Japanese and Caucasian subjectsapproximately 5 months
Comparison of pharmacokinetics (AUC) in healthy Japanese and Caucasian subjectsapproximately 5 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026