Healthy Volunteer
Conditions
Brief summary
This single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of RO5508887 in healthy volunteers. Volunteers will receive multiple-ascending doses of RO5508887 or matching placebo. The anticipated time on study treatment is 14 days.
Interventions
Multiple doses of placebo
Multiple doses of RO5508887
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Adult healthy volunteers, \>/=18 years of age * Body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 30 kg/m2 inclusive * Use of adequate contraception methods or surgically sterile
Exclusion criteria
* Evidence of active or chronic disease * Regular consumption of drugs of abuse * Regular smoker (\>5 cigarettes per day) * Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) * History of significant allergic reactions * Abnormal blood pressure * Clinical significant abnormalities (e.g., cardiovascular, laboratory values)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Safety: incidence of adverse events | 30 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation of the age on pharmacokinetics of RO5508887 | 30 days |
| Correlation of the age on pharmacodynamics of RO5508887 | 30 days |
| Pharmacokinetics: plasma levels of RO5508887 | Predose and up to 144 hours post last dose, and at follow-up |
| Pharmacodynamics: Plasma levels of amyloid deposition markers | Predose and up to 144 hours post last dose |
| Correlation of the age on safety of RO5508887 | 30 days |
Countries
France