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Effects of Ferrous Sulfate on the Pharmacokinetics of AKB-6548

An Open-Label, Randomized, Single-Dose Study to Evaluate the Effects of 325 mg Ferrous Sulfate Tablet (65 mg Iron) on the Pharmacokinetics of 450 mg Dose of AKB-6548 in Healthy Male Volunteers.

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02327546
Enrollment
10
Registered
2014-12-30
Start date
2014-12-31
Completion date
2015-02-28
Last updated
2018-11-14

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Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Keywords

Pharmacokinetics, Anemia, Chronic kidney disease, CKD, Chronic renal insufficiency, Renal impairment, Ferrous sulfate, Iron, Drug-drug interaction, End stage renal disease, Dialysis, Erythropoietin, Oral anemia treatment, Hypoxia-induciable factor, HIF, Hypoxia-induciable factor prolyl-hydroxylase inhibitor, HIF-PHI

Brief summary

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the single-dose bioavailability of AKB-6548 with ferrous sulfate relative to AKB-6548 in healthy volunteers.

Interventions

DRUGFerrous Sulfate

Sponsors

Akebia Therapeutics
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy male subjects 18 to 55 years of age with a body mass index between 18 and 30 kg/m2 * Participants and their partners must use a highly effective form of contraception during the study and for 1 month following discharge from the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) * Subjects must discontinue all iron preparations for 14 days prior to study drug administration

Exclusion criteria

* Current or past history of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, pulmonary, renal or liver disease * Positive serology results for HBsAg, HCV, and HIV at Screening * Renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of \<65mL/min) * Known active cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer) or history of chemotherapy use within the previous 24 months * Current or past history of gastric or duodenal ulcers or other diseases of the GI tract (including gastric bypass surgeries) that could interfere with absorption of study drug * Subjects with a known history of smoking and/or have used nicotine or nicotine-containing products within the past 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Maximum plasma concentration (Cmax)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Area under the curve from time 0 until the last quantifiable concentration (AUC [last])Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to infinity (AUCinf)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Apparent total systemic clearance (CL/F)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Apparent volume of distribution during the terminal elimination phase (VzF)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548 metabolites: Maximum plasma concentration (Cmax)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548 metabolites: Time to maximum plasma concentration (Tmax)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548 metabolites: Terminal elimination rate constant (λz)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Time to maximum plasma concentration (Tmax)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548 metabolites: Area under the curve from time 0 until the last quantifiable concentration (AUC [last])Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548 metabolites: Area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to infinity (AUCinf)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
Ratio of metabolite to parent drug for maximum plasma concentration (Cmax)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
Ratio of metabolite to parent drug for are under the curve from time 0 until the last quantifiable concentration (AUC [last])Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
Ratio of metabolite to parent drug for area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548 metabolites: Plasma half life (t1/2)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Terminal elimination rate constant (λz)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose
PK parameters of AKB-6548: Plasma half life (t1/2)Multiple timepoint evaluations from pre-dose to 24 hours post-dose

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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