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A Study of LY3451838 in Healthy Participants

A Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics Study of LY3451838 in Healthy Subjects

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03692949
Enrollment
53
Registered
2018-10-02
Start date
2018-12-11
Completion date
2020-02-26
Last updated
2025-09-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Healthy

Brief summary

The study has two parts. In Part A, single increasing doses of LY3451838 will be administered intravenously (into a vein). In Part B, a single dose of LY3451838 will be administered subcutaneously (just under the skin).

Interventions

Administered IV Part A

DRUGPlacebo

Administered IV in Part A and SC in Part B

Sponsors

Eli Lilly and Company
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Male participants must adhere to contraception restrictions * Female participants must be of non-childbearing potential due to: * Menopause: spontaneous amenorrhea for at least 12 months not induced by a medical condition such as anorexia nervosa and not taking medications that induced the amenorrhea (e.g., oral contraceptives, hormones, gonadotropin releasing hormone, anti-estrogens, selective estrogen receptor modulators, or chemotherapy) * Surgical sterilization * Have a body mass index of 18 to 35 kilograms per square meter (kg/m²) * Have clinical laboratory test results within normal reference range or with acceptable deviations * Have an estimated glomerular filtration rate greater than or equal to (≥) 60 milliliters per minute per 1.73 meters squared (mL/minute/1.73 m²) of body surface area * Have venous access sufficient to allow for blood sampling

Exclusion criteria

* Are currently enrolled in or discontinued from a clinical trial within the last 30 days, or have previously completed or withdrawn from this study * Have a history or presence of medical illness including, but not limited to, any cardiovascular, hepatic, respiratory, hematological, renal, endocrine, psychiatric or neurological disease, or any clinically significant laboratory abnormality * Have history of or presence of uncontrolled asthma, significant atopy, or significant rheumatological or autoimmune diseases * Have had lymphoma, leukemia, or any malignancy within the past 5 years, or breast cancer within the past 10 years (with some exceptions) * Have used, or intend to use some prescription or over the counter medications, including herbal medications within 14 days prior to dosing * Have an abnormality in the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) or Fridericia's corrected QT (QTcF) * Show evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or positive human HIV antibodies, hepatitis C and/or positive hepatitis C antibody, or hepatitis B and/or positive hepatitis B surface antigen * Have donated blood of more than 450 milliliters (mL) within the last 3 months * Are unwilling to stop alcohol consumption while resident in the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) * Have an average weekly alcohol intake that exceeds 21 units per week for males and 14 units per week for females (1 unit = 12 ounces (oz) or 360 mL of beer; 5 oz or 150 mL of wine; 1.5 oz or 45 mL of distilled spirits) * Current smoker of more than 10 cigarettes or equivalent per day and unable to stop smoking while in the CRU * Have an abnormal blood pressure * Have clinically significant proteinuria or hematuria * Positive findings for known drugs of abuse * Have received treatment with biologic agents within 3 months or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) * Have clinically significant allergies, or intolerance to corticosteroids, or severe post treatment hypersensitivity reactions

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse EventBaseline through 20 WeeksA summary of other non-serious Adverse Events (AE's), and all Serious Adverse Events (SAE's), regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events section.
Number of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse EventsBaseline through 20 WeeksA summary of other non-serious AEs, and all SAE's, regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events section.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY3451838Part A: Predose, End of Infusion, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dose; Part B: Predose, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dosePK: AUC of LY3451838
Pharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY3451838Part A: Predose, End of Infusion, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dose; Part B: Predose, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dosePK: Cmax of LY3451838

Countries

Singapore

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
25 Milligram (mg) LY3451838 Part A
25 mg LY3451838 single dose administered intravenously (IV)
5
75 mg LY3451838 Part A
75 mg LY3451838 single dose administered IV.
6
250 mg LY3451838 Part A
250 mg LY3451838 single dose administered IV.
5
500 mg LY3451838 Part A
500 mg LY3451838 single dose administered IV.
6
1000 mg LY3451838 Part A
1000 mg LY3451838 single dose administered IV.
5
1500 mg LY3451838 Part A
1500 mg LY3451838 single dose administered IV.
6
250 mg LY3451838 Part B
250 mg LY3451838 single dose administered subcutaneously (SC).
6
Placebo
Placebo matching single dose administered IV in Part A and administered SC in Part B.
14
Total53

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003FG004FG005FG006FG007
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up00000001

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic25 Milligram (mg) LY3451838 Part ATotalPlacebo250 mg LY3451838 Part B1500 mg LY3451838 Part A1000 mg LY3451838 Part A500 mg LY3451838 Part A250 mg LY3451838 Part A75 mg LY3451838 Part A
Age, Continuous47.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.1
42.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.4
40.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11
49.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6
43.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.3
38.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.6
40.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15
41.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.1
44.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.3
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
5 Participants52 Participants14 Participants6 Participants6 Participants5 Participants6 Participants5 Participants5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
5 Participants53 Participants14 Participants6 Participants6 Participants5 Participants6 Participants5 Participants6 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Singapore
5 Participants53 Participants14 Participants6 Participants6 Participants5 Participants6 Participants5 Participants6 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants8 Participants2 Participants2 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants2 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
3 Participants45 Participants12 Participants4 Participants6 Participants5 Participants6 Participants5 Participants4 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
EG004
affected / at risk
EG005
affected / at risk
EG006
affected / at risk
EG007
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 50 / 60 / 50 / 60 / 50 / 60 / 60 / 14
other
Total, other adverse events
4 / 55 / 64 / 56 / 64 / 55 / 64 / 612 / 14
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 50 / 60 / 50 / 60 / 50 / 60 / 60 / 14

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event

A summary of other non-serious Adverse Events (AE's), and all Serious Adverse Events (SAE's), regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events section.

Time frame: Baseline through 20 Weeks

Population: All participants who received at least one dose of study drug.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
25 Milligram (mg) LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event4 Participants
75 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event5 Participants
250 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event4 Participants
500 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event6 Participants
1000 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event4 Participants
1500 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event5 Participants
250 mg LY3451838 Part BNumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event4 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event12 Participants
Primary

Number of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events

A summary of other non-serious AEs, and all SAE's, regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events section.

Time frame: Baseline through 20 Weeks

Population: All participants who received at least one dose of study drug.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
25 Milligram (mg) LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
75 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
250 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
500 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
1000 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
1500 mg LY3451838 Part ANumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
250 mg LY3451838 Part BNumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Events0 Participants
Secondary

Pharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY3451838

PK: AUC of LY3451838

Time frame: Part A: Predose, End of Infusion, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dose; Part B: Predose, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dose

Population: All participants who received at least one dose of study drug and had evaluable PK data.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
25 Milligram (mg) LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY34518381580 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 25
75 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY34518387510 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 24.4
250 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY345183821900 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 25
500 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY345183846100 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 15.4
1000 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY345183885500 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 19.6
1500 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY3451838128000 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 12.2
250 mg LY3451838 Part BPharmacokinetics (PK): Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From 0 to Infinity (AUC 0 -∞) of LY34518382040 microgram*hour per milliliter (μg*h/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 57
Secondary

Pharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY3451838

PK: Cmax of LY3451838

Time frame: Part A: Predose, End of Infusion, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dose; Part B: Predose, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h, and Days 5, 7, 9, 15, 22, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, and 141 post-dose

Population: All participants who received at least one dose of study drug and had evaluable PK data.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
25 Milligram (mg) LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY34518388.54 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 39.1
75 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY345183830.9 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 13.4
250 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY345183889.1 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 15.8
500 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY3451838172 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 27.1
1000 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY3451838318 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 24.1
1500 mg LY3451838 Part APharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY3451838523 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 22.4
250 mg LY3451838 Part BPharmacokinetics (PK): Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of LY34518381.97 microgram per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 113.7

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