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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Now Recruiting: A New Gilead Medicine

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multiple Dose Trial of GS-9411 in Healthy Volunteers
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Gilead Sciences, October 2009
First Received: October 20, 2009 Last Updated: October 21, 2009 History of Changes
Sponsor: Gilead Sciences
Information provided by: Gilead Sciences
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00999531
Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of repeated doses of GS-9411 in healthy volunteers. GS-9411 is a sodium channel inhibitor, that may restore airway hydration and mucociliary clearance in the lung.


Condition Intervention Phase
Cystic Fibrosis
Mucociliary Clearance
Airway Hydration
Drug: GS-9411
Drug: Placebo
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety Study
Official Title: A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multiple Dose Trial to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of GS-9411 in Healthy Volunteers

Resource links provided by NLM:


Further study details as provided by Gilead Sciences:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Safety and tolerability of multiple doses of inhaled GS-9411 in healthy volunteers [ Time Frame: 21 Days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Assess the pharmacokinetics of GS-9411 and its metabolites [ Time Frame: 21 Days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 24
Study Start Date: October 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental
GS-9411 9.6 mg
Drug: GS-9411
Inhaled GS-9411 dissolved in sterile saline
2: Experimental
GS-9411 4.8 mg
Drug: GS-9411
Inhaled GS-9411 dissolved in sterile saline
3: Placebo Comparator
Placebo, sterile saline
Drug: Placebo
Inhaled Placebo, sterile saline

Detailed Description:

GS-9411 is being evaluated as a potential therapy to improve airway hydration and mucociliary clearance in patients with cystic fibrosis. This study is evaluating the safety and tolerability of 2 dose levels of GS-9411 as an inhaled product, compared to a matched placebo, administered twice daily for 14 days.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Males and females, 18 to 65 years of age
  • No clinically important abnormal physical findings at Screening
  • No clinically relevant abnormalities in the results of laboratory evaluation at Screening
  • Must test negative for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at Screening
  • Normal electrocardiogram (ECG) at Screening
  • Normal blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) in the absence of any medications for
  • Body weight between 50 and 100 kg and within ± 15% of ideal body weight or body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 28 kg/m2 at Screening
  • Able to communicate well with the investigator and to comply with the requirements of the entire study
  • Provision of written informed consent to participate as shown by a signature on the volunteer consent form
  • Nonsmokers of at least 180 days (6 months) duration (<>
  • Negative for drugs of abuse (including alcohol) at Screening and Day -5
  • Must be willing to abstain from alcohol and strenuous exercise during the 48 hours prior to Day -5 and during the study
  • Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) ≥ 80% of predicted normal for age, gender, and height at Screening and predose
  • Normal intraocular pressure (IOP) between 10 and 21 mm Hg at Screening
  • Male subjects who are sexually active must be willing to use effective barrier contraception (e.g., condoms) during heterosexual intercourse from Day -5 through completion of the study and continuing for at least 90 days from date of last dose of study drug
  • Male subjects must refrain from sperm donation from Day -5 through completion of the study and continuing for at least 90 days from the date of last dose of study drug
  • Non-lactating females. Females on hormone replacement therapy (estrogen/progesterone) or contraceptive therapy must be stabilized on a product and dose for at least 90 days prior to Screening
  • Females must have a negative serum gonadotropin pregnancy test at Screening and Day -1
  • Nonpregnant females of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective (<1%>

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any prior exposure to GS-9411
  • Administration of any investigational drug in the period 84 days (12 weeks) prior to Screening; 112 days (16 weeks) if the previous investigational drug was a new chemical entity
  • A need for any medication during the period 0 to 5 days prior to Screening, except those deemed by the principal investigator/clinical investigator not to interfere with the outcome of the study
  • Existence of any surgical or medical condition which, in the judgment of the clinical investigator, might interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of the drug
  • Presence or history of allergy requiring treatment. Hay fever is allowed unless it is active or has required treatment within 56 days (8 weeks) of Screening
  • Donation or loss of greater than 400 mL of blood in the period 84 days (12 weeks) prior to Screening
  • Serious adverse reaction or hypersensitivity to any drug
  • Presence or history of any pulmonary diseases (e.g., asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, CF, bronchiectasis)
  • Consumption of drugs and/or herbal preparations capable of inducing hepatic enzyme metabolism (e.g., barbiturates, rifampicin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, primidone, or St. John's Wort) or enzyme-inhibiting agents (e.g., cimetidine) or similar drugs within 28 days (or 5 half-lives of inducing/inhibiting agent, whichever is longer) of Screening
  • Major surgery within 180 days (6 months) of the start of this study
  • Subjects who have experienced a significant upper or lower respiratory tract infection within the 42 days (6 weeks) prior to Screening
  • Subjects with significant history of respiratory, renal, hepatic, cardiovascular (including history of systemic hypertension requiring therapy), metabolic, neurological, hematological, gastrointestinal, cerebrovascular, or other significant medical illness or disorder which, in the judgment of the investigator, may interfere with the study or require treatment which may affect the evaluation of the safety of the study drug
  • Subjects with elevated liver enzyme concentrations at Screening and at Day -1
  • Hemoglobin level <>
  • Serum potassium > 5 mEq/L taken at Screening and at Day -1
  • Poor venous access
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00999531

Contacts
Contact: Bianca Scott 613-9076-9825 b.scott@nucleusnetwork.com.au

Locations
Australia, Victoria
Nucleus Network, Ltd. Recruiting
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Principal Investigator: Peter Hodsman, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Gilead Sciences
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Peter Hodsman, MD Nucleus Network Ltd
More Information
No publications provided

Responsible Party: Gilead Sciences, Inc. ( Thomas O'Riordan, MD )
Study ID Numbers: GS-US-221-0107
Study First Received: October 20, 2009
Last Updated: October 21, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00999531 History of Changes
Health Authority: Australia: Department of Health and Ageing Therapeutic Goods Administration

Keywords provided by Gilead Sciences:
Cystic Fibrosis
CF
Mucociliary Clearance
Epithelial Sodium Channel Inhibitor
ENaC Inhibitor
Airway Hydration
Amiloride

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pathologic Processes
Digestive System Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Cystic Fibrosis
Fibrosis

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 27, 2009

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00999531?term=cystic+fibrosis&recr=Open&rcv_d=14

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Euope approves Aztreonam

Gilead Sciences Inc. said Wednesday that European regulators gave conditional marketing approval to Cayston, a treatment for a type of chronic lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis.


Cayston is intended to treat chronic lung infections caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ( news - people ) said those lung infections are the biggest killer of people with cystic fibrosis.


The drug will be available in some EU countries in early 2010, Gilead said.

The company said Cayston, or aztreonam lysine, is intended to be given three times per day for 28 days to treat the infection. Cayston was approved conditionally because it addresses an unmet medical need, Gilead said, and could receive full approval after a current late-stage clinical trial is complete.


Gilead said the drug has been approved in Canada. The Food and Drug Administration has asked Gilead to run another study before requesting approval.