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Use of F-652 in Patients With Alcoholic Hepatitis

NCT02655510 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2019-09-09

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Summary

Alcoholic hepatitis is a syndrome of progressive inflammatory liver injury associated with long-term heavy intake of ethanol. The pathogenesis is not completely understood. Patients who are severely affected present with subacute onset of fever, hepatomegaly, leukocytosis, marked impairment of liver function (e.g., jaundice, coagulopathy), and manifestations of portal hypertension (e.g., ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, variceal hemorrhage). However, milder forms of alcoholic hepatitis often do not cause any symptoms.

Alcoholic hepatitis usually persists and progresses to cirrhosis if heavy alcohol use continues. If alcohol use ceases, alcoholic hepatitis resolves slowly over weeks to months, sometimes without permanent sequelae but often with residual cirrhosis.

F-652 is a recombinant fusion protein containing human interleukin 22 (IL-22) and human Immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2)-Fc produced in CHO cells in serum-free culture. F-652 under development is intended to treat patients with graft vs host disease (GvHD) after bone marrow transplantation, and acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH), a severe form of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Both GvHD and AAH are diseases with unmet medical need. The current investigational new drug (IND) application is to conduct a phase Ia clinical study in GvHD patients to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetic profile, and biomarkers of F-652 treatment by intravenous infusion (IV).

IL-22 is a member of the IL-10 family of cytokines which control bacterial infection, homeostasis, and tissue repair. IL-22 may be used to treat patients with ALD because of its antioxidant, anti-apoptotic, anti-steatotic, anti-microbial, and proliferative effect that have been demonstrated in various experimental systems.

Conditions

  • Alcoholic Hepatitis

Interventions

DRUG

F-652

Participants will receive 10 μg/kg, 30 μg/kg or 45 μg/kg of F-652 on Day 1 and Day 7 via slow intravenous infusion. Three patients will receive 10 μg/kg of F-652. Pharmacokinetic testing will be completed on these subjects. If evaluations demonstrate safety and efficacy signals, the next 3 patients will receive 30 μg/kg. If pharmacokinetic testing demonstrates safety and efficacy signals, the next 3 patients will receive 45 μg/kg.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indiana University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mayo Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vijay Shah, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United States

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