Safety and how the body handles SRN001 in healthy Korean and Caucasian men

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multiple Doses, Dose-escalation Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of SRN001 in Healthy Korean and Caucasian Adult Males

This will test whether repeated doses of the experimental siRNA drug SRN001 are safe and how the body processes it in healthy Korean and Caucasian adult men.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Ages: 19 Years to 60 Years
• Sex: Male
• Sponsor: siRNAgen Therapeutics Inc. (Industry-sponsored)
• Locations: 1 site (Seoul)
• Trial ID: NCT07407543 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

SRN001 is a novel small interfering RNA (siRNA) formulated with SAMiRNA technology designed to lower amphiregulin, a growth factor linked to fibroblast activation in fibrosis. This Phase 1 interventional study gives repeated doses of SRN001 to healthy Korean and Caucasian adult males and compares with saline control to record adverse events, tolerability, and lab measures. The study collects pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data to characterize how the drug is absorbed, distributed, and affects amphiregulin levels. Participants are screened for baseline amphiregulin concentration and must meet prespecified health and BMI criteria.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal participants are healthy Korean or Caucasian males aged 19–60 with BMI 18.5–29.9, weight ≥50 kg, a serum amphiregulin level ≥100 pg/mL, and who can give informed consent.

Not a fit: Women, people outside the specified age/ethnicity/BMI ranges, those with significant organ system diseases, or those with low amphiregulin levels are unlikely to qualify for or directly benefit from this healthy-volunteer study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, targeting amphiregulin with SRN001 could offer a new way to reduce fibroblast activation and slow or modify fibrosis in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

How similar studies have performed: RNA interference therapies have shown clinical success in other conditions, but targeting amphiregulin for fibrosis is a novel approach that has limited human data to date.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy Korean or Caucasian male volunteers aged 19 to 60 years at the time of screening.
2. Those who weighed 50.0 kg or more at the time of screening and had a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 kg/m2 and 29.9 kg/m2.

   Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) = weight (kg) / {height (m2)} 2
3. Those whose screening results showed a serum amphiregulin concentration of 100 pg/mL or higher.
4. Those who voluntarily agreed to participate in this clinical trial after receiving a thorough explanation and fully understanding the clinical trial. Those who decided to participate and gave written consent to comply with the precautions.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Those with or have a history of clinically significant diseases of the hepatobiliary system (severe liver failure, viral hepatitis, etc.), kidney (severe renal failure, etc.), nervous system, immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, endocrine system, hematological/oncological system, cardiovascular system (heart failure, torsades de pointes, etc.), urinary system, psychiatric system (mood disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.), or sexual dysfunction.
2. Those with a history of hypersensitivity to RNA drugs or other drugs (aspirin, antibiotics, etc.) or a history of clinically significant hypersensitivity reactions (atopy, asthma, etc.).
3. Those with a positive serum test result (hepatitis B test, hepatitis C test, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test, syphilis test).
4. Those with a history of drug abuse or a positive urine drug screening test for drugs of abuse.
5. Those who were screened in a sitting position after resting for at least 3 minutes. Those who exhibited the following values in measured vital signs:

   * Systolic blood pressure \< 80 mmHg or ≥ 140 mmHg
   * Diastolic blood pressure \< 45 mmHg or ≥ 90 mmHg
   * Pulse \< 45 bpm or \> 100 bpm
   * Body temperature \< 35.5 ℃ or \> 37.7 ℃
6. Those who exhibited the following values or clinically significant abnormal rhythm findings on the electrocardiogram (12-lead ECG) during the screening test:

   -QTcF \> 450 msec
7. Those who exhibited one or more of the following results in clinical laboratory tests during the screening test, including additional tests:

   * AST (SGOT) or ALT (SGPT) \> 60 IU/L
   * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (CKD-EPI equation) \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2
8. Those who have taken any prescription drugs or herbal medicines within two weeks prior to the scheduled first administration of the investigational drug, or have taken any over-the-counter drugs, health functional foods including liver function supplements, or vitamin preparations within one week (however, at the investigator's discretion, subjects may be selected as subjects if other conditions are appropriate) or are expected to take such drugs.
9. Those who have taken drug-metabolizing enzyme inducers such as barbiturates or drug metabolism inhibitors such as clarithromycin within one month prior to the scheduled first administration of the investigational drug.
10. Those who have participated in another clinical trial (including bioequivalence trials) and received the investigational drug within six months prior to the scheduled first administration of the investigational drug.
11. Those who have donated whole blood within two months prior to the scheduled first administration of the investigational drug, or have donated blood components within one month prior to the scheduled first administration of the investigational drug, or have received a blood transfusion.
12. Smokers (however, subjects may be selected as subjects if they quit smoking three months prior to the scheduled first administration of the investigational drug) or those who are unable to quit smoking until the completion of the clinical trial.
13. Those who have continuously consumed alcohol (21 units/week, 1 unit = 10 g of pure alcohol) or cannot abstain from alcohol from 3 days before the scheduled first dose of the investigational drug until the end of the clinical trial.
14. Those who have continuously consumed excessive caffeine (more than 5 units/day, 1 unit = 80 mg of caffeine) or cannot abstain from consuming caffeinated foods and beverages (coffee, tea (black tea, green tea, etc.), carbonated beverages, coffee drinks, coffee milk, tonic drinks, energy drinks, etc.) from 3 days before the scheduled first dose of the investigational drug until the end of the clinical trial.
15. Those who cannot abstain from consuming grapefruit (grapefruit), grapefruit juice, or grapefruit-containing foods from 3 days before the scheduled first dose of the investigational drug until the end of the clinical trial.
16. Those who have unusual eating habits (e.g., consuming more than 1 L of grapefruit juice per day) or cannot consume the standardized diet provided by the clinical trial center during their hospitalization.
17. Those who use their own condoms from 3 days before the scheduled first dose of the investigational drug until the end of the clinical trial. Women of childbearing potential (spouse or partner) who do not consent to a contraceptive method considered highly effective.

    \[Contraceptive methods considered highly effective\]
18. Those who do not agree to refrain from donating sperm from 3 days prior to the scheduled first dose of the investigational drug until the end of the clinical trial.
19. Those whom the investigator determines to be unsuitable for clinical trial participation for reasons other than those listed above.

Where this trial is running

Seoul

• Seoul National University Hospital — Seoul, South Korea (Recruiting)

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Eunkyeong Woo

Conditions Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis