NCT01494636

The Safety, Tolerability, PK and PD of GSK2339345 in Healthy Subjects

A Two Part Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of GSK2339345 in Healthy Subjects. Part A: an Open Label, Dose Escalating, Rinse, Gargle and Spit Study. Part B: a Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Inhaled Dose Escalating Study Using Nebulised Lidocaine for Blinding Purposes.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline · Industry
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a First Time in Human (FTIH) study for the sodium channel inhibitor, GSK2339345. The study is split into two parts. Part A will assess the safety and tolerability of the new drug. Part B will assess safety and tolerability as well as the effect of GSK2339345 on induced cough.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of GSK2339345 in healthy subjects. GSK2339345 is a blocker of neuronal voltage gated sodium channels in development for the treatment of chronic cough, excessive cough and post-viral and viral (acute) cough. Inhaled pan NaV inhibitors are associated with oropharyngeal sensation perturbation and so this study will establish the potential local sensate effects of GSK2339345 at multiples of the predicted inhaled therapeutic dose. This study also aims to define the maximum tolerated dose of GSK2339345. Part A of this study will be conducted in healthy volunteers to investigate the safety and tolerability of GSK2339345, in particular examining oropharyngeal sensation perturbation. Part A is an open label, oral, single-dose escalating rinse, gargle and spit study. Assessments of sensate changes will include 4 point scale, assessment of sensation on base of tongue, sensation of temperature, assessment of taste, a water swallow test and assessment of potential paraesthesias. Part A will also include PK assessments to investigate the PK profile of GSK2339345. Part B of this study is a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled, inhaled dose escalation study over two study days per dose to examine the possible adverse events such as transient mouth, throat and upper airway numbness in healthy volunteers. Similar assessments of sensations to those used in Part A will be performed. The potential for systemic cardiovascular (CV) or central nervous system (CNS) effects will also be assessed. Pharmacodynamic effects of GSK2339345 will be investigated in Part B using a capsaicin cough challenge. The study will investigate whether GSK2339345 can alter the capsaicin cough threshold (as determined by the capsaicin concentration required to induce 2 or more (C2) and 5 or more (C5) coughs) in healthy volunteers. Part B will also include PK assessments to investigate the PK profile of GSK2339345. Placebo will be used as a control and nebulised lidocaine will be used for control and blinding purposes only.

Conditions

• Cough

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	GSK2339345 (solution)	3, 6, 15, 30, 60 and 120 micrograms (proposed doses). 2 alternating cohorts of 6 subjects. Each subject to receive 3 ascending doses with washout of at least 48 hours between doses. Rinse, Gargle and Spit.
DRUG	GSK2339345 (nebulised)	25, 100, 250, 1000 and 2000 micrograms (proposed doses). Subjects randomised to receive three ascending doses (with each dose given on two consecutive days). Washout of at least 6 days between treatment periods. Nebulised.
DRUG	Placebo (0.9% sodium chloride solution)	Administered on Day 1 of one of the treatment periods in part B. Randomised. Nebulised.
DRUG	Lidocaine	40mg dose. Administered on Day 2 of one of the treatment periods in part B. Randomised. Nebulised.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-17
• Primary completion: 2012-03-15
• Completion: 2012-03-15
• First posted: 2011-12-19
• Last updated: 2017-06-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom