Liver function may change how belapectin works in the body
NCT ID NCT04332432
First seen Jul 14, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how the drug belapectin moves through the body in people with mild, moderate, or severe liver impairment compared to healthy volunteers. Participants receive a single intravenous dose, and researchers measure drug levels in the blood over time. The goal is to understand if liver function affects how the drug is processed, which could guide future dosing recommendations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- belapectin (GR-MD-02), a drug given intravenously
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help determine safe dosing of belapectin for people with liver problems.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase study with only 38 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug's effectiveness for any condition is not being tested here.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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Mar 2022
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: All Subjects 1. Males or females, of any race, between 18 and 75 years of age, inclusive. 2. Body mass index between 18.0 and 45.0 kg/m2, inclusive. 3. Females of childbearing potential will not be pregnant or lactating and must have a negative result on an approved pregnancy test at Screening and Check-in. Females of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception by a method of proven reliability (including abstinence) for the duration of the study. 4. Males will agree to use contraception. 5. Male subjects must not donate sperm from Check-in (Day -1) until 90 days after the Follow-up visit. 6. Able to comprehend and willing to sign an informed consent form (ICF) and to abide by the study restrictions. Subjects with Normal Hepatic Function Only 7. In good health, determined by no clinically significant findings from medical history, physical examination, 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs measurements, and clinical laboratory evaluations (congenital nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia \[eg, suspicion of Gilbert's syndrome based on total and direct bilirubin\] is not acceptable) at Screening and Check in (Day -1), as assessed by the Investigator (or designee). 8. Matched to subjects with mild, moderate, or severe hepatic impairment in sex, age (±10 years), and body mass index (BMI) (±20%). Subjects with Hepatic Impairment Only 9. Documented chronic stable liver disease based on Child-Pugh score and classification (Child-Pugh Class A \[mild\], B \[moderate\], or C \[severe\]; at Screening and Check-in (if the classification differs when assessed at Check-in compared to Screening, enrollment of the subject into a hepatic category will be based on the score at Screening): * 'Documented' is defined by at least 1 of the following: medical history, physical examination, hepatic ultrasound, computed axial tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging, and/or liver biopsy. * 'Chronic' is defined as \>6 months. * 'Stable' is defined as no clinically significant change in disease status within the last 1 month (30 days), as documented by the subject's recent medical history (eg, no worsening of clinical signs of hepatic impairment, or no worsening of total bilirubin or prothrombin time, at the discretion of the Investigator \[or designee\] or Medical Monitor). 10. Subjects with mild, moderate, or severe hepatic impairment may have medical findings consistent with their hepatic dysfunction as determined by medical history, physical examination, 12-lead ECG, vital signs measurements, and clinical laboratory evaluations at Screening and Check-in (Day -1), as assessed by the Investigator (or designee). 11. Non-hepatic, abnormal clinical laboratory evaluations must not be clinically relevant, as judged by the Investigator (or designee) and Medical Monitor. 12. Currently on a stable medication regimen, defined as not starting new drug(s) or changing drug dose(s) within 30 days of administration of study drug (Day 1). Concomitant medications administered within 30 days prior to administration of study drug (Day 1) must be approved by the Investigator (or designee), Sponsor, and Medical Monitor. 13. Anemia secondary to hepatic disease will be acceptable, if hemoglobin is \> 9 g/dL and anemia symptoms are not clinically significant as judged by the Investigator (or designee) and Medical Monitor. 14. Subjects must have a platelet count ≥35 × 10\^9 platelets/L. Exclusion Criteria: All Subjects 1. Significant history or clinical manifestation of any metabolic, allergic, dermatological, renal, hematological, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, respiratory, endocrine, or psychiatric disorder, as determined by the Investigator (or designee). 2. History of significant hypersensitivity, intolerance, or allergy to any drug compound, food, or other substance, unless approved by the Investigator (or designee). 3. Use or intend to use any nonprescription medications/products including vitamins, minerals, and phytotherapeutic/herbal/plant-derived preparations within 7 days prior to Check-in, unless deemed acceptable by the Investigator (or designee). 4. Alcohol consumption of \> 21 drinks per week for males and \> 14 drinks for females. 5. Positive urine drug screen at Screening and/or Check in (Day -1), that is not otherwise explained by permitted concomitant medication or ingestion of poppy seeds, or positive alcohol test result (breath or urine in accordance with standard practice at each CRU) at Screening or Check-in (Day -1). 6. Positive human immunodeficiency virus test. 7. Participation in a clinical study involving administration of an investigational drug (new chemical entity) in the past 30 days, or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer), prior to dosing. 8. Ingestion of Seville orange or grapefruit containing foods or beverages within 7 days prior to Check-in (Day -1). 9. Receipt of blood products within 2 months prior to Check in (Day -1). 10. Donation of blood from 3 months prior to Screening, plasma from 2 weeks prior to Screening, or platelets from 6 weeks prior to Screening. 11. Poor peripheral venous access. 12. Have previously completed or withdrawn from this study or any other study investigating belapectin, and have previously received belapectin. 13. Subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator (or designee), should not participate in this study. Subjects with Normal Hepatic Function Only 14. History of alcoholism or drug/chemical abuse within 2 years prior to Check in. 15. Subject has creatinine clearance \<90 mL/minute as calculated by using the Cockcroft Gault equation: 1. \[1.23 × (140 - age) × (weight in kg)\] ÷ (serum creatinine in μmol/L) - if male. 2. \[1.04 × (140 - age) × (weight in kg)\] ÷ (serum creatinine in μmol/L) - if female. 16. Confirmed supine blood pressure \> 140 mmHg or \< 90 mmHg and/or supine diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mmHg or \< 50 mmHg, or resting (supine) heart rate \< 45 bpm or \> 100 bpm at Screening or Check-in (Day -1), with a QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's method (QTcF) \> 450 ms for male subjects and \> 470 ms for female subjects. 17. Use or intend to use any prescription medications/products other than prescribed hormone replacement therapy or contraception within 14 days prior to dosing, unless deemed acceptable by the Investigator (or designee). 18. Use or intend to use slow release medications/products considered to still be active within 14 days prior to Check in (Day -1), unless deemed acceptable by the Investigator (or designee). 19. Use or intend to use any nonprescription medications/products including vitamins and minerals within 7 days prior to Check in (Day -1), unless deemed acceptable by the Investigator (or designee). 20. Positive serology test results for hepatitis A, hepatitis B antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), or hepatitis C virus antibodies. 21. Clinically significant abnormal laboratory values (clinical chemistry, hematology, coagulation, and urinalysis), as determined by the Investigator (or designee). 22. Significant history or clinical manifestation of hepatic disorder, as determined by the Investigator (or designee). 23. History or presence of liver disease or liver injury as indicated by any clinically significant deviations from normal reference ranges in liver function tests, unless approved by the Investigator (or designee). 24. Use of tobacco- or nicotine-containing products within 3 months prior to Check in (Day -1), or positive cotinine test at Screening or Check-in. Subjects with Hepatic Impairment Only 25. Cirrhosis etiology of primary biliary cholangitis or primary sclerosing cholangitis. 26. History of alcoholism or drug/chemical abuse within 6 months prior to Check in. 27. Evidence of hepatorenal syndrome and/or creatinine clearance \< 45 mL/min, as calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation: 1. \[1.23 × (140 - age) × (weight in kg)\] ÷ (serum creatinine in μmol/L) - if male. 2. \[1.04 × (140 - age) × (weight in kg)\] ÷ (serum creatinine in μmol/L) - if female. 28. Confirmed supine blood pressure \> 150 mmHg or \< 90 mmHg and/or supine diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mmHg or \< 50 mmHg, or resting (supine) heart rate \< 45 bpm or \> 100 bpm at Screening or Check-in (Day -1), with a QTcF \> 480 ms for male and female subjects. 29. Use or intend to use any prescription medications/products within 14 days of study drug administration, with the exception of: 1. stable medication regimen, as approved by the Investigator (or designee), Sponsor, and Medical Monitor; see inclusion criterion 12 2. prescribed hormone replacement therapy 3. prescribed contraceptive. 30. Values outside the normal range for liver function tests that are not consistent with their hepatic condition, as determined by the Investigator (or designee). 31. Positive serology test results for hepatitis A, hepatitis B DNA (hepatitis B DNA levels will be analyzed if subject tests positive for HBsAg or hepatitis B core antibodies), or hepatitis C RNA (hepatitis C RNA levels will be analyzed if subject tests positive for hepatitis C antibodies). 32. Clinically significant abnormal physical examination, vital signs, and/or ECG findings that are not consistent with their degree of hepatic dysfunction, as determined by the Investigator (or designee). 33. Recent history, or the treatment of, esophageal bleeding (within the 180 days prior to Screening), unless banded. 34. History of hepatic shunt surgery or presence of a portosystemic shunt. 35. History of paracentesis within 7 days prior to screening. Paracentesis will not be permitted throughout the study. 36. Current functioning organ transplant or likely to be transplanted within the next two months. 37. Evidence of severe ascites needing paracentesis/not controlled by medication. 38. Current symptoms or recent history of hepatic encephalopathy (Grade 2 or above) at Screening. 39. Smoke more than 10 cigarettes, or use the equivalent tobacco or nicotine containing products (including vaping), per day or inability to refrain from tobacco/nicotine use 2 hours predose until 4 hours postdose. 40. Unstable diabetes as evidenced by hemoglobin A1c \> 9%.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinical Pharmacology of Miami, Inc
Miami, Florida, 33014-3616, United States
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Inland Empire Clinical Trials
Rialto, California, 92377, United States
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Pinnacle Clinical Research
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Texas Liver Institute
San Antonio, Texas, 78215, United States
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