New drug UCB5285 gets first human safety check
NCT ID NCT07286682
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-phase study is testing a new drug called UCB5285 in healthy volunteers, including people of Japanese descent. The main goal is to see if single doses are safe and how the body processes the drug. No therapeutic benefit is expected; this is purely a safety and tolerability study.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- UCB5285
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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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80 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 55 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: * For study participants of Japanese origin: study participant who is born in Japan and of Japanese descent as evidenced in appearance and verbal confirmation of familial heritage with all 4 grandparents and both parents born in Japan and has not had a significant change in lifestyle or diet since leaving Japan * For all study participants: * Study participant must be 18 to 55 years of age, inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent * Study participants who are overtly healthy as determined by medical evaluation including medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and cardiac monitoring. * Body weight within 40 kilograms (kg) to 110 kg and body mass index (BMI) within the range of 18 kilograms per meter square (kg/m2) to 30 kg/m2 (inclusive) Exclusion Criteria: * Study participant has a history or presence of any medical or psychiatric condition, physical examination finding, laboratory test result, electrocardiogram (ECG), or vital sign that, in the opinion of the investigator, could significantly alter the absorption, or elimination of drugs; constitute a risk when taking the study intervention; or interfere with the interpretation of data * Study participant has a recent history (within 6 months of Screening) or currently active clinically significant bacterial, fungal, endoparasite, or viral infection. * Study participant has a significant allergy to humanized monoclonal antibody (mAbs)
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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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Up0161 1001
Harrow, United Kingdom
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