Meal timing may matter for new sickle cell drug
NCT ID NCT06433661
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how a high-fat meal changes the amount of the drug etavopivat in the blood of 16 healthy adults. Participants took a single dose of etavopivat after eating a high-fat meal and on an empty stomach on separate days. The goal is to understand if food affects how the drug is absorbed, which can guide future dosing for people with sickle cell disease or thalassemia.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- etavopivat
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help determine the best way to take etavopivat (with or without food) for future sickle cell disease and thalassemia treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study in healthy volunteers, not patients. Results may not directly predict how the drug works in people with the disease.
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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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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- 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: * Male or female. * Age 18-55 years (both inclusive) at the time of signing the informed consent. * Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 39.9 kilogram per meter square (kg/m\^2) (both inclusive) at screening. * Body weight greater than or equal to (≥) 40.0 kilogram (kg) at screening. * Considered to be generally healthy based on the medical history, physical examination and the results of vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG) and clinical laboratory tests performed during the screening visit, as judged by the investigator. Exclusion Criteria: * Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of childbearing potential and not using adequate contraceptive methods. * Participation (i.e., signed informed consent) in any other interventional clinical study within 30 days or 5 times the half-life of the previous investigational medicinal product (IMP) (if known), whichever is longer before screening. * Any disorder, unwillingness or inability, which in the investigator's opinion might jeopardise the participant's safety or compliance with the protocol. * Use of tobacco and nicotine products, defined as any of the below: * Has used any product containing tobacco or nicotine within 90 days prior to screening, * Unable or unwilling to refrain from the use of any product containing tobacco or nicotine throughout the study, * Positive nicotine test at screening. * Participant is unable to refrain from or anticipates the use of any drug known to be a moderate or strong inhibitor or inducer of uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes, cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4, CYP2C9 or permeability glycoprotein (P-gp), including St. John's Wort, for 28 days prior to dosing and throughout the study. * Participant is unable to refrain from or anticipate the use of any medications or substances prohibited in the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ICON-Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84124, United States
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