New insulin shows promise in healthy volunteers

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Signed and dated informed consent obtained before any trial-related activities. Trial-related activities are any procedures that would not have been done during normal management of the participant 2. Healthy male participants 3. Age between 18 and 50 years, both inclusive 4. Body Mass Index between 18.5 and 29.0 kg/m2, both inclusive 5. Body weight ≥ 50 kg 6. Fasting plasma glucose concentration ≤ 5.5 mmol/L at screening 7. Considered generally healthy upon completion of medical history, physical examination, vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG), and analysis of laboratory safety variables, as judged by the Investigator 8. Willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, clinical laboratory tests, and other study procedures including lifestyle considerations. 9. Participants must agree to use condoms during sexual intercourse. Additionally, female partners of male participants should use highly effective contraception. All contraceptive measures apply from screening until 90 days after study 10. Have competence in speaking, writing, and comprehending the local language(s) where the study is conducted. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Positive for human insulin antibodies at Screening 2. Are currently enrolled in or have discontinued within 3 months or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) of any investigational drug or device or are concurrently enrolled in any other type of medical research study and judged not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this study. 3. Have known allergies to insulin, its excipients, or related drugs or have history of relevant allergic reactions of any origin. 4. History of diabetes mellitus; episodes of hypoglycemia in the anamnesis; any history of insulin use for treatment purposes. 5. Have known allergies to insulin, its excipients, or related drugs or have history of relevant allergic reactions of any origin. 6. Have clinically relevant history of or current cardiovascular, respiratory, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, hematological, or neurological disorders capable of significantly altering the absorption, metabolism, or elimination of drugs; of constituting a risk when taking the study drug; or of interfering with the interpretation of data. 7. Increased risk of thrombosis, e.g., individuals with a history of deep leg vein thrombosis or family history of deep leg vein thrombosis, as judged by the Investigator. 8. Clinically significant abnormal ECG at screening. 9. Glycemia level ≥140.4 mg/dL 2 hours after the glucose load. 10. Show evidence of significant active neuropsychiatric disease. 11. Positive urine drug test at screening and/or evidence of current use of known drugs of abuse or have a history of use within the past year. 12. Show evidence of an acute infection with fever or infectious disease at the time of enrollment. 13. Show evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and/or positive human HIV antibodies at screening. 14. Have positive test results for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies at screening. 15. Intend to use over-the-counter medication within 7 days or prescription medication within 14 days prior to dosing (apart from vitamin/mineral supplements, occasional paracetamol, thyroid replacement). 16. Have donated blood or had a blood loss of 450 mL 3 months prior to study enrollment. 17. Have an average weekly alcohol intake that exceeds 21 units per week or is unwilling to stop alcohol consumption from 48 hours prior to each dosing until being discharged from the CRU.