New drug IRL757 tested in healthy seniors – no treatment yet

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

Inclusion Criteria: * Willing and able to give written informed consent for participation in the trial. * Healthy male or postmenopausal female subject at ≥ 65 and below 90 years of age. * Weight of at least 50 kg and no more than 110 kg at screening. * Clinically normal medical history, physical findings, vital signs, ECG and laboratory values at the time of screening, as judged by the Investigator. * Willing to use highly effective methods of contraception Exclusion Criteria: * History of any clinically significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the subject at risk because of participation in the trial, or influence the results or the subject's ability to participate in the trial. * GFR less than 45 mL/min at screening. * History or present clinically significant psychiatric diagnosis, at discretion of the Investigator. * Any suicidal ideation of type 4 or 5 in the C-SSRS in the past 3 months (i.e. active suicidal thought with intent but without specific plan, or active suicidal thought with plan and intent). * History of seizures, including febrile seizure in childhood. * Any clinically significant illness, medical/surgical procedure or trauma within four (4) weeks of the first administration of IMP. * Any planned major surgery within the duration of the trial. * Any positive result on screening for serum hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). * After 10 minutes supine rest at the time of screening, any vital signs values outside the following ranges: * Systolic blood pressure above 150 mm Hg * Diastolic blood pressure above 90 mm Hg * Heart rate less than 40 or above 90 beats per minute * Prolonged QTcF (above 450 ms for male subjects or 470 ms for female subjects), cardiac arrhythmias or any clinically significant abnormalities in the resting ECG at the time of screening, as judged by the Investigator. * History of severe allergy/hypersensitivity or on-going allergy/hypersensitivity, as judged by the Investigator, or history of hypersensitivity to drugs with a similar chemical structure or class to IRL757. * Use of any prescribed or non-prescribed medication including antacids, analgesics, herbal remedies, vitamins and minerals within two (2) weeks prior to the first administration of IMP * Administration of another new chemical entity (defined as a compound which has not been approved for marketing) or has participated in any other clinical trial that included drug treatment within three (3) months of the first administration of IMP in this trial. * Current smokers or users of nicotine products. Irregular use of nicotine (e.g. smoking, snuffing, chewing tobacco) less than three (3) times per week is allowed before screening visit. * History of alcohol abuse or excessive intake of alcohol, as judged by the Investigator. * Positive screen for drugs of abuse at screening or on admission to the unit or positive screen for alcohol at screening or on admission to the unit prior to administration of the IMP. * Use of anabolic steroids. * Current excessive use of caffeine, as judged by the Investigator. * Plasma donation within one (1) month of screening or any blood donation/blood loss more than 450 mL during the three (3) months prior to screening. * Investigator considers the subject unlikely to comply with trial procedures, restrictions and requirements.