Healthy volunteers needed to test safety of experimental NASH drug

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

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects should understand and abide by the research procedures, volunteer to participate, and sign the informed consent form. 2. When signing the informed consent form, subjects should be between 18 and 45 years old (including the boundary values), and both genders are eligible. 3. Male subjects should weigh ≥ 50.0 kg, and female subjects should weigh ≥ 45.0 kg. For the single - dose trial, the body mass index \[BMI = weight (kg) / height² (m²)\] should be within the range of 18.0 - 28.0 kg/m² (including the boundary values). For the multiple - dose trial, the BMI should be within the range of 18.0 - 30.0 kg/m² (including the boundary values). 4. Subjects enrolled in the MAD (Multiple - Ascending - Dose) trial should also meet the requirement that 2.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dL) ≤ LDL - C \< 4.1 mmol/L (160 mg/dL). 5. The results of vital signs, physical examinations, clinical laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, chest X - rays (posteroanterior view), abdominal color Doppler ultrasounds, etc. should be normal, or if judged as abnormal by the investigator, they should be of no clinical significance. 6. Subjects (including their partners) should voluntarily adopt effective contraceptive measures from the screening stage until 3 months after the last drug administration, and should have no plans for sperm or egg donation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects had clinically significant diseases as follows (including but not limited to gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, neurological, hematological, endocrine, neoplastic, pulmonary, immunological, mental, or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases) before screening. 2. Subjects with allergic constitution (allergic to multiple drugs or foods). 3. Subjects who smoked more than 5 cigarettes per day on average within 3 months before screening, or smoked within 48 hours before taking the investigational product, or could not stop using any tobacco products during the trial. 4. Subjects had a history of dysphagia before screening, or had a history of gastrointestinal, hepatic, or renal diseases or surgeries that potentially affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the investigational product (except uncomplicated appendectomy and hernia repair). 5. Subjects had a history of alcoholism within 1 year before screening (consuming 14 units of alcohol per week: 1 unit = 285 mL of beer, or 25 mL of spirits, or 100 mL of wine), or had a positive alcohol breath test during the screening period. 6. Subjects had a history of drug abuse or used drugs within 2 years before screening, or had a positive urine drug screening during the screening period. 7. Subjects donated blood or lost blood ≥ 400 mL within 3 months before screening, or planned to donate blood within 1 month after the end of the trial. 8. Subjects had a history of thyroid diseases, or the thyroid - stimulating hormone (TSH) index in the thyroid function test during the screening period was beyond the normal range. 9. Subjects had a corrected QT interval (QTcF = QT/RR0.33 calculated by the Fridericia formula) of the 12 - lead electrocardiogram \> 450 ms during screening. 10. Subjects had a glomerular filtration rate \< 90 mL/min (the glomerular filtration rate is calculated using the simplified MDRD formula: for men, eGFR = 186 × creatinine (mg/dL)-1.154 × age - 0.203; for women, eGFR = 186 × creatinine (mg/dL)-1.154 × age - 0.203 × 0.742). Note: The unit of creatinine in the formula is mg/dL. When calculating, the creatinine result in μmol/L needs to be converted to mg/dL, and 1 μmol/L = 0.01131 mg/dL. 11. Subjects received vaccination within 1 month before screening, or planned to receive vaccination during the trial. 12. Subjects took inhibitors and/or inducers of CYP3A4, CYP2C8, P - gp, or BCRP within 4 weeks before screening. 13. Subjects took any prescription drugs, over - the - counter drugs, any vitamin products, or Chinese herbal medicines within 14 days before screening. 14. Subjects consumed foods or beverages containing chocolate, caffeine, xanthine, alcohol, or grapefruit within 48 hours before the first drug administration. 15. Subjects developed an acute illness or had concomitant medications from the screening stage to before the first drug administration. 16. Subjects had a history of fainting at the sight of needles or blood, could not tolerate intravenous puncture for blood collection, or had difficulty in blood collection. 17. Lactating or pregnant women, or women of child - bearing potential with a positive pregnancy test. 18. Subjects participated in other clinical trials within 3 months before screening (if the subject withdrew from the study before treatment, that is, was not randomized or did not receive treatment, they can be enrolled in this study). 19. Subjects tested positive for any one of hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C virus antibody, human immunodeficiency virus antibody, or treponema pallidum antibody. 20. Subjects had special dietary requirements and could not accept the unified diet. 21. Subjects with other factors that, in the investigator's opinion, make them inappropriate to participate in this trial.