New IBD drug candidate SPH7854 begins first human safety tests
NCT ID NCT06483373
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase study tests the safety of a new drug called SPH7854 in 111 healthy adults. Participants receive either the drug or a placebo, and researchers monitor side effects and how the drug moves through the body. The goal is to see if it is safe enough to test in people with inflammatory bowel disease in future studies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SPH7854 granules
- What this could lead to
- If safe and well-tolerated, this could pave the way for testing SPH7854 as a potential treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial in healthy people, not patients. It only checks safety and drug processing, not whether the drug works for IBD. Many drugs fail at this stage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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About 111 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- 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 45 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: 1. Volunteer to participate in clinical research; Fully understand and know the study and sign the informed consent; 2. Healthy volunteers; 3. Before receiving the investigational drug, the examination results were normal or clinically insignificant; 4. Subjects who have no fertility plan/sperm donation/egg donation plan and voluntarily take effective contraceptive measures, from signing the informed consent to the prescribed time after the last dosing. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Female subjects who are breastfeeding or have positive pregnancy results; 2. Subjects with chronic, unstable, or recurrent disease or surgery history who are judged by the investigator to be ineligible before signing informed consent; 3. Subjects suffering from allergic diseases or having a history of severe allergies; 4. Subjects who took the drug or food prohibited by the protocol prior to the first dose; 5. Subjects with evidence of infection who could not be enrolled according to the investigator's judgement; 6. Other circumstances that meet the protocol exclusion criteria.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, China
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