Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ASC41 in Overweight and Obese Subjects
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04686994 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 29, 2020
Last Update Posted : April 8, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Overweight and Obesity NAFLD Hyperlipidemia | Drug: ASC 41 Drug: ASC 41 Placebo | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Parallel Assignment 3:1 ratio |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase Ib Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (Biomarkers) of ASC41 Tables in Overweight and Obese Subjects |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 22, 2020 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 19, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 7, 2021 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ASC41
ASC41 two tablets, once daily, from Day 1 to Day 28.
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Drug: ASC 41
Oral tablets |
Placebo Comparator: ASC41 placebo
ASC41 placebo two tablets, once daily, from Day 1 to Day 28.
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Drug: ASC 41 Placebo
Oral tablets |
- Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability] [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Occurrence of Serious Adverse Event (SAE), Adverse Event (AE) resulting in treatment discontinuation and/or dose reductions, and AE of special interest, from baseline up to 28 days
- AUC of ASC41 [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Evaluate the Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve after multiple oral doses of ASC41 tablets.
- Cmax of ASC41 [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Evaluate the Peak Plasma Concentration after single and multiple oral doses of ASC41 tablets.
- t1/2 of ASC41 [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Evaluate the Terminal-Phase Half-Life after single and multiple oral doses of ASC41 tables.
- CL/F of ASC41 [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Evaluate the Apparent Systemic Clearance after multiple oral dose of ASC41 tables.
- Vd/F of ASC41 [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Evaluate the Apparent Systemic Clearance after multiple oral dose of ASC41 tables.
- Tmax of ASC41 [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]Evaluate the Time to reach the maximum plasma concentration after multiple oral doses of ASC41 tables.
- LDL-C and other lipid parameters [ Time Frame: Up to 28 days ]To evaluate the effect of multiple doses of ASC41 tablets on LDL-C and other lipid parameters (TG, TC, HDL-C, etc.) .

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 59 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- 23kg/m2 ≤ BMI <40kg/m2.
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- A history of thyroid disease.
- A positive HBsAg, HCV Ab and/or HIV Ab.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04686994
China, Hunan | |
Hunan provincial people's hospital | |
Changsha, Hunan, China |
Responsible Party: | Gannex Pharma Co., Ltd. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04686994 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ASC41-104 |
First Posted: | December 29, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 8, 2021 |
Last Verified: | December 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Overweight and Obesity NAFLD Hyperlipidemia LDL-C NASH |
Hyperlipidemias Hyperlipoproteinemias Overweight Body Weight |
Dyslipidemias Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases |