A phase 1 ascending dose study of a subcutaneously administered factor IXa inhibitor and its active control agent.
BACKGROUND: The REG2 anticoagulation system consists of pegnivacogin, a subcutaneously administered aptamer factor IXa inhibitor, and its intravenous control agent, anivamersen. OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses of REG2. PATIENTS/METHODS: In this phase 1a study, 36 healthy volunteers were enrolled into five cohorts and given one dose of pegnivacogin. Cohorts 1 (n = 6) and 1A (n = 4) received 0.5 mg kg(-1); cohort 2 (n = 6) received 1.0 mg kg(-1); cohort 3 (n = 6) received 3.0 mg kg(-1); and cohort 4 (n = 8) received 2.0 mg kg(-1) . In cohorts 1-3, two subjects were randomized to placebo. Cohort 4 subjects were subsequently randomized to single-dose (n = 4) or multidose (n = 4) anivamersen. RESULTS: The mean maximum observed concentrations of pegnivacogin in cohorts 1, 1A, 2 and 3 at median time were 5.16 μg mL(-1) at 84 h, 5.19 μg mL(-1) at 72 h, 9.32 μg mL(-1) at 90 h, and 32.5 μg mL(-1) at 84 h, respectively. The maximum relative activated partial thromboplastin time and time needed to achieve this were 1.18 at 2 days, 1.16 at 2 days, 1.27 at 3 days, and 1.85 at 2 days, respectively. The calculated mean half-life and mean residence times of pegnivacogin were 6.12 days and 9.6 days, respectively. There was rapid reversal with intravenous anivamersen, although subsequent reaccumulation of pegnivacogin was observed. CONCLUSIONS: In our first-in-human study, REG2 was well tolerated and provided dose-proportional anticoagulation for several days after a single subcutaneous dose, with complete, although transient, reversal by its control agent. This study demonstrates the first application of a subcutaneously administered aptamer, and represents a potential advance in aptamer therapeutics.
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- Placebos
- Injections, Subcutaneous
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- Factor IXa
- Double-Blind Method
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Cohort Studies
- Cardiovascular System & Hematology
- Aptamers, Nucleotide
- Anticoagulants
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- Placebos
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Humans
- Factor IXa
- Double-Blind Method
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Cohort Studies
- Cardiovascular System & Hematology
- Aptamers, Nucleotide
- Anticoagulants