SJ733 Induced Blood Stage Malaria Challenge Study

Summary

This is a single-centre, open-label, study using induced blood stage malaria (IBSM) infection to characterize the activity of (+)-SJ000557733 or SJ733 for short, against early Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection. The study will be conducted in two cohorts (n=8 per cohort). The anticipated efficacious dose range is expected to be within a range of 125 to 600 mg. The dose used in the first cohort was determined on the basis of the safety and PK data generated in the FIM study (NCT02661373) currently ongoing in United States (US) and will be 150 mg. Depending on the pharmacodynamics data (effect of SJ733 on parasitaemia) obtained from this first cohort, the dose in Cohort 2 may be adjusted but will not exceed 600 mg. Based on the PK from all three cohort from the FIM study, the median estimated dose to obtain the target SJ733 AUC of 13,000 (ug hr/L) is 370 mg. The dose of cohort 2 (≤600mg) is intended to provide further concentration-response information in the human challenge model. For Cohort 2 only, a second dose of SJ733 may be administered at peak gametocytaemia to assess if SJ733 can reduce gametocytes and subsequent infectivity to mosquitoes (a washout of \~15 days post initial SJ733 treatment will be observed). Depending on the data obtained from the first two cohorts, there may be a subsequent cohort, with the investigated dose of SJ733 to be determined by the Sponsor and Principal Investigator (PI) and endorsed by the Safety Review Team. Should this third dose be investigated, a substantial amendment including preliminary data from the first two cohorts will be submitted to the HREC for approval.

Timeline

Start

2016-09-13

Primary completion

2016-12-22

Completion

2016-12-22

Publications

• Woodford J, Gillman A, Jenvey P, Roberts J, Woolley S, Barber BE, Fernandez M, Rose S, Thomas P, Anstey NM, McCarthy JS. Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in experimental human malaria to identify organ-specific changes in morphology and glucose metabolism: A prospective cohort study. PLoS Med. 2021 May 26;18(5):e1003567. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003567. eCollection 2021 May.
• Gaur AH, McCarthy JS, Panetta JC, Dallas RH, Woodford J, Tang L, Smith AM, Stewart TB, Branum KC, Freeman BB 3rd, Patel ND, John E, Chalon S, Ost S, Heine RN, Richardson JL, Christensen R, Flynn PM, Van Gessel Y, Mitasev B, Mohrle JJ, Gusovsky F, Bebrevska L, Guy RK. Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and antimalarial efficacy of a novel Plasmodium falciparum ATP4 inhibitor SJ733: a first-in-human and induced blood-stage malaria phase 1a/b trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Aug;20(8):964-975. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30611-5. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

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