Conditions: Orthopoxviral Disease Smallpox Monkey Pox
Keywords: Orthopoxviral Smallpox Monkey pox
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Enrollment: 12
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic parameters and safety of a single dose of ST-246 400mg Form I versus ST-246 400mg Form V capsules in fed normal healthy volunteers.

Detailed description:
This was a Phase I, double-blind, cross-over, single-dose study of the orally administered anti-orthopoxvirus compound, ST-246, to 12 healthy, fed volunteers between the ages of 18 and 50 years. Subjects were randomized such that 6 subjects received either ST-246 Form I (monohydrate) followed 10 days later after a wash-out period by Form V (hemihydrate), and 6 subjects received ST-246 Form V followed by Form I, as for the previous group.

Both forms of ST-246 were similar in the way they were manufactured. The only difference between Form I and Form V may be related to how it dissolves, and this may affect the way that it is absorbed in the human body. Information about any side-effects that may occur will also be collected in this study.

Arms:
arm 1: Each of six subjects receive a single oral 400 mg dose (2×200 mg) of ST-246 Form I (monohydrate) in the first intervention period, followed 10 days later (3 days post-treatment monitoring and 7 days wash-out period) in the second intervention period by a single oral 400 mg dose (2×200 mg) of ST-246 Form V (hemihydrate). Both forms of drug are orally administered within 30 minutes after a standard light meal consisting of 400-450 calories and approximately 25% fat. arm 2: Each of six subjects receive a single oral 400 mg dose (2×200 mg) of ST-246 Form V (hemihydrate) in the first intervention period, followed 10 days later (3 days post-treatment monitoring and 7 days wash-out period) in the second intervention period by a single oral 400 mg dose (2×200 mg) of ST-246 Form I (monohydrate). Both forms of drug are orally administered within 30 minutes after a standard light meal consisting of 400-450 calories and approximately 25% fat.

Interventions: intervention 1: ST-246 Days 1 - 3 intervention 2: ST-246 Days 11 - 13
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: First Intervention is on Days 1 - 3, and includes 6 patients dosed once orally with ST-246 Form I (Arm 1), and 6 patients dosed once orally with ST-246 Form V (Arm 2). intervention 2: Second Intervention is on Days 11 - 13 (after a 3 day post-treatment monitoring and 7 day wash-out period) where the 6 patients previously given ST-246 Form I (Arm 1) are now dosed once orally with ST-246 Form V, and the 6 patients previously given ST-246 Form V (Arm 2) are now dosed once orally with ST-246 Form I.

Protocol document: