Conditions: Plaque Gingivitis
Keywords: Reducing plaque Reducing gingivitis safety proof of concept antiplaque chewing gum
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 135
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This study is to assess the safety and tolerability of single doses and multiple doses in reducing plaque and gingivitis when delivered in a chewing gum formulation.

Detailed description:
This study is a Phase 1/2a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized, dose-escalation study to evaluate the safety and proof of concept of Antiplaque Chewing Gum. This is a 2-part trial with 9 dosing cohorts in Phase 1 and 7 dosing cohorts in Phase 2a. For both phases, the oral soft (OST) and oral hard tissues (OHT) will be examined. Changes from baseline, such as soft tissue erythema, ulceration and sloughing, will be noted and assessments will be made by the principal investigator as to whether they might be attributable to the antiplaque chewing gum.

In the Phase 2a portion of the study, the efficacy of the antiplaque chewing gum in reducing existing supragingival plaque and gingivitis will also be assessed. Plaque will be assessed using the Turesky Modification of the Quigley-Hein Plaque Index (PI, Turesky et al-1970) and gingivitis will be assessed using both the Modified Gingival Index (MGI, Lobene et al-1986) and the percent of bleeding sites on gentle probing (BOP) using the methods described in Ainamo and Bay-1975.

Arms:
arm 1: one 2 mg KSL-W tablet at day 0 at Phase 1 arm 2: one 4 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. one 4 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 4 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 4 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 3: One 6 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. One 6 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 6 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 6 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 4: One 10 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. One 10 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 10 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 10 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 5: One 20 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. One 20 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 20 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 20 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 6: One 30 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. One 30 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 30 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 30 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 7: One 50 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. One 50 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 50 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 50 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 8: One 75 mg KSL-W tablet on day 0 at both Phase 1 and Phase 2a. One 75 mg KSL-W tablet on days 1-6; two 75 mg KSL-W tablets on days 7-13 and days 14-20; and three 75 mg tablets at days 21-27 at Phase 2a. arm 9: one 100 mg KSL-W tablet at day 0 at Phase 1 arm 10: Placebo

Interventions: intervention 1: 2 mg KSL-W intervention 2: 4 mg KSL-W intervention 3: 6 mg KSL-W intervention 4: 10 mg KSL-W intervention 5: 20 mg KSL-W intervention 6: 30 mg KSL-W intervention 7: 50 mg KSL-W intervention 8: 75 mg KSL-W intervention 9: 100 mg KSL-W intervention 10: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None intervention 3: None intervention 4: None intervention 5: None intervention 6: None intervention 7: None intervention 8: None intervention 9: None intervention 10: Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) as an additive, isomalt as a bulk sweetener, peppermint powder for flavoring, sucralose as an intense sweetener, colloidal silicon dioxide is a flow enhancer, magnesium stearate as a process aid, and the proprietary gum base formulation.

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