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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00790127
Date of registration: 11/11/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Public title: Phase 1/2 Study of HQK-1001 in Patients With Beta Thalassemia
Scientific title: A Multi-National, Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of HQK-1001 in Subjects With Beta Thalassemia Intermedia, Including Hemoglobin E Beta Thalassemia
Date of first enrolment: March 2009
Target sample size: 21
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00790127
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon Thailand United States
Contacts
Name:     Noppadol Siritanaratkul, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Siriraj Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of beta thalassemia intermedia or hemoglobin E beta thalassemia

- Average of the initial two hemoglobin levels of less than 10 g/dL within = 30 days
prior to randomization.

- Age = 12 and = 60 years

- Able and willing to give informed consent or assent (if less than 18 years of age)
and comply with all study procedures

- If female and of childbearing potential, must have a documented negative pregnancy
test at Day -1 and must agree to use one or more locally medically accepted methods
of contraception in the month prior to randomization, through the entire study, and
for 4 weeks after the last dosing of study medication

Exclusion Criteria:

- Spleen palpable = 2 cm below the left costal margin

- Pulmonary hypertension requiring oxygen therapy

- QTc > 450 msec on screening ECG

- Infection with hepatitis C, hepatitis B requiring therapy

- Known infection with HIV

- Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions within 2 months prior to administration of study
medication with stable hemoglobin levels

- Fever greater than 38.5°C in the week prior to administration of study medication

- ALT > 4x upper limit of normal (ULN)

- Baseline elevation of CPK value prior to randomization

- Treatment with hydroxyurea within 2 months prior to administration of study
medication

- Cancer diagnosis within 5 years of randomization (except for non-melanoma cutaneous
malignancies)

- Serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl

- Received investigational systemic therapy within 30 days prior to randomization

- Currently pregnant or breast feeding a child

- Subject history of clinically significant arrhythmias or syncope

- Known current drug or alcohol abuse



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Beta Thalassemia
Intervention(s)
Drug: HQK-1001
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety as assessed by (1) adverse events, (2) laboratory values (3) vital signs (4) physical exam [Time Frame: 168 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pharmacokinetics assessed by plasma drug concentration levels [Time Frame: 140 days]
Pharmacodynamics assessed by red blood cell production and induction of fetal hemoglobin [Time Frame: 168 days]
Secondary ID(s)
HQP-2008-003b
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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