Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) Equivalence Study of MSB11456

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to compare the PK/PD of a single injection of investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) MSB11456, US licensed Actemra and EU approved RoActemra in healthy adult subjects.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fresenius Kabi SwissBioSim GmbH; Merck KGaA

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male and female subjects, 18 to 55 years of age, with a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 29.9 kilogram per meter square (kg/m^2).

• Subjects who are on adequate contraception as defined in the protocol and are willing and able to comply with the scheduled study visits, Investigational medicinal product (IMP) administration, safety laboratory tests, and all other study procedures.

• Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with history and/or current presence of clinically significant atopic allergy (for example, asthma including childhood asthma, urticaria, angio-edema, eczematous dermatitis).

• Subjects with hypersensitivity or allergic reactions, including known or suspected clinically relevant drug hypersensitivity to any components of the IMP formulations, comparable drugs, or to latex.

• Subjects who have active or latent tuberculosis as indicated by a positive QuantiFERON®-Tuberculosis (TB) Gold test or a history of tuberculosis, lifetime history of invasive systemic fungal infections (for example, histoplasmosis) or other opportunistic infections, including recurrent or chronic local fungal infections, frequent (more than 3 per year requiring treatment) chronic or recurrent infections, having previously been treated with tocilizumab or taken a recombinant monoclonal antibody.

• Subjects who have received a live vaccine within 12 weeks before enrolling in this study or planning for any such vaccination during the study or within 4 months after IMP administration.

• Other protocol defined exclusion criteria could apply.