Soon a clinical trial will start at ICON with a new compound that may be used for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases. Cardiometabolic diseases are a group of chronic diseases that can affect the cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels) and the metabolic health (such as blood sugar, fat and energy balance in the body).
In this trial, we investigate how safe the new compound is and how well it is tolerated when it is administered to healthy participants. Furthermore, we investigate how the compound works in the body and what the body does to the compound. The trial consists of 3 parts, Part A, Part B and Part C. In Part A and Part B, we compare the effects of the compound with the effects of a placebo. A placebo is a compound without any active ingredient. In Part C we will look at the effect of food on the uptake of the study compound.
The compound has not been used by humans before. It has been extensively tested in the laboratory and on animals.
This trial is not intended to improve your health but is necessary for the further development of this compound. The trial will only take place after it has been approved by the Independent Ethics Committee (METC) and the
Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO).