Last Update: Dec 02, 2025
A Participant- and Investigator--Blinded, Placebo- Controlled, Randomized, Multipart, Single and Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of OJR520 in Healthy Volunteers and Participants With Chronic Kidney Disease
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
Novartis Reference Number:COJR520A12101
All compounds are either investigational or being studied for (a) new use(s). Efficacy and safety have not been established. There is no guarantee that they will become commercially available for the use(s) under investigation.

Study Description

The purpose of this first-in-human (FIH) study is to evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) of OJR520. This is a three-part randomized, participant- and investigator blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-center, sequential study: single ascending dose (SAD) in healthy volunteers (HV), SAD in participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or diabetic chronic kidney disease (DKD) and multiple ascending dose (MAD) in participants with CKD or DKD.

Chronic Kidney Disease
Phase1
Recruiting
112
Nov 20, 2025
Jul 19, 2027
All
18 Years - 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)

Interventions

Drug

OJR520

Participants will receive OJR520 in different dose levels.
Other

Placebo

Participants will receive OJR520 matching placebo.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Able to provide written informed consent before any assessment is performed.

Part A (HV):

• Healthy male and female participants in good health as determined by past medical history, physical examination, vital signs, 12-lead ECG, and laboratory tests at screening and baseline within the normal range.

Parts B \& C (CKD)

• Male and female participants 18 to 65 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Women of childbearing potential.
* Sexually active males unwilling to use contraception.

Part A (HV):

* Clinically significant abnormal blood pressure, defined as SBP \<90 mmHg or \>140 mmHg or DBP \<55 mmHg or \>95 mmHg.
* Abnormal resting HR, defined as \<45 bpm or \>90 bpm.

Part B \& C (CKD)

* History of, or currently active, significant illness or medical disorders including, but not limited to, cancer (except for non-melanoma skin cancer), heart failure NYHA III-IV, heart rhythm abnormalities (e.g., atrial fibrillation, sick sinus syndrome, permanent pacemaker), CKD due to autoimmune disease, kidney transplant, dialysis or any other disease the investigator believes may preclude the participant from participating in the this study.
* Clinically significant aortic stenosis or mitral insufficiency as identified via echocardiography.
* History of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or transient ischemic attack (TIA).

Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Quotient Sciences Sea View

Recruiting

Miami,Florida,33126,United States

Juliet Vento
Rachel Narino

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