๐ฌIn plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
This Phase 2a clinical study (GIANTS-1) aims to evaluate a novel dual-combination strategy using GI-102 and GIB-7 to address key pathological features of aging, including immunosenescence (the aging of the immune system), metabolic dysfunction, and gut-brain-muscle axis dysregulation.
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๐ Eligibility rules (as published)
Key Inclusion Criteria:
1. Must be aged between โฅ18 and โค80 years old at the time of informed consent.
2. At the discretion of the Investigator, must be in a state of general health that is not severely compromised (ie, no life-threatening illness or disability).
3. Participants with a history of cancer may be included only if they meet one of the following:
1. Participants have been disease-free for โฅ2 years; OR
2. For those diagnosed within 2 years:
* The cancer was treated with curative intent (eg, surgery, anti-cancer agents including chemotherapy)
* Participants have been in remission for โฅ12 months
* Participants are not on any active cancer treatment except maintenance therapies (eg, endocrine therapy or bisphosphonates)
* Participants must have received systemic anti-cancer therapies without immunotherapy for their cancers
4. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP; see definition in Section 5.3) must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception from 14 days prior to Visit 2 until 180 days after the last dose of study medication (GI-102 or GIB-7). Fertile men must agree to use an acceptable method of contraception from 14 days prior to Visit 2 until 90 days after the last dose of study medication (GI-102 or GIB-7).
Key Exclusion Criteria:
1. Severe and poorly managed chronic diseases, such as advanced cardiovascular disease, kidney failure requiring transplant or dialysis, uncontrolled diabetes, detectable malignancy (โค 2 years), severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or untreatable, terminal cancer as judged by the Investigator or history of life threatening infection (eg, meningitis).
2. Dependent on walkers or wheelchairs; severe difficulty or inability to perform activities of daily living independently or inability to perform study measures required to test muscle function (an amputee is eligible if participants can walk without walkers or wheelchair) as judged by the Investigator.
3. Major surgery within the past 6 months or scheduled during the study period, including severe orthopedic diseases requiring joint replacement surgery.
4. History of substance abuse or dependency or history of recreational IV drug use over the last 5 years (by self-declaration).
5. Female participants who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding during the study period. Participants undergoing perimenopause or the menopause transition are eligible.