XBiotech announces enrollment completion of Phase I trial for Hutrukin

XBiotech announces that Hutrukin is being developed by XBiotech as a breakthrough therapy to reduce brain injury after stroke. The last subject in a randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled Phase I dose escalation clinical study has been enrolled. XBiotech discovered, manufactures, and is conducting this clinical study of Hutrukin. The primary objective of the Phase I study is to evaluate safety and pharmacokinetics of Hutrukin in healthy volunteers. Sequential dose escalation was conducted using three cohorts of subjects, each receiving a single intravenous infusion of either placebo or Hutrukin, with eight subjects in each cohort.