A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of AG-946 in Healthy Volunteers and in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease

Exclusion Criteria

• •SAD and MAD
• •Participant has previously enrolled in this study or has received an investigational drug with 3 months or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study treatment;
• •Participant has previously received AG-946, except for participants who are dosing in the fed portion of the food-effect group;
• •Participant has a heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) interval using Fridericia correction method (QTcF) \>450 milliseconds (ms) at screening;
• •Participant has used over-the-counter medication (excluding routine vitamins) within 7 days of the first dose of study treatment, unless agreed as not clinically relevant;
• •Participant has used acetaminophen greater than 2 grams (g) in any 24-hour period up to 48 hours before the first dose of study treatment;
• •Participants has clinically relevant screening laboratory tests results outside the normal range;
• •Participant has a history of any relevant cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, chronic respiratory, or gastrointestinal disease; or hematologic, lymphatic, neurologic, endocrine, psychiatric, musculoskeletal, genitourinary, immunologic, dermatologic, or connective tissue disease or disorders;
• •Participant has a history of serious mental illness, that includes, but is not limited to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression;
• •Participant has a history of any primary malignancy, except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin or cervical carcinoma in situ or other malignancies that have been curatively treated and with no evidence of disease for at least 5 years before screening;
• •Participant has had surgery within 6 months before the first dose of study treatment;
• •Participant has a preexisting condition that interferes with normal gastrointestinal anatomy or motility, and/or hepatic and/or renal function that could interfere with the absorption, metabolism, and/or excretion of the study treatment or has previously undergone cholecystectomy;
• •Participant has systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥140 mm Hg or a diastolic BP of ≥90 mm Hg after 10 minutes rest at screening or before the first dosing of study treatment;
• •Participant has medical or psychological condition deemed by the Investigator to be likely to interfere with the volunteer's ability to provide informed consent, cooperate, and/or participate in the study;
• •Participant has a known allergy to any of the excipients or components of the study treatment;
• •Participant tests positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection -1 or -2 Ab;
• •Participant has donated blood, had blood loss of more than 500 milliliters (mL), or has received transfusion of blood or plasma within 3 months before screening;
• •Participant has a history of illicit drug abuse or alcoholism within the last 1 year before screening;
• •Participant has consumed more than 21 units of alcohol a week within the last 1 year before screening;
• •Participant has used prescription drugs within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of study treatment;
• •Participant has a positive screen for drugs of abuse or urinary cotinine \>200 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) at screening or admission; or a positive screen for alcohol (via urine analysis) at admission;
• •Participant cannot communicate reliably with the Investigator;
• •Participant cannot or is unlikely to cooperate with the requirements of the study;
• •Participant has any conditions that, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the volunteer unsuitable for enrollment or could interfere with the volunteer's participation in, or completion of, the study;
• •Participant has known glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency or G6PD activity below the lower limit of the normal range at the screening visit.
• •SCD
• •Participant is a candidate for potentially curative treatment with bone marrow transplantation, and for whom participation in this study would delay or preclude such definitive treatment;
• •Participant has documented history of pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD) or red blood cell-specific form of pyruvate kinase (PKLR) mutation;
• •Participant has had more than 6 vaso-occlusive crisis (VOCs) within the past 12 months that required a hospital, emergency room, or clinic visit;
• •Participant is receiving regularly scheduled red blood cell (RBC) transfusion therapy, and/or has received a transfusion within the past 3 months before the first dose of AG-946;
• •Participant is currently receiving treatment with voxelotor or any other agent intended to increase hemoglobin (Hb)-oxygen affinity;
• •Participant has a significant medical condition that confers an unacceptable risk to participating in the study, and/or that could confound the interpretation of the study data as follows:
• •1. Poorly controlled hypertension (defined as systolic BP \>150 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or diastolic BP \>90 mm Hg) refractory to medical management
• •2. Any history of congestive heart failure; myocardial infarction; unstable angina pectoris; hemorrhagic, embolic, or thrombotic stroke; or recent venous thrombosis or pulmonary or arterial embolism
• •3. Cardiac dysrhythmias judged as clinically significant by the Investigator
• •4. QTcF \>450 milliseconds (ms), unless related to right or left bundle branch block
• •5. Clinically symptomatic cholelithiasis or cholecystitis
• •6. History of drug-induced cholestatic hepatitis
• •7. Iron overload sufficiently severe to result in a clinical diagnosis by the Investigator of cardiac, hepatic, or pancreatic dysfunction
• •8. Have a diagnosis of any other congenital or acquired blood disorder, or any other hemolytic process as defined by a positive direct antiglobulin test, except for mild alloimmunization as a consequence of transfusion therapy
• •9. Positive test for HBsAg, or positive test for HCV Ab with evidence of active virus infection
• •10. Positive test for HIV-1 or -2 Ab
• •11. Active infection requiring the use of parenteral antimicrobial agents or Grade ≥3 in severity
• •12. Diabetes mellitus judged to be under poor control by the Investigator or requiring \>2 antidiabetic agents, including insulin
• •13. History of any primary malignancy, except for curatively treated nonmelanoma skin cancer, cervical or breast carcinoma in situ, prostate cancer, or other primary tumor treated with curative intent, no known active disease present, and no treatment administered during the last 3 years before Screening
• •14. Unstable extramedullary hematopoiesis that could pose a risk of imminent neurologic compromise
• •15. Current or recent history of a psychiatric disorder
• •Participant is currently enrolled in another therapeutic clinical trial involving ongoing therapy with any investigational or marketed product or placebo;
• •Participant has had exposure to any investigational drug within 3 months or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, before the first dose of AG-946;
• •Participant has had exposure to any investigational device or invasive procedure within 3 months before the first dose of AG-946;
• •Participant has a history of major surgery within 6 months of providing informed consent;
• •Participant has had a prior bone marrow or stem cell transplant;
• •Participant is currently pregnant or breastfeeding;
• •Participant has received medications that are strong inhibitors of permeability-glycoprotein (P-gp) within 5 days or a time frame equivalent to 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of AG-946;
• •Participant has received hematopoietic stimulating agents within 28 days before the first dose of AG-946;
• •Participant has a known allergy to any of the excipients found in AG-946.