A Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of CTX001 in Healthy Adults.

The study drug CTX001 is an investigational treatment for certain diseases where the body does not have enough iron in the bone marrow (the hollow inner parts of bones). Iron is an important part of red blood cells, which are made in the bone marrow. When there is not enough iron in the bone marrow, it can lead to anaemia. Conditions like chronic kidney disease, bone marrow diseases, intestinal diseases, and bleeding disorders all can cause anaemia due to low iron levels, or iron that gets trapped in other body parts like the spleen and cannot get to the bone marrow. Although anemia can sometimes be treated with iron pills or iron infusions, some patients cannot tolerate these treatments and others do not respond to them because either their intestines don't absorb the iron or because the body has improperly stored the iron where it can't be used to make red blood cells. CTX001 is a pill that is swallowed by mouth. Inside the body, CTX001 is expected to bind to iron, help the iron be absorbed by the intestine and help the iron move out of body parts where it might be stuck. If effective, CTX001 could be used to treat anemia in patients with chronic health conditions.