Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of the adrenomedullin antibody adrecizumab in a first-in-human study and during experimental human endotoxaemia in healthy subjects.

Aims: Adrenomedullin (ADM) is an important regulator of endothelial barrier function and vascular tone, and may represent a novel treatment target in sepsis. The non-neutralizing ADM antibody adrecizumab has shown promising results in preclinical sepsis models. In the present study, we investigated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK)/pharmacodynamics of adrecizumab in a first-in-man study and in a second study during experimental human endotoxaemia.