Clinical trial • Phase I/II • Neurology|Rare Disease
Adeno-associated viral vector serotype rh10 containing the human cholesterol 24-hydroxylase gene (human CYP46A1) for Huntington's disease|Early manifest Huntington's disease
Phase I/II trial of Adeno-associated viral vector serotype rh10 containing the human cholesterol 24-hydroxylase gene (human CYP46A1) for Huntington's dise…
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Neurology|Rare Disease
- Trial Disease
- Huntington's disease|Early manifest Huntington's disease
- Trial Stage
- Phase I/II
- Drug Modality
- Gene therapy|Small molecule|Radiopharmaceutical|Diagnostic agent
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 29-02-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 22-03-2024
Trial design
open-label, adaptive Phase I/II trial in France.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Adaptive
- True, dose-finding (dose escalation) followed by a dose expansion part; main objective includes selection of dose for the Expansion Part (specific escalation rules not provided here).
- Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 18
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 364
Eligibility
Recruits 18 Vulnerable population selected; participants must be able to provide Informed Consent. Inclusion criteria require subjects to be able to provide Informed Consent; no information on assent or proxy consent is provided in the available documents..
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable population selected; participants must be able to provide Informed Consent. Inclusion criteria require subjects to be able to provide Informed Consent; no information on assent or proxy consent is provided in the available documents.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Male or Female subjects between ages 18 and 65 years (both inclusive) at time of consenting, able to provide Informed Consent and able to understand and comply with all study procedures."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Documented genetic confirmation of pathological CAG expansion in the huntingtin gene ≥ 40"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Early manifest HD as defined by a UHDRS total functional capacity (TFC) score of 9 to 13 and a diagnostic classification level (DCL) of 4, or a DCL of 3 if present with cognitive impairment and clear evidence of disease progression."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Striatal MRI volumes per hemisphere compatible with the local delivery of the study drug: Putamen ≥ 2.3 cm3 (per side); Caudate ≥ 1.7 cm3 on Screening MRI."}
- {"criterion_text":"- All HD concomitant medications are stable for at least 30 days prior to screening at the investigator’s discretion."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with prior metastatic neoplasms"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with active psychosis"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with confused state"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with violent and/or suicidal behavior"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with prior strokes"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with intracranial hemorrhage"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with active infection"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with contraindication to MRI or gadolinium and any other medical condition that in the investigator’s opinion would interfere with the study conduct and assessments will be excluded."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs), Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) through Week 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence of DLTs, TEAEs and SAEs assessed through Week 52 (safety/tolerability assessment over 52 weeks)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Magnitude and variability of change from baseline in anatomical and volumetric measures of brain regions impacted by HD (caudate, putamen, whole brain volume, grey matter volume, white matter volume, ventricular volume) as assessed by MRI at Week 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in anatomical and volumetric brain measures assessed by MRI at Week 52."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in the Unified Huntington’s Disease Rating Scale composite score [cUHDRS: Total Motor Score (TMS), Total Functional Capacity (TFC), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) and Stroop Word Reading (SWRT)] at Week 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in cUHDRS composite score components at Week 52."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) mHTT, Neurofilament light chain (NfL), and 24-OH cholesterol at Week 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Biomarker concentration changes in blood and CSF for mHTT, NfL and 24-OH cholesterol at Week 52."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) metabolic profile (measuring lactate, N-acetyl aspartate, creatine, choline, glutamate, glutamine, glutathione, taurine, and myo-inositol) at Week 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MRS metabolic profile measuring listed metabolites at Week 52."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) striatal profile at Week 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in FDG-PET striatal profile at Week 52."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 18
- Recruitment Window Months
- 78
- Consent Approach
- Participants must be able to provide Informed Consent (inclusion criterion). Age range 18–65. Subject information and informed consent forms are listed (French versions available). No information on assent or proxy consent in the available documents.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 1
- Total Number Of Participants
- 18
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 16-01-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 24-11-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 678
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 18
Sites
- Site Name
- Institut Du Cerveau Et De La Moelle Epiniere
- Department Name
- 75
- Principal Investigator Name
- Alexandra Durr
- Principal Investigator Email
- alexandra.durr@icm-institute.org
- Contact Person Name
- Alexandra Durr
- Contact Person Email
- alexandra.durr@icm-institute.org
- Number Of Participants
- 18
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- AskBio France
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Metabolon Inc.","duties_or_roles":"lipidomics analyses, metabolic profile","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Ixico Technologies Limited","duties_or_roles":"Central Imaging Service","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Australia","full_name":"Zindametrix Pty Limited","duties_or_roles":"Cognitive and behavioural tests.","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Sweden","full_name":"Olink Proteomics AB","duties_or_roles":"proteomics","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Precision For Medicine Inc.","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Bayer AG","duties_or_roles":"Statistical analysis; Medical Writing; Medical Expertise; Data Management; E-data capture; Safety Reporting","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Institut Du Cerveau Et De La Moelle Epiniere","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- AB-1001
- Active Substance
- Adeno-associated viral vector serotype rh10 containing the human cholesterol 24-hydroxylase gene (human CYP46A1)
- Modality
- Gene therapy
- Routes Of Administration
- Intracerebral use
- Route
- Intracerebral use
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus:1
- First In Human
- Yes
- Frequency
- One-time administration
- Investigational Product Name
- METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE
- Active Substance
- METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- Injection
- Route
- Injection
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus:2
- Investigational Product Name
- FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE (18F)
- Active Substance
- FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE (18F)
- Modality
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Routes Of Administration
- Injection
- Route
- Injection
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus:2
- Investigational Product Name
- GADOTERIC ACID
- Active Substance
- GADOTERIC ACID
- Modality
- Diagnostic agent
- Routes Of Administration
- Direct intravenous injection (pre-filled syringe)
- Route
- Intravenous injection
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus:2
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