An Open-Label Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Oral NNZ-2591 in Angelman Syndrome

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Angelman Syndrome
• Interventions: Drug: NNZ-2591

• Registration Number: NCT05011851
• Lead Sponsor: Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited

Brief Summary

A study of the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of NNZ-2591 and measures of efficacy in children and adolescents with Angelman syndrome

Detailed Description

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of treatment with NNZ-2591 oral solution, 50mg/L, in children and adolescents with Angelman syndrome. The secondary purpose is to investigate measures of efficacy of subjects will receive treatment of 50mg/mL orally administered NNZ-2591 for a total of 13 weeks

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-13
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-18
• Study Start: 2022-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2024-05-13
• Study Completion: 2024-07-16
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

1. Clinical diagnosis of AS with a documented disease-causing genetic etiology known to impact maternally derived UBE3A expression in brain.
2. Males or females aged 3-17 years
3. Body Weight of >12Kg
4. Subjects with a Clinical Global Impression - Severity (CGI-S) score of 3 or greater
5. Not actively undergoing regression or loss of skills, defined as no persistent loss of previously acquired developmental skills for a period within 3 months of the Screening visit
6. Each subject must be able to swallow the study medication provided as a liquid solution.
7. Caregiver(s) must have sufficient English language skills.

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Exclusion Criteria

1. Mosaicism for disease-causing mutation.
2. Clinically Significant abnormalities in safety laboratory testing or vital signs at screening
3. Abnormal QTcF interval or prolongation at Screening.
4. Positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and previous COVID 19 infection with last 12 months that required hospitalization.
5. Unstable or changes to Psychotropic treatment 2 weeks prior to screening .
6. Excluded concomitant treatments
7. Actively undergoing regression or loss of skills.
8. Unstable seizure profile.
9. Current clinically significant renal conditions and abnormalities
10. Current clinically significant cardiovascular, hepatic, gastrointestinal, respiratory, endocrine disease, or clinically significant organ impairment.
11. Current clinically significant hypo or hyperthyroidism, Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin (whether well controlled or uncontrolled), or uncontrolled Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
12. Has planned surgery during the study.
13. History of, or current, cerebrovascular disease or brain trauma.
14. History of, or current catatonia or catatonia-like symptoms.
15. History of, or current, malignancy.
16. Current major or persistent depressive disorder (including bipolar depression).
17. Significant, uncorrected visual or uncorrected hearing impairment.
18. Allergy to strawberry.
19. Positive pregnancy test
20. Subject is judged by the Investigator or Medical Monitor to be inappropriate for the study

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
NNZ-2591	NNZ-2591	NNZ-2591 oral solution (50mg/mL) to be administered twice daily dose for 13 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pharmacokinetic - Measurement of time to Cmax	13 weeks	Time to Cmax of NNZ-2591
Safety and Tolerability	13 weeks	To examine the incidence, severity and frequency of adverse events (AEs), including serious adverse events (SAEs) during treatment with NNZ-2591.
Pharmacokinetic - Measurement of Cmax	13 weeks	Maximum observed concentration (Cmax) of NNZ-2591
Pharmacokinetic - Measurement of AUC	13 weeks	Area under the concentration-time curve of NNZ-2591
Pharmacokinetic - Measurement of t1/2	13 weeks	Apparent terminal elimination half-life of NNZ-2591

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exploratory efficacy measurement	13 weeks	Assessed by Impact of Childhood Neurological Disability (ICND)-Overall quality of life rating

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Sydney Children's Hospital; 🇦🇺 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Austin Health; 🇦🇺 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Centre for Clinical Trials in Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service; 🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia