The Safety and Tolerability Study With ER2001 Intravenous Injection Repetitive Treatment in Adults With Early Manifest Huntington's Disease.

ExoRNA Bioscience

Status and phase: Active, not recruiting; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Huntington Disease

Treatments: Drug: ER2001 injection

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT07344519

ER2001-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an open label, dose escalation clinic trial to evaluate safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics with ER2001 Intravenous Injection repetitive treatment in Huntington's Disease patients who Completed Study ER2001-001（NCT06024265）. Furthermore, pharmacodynamics in particular target engagement, and clinical signs of efficacy will be assessed. This study will evaluate increasing doses of ER2001 in sequential cohorts. ER2001 was escalated over 3 dose levels . The planned duration of this additional treatment is 6 weeks for one course.

Full description

The study include a screening period (4 week prior to the first administration), a treatment period (for 6 consecutive weeks, once a week [QW] for 6 weeks), and a safety follow-up period (12 weeks). Participants will receive 6 injections at the same dose level used in the NCT06024265 study, once a week over a period of 6 consecutive weeks. Planned doses for increase in subsequent cohorts are 0.08, 0.16, and 0.32 mg/kg. Decision to proceed to the next higher dose cohort will be based upon a safety review of the included participants. Treatment will continue until intolerable toxicity or as per patient preference.

Enrollment: 9 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Huntington's Disease patients who Completed Study ER2001-001（NCT06024265）.
2. Patient has documented ability to understand the written study informed consent forms (ICFs) at the time of screening and has provided signed written informed consent prior to any study procedures.
3. HTT gene expansion testing with the presence of ≥40 CAG repeats.
4. Ability to undergo and tolerate MRI scans.
5. Ability to undergo and tolerate lumbar puncture.
6. All HD medications given for motor, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms have been stable for 3 months prior to Screening.
7. Other concomitant medications have been stable for 1 month prior to Screening.
8. organ function measured prior to administration of study treatment.
9. Postmenopausal or evidence of non-childbearing status for women of childbearing potential. Male patients must use a condom during treatment and for 6 months after the last dose of ER2001 when having sexual intercourse with a pregnant woman or with a woman of childbearing potential. Female partners of male patients should also use a highly effective form of contraception if they are of childbearing potential.

Exclusion criteria

1. History of attempted suicide or suicidal ideation with plan (i.e., active suicidal ideation) that required hospital visit and/or change in level of care within 12 months prior to screening.
2. Current active psychosis, confusional state, or violent behavior.
3. Bleeding tendency or history of coagulation disorder; As long as the investigator confirms that there is no evidence of bleeding tendency or coagulation dysfunction at present.
4. ECG with corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 ms and/or indication of uncontrolled cardiac conditions, as judged by the investigator (e.g. unstable ischemia, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, recent (within 3 months) myocardial infarction,congestive heart failure, electrolyte disturbances, etc.)
5. Patients with HIV, Treponema pallidum, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C infection.
6. Need to take antiretroviral drugs, including antiretroviral drugs as preventive treatment.
7. Current or recurrent disease, infection, or other significant concurrent medical condition or medications that could confound clinical and laboratory evaluations or could affect a subject's safety or their ability to undergo the neurosurgical procedure or comply with the procedures and study visit schedule.
8. Clinical diagnosis of chronic migraines.
9. Presence of an implanted deep brain stimulation device, ventriculoperitoneal or other CSF shunt, or other implanted catheter.
10. Preexisting structural brain lesions (such as tumor, arteriovenous malformation) as assessed by a centrally read MRI scan during the screening period.
11. History of gene therapy, RNA or DNA investigational agents, such as antisense oligonucleotides (ASO), cell transplantation or any other experimental brain surgery.
12. Treatment with investigational therapy within 4 weeks prior to screening or 5 drug elimination half-lives of investigational therapy, whichever is longer.
13. Unable or unsafe to perform lumbar puncture on the patient.
14. In the Investigator's judgment, that Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and other dystonia diseases may be combined.
15. Patients who are hypersensitive to any ingredients in the formulation of ER2001.
16. Malignancy within 5 years of screening, except for basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has been successfully treated.
17. Concurrent or planned concurrent participation in any interventional clinical study, including explicit pharmacological and non- pharmacological interventions. Observational studies are acceptable.
18. Any serious medical condition or clinically significant laboratory, vital signs, or abnormalities at screening that, in the Investigator's judgment, precludes the patient's safe participation in and completion of the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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9 participants in 1 patient group

ER2001 Injection

Experimental group

Description:

The minimum initial dose is 0.08mg/kg, then escalate to 0.16mg/kg, and 0.32mg/kg. The planned duration of the treatment is 6 weeks, and ER2001 will be administrated intravenously at the first day of weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Treatment:

Drug: ER2001 injection