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NCT05081245CompletedPhase 2

ML-004 in Adolescents and Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

A Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel Group, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of ML-004 in Adolescents and Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

ML-004-002 is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study that will enroll approximately 150 adolescent and adult subjects with ASD. The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of ML-004 compared with placebo in the improvement of social communication deficits in subjects with ASD.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
168 (actual)
First submitted
5 Oct 2021
Start date
Sept 2022
Primary completion date
Mar 2026
Lead sponsor
MapLight Therapeutics
Diseases
Autism
NCT number
NCT05081245

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 168
  • From Sept 2022 to the primary completion date, Mar 2026
  • 29 sites in 3 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Has participated in any other study and received any other investigational medication (other than COVID-19 vaccination) or device within 60 days prior to screening

Other illness

  • Has Rett syndrome or Child Disintegrative Disorder
  • History of epilepsy without current adequate control, or any seizure in the 6 months preceding screening
  • History of suicidal ideation or behavior in the past 12 months, or a positive response to C-SSRS questions 4 and/or 5
  • Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg (if adult) or \>135 mmHg (if adolescent), or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 (if adult) or \>85 mmHg (if adolescent), or a clinical history of uncontrolled or severe hypertension

Other

  • If female, is pregnant or lactating

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 12 to 45 at screening
  • Has a designated care/study partner who can reliably report on symptoms
  • Has a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Has a body mass index (BMI) 18 through 34 kg/m², inclusive
  • Full scale IQ (or equivalent) ≥55 score, with adequate verbal fluency, as determined by the Principal Investigator.
  • Psychoactive medications and adjunctive therapies are stable for 4 weeks prior to screening
  • Must be able to swallow study medication

Age in the registry: 12 years to 45 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (29)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Brain and Mind Centre
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CamperdownAustraliaUnknown status
The Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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ParkvilleAustraliaUnknown status
OCT Research ULC (dba Okanagan Clinical Trials)
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KelownaCanadaUnknown status
Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre
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LondonCanadaUnknown status
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
BioBehavioral Research of Austin
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AustinUnited StatesUnknown status
NeuroBehavioral Medicine Group
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Bloomfield HillsUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Missouri, Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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ColumbiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Ohio State University Nisonger Center
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
Harmonex Neuroscience Research
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DothanUnited StatesUnknown status
Cedar Clinical Research
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DraperUnited StatesUnknown status
Cortica Healthcare
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GlendaleUnited StatesUnknown status
Red Oak Psychiatry Associates, PA
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Suburban Research Associates
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MediaUnited StatesUnknown status
Abba Medical Group
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
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Neptune CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Yale Child Study Center
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New HavenUnited StatesUnknown status
NRC Research Institute
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OrangeUnited StatesUnknown status
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
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OrangeburgUnited StatesUnknown status
APG Research, LLC
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OrlandoUnited StatesUnknown status
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, Clinical Research
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
Virginia Commonwealth University
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RichmondUnited StatesUnknown status
Road Runner Research, Ltd
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San AntonioUnited StatesUnknown status
Cortica
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San RafaelUnited StatesUnknown status
Richmond Behavioral Associates
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Staten IslandUnited StatesUnknown status
University of South Florida, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status
Family Psychiatry of The Woodlands
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The WoodlandsUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's National Health System - The Children's Research Institute (CRI)
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status
Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, New York State Psychiatric Institute
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White PlainsUnited StatesUnknown status

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