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
Sites (29)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain and Mind Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Camperdown | Australia | Unknown status |
| The Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Parkville | Australia | Unknown status |
| OCT Research ULC (dba Okanagan Clinical Trials) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kelowna | Canada | Unknown status |
| Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | Canada | Unknown status |
| Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| BioBehavioral Research of Austin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Unknown status |
| NeuroBehavioral Medicine Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloomfield Hills | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Missouri, Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Unknown status |
| Ohio State University Nisonger Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| Harmonex Neuroscience Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dothan | United States | Unknown status |
| Cedar Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Draper | United States | Unknown status |
| Cortica Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glendale | United States | Unknown status |
| Red Oak Psychiatry Associates, PA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Suburban Research Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Media | United States | Unknown status |
| Abba Medical Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Neptune City | United States | Unknown status |
| Yale Child Study Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| NRC Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Unknown status |
| Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orangeburg | United States | Unknown status |
| APG Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Unknown status |
| Road Runner Research, Ltd Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| Cortica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Rafael | United States | Unknown status |
| Richmond Behavioral Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Staten Island | United States | Unknown status |
| University of South Florida, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| Family Psychiatry of The Woodlands Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Woodlands | United States | Unknown status |
| Children's National Health System - The Children's Research Institute (CRI) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
| Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, New York State Psychiatric Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | White Plains | United States | Unknown status |
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