Fact CheckerSign in

NCT05262023Active, not recruitingPhase 1/2

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DNL593 in Healthy Participants and Participants With Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD-GRN)

A Phase 1/2, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double Blind Single Dose and Multiple Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DNL593 in Healthy Participants and Participants With Frontotemporal Dementia Followed by an Open-Label Extension

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of single and multiple doses of DNL593 in two parts followed by an optional open-label extension (OLE) period. Part A will evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of single doses of DNL593 in healthy male and healthy female participants of nonchildbearing potential. Part B will evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of multiple doses of DNL593 in participants with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) over 25 weeks. Part B will be followed by Part C, an optional 18-month OLE period available for all participants who complete Part B.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
85 (actual)
First submitted
1 Feb 2022
Start date
1 Feb 2022
Primary completion date
Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
NCT number
NCT05262023
EU CT number
2023-508697-28-00
EudraCT number
2021-005733-16

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Participants enrolled: 85
  • From 1 Feb 2022 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
  • 28 sites in 12 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Have any history of clinically significant neurologic, psychiatric, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic, renal, metabolic, hematologic, immunologic, or allergic disease, or other major disorders
  • Have a history of malignancy, except fully resected basal cell carcinoma or other malignancies at low risk of recurrence
  • Have a clinically significant history of stroke, cognitive impairment due to causes other than FTD, seizure within 5 years of screening, or head trauma with loss of consciousness within 2 years of screening

Lab values

  • Have a positive serum pregnancy test or are currently lactating or breastfeeding

Who the study is looking for

  • Part A:
  • Women of non-childbearing potential (surgically sterilized or post menopausal) or men, aged ≥18 to ≤ 55 years
  • BMI of ≥ 18 to ≤ 32 kg/m²
  • When engaging in sex with a woman of child bearing potential, two forms of birth control are required
    • Part B:
  • Women of non-childbearing potential (surgically sterilized or post menopausal) or men, aged ≥18 to ≤ 80 years. Women who are of childbearing potential but on highly effective, low user dependent contraceptive methods will be allowed.
  • BMI of ≥ 18 to ≤ 32 kg/m²
  • Have a Clinical Dementia Rating® plus National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center frontotemporal lobar degeneration global score ≥ 0.5
  • Have confirmed granulin (GRN) mutation via genetic testing or historical records available for review by investigator
  • When engaging in sex with a woman of child bearing potential, both the male participant and his female partner must use highly effective contraception
    • Part C:
  • All participants who completed Part B of this trial are eligible for an 18-month OLE if the participant has no unresolved clinically significant TEAEs, where continued dosing may represent a risk to participant safety.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (28)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Antwerp University Hospital
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
EdegemBelgiumActive, not recruiting
UZ Leuven
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
LeuvenBelgiumActive, not recruiting
L2IP - Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas Ltda
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BrasíliaBrazilUnknown status
Faculdade de Medicina Da Universidade de São Paulo
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
São PauloBrazilUnknown status
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BogotáColombiaUnknown status
Grupo de Neurosicencias de la Universidad de Antioquia
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
MedellínColombiaUnknown status
Fakultni nemocnice v Motole
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
PragueCzechiaCompleted
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Donostia
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
DonostiaSpainActive, not recruiting
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
SevillaSpainActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
ParisFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Rouen CedexFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Saint-HerblainFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
ToulouseFranceActive, not recruiting
Simbec-Orion
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Merthyr TydfilUnited KingdomUnknown status
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BresciaItalyActive, not recruiting
Careggi University Hospital
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
FlorenceItalyActive, not recruiting
Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
MilanItalyActive, not recruiting
Pia Fondazione Di Culto E Religione Card G Panico
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
TricaseItalyActive, not recruiting
Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
RotterdamNetherlandsRecruiting
CCAB Centro Clinico Academico Braga Associacao
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BragaPortugalActive, not recruiting
Hospital Pedro Hispano
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
MatosinhosPortugalActive, not recruiting
CNS Saude Lda.
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Torres VedrasPortugalActive, not recruiting
John Hopkins University
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California San Francisco
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
IstanbulTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Ondokuz Mayis University Hospital
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
SamsunTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.