NCT05358717CompletedPhase 2
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of PTC518 in Participants With Huntington's Disease (HD)
A Phase 2A, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of PTC518 in Subjects With Huntington's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the safety and pharmacodynamic effects of PTC518 compared with placebo in participants with HD.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 159 (actual)
- First submitted
- 27 Apr 2022
- Start date
- 3 Jun 2022
- Primary completion date
- 7 Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Diseases
- Huntington's disease
- NCT number
- NCT05358717
- EU CT number
- 2023-509835-26-00
- EudraCT number
- 2021-003852-18
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 159
- From 3 Jun 2022 to the primary completion date, 7 Feb 2025
- 27 sites in 11 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
- Receipt of an experimental agent within 90 days or 5 half-lives prior to Screening or anytime over the duration of this study, ribonucleic acid (RNA)- or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-targeted HD-specific investigational agents such as antisense oligonucleotides, cell transplantation, or any other experimental brain surgery
- Participation in an investigational study or investigational paradigm (such as exercise/physical activity, cognitive therapy, brain stimulation, etc) within 90 days prior to Screening or anytime over the duration of this study
Other illness
- Any history of gene therapy exposure for the treatment of HD
- Any medical history of brain or spinal disease that would interfere with the lumbar puncture process safety assessments
- Any medical history or condition that would interfere with the ability to complete the protocol-specified assessments (for example, implanted shunt, conditions precluding magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\] scans)
Other
- Pregnancy, planning on becoming pregnant during the course of the study or within 6 months of end of treatment, or currently breastfeeding
- Note: Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply.
Who the study is looking for
- Genetically confirmed HD diagnosis with a cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeat length from 40 to 50, inclusive
- Eligibility for HD-ISS Stage 2 Group (Parts A, B, and C):
- A Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS)-Independence Scale (IS) score of 100
- A UHDRS Total Functional Capacity (TFC) score of 13
- A score between 0.18 and 4.93 inclusive on the normed version of the HD prognostic index (PINHD)
- Eligibility for HD-ISS Mild Stage 3 Group (Parts D, E, and F):
- A UHDRS Total Functional Capacity (TFC) score of 11 or 12, or a UHDRS TFC score of 13 with an UHDRS IS score of \<100
Age in the registry: 25 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (27)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Completed |
| Monash Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clayton | Australia | Unknown status |
| Westmead Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sydney | Australia | Unknown status |
| The Ottawa Hospital, Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Completed |
| Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bochum | Germany | Completed |
| George-Huntington-Institut GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muenster | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AoR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ulm | Germany | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario de Cruces Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barakaldo | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario De Burgos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burgos | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Angers | France | Completed |
| Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Completed |
| The Barbery National Centre for Mental Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Cardiff University, Schools of Medicine and Biosciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cardiff | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Manchester | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Completed |
| IRCCS Foundation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Completed |
| Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Giovanni Rotondo | Italy | Completed |
| Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leiden | Netherlands | Completed |
| University of Otago, New Zealand Brain Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Christchurch | New Zealand | Unknown status |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston- McGovern Medical School Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Washington Department of Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
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