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NCT05575011Active, not recruitingPhase 1

A Study to Learn About the Safety of BIIB115 Injections and How BIIB115 is Processed in the Bodies of Healthy Adult Male Volunteers and of Pediatric Participants With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Who Previously Took Onasemnogene Abeparvovec

A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 1 Single Ascending Dose Study in Healthy Adult Male Volunteers and an Open-Label Multiple Ascending Dose Study With Long-Term Extension in Pediatric SMA Participants Previously Treated With Onasemnogene Abeparvovec (Zolgensma™) to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of BIIB115

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

In this study, researchers will learn about a study drug called BIIB115 in healthy adult male volunteers and in participants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This study will focus on children with SMA. The main objective of the study is to learn about the safety of BIIB115 and how participants respond to different doses of BIIB115. The main question researchers want to answer is: • How many participants have adverse events and serious adverse events during the study? Adverse events are unwanted health problems that may or may not be caused by the study drug. Researchers will also learn about how the body processes BIIB115. They will do this by measuring the levels of BIIB115 in both the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid, also known as the CSF. This is the fluid around the brain and spinal cord. The study will be split into 2 parts - Part A and Part B. During Part A: * After screening, healthy volunteers will be randomly placed into 1 of 4 groups to receive either BIIB115 or a placebo. A placebo looks like the study drug but contains no real medicine. * Participants will receive a single dose of either BIIB115 or the placebo as an injection directly into the spinal canal on Day 1. * Neither the researchers nor the participants will know if the participants will receive BIIB115 or the placebo. * The Part A treatment and follow-up period will last for 13 months. * Participants will have up to 6 clinic visits and 4 phone calls. During Part B: * After screening, children with SMA will be placed into 1 of 2 groups to receive BIIB115. * The doses of each group will be decided based on the results of Part A. * Both researchers and participants will know they are receiving BIIB115. * Participants will first receive 2 total doses of BIIB115 given at 2 different times. * The Part B treatment and follow-up period will last for 24 months. * Participants will have up to 14 clinic visits and 6 phone calls. Part B Long-Term Extension: * After completing the 25 months in Part B, participants may move onto the long-term extension (LTE). * They will receive 5 more doses of BIIB115 at different times. * The Part B LTE treatment and follow-up will last for 60 months. * Participants will have up to 12 more clinic visits and 19 phone calls. In both Part A and Part B, participants will stay in the clinic for 24 hours after each dose so that researchers can check on their health. This 24-hour stay will not be required for the Part B LTE period.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62 (actual)
First submitted
7 Oct 2022
Start date
Oct 2022
Primary completion date
Nov 2031
Lead sponsor
Biogen
NCT number
NCT05575011
EU CT number
2023-505643-39-00
EudraCT number
2022-000956-12

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Participants enrolled: 62
  • From Oct 2022 to the primary completion date, Nov 2031
  • 15 sites in 9 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

  • Chronic, recurrent, or serious infection, as determined by the investigator, within 90 days prior to screening or between screening and Day -1
  • Current enrollment or a plan to enroll in any interventional clinical study of a drug, biologic, or device, in which an investigational treatment or approved therapy for investigational use is administered within 3 months (or 5 half-lives of the agent, whichever is longer) prior to randomization
    • Part B:
  • Severe or serious AEs related to onasemnogene abeparvovec therapy that are ongoing during Screening
  • Interval of \<180 days between onasemnogene abeparvovec therapy and first BIIB115 dose
  • Ongoing steroid treatment following onasemnogene abeparvovec at time of screening
  • Treatment with any SMN2-splicing modifier (nusinersen or risdiplam) after receiving onasemnogene abeparvovec. Treatment with nusinersen \<12 months from the first dose of BIIB115.
  • Clinically significant abnormalities in hematology, blood chemistry parameters, or electrocardiograms (ECGs) prior to first LTE visit that would make the participant unsuitable for inclusion as assessed by the Investigator.
  • Treatment with an approved SMN2-splicing modifier (nusinersen or risdiplam).
    • NOTE: Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Other illness

  • History of any clinically significant cardiac, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hematologic, hepatic, immunologic, metabolic, urologic, pulmonary, neurologic, dermatologic, psychiatric, or renal disease, or other major disease, as determined by the Investigator
  • History of drug induced liver injury or liver failure per Hy's law definition
  • History of thrombotic micrangiopathy
  • Any reason, anatomical or otherwise (including abnormal hematology/coagulation), that presents increase of risk of complication from the LP procedures, CSF circulation, or safety assessments, including a history of hydrocephalus or implanted shunt for CSF drainage.
  • Any new condition or worsening of an existing condition that, according to the Investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for inclusion, could interfere with the assessment of safety, or would compromise the ability of the participant to undergo study procedures.

Other

  • Part A:
  • Any reason, anatomical or otherwise (including abnormal hematology/coagulation), that presents increase of risk of complication from multiple lumbar puncture (LP) procedures required for dosing and CSF collection, per the investigator discretion
  • Permanent ventilation, defined as tracheostomy or ≥16 hours ventilation /day continuously for \>21 days in the absence of an acute reversible event
    • Part B LTE:

Who the study is looking for

  • Part A:
  • Male healthy participants aged 18 to 55 years, inclusive
  • Have a body mass index of 18 to 30 kilograms per meter square (kg/m\^2), inclusive
  • Must be in good health as determined by the investigator, based on medical history and screening evaluations
    • Part B:
  • Age 0.5 to 12 years old, inclusive, at the time of informed consent
  • Weight ≥7 kg at the time of informed consent
  • Genetic diagnosis of SMA (5q SMA homozygous survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene deletion or mutation or compound heterozygous mutation)
  • Survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) copy number ≥1
  • Must have received intravenous (IV) onasemnogene abeparvovec per the approved label or per guidelines including the steroid regimen and monitoring specified therein
  • Treatment with onasemnogene abeparvovec ≥180 days prior to first BIIB115 dose
  • Potential for improvement due to suboptimal clinical status secondary to SMA, as determined by the Investigator
    • Part B LTE
  • Completion of the assessments in Part B
  • Meets age-appropriate institutional criteria for use of anesthesia/sedation, if use is planned for study procedures (as assessed by the Investigator and either anesthesiologist or pulmonologist).

Age in the registry: 6 months to 55 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (15)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
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GentBelgiumActive, not recruiting
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
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OntarioCanadaUnknown status
Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR)
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EssenGermanyActive, not recruiting
Medical Center- University of Freiburg
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Freiburg im BreisgauGermanyActive, not recruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
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HeidelbergGermanyActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
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ParisFranceActive, not recruiting
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
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BloomsburyUnited KingdomUnknown status
Sheffield Childrens Hospital
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SheffieldUnited KingdomUnknown status
Centro Clinico Nemo
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MilanItalyActive, not recruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
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RomeItalyActive, not recruiting
Seoul National University Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Centre for Human Drug Research
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LeidenNetherlandsActive, not recruiting
Universiteit Utrecht
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UtrechtNetherlandsActive, not recruiting
Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki
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LodzPolandActive, not recruiting
Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
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WarsawPolandActive, not recruiting

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