NCT06944522RecruitingPhase 3
A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Bemdaneprocel in Adults Who Have Parkinson's Disease
exPDite-2: A Phase 3 Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Therapy (Bemdaneprocel) for Participants With Parkinson's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Study BRT-DA01-301 is a Phase 3 multicenter, randomized, sham surgery-controlled, double-blind study to assess efficacy and safety of bemdaneprocel in approximately 102 adults with Parkinson's Disease (PD).
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 102 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- Oct 2028
- Lead sponsor
- BlueRock Therapeutics
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT06944522
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 102
- From 17 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, Oct 2028
- 43 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
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Any current or relevant previous history of serious, severe, or unstable physical, neurological, or psychiatric illness that may interfere with study participation, participant's safety, or assessment of endpoints per investigator's judgment
- Prior treatment with intrajejunal or subcutaneous infusion therapies for PD
- Prior surgical or radiation therapy to the brain, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) and lesion therapy, or prior history of intradural spinal cord surgery
- Contraindication to surgery, general anesthesia, cell therapy, immunosuppression, or other required drugs, or anything that prevents use of PET or MRI
- Current or previously active malignant disease within the past 5 years
- Chronic immunosuppressive therapy
- Receipt of another investigational therapy within 5 half-lives of the active treatment
Other illness
- Diagnosis of primary mitochondrial disorder, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, or clinical features suggestive of a neurodegenerative disease other than PD, including multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, or Lewy body dementia
- History of gene therapy or cell therapy for a neurological or intercerebral condition
- Any history or evidence of infection with HBV or HIV; any active infection with HCV, CMV, syphilis, or latent tuberculosis; and any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator could put the participant at significant risk from immunosuppression or impact the participant's ability to perform study assessments. Exceptions: Treated and resolved TB, syphilis and/or HCV are not exclusionary
Other
- PD presenting with recurrent falls
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Unable to comply with study requirements for any reason
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosis of clinically established PD as defined by the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society
- Individual of any sex ≥45 to ≤75 years of age at informed consent
- Robust and clear response to DA therapy as defined by MDS-UPDRS Part III
- ≥4 and \<12 years from time of PD diagnosis at informed consent
- Must demonstrate responsiveness to levodopa therapy
- Receiving medical therapy for the treatment of PD symptoms
- ≥2.5 hours of daily OFF-time
- Vaccinated per current national guidelines or local practice for patients with altered immunocompetence
Age in the registry: 45 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (43)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clayton | Australia | Recruiting |
| The Alfred Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Melbourne | Australia | Recruiting |
| The Royal Melbourne Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Parkville | Australia | Recruiting |
| NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Randwick | Australia | Recruiting |
| Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Southport | Australia | Recruiting |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Woolloongabba | Australia | Recruiting |
| CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Recruiting |
| University Health Network-Toronto Western Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Recruiting |
| The University of British Columbia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Recruiting |
| Michigan Clinical Research Unit - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Michigan Clinical Research Unit - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Colorado Hospital - Neurology Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Recruiting |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Recruiting |
| Tufts Medical Center - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| UBMD Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Vermont Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burlington | United States | Recruiting |
| Medical University of South Carolina, Movement Disorders Dept. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
| Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Rush University Medical Center - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Duke Neurological Disorders Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Recruiting |
| QUEST Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington Hills | United States | Recruiting |
| UTHealth Houston Neurosciences - Texas Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Recruiting |
| EvergreenHealth - Research Department Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kirkland | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| UCLA NeuroTranslational Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Louisville Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Miami Health System - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Recruiting |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| New York - Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Mount Sinai West - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| UCI Medical Center - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
| Stanford Neuroscience Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Recruiting |
| OHSU Neurology Clinic, South Waterfront Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Recruiting |
| Rhode Island Hospital - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providence | United States | Recruiting |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
| Mayo Clinic Scottsdale - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Scottsdale | United States | Recruiting |
| Banner Sun Health Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sun City | United States | Recruiting |
| USF Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Toledo Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toledo | United States | Recruiting |
| MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Recruiting |
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