NCT07326709RecruitingPhase 3
A Study to Investigate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Votoplam in Participants With Huntington's Disease
A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Votoplam in Participants With Huntington's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose is to assess safety and tolerability of votoplam and to determine whether votoplam slows disease progression in patients with early symptomatic Huntington's disease (HD) compared to the control arm. HTT227 - current compound code (former code is PTC518 from PTC Therapeutics), HTT227 is Novartis code under Novartis sponsorship.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 770 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Primary completion date
- 2 Apr 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Diseases
- Huntington's disease
- NCT number
- NCT07326709
- EU CT number
- 2025-522227-99-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 770
- From 24 Mar 2026 to the primary completion date, 2 Apr 2030
- 168 sites in 33 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.
Prior treatment
- Women of childbearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant from menarche until becoming post-menopausal, unless they have had surgical bilateral oophorectomy (with or without hysterectomy), total hysterectomy or bilateral salpingectomy at least six weeks before taking study treatment. In the case of oophorectomy alone, the reproductive status of the woman needs to have been confirmed by follow-up hormone level assessment.
- o WOCBP are excluded unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception (failure rate \< 1% per year) while taking study treatment and for 8 months after stopping study treatment.
Other illness
- History of gene therapy or cell transplantation or any other experimental brain surgery for the treatment of HD
- Serologic evidence for active viral hepatitis as indicated by:
- positive anti-HBc IgM
- positive anti-HBc IgG confirmed by positive HBsAg and/or HBV DNA
- positive HCV ab test confirmed by positive HCV RNA
- Immunodeficiency diseases, including a positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test result
Lab values
- History or current diagnosis of ECG or cardiac abnormalities indicating significant risk of safety for participants such as:
- Concomitant clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias, e.g., sustained ventricular tachycardia, and clinically significant second- or third-degree AV block without a pacemaker
- History of familial long QT syndrome or known family history of Torsade de Pointes
Other
- Pregnant or nursing (breastfeeding) women
- Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
Who the study is looking for
- Signed informed consents must be obtained prior to participation in the study
- Ambulatory male or female participants between 21 to 70 years of age, inclusive, on the day of Informed Consent signature
- Genetically confirmed HD diagnosis with a cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeat length of 40 or above. Participants must have prior genetic confirmation and known CAG repeat length obtained prior to screening.
- Meets all of the following criteria:
- UHDRS IS score ≥90
- UHDRS TFC score = 13
- UHDRS TMS score = 7-25, inclusive
- CAP100 ≥ 70 Calculation: CAP = Age at study entry × (CAG length - 30) / 6.49
Age in the registry: 21 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (168)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Recruiting |
| Instituto Argentino de Investigación Neurológica (IADIN) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Recruiting |
| Centro de Investigaciones Metabólicas (CINME) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad de | Argentina | Recruiting |
| Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Recruiting |
| Medical University of Vienna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vienna | Austria | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Caulfield South | Australia | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Recruiting |
| UZ Leuven Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leuven | Belgium | Recruiting |
| Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment In Neurology And Psychiatry St. Naum EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| Alexandrovska University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| CUSM Montreal Neurological Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Recruiting |
| Centre de Recherche du CHUM Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Recruiting |
| North York General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | North York | Canada | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Basel | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muri bei Bern | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Recruiting |
| The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changsha | China | Recruiting |
| West China Hospital of Sichuan Uni Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fuzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Recruiting |
| The Second Affiliated Hosp Of Zhejiang Univ School Of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Recruiting |
| Tongji Hos Affiliated Tongji Medical College of Huazhong Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Medellín | Colombia | Recruiting |
| Fakultni Nemocnice U Sv Anny V Brne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brno-Stred | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aachen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Recruiting |
| Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bochum | Germany | Recruiting |
| Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bonn | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden an der Technischen Universitaet Dresden AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dresden | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duesseldorf | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Erlangen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Medical Center- University of Freiburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Luebeck | Germany | Recruiting |
| George-Huntington-Institut GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muenster | Germany | Recruiting |
| kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taufkirchen (Vils) | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tuebingen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AoR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ulm | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuerzburg | Germany | Recruiting |
| Rigshospitalet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen Oe | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario de Badajoz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Badajoz | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario de Cruces Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barakaldo | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario De Burgos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burgos | Spain | Recruiting |
| Bellvitge University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | L'hospitalet De Llobregat | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Son Espases Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palma | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Recruiting |
| North Karelia Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Joensuu | Finland | Not yet recruiting |
| Turku University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turku | Finland | Not yet recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens Picardie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amiens Cedex 1 | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Angers | France | Recruiting |
| Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Recruiting |
| Hospices Civils de Lyon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bron | France | Recruiting |
| Chu Gabriel Montpied Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Creteil Cedex | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grenoble Cedex 9 | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lille Cedex | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montpellier Cedex 5 | France | Recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poitiers | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint-Herblain | France | Recruiting |
| Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strasbourg Cedex 2 | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cardiff | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Exeter | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leeds | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| University College Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oxford | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Southampton General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Southampton | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Eginitio Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Recruiting |
| Semmelweis University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest VIII | Hungary | Recruiting |
| University of Szeged Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szeged | Hungary | Recruiting |
| Beaumont Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dublin 9 | Ireland | Not yet recruiting |
| University Hospital Galway Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Galway | Ireland | Not yet recruiting |
| Tel Aviv Sourasky Med Ctr Ichilov Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel Aviv | Israel | Recruiting |
| Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brescia | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Florence | Italy | Recruiting |
| IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Metropolitana Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Genoa | Italy | Recruiting |
| Istituto Auxologico Italiano Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Asst Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini Cto Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| IRCCS Foundation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pisa | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant Andre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Recruiting |
| Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Recruiting |
| Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Giovanni Rotondo | Italy | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bunkyo Ku | Japan | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kashihara | Japan | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sagamihara | Japan | Recruiting |
| Inje University Busan Paik Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Busan | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Daejeon | South Korea | Recruiting |
| SMG SNU Boramae Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dongjak Gu | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Seoul National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leiden | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Maastricht | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Oslo Universitetssykehus HF Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Not yet recruiting |
| Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Recruiting |
| Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy Sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Recruiting |
| Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Coimbra | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local De Saude De Santa Maria E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lisbon | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local De Saude De Santo Antonio E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto | Portugal | Recruiting |
| CNS Saude Lda. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torres Vedras | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Neurocity S.R.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| Spitalul Clinic Colentina Bucuresti Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| Spitalul Clinic Judetean de Urgenta Targu Mures Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Târgu Mureş | Romania | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Recruiting |
| Karolinska University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Huddinge | Sweden | Not yet recruiting |
| Region Skane Skanes Universitetssjukhus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lund | Sweden | Not yet recruiting |
| Region Vaesterbotten Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Umea | Sweden | Not yet recruiting |
| University Hospital Bratislava Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bratislava | Slovakia | Recruiting |
| Univerzitna nemocnica L. Pasteura Kosice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kosice - Zapad | Slovakia | Recruiting |
| Nemocnica AGEL Zvolen a.s. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zvolen | Slovakia | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changhua | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taoyuan | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Albany Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albany | United States | Recruiting |
| Grady Memorial Hospital and Clinics Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Johns Hopkins University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Alabama Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| UBMD Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Vermont MC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burlington | United States | Recruiting |
| University Of NC At Chapel Hill Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chapel Hill | United States | Recruiting |
| Parkinsons-Movement Disorder Ctr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Rush University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
| Henry Ford Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Recruiting |
| Duke University Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Recruiting |
| CenExcel Rocky Mtn Clin Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Englewood | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Kansas Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairway | United States | Recruiting |
| U Conn Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington | United States | Recruiting |
| TX Movement Disorder Spec PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Georgetown | United States | Recruiting |
| Trinity Health Michigan Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grand Rapids | United States | Recruiting |
| U of TX Health Science Ct Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| Indiana University Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Iowa Health Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Iowa City | United States | Recruiting |
| University of CA San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Recruiting |
| Univ of Arkansas for Med Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| Uni Of Wisconsin Hosp And Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Recruiting |
| Veracity Neuroscience LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Memphis | United States | Recruiting |
| UM Department Of Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Recruiting |
| Vanderbilt University Medical CenterX Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| Columbia University Irving Medical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Pennsylvania Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Pittsburgh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Recruiting |
| Oregon Health Sciences University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Recruiting |
| VCU Health Systems MCV Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
| Universi of Rochester School of Med Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Recruiting |
| UC Davis Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sacramento | United States | Recruiting |
| UCSF Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Washington Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Recruiting |
| Stanford Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Recruiting |
| University of South Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Recruiting |
| Georgetown University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Recruiting |
| Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wichita | United States | Recruiting |
This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.