NCT07432958RecruitingPhase 2
A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Doses of AP-472 as Adjunctive Therapy to Levodopa in Parkinson's Disease (PD) Participants With Motor Fluctuations
Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Doses of AP-472 as Adjunctive Therapy to Levodopa in Parkinson's Disease (PD) Participants With Motor Fluctuations
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a Phase 2 study in people with Parkinson's disease who experience motor fluctuations while taking levodopa. The study will evaluate how effective two different doses of the study drug AP-472 are when added to levodopa treatment, compared with a placebo. The study will last about 14 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of the two doses of AP-472 or a placebo. Neither the participants nor the study staff will know which treatment is given. The study includes a screening period, a 4-week period during which Parkinson's medications must remain stable, and a 12-week treatment period. During the treatment period, limited adjustments to levodopa are allowed if needed.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 29 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- 3 Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Appello Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT07432958
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 150
- From 25 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, 3 Sept 2027
- 30 sites in 1 country
- 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
- Have previously received, or plan to receive during the study, advanced Parkinson's therapies such as continuous levodopa or dopamine delivery systems, or Parkinson's disease-related brain surgery.
- Are currently taking medications that block dopamine, except for low-dose quetiapine (up to 50 mg per day) used for insomnia.
- Routinely use on-demand "rescue" Parkinson's medications more than three times per week.
Other illness
- Have a form of parkinsonism that is not typical Parkinson's disease, such as secondary or atypical parkinsonism.
- Have a history of only certain types of dyskinesias (such as OFF-state, diphasic, myoclonic, or dystonic dyskinesias) without typical peak-dose dyskinesias.
Other
- Participants cannot take part in the study if any of the following apply:
- Have dyskinesias (involuntary movements) that are severe enough, in the study doctor's opinion, to interfere with participation.
Who the study is looking for
- Participants must meet all of the following criteria to take part in the study:
- Be a man or woman between 30 and 80 years of age at the time of screening.
- Have a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, confirmed using standard medical criteria, including slowness of movement and symptoms that affect one side of the body more than the other.
- Have mild to moderate Parkinson's disease, defined as stage 3 or lower on the Hoehn and Yahr scale when medications are working ("ON" state).
- Experience an average of at least 3 hours of OFF time per day, based on home symptom diaries, with at least 2.5 hours of OFF time each day during the baseline period.
- Have a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of 24 or higher at screening.
- Be able to walk independently, with or without the use of a walking aid.
- Be able to swallow oral medication.
- Have been on a stable Parkinson's medication regimen for at least 4 weeks before screening. Medications known as MAO-B inhibitors must have been stable for at least 12 weeks.
- Be taking levodopa at least four times daily (immediate- or controlled-release formulations) or three times daily (extended-release formulations such as Rytary or Crexont).
Age in the registry: 30 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (30)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (Site #225) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albuquerque | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) (Site #202) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Recruiting |
| Asheville Neurology Specialists, P.A. (Site #229) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Asheville | United States | Recruiting |
| Augusta University Medical Center (Site #212) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Augusta | United States | Recruiting |
| Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton (Site #227) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boca Raton | United States | Recruiting |
| UM-UHealth at Boca Raton (Site #226) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boca Raton | United States | Recruiting |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Site #211) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Profound Research LLC (Site #222) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Carlsbad | United States | Recruiting |
| Cleveland Clinic (Site #223) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
| The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (site #207) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Recruiting |
| Horizon Clinical Research: Gill Neuroscience - Houston (Site #232) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cypress | United States | Recruiting |
| Duke Neurological Disorders Clinic (Site #210) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Recruiting |
| Rocky Mountain Clinical Research - CenExel - PPDS (Site #215) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Englewood | United States | Recruiting |
| Quest Research Institute - Alcanza - PPDS (Site #201) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington Hills | United States | Recruiting |
| Velocity Clinical Research - Hallandale Beach (Site #228) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hallandale | United States | Recruiting |
| Josephson Wallack Munshower Neurology PC (Site #231) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Kansas (KU) (Site #216) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Recruiting |
| EvergreenHealth (Site #219) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kirkland | United States | Recruiting |
| Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (Site #213) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lexington | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Site #208) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| Collaborative Neuroscience Network - Los Alamitos- CenExel - PPDS (Site #217) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Alamitos | United States | Recruiting |
| Keck Medicine of USC - USC Healthcare Center 2 (Site #221) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Miami (Site #220) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Recruiting |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Site #204) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Site #209) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine (Site #224) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Neurology One (Site #205) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Recruiting |
| Parkinson's Research Centers of America (Site #218) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Recruiting |
| Central Texas Neurology Consultants (Site #203) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Round Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| USF Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center (Site #206) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Recruiting |
This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.