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NCT07609108RecruitingPhase 3

Pridopidine Phase 3 Study in Huntington's Disease

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pridopidine in Participants With Huntington's Disease (HD)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pridopidine can slow the clinical decline of Huntington's Disease (HD) in adult participants. It will also inform about the safety of pridopidine. The main questions the study aims to answer are: Does pridopidine slow the overall worsening of HD over 1 year? Does pridopidine slow the worsening of specific aspects of HD over 1 year, namely the clinical progression, the ability to perform daily life activities (functional capacity), the mind's ability to process information (cognition), working of the muscles (motor function), and quality of life? Researchers will compare the drug pridopidine to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if pridopidine works better than placebo to treat HD. During the first year of the study, participants will have the same chance to receive either pridopidine or placebo. Participants will: Take 1 pridopidine or placebo capsule twice daily for 12 months. Visit the clinic 6 times within 1 year for checkups and tests. All participants who complete this 1-year placebo-controlled study period will roll over into an additional 2-year study period during which all participants will receive pridopidine treatment, including participants who had received placebo during the first year. During this additional 2-year treatment period participants will visit the clinic a total of 6 times for checkups and tests.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400 (estimated)
First submitted
20 May 2026
Start date
1 Jul 2026
Primary completion date
30 Jun 2028
Lead sponsor
Prilenia
NCT number
NCT07609108
EU CT number
2026-526093-16-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 400
  • From 1 Jul 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2028
  • 66 sites in 12 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

  • Any mutant huntingtin (mHTT) lowering therapy in the past year.
  • Previous participation in intracranial gene therapy study.

Other illness

  • Severe hepatic or renal impairment.

Lab values

  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease (e.g. QTcF \>450 msec \[males\] or \>470 msec \[females\], arrhythmias, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, or congenital long QT syndrome), seizure history ≤5 years, significant neurological disorders (e.g. intracranial pathology or cerebrovascular events), active/recent malignancy (unless localized and resolved), or any serious or uncontrolled systemic disease (e.g. hepatic, renal, respiratory, endocrine, infectious \[HBV, HCV, HIV\], or psychiatric) that may pose safety risk or interfere with participation.
  • Medications that prolong QT interval, taken within 4 weeks of the baseline visit.
  • Laboratory values that fall outside of the central laboratory's reference range at Screening and are considered clinically significantly abnormal by the Investigator and affect the participant's suitability to participate in the study or put the participant at risk if he/she enters the study in the Investigator's opinion.

Other

  • Use of pridopidine within 6 weeks or 5 half-lives before the screening visit.
  • Female participants who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding.

Who the study is looking for

  • Adult-onset HD (onset of signs and symptoms and a clinical diagnosis at ≥21 years of age).
  • A diagnosis based on clinical features and the presence of ≥40 CAG repeats in the huntingtin (HTT) gene confirmed by historical laboratory quanitified results or by a diagnostic test at Screening.
  • Diagnostic confidence level (DCL) of 4 (DCL=4 unequivocal motor signs, ≥99% confidence) on the standardized motor exam Total Motor Score (TMS).
  • Total Functional Capacity (TFC) score of ≥7 at Screening and Baseline.
  • Cytosine-Adenine-Guanine (CAG)-Age Product (CAP)100 score ≥95 at Screening.
  • Independence Scale (IS) score ≤90% at Screening.
  • Total Motor Score (TMS) of ≥20 at Screening and Baseline.
  • Not using ADMs (VMAT2i and neuroleptics/antipsychotics) for at least 6 months prior to Screening visit. Importantly, it is not encouraged to discontinue the participants' ADM treatment solely for enrollment in the current trial.

Age in the registry: 23 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (66)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Hopital Erasme
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AnderlechtBelgiumNot yet recruiting
Le Beau Vallon Soins specialises en sante mentale
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NamurBelgiumNot yet recruiting
University Of Calgary
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CalgaryCanadaNot yet recruiting
University of Alberta
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EdmontonCanadaNot yet recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
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MontrealCanadaNot yet recruiting
North York General Hospital
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TorontoCanadaNot yet recruiting
University of British Columbia
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VancouverCanadaNot yet recruiting
Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze
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PragueCzechiaNot yet recruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR
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AachenGermanyNot yet recruiting
Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH
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BochumGermanyNot yet recruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen AöR
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ErlangenGermanyNot yet recruiting
George-Huntington-Institut GmbH
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MuensterGermanyNot yet recruiting
kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum gGmbH
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Taufkirchen (Vils)GermanyNot yet recruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AoR
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UlmGermanyNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario de Cruces
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BarakaldoSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
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BarcelonaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias
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OviedoSpainNot yet recruiting
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
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SevillaSpainNot yet recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
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AngersFranceNot yet recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
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CreteilFranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
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Grenoble Cedex 9FranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
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MarseilleFranceNot yet recruiting
NHS Grampian
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AberdeenUnited KingdomRecruiting
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust
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BirminghamUnited KingdomRecruiting
Cardiff University
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CardiffUnited KingdomRecruiting
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
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LiverpoolUnited KingdomRecruiting
CNTW NHS Foundation Trust
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Newcastle upon TyneUnited KingdomRecruiting
Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna
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BolognaItalyNot yet recruiting
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
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MilanItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di Napoli
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NaplesItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
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PadovaItalyNot yet recruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
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RomeItalyNot yet recruiting
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
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San Giovanni RotondoItalyNot yet recruiting
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
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LeidenNetherlandsNot yet recruiting
Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o.
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CracowPolandNot yet recruiting
Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej
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WarsawPolandNot yet recruiting
Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, E.P.E.
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CoimbraPortugalNot yet recruiting
Unidade Local De Saude De Santa Maria E.P.E.
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LisbonPortugalNot yet recruiting
Unidade Local De Saude De Santo Antonio E.P.E.
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PortoPortugalNot yet recruiting
CNS Saude Lda.
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Torres VedrasPortugalNot yet recruiting
Johns Hopkins University
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BaltimoreUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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BirminghamUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Miami-U Health Boca Raton
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Boca RatonUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
University of Vermont Medical Center
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BurlingtonUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Massachusetts General Hospital
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CharlestownUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Northwestern University
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ChicagoUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Rush University Medical Center
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ChicagoUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
University of Cincinnati
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CincinnatiUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Cleveland Clinic
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ClevelandUnited StatesRecruiting
The Ohio State University
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ColumbusUnited StatesRecruiting
Duke University
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Florida, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases
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GainesvilleUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Struthers Parkinson's Center / Health Partners Institute
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Golden ValleyUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
UT Health, Houston, McGovern Medical School
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HoustonUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Kansas CityUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
EvergreenHealth - Research Department
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KirklandUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
University of California San Diego
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La JollaUnited StatesRecruiting
UCLA Medical Center
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Los AngelesUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Columbia University
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Oregon Health and Science university (OHSU)
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PortlandUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
UC Davis Medical Center
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SacramentoUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
University of Washington
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SeattleUnited StatesRecruiting
Georgetown University
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Washington D.C.United StatesNot yet recruiting
Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre
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WichitaUnited StatesRecruiting

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