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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 8 March 2021
Main ID:  NCT02525471
Date of registration: 12/08/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Sabrina Paganoni, M.D.
Public title: A Pilot Study of RNS60 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: October 2015
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02525471
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Sabrina Paganoni, MD
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Name:     Nazem Atassi, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) volunteers must be diagnosed as having possible,
probable, probable-laboratory supported, or definite ALS, either sporadic or familial
according to modified El Escorial criteria.

- Age 18-80, able to provide informed consent, and comply with study procedures.

- Participants must not have taken riluzole for at least 30 days, or be on a stable dose
of riluzole for at least 30 days, prior to screening (riluzole-naïve participants are
permitted in the study).

- Women must not be able to become pregnant (e.g. post menopausal, surgically sterile,
or using adequate birth control) for the duration of the study and 3 months after
study completion.

- Males should practice contraception for the duration of the study and 3 months after
completion.

- Ability to safely lie flat for 90 min for Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
procedures in the opinion of the study physician.

- High or mixed affinity to bind translocator (TSPO) protein (Ala/Ala or Ala/Thr)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Abnormal liver function defined as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine
transaminase (ALT) > 3 times the upper limit of the normal.

- Renal insufficiency as defined by a serum creatinine > 1.5 times the upper limit of
normal.

- The presence of unstable psychiatric disease, cognitive impairment, or dementia that
would impair ability of the participant to provide informed consent, according to PI
judgment.

- Clinically significant unstable medical condition (other than ALS) that would pose a
risk to the participant if they were to participate in the study.

- History of HIV, clinically significant chronic hepatitis, or other active infection.

- Females must not be lactating or pregnant.

- Active participation in another ALS clinical trial within 30 days of the Screening
Visit

- Exposure to immunomodulatory medications within 30 days of the Screening Visit.

- Any contraindication to undergo MRI studies such as

- History of a cardiac pacemaker or pacemaker wires

- Metallic particles in the body

- Vascular clips in the head

- Prosthetic heart valves

- Claustrophobia

- Radiation exposure that exceeds the site's current guidelines

- Current use of tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, snuff and chewing
tobacco, or nicotine replacement products such as gum or patch



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
ALS
Intervention(s)
Drug: RNS60
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical Outcome: Change in Pulmonary Function From Baseline to Week 23, Measured by Slow Vital Capacity (SVC) [Time Frame: 24 Weeks]
Change From Baseline in Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) Normalized to Whole Brain Mean (SUVR) at Approximately 60-90 Minutes Post Injection [Time Frame: 24 Weeks]
Clinical Outcome: Change in Functional Status Between Baseline and Week 23, Measured by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) [Time Frame: 24 Weeks]
Tolerability to Complete the Entire 24 Week Study on Study Drug [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Blood Biomarkers of Inflammation. [Time Frame: 24 Weeks]
Clinical Outcome: Change in Strength From Baseline to Week 23, Measured by Accurate Test of Limb Isometric Strength (ATLIS) [Time Frame: 24 Weeks]
Safety as Measured by the Number of Participants Experiencing Adverse Events [Time Frame: 28 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
RNS60-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 03/03/2021
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02525471
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