Status:

COMPLETED

Safety and Tolerability Study of KNS-760704 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Lead Sponsor:

Knopp Biosciences

Conditions:

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This was a 2-part study of dexpramipexole in patients with ALS. Part 1 was a randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and clinical effects of oral admi...

Detailed Description

This study was a two-part, multicenter, double-blind study in subjects with ALS to evaluate the safety and tolerability of dexpramipexole treatment, as well as the preliminary effects on measures of c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with diagnosis of familial or sporadic ALS, defined as meeting the possible, laboratory-supported probable, probable, or definite criteria for a diagnosis of ALS according to the World Federation of Neurology El Escorial criteria
  • Patients with ALS symptom onset \< 24 months from randomization
  • Patients with upright vital capacity (VC) \> 65% of predicted for age, height, and gender

Exclusion

  • Patients in whom causes of neuromuscular weakness other than ALS have not been excluded
  • Patients without clinical evidence of upper motor neuron dysfunction
  • Patients with clinically suspected ALS according to the World Federation of Neurology El Escorial criteria
  • Patients with prior exposure to KNS-760704 or the R(+) enantiomer of pramipexole (i.e., R(+)-pramipexole)
  • Patients taking other investigational agents (including lithium) within 30 days of randomization or during the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 9 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 4 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

194 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00647296

Start Date

April 9 2008

End Date

September 4 2009

Last Update

July 8 2021

Active Locations (21)

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1

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205

2

UCLA, Dept. of Neurology - Neuromuscular/ALS Research Center

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

3

The Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center

San Francisco, California, United States, 94115

4

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045