Drugs / AEF0117
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AEF0117

Developed for
cannabis dependence
Investigated by
Aelis Farma · ClinStar, LLC · Columbia University · National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) · New York State Psychiatric Institute

Trials 3

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 11 trial
Phase 1 NCT05554926 Dec 2022 → Feb 2023 hallucinogen abuse Aelis Farma Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 22 trials · 1 met primary · 1 missed
Phase 2 NCT05322941 May 2022 → Apr 2024 cannabis dependence Aelis Farma Completed Missed primary
Phase 2 NCT03717272 Oct 2018 → Jul 2020 cannabis dependence Aelis Farma Completed Met primary
Comparator or background therapy2 trials
Phase 1 NCT03443895 Comparator Jan → May 2018 — Aelis Farma Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03325595 Comparator Apr 2017 → Feb 2018 — Aelis Farma Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 7

DateIssuerRelease
2025-03-27 Aelis Farma Results Final Phase 2B Results with AEF0117 in Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) aelisfarma.com ↗
Press release to announce the Final Phase 2B Results with AEF0117 in Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) published on March 26, 2025
2024-09-04 Indivior Inc. Results Indivior Provides Update on Aelis Farma's Clinical Phase 2B Study Results with AEF0117 in Participants with Cannabis Use Disorder indivior.com ↗
Primary and Secondary End Points of the Study were Not Met
2024-09-04 Indivior Inc. Results Indivior | Indivior Provides Update on Aelis Farma's Clinical Phase 2B Study Results with AEF0117 in Participants with Cannabis Use Disorder indivior.com ↗
Although these results are disappointing, they indicate that significant work remains to be done to understand subpopulations of patients with CUD, specifically those with severe CUD.
2024-09-04 Aelis Farma Results Results of the clinical Phase 2B Study with AEF0117 in Cannabis Use Disorder aelisfarma.com ↗
Press release to announce the Results of the clinical Phase 2B Study with AEF0117 published on September 4, 2024
2023-07-05 Aelis Farma Results Aelis Farma receives a positive recommendation from the DSMB to continue, with no modification to the protocol, the phase 2b clinical study with AEF0117 in cannabis addiction aelisfarma.com ↗
Following the meeting, the committee observed no serious adverse events or significant events associated with the treatment and recommended that the study be continued without any modifications to the protocol.
2023-06-08 Aelis Farma Results Nature Medicine Publishes Discovery of New Pharmacological Class by Aelis Farma, Phase 2a Study of First Drug Candidate for Cannabis Use Disorder aelisfarma.com ↗
2018-07-01 Aelis Farma Results Aelis Farma successfully completes the phase I trials with AEF0117 aelisfarma.com ↗
These studies confirm the excellent safety profile of AEF0117 already observed in animals.

All press releases naming this drug 13 releases

DateIssuerRelease

Evidence & citations 3 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as AEF0117 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT03717272 ↗
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NCT05322941 ↗

NCT03325595 ↗

NCT05554926 ↗

NCT03443895 ↗

Action Inhibit “AEF0117, the first of a new pharmacological class, is a signaling-specific inhibitor of the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1).” PMID 37291212 ↗ Jun 2023
Route Oral “single oral doses of AEF0117 in healthy adult male and female subjects” NCT03325595 ↗