Drugs / Tavapadon
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Tavapadon

also known as PF-06649751 · CVL-751

Small molecule targets DRD1, DRD5 via activation

Developed for
Parkinson disease
Investigated by
Pfizer · AbbVie · Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 1 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Filed US (FDA) — Parkinson disease 2025-09-26

“AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for tavapadon” abbvie.com ↗

Trials 19

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 112 trials
Phase 1 NCT06895356 Mar → Jun 2025 — AbbVie Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05581823 Oct 2022 → Jan 2023 Parkinson disease Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05404542 May 2022 → Aug 2023 impaired renal function disease Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05404529 Apr 2022 → Jan 2023 liver disease, severe congenital Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04241393 Feb → Nov 2020 — Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04295642 Jan 2020 → Jul 2021 Parkinson disease Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03121664 Apr → Sep 2017 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02373072 Mar 2015 → Feb 2016 Parkinson disease Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02262767 Nov → Dec 2014 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02224664 Oct 2014 → Mar 2016 Parkinson disease Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 23 trials · 1 met primary · 1 missed
Phase 2 NCT03185481 Jul → Oct 2017 Parkinson disease Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02847650 Oct 2016 → Jan 2018 Parkinson disease Pfizer Terminated Met primary
Phase 2 NCT02687542 Mar 2016 → Nov 2017 Parkinson disease Pfizer Terminated Missed primary
Phase 34 trials · 3 met primary
Phase 3 NCT04760769 Feb 2021 → Dec 2025 Parkinson disease AbbVie Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04542499 Sep 2020 → Jan 2024 Parkinson disease AbbVie Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT04223193 Jan 2020 → Oct 2024 Parkinson disease AbbVie Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT04201093 Dec 2019 → Jun 2024 Parkinson disease AbbVie Completed Met primary
Comparator or background therapy1 trial
— NCT07158827 Background — Parkinson disease AbbVie Available No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 6

DateIssuerRelease
2025-09-26 AbbVie Regulatory AbbVie Submits New Drug Application to U.S. FDA for Tavapadon for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease abbvie.com ↗
2024-12-09 AbbVie Results AbbVie Announces Positive Topline Results for the Phase 3 TEMPO-2 Trial Evaluating Tavapadon as a Monotherapy for Parkinson's Disease abbvie.com ↗
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced positive topline results from its pivotal Phase 3 TEMPO-2 trial evaluating investigational tavapadon as a flexible-dose monotherapy in early Parkinson's disease.
2024-09-26 AbbVie Results AbbVie Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 TEMPO-1 Trial Evaluating Tavapadon as a Monotherapy for Parkinson's Disease abbvie.com ↗
Tavapadon met the primary endpoint in the pivotal Phase 3, TEMPO-1 fixed-dose monotherapy trial, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement from baseline in the MDS-UPDRS Parts II and III combined score at week 26
2024-04-18 AbbVie Results Cerevel Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results for Tavapadon in Phase 3 Adjunctive Trial for People Living with Parkinson’s Disease abbvie.com ↗
Tavapadon met the primary endpoint in the pivotal Phase 3 TEMPO-3 adjunctive trial, demonstrating a statistically significant increase in total “on” time without troublesome dyskinesia compared with placebo over 27 weeks
2022-03-31 AbbVie Results Cerevel Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentations at AAN 2022 abbvie.com ↗
Cerevel will present data demonstrating consistent clinical pharmacology across a wide range of doses of tavapadon in several Phase 1 clinical trials, supporting its potential as a promising next-generation treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
2019-09-23 AbbVie Results Cerevel Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from a Phase 2 Study of Tavapadon in Patients with Early-stage Parkinson’s Disease abbvie.com ↗
BOSTON – September 23, 2019 – Cerevel Therapeutics , a company dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the brain to treat neuroscience diseases, announced today positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating oral tavapadon (formerly PF-06649751) in patients with early-stage Parkinson’s disease.

All press releases naming this drug 11 releases

DateIssuerRelease

Evidence & citations 8 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 22 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as Tavapadon ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT04223193 ↗
9

NCT04542499 ↗

NCT05581823 ↗

NCT05404542 ↗

NCT05404529 ↗

NCT06895356 ↗

NCT07158827 ↗

NCT04760769 ↗

NCT04241393 ↗

NCT04201093 ↗

Known as CVL-751 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT04295642 ↗
Known as PF-06649751 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT02847650 ↗
8

NCT02262767 ↗

NCT02373072 ↗

NCT01981694 ↗

NCT02687542 ↗

NCT02066909 ↗

NCT02224664 ↗

NCT03185481 ↗

NCT03121664 ↗

Action Activate “PF-06649751 is a novel, highly selective dopamine D1/D5 agonist targeted for Parkinson's disease treatment.” PMID 30361858 ↗ Oct 2018
2

“Dopamine D1 receptor partial agonist” CHEMBL3697617 ↗

“Dopamine D5 receptor partial agonist” CHEMBL3697617 ↗

Modality Small molecule — CHEMBL3697617 ↗
Route Oral “given orally” NCT01981694 ↗
Target DRD1 “Dopamine D1 receptor partial agonist” CHEMBL3697617 ↗
Target DRD5 “Dopamine D5 receptor partial agonist” CHEMBL3697617 ↗