A Clinical Study in Participants With Huntington's Disease (HD) to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Three Oral Doses of Laquinimod

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of laquinimod as treatment in participants with HD after 52 weeks using the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale Total Motor Score (UHDRS-TMS or TMS).

Timeline

Start

2014-10-28

Primary completion

2018-06-19

Completion

2018-06-19

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Laquinimod did not show a significant effect on motor symptoms assessed by the UHDRS-TMS PMID 38280392 ↗

Publications

• Reilmann R, Anderson KE, Feigin A, Tabrizi SJ, Leavitt BR, Stout JC, Piccini P, Schubert R, Loupe P, Wickenberg A, Borowsky B, Rynkowski G, Volkinshtein R, Li T, Savola JM, Hayden M, Gordon MF; LEGATO-HD Study Group. Safety and efficacy of laquinimod for Huntington's disease (LEGATO-HD): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study. Lancet Neurol. 2024 Mar;23(3):243-255. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00454-4. Epub 2024 Jan 24.
• Ehrnhoefer DE, Caron NS, Deng Y, Qiu X, Tsang M, Hayden MR. Laquinimod decreases Bax expression and reduces caspase-6 activation in neurons. Exp Neurol. 2016 Sep;283(Pt A):121-8. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.06.008. Epub 2016 Jun 11.

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