A Study in Subjects With Late Prodromal & Early Manifest HD to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, pk, and Efficacy of Pepi

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and efficacy of Pepinemab in subjects with late prodromal and early manifest Huntington's disease.

Timeline

Start

2015-07

Primary completion

2020-08

Completion

2020-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper the study did not meet its prespecified primary outcomes. PMID 35941373 ↗

Publications

• Background Southwell AL, Franciosi S, Villanueva EB, Xie Y, Winter LA, Veeraraghavan J, Jonason A, Felczak B, Zhang W, Kovalik V, Waltl S, Hall G, Pouladi MA, Smith ES, Bowers WJ, Zauderer M, Hayden MR. Anti-semaphorin 4D immunotherapy ameliorates neuropathology and some cognitive impairment in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Apr;76:46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.01.002. Epub 2015 Feb 3.
• Estevez-Fraga C, Tabrizi SJ, Wild EJ. Huntington's Disease Clinical Trials Corner: November 2022. J Huntingtons Dis. 2022;11(4):351-367. doi: 10.3233/JHD-229006.
• Feigin A, Evans EE, Fisher TL, Leonard JE, Smith ES, Reader A, Mishra V, Manber R, Walters KA, Kowarski L, Oakes D, Siemers E, Kieburtz KD, Zauderer M; Huntington Study Group SIGNAL investigators. Pepinemab antibody blockade of SEMA4D in early Huntington's disease: a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Nat Med. 2022 Oct;28(10):2183-2193. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01919-8. Epub 2022 Aug 8.
• Rodrigues FB, Wild EJ. Huntington's Disease Clinical Trials Corner: August 2018. J Huntingtons Dis. 2018;7(3):279-286. doi: 10.3233/JHD-189003.

Drugs

Indications