HEALEY ALS Platform Trial - Master Protocol

Summary

The HEALEY ALS Platform Trial is a perpetual multi-center, multi-regimen clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of investigational products for the treatment of ALS.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-14

Primary completion

2027-07

Completion

2028-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper In the primary analysis comparing pridopidine vs the combined placebo groups, there was no significant difference between pridopidine and placebo in the primary end point PMID 40067755 ↗

paper The estimated DRR common to ALSFRS-R and survival was 1.08 (95% credible interval, 0.87-1.31; posterior probability of superiority, 0.24). PMID 39960672 ↗

paper No benefit of CNM-Au8 on ALS disease progression was observed at 24 weeks. PMID 40067821 ↗

Publications

• Writing Committee for the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial; Berry JD, Maragakis NJ, Macklin EA, Chibnik LB, Quintana M, Saville BR, Detry MA, Vestrucci M, Marion J, McGlothlin A, Stommel EW, Chase M, Pothier L, Harkey BA, Yu H, Sherman A, Shefner J, Hall M, Kittle G, Babu S, Andrews J, D'Agostino D, Tustison E, Scirocco E, Giacomelli E, Alameda G, Locatelli E, Ho D, Quick A, Ajroud-Driss S, Katz J, Heitzman D, Appel SH, Shroff S, Felice KJ, Simmons Z, Miller T, Olney N, Weiss MD, Goutman SA, Fernandes JA Jr, Jawdat O, Owegi MA, Foster L, Vu T, Ilieva H, Newman DS, Arcila-Londono X, Jackson C, Ladha S, Heiman-Patterson T, Caress J, Swenson A, Peltier A, Lewis R, Fee D, Elliott M, Bedlack R, Kasarskis EJ, Elman L, Rosenfeld J, Walk D, McIlduff CE, Twydell P, Young E, Johnson K, Rezania K, Goyal NA, Cohen JA, Benatar M, Jones V, Glass J, Shah J, Beydoun SR, Wymer JP, Zilliox L, Nayar S, Pattee GL, Martinez-Thompson J, Rynders A, Evan J, Evan J, Hartford A, Sepassi M, Ho KS, Glanzman R, Greenberg B, Hotchkin MT, Paganoni S, Cudkowicz ME; HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Study Group. CNM-Au8 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The HEALEY ALS Platform Trial. JAMA. 2025 Feb 17;333(13):1138-49. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.27643. Online ahead of print.
• Writing Committee for the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial; Shefner JM, Oskarsson B, Macklin EA, Chibnik LB, Quintana M, Saville BR, Detry MA, Vestrucci M, Marion J, McGlothlin A, Heiman-Patterson T, Chase M, Pothier L, Harkey BA, Yu H, Sherman AV, Hall M, Kittle G, Berry JD, Babu S, Andrews J, D'Agostino D, Tustison E, Scirocco E, Giacomelli E, Alameda G, Locatelli E, Ho D, Quick A, Ajroud-Driss S, Katz J, Heitzman D, Appel SH, Shroff S, Felice K, Maragakis NJ, Simmons Z, Miller TM, Olney N, Weiss MD, Goutman SA, Fernandes JA, Jawdat O, Owegi MA, Foster LA, Vu T, Ilieva H, Newman DS, Arcila-Londono X, Jackson CE, Ladha S, Caress JB, Swenson A, Peltier A, Lewis RA, Fee D, Elliott M, Bedlack R, Kasarskis EJ, Elman L, Rosenfeld J, Walk D, McIlduff C, Twydell P, Young E, Johnson K, Rezania K, Goyal NA, Cohen JA, Benatar M, Jones V, Shah J, Beydoun SR, Wymer JP, Zilliox L, Nayar S, Pattee GL, Martinez-Thompson J, Leitner ML, Chen K, Goldberg YP, Cohen Y, Geva M, Hayden MR, Paganoni S, Cudkowicz ME; HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Study Group. Pridopidine in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The HEALEY ALS Platform Trial. JAMA. 2025 Feb 17;333(13):1128-37. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.26429. Online ahead of print.
• Writing Committee for the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial; Andrews J, Paganoni S, Macklin EA, Chibnik LB, Quintana M, Saville BR, Detry MA, Vestrucci M, Marion J, McGlothlin A, Young E, Chase M, Pothier L, Harkey B, Yu H, Sherman A, Shefner J, Hall M, Kittle G, Connolly MR, Berry JD, D'Agostino D, Tustison E, Giacomelli E, Scirocco E, Alameda G, Locatelli E, Ho D, Quick A, Heitzman D, Ajroud-Driss S, Appel SH, Shroff S, Katz J, Felice K, Maragakis NJ, Simmons Z, Goutman SA, Olney N, Miller T, Fernandes JA, Ilieva H, Jawdat O, Weiss MD, Foster L, Vu T, Ladha S, Owegi MA, Newman DS, Arcila-Londono X, Jackson CE, Swenson A, Heiman-Patterson T, Caress J, Fee D, Peltier A, Lewis R, Rosenfeld J, Walk D, Johnson K, Elliott M, Kasarskis EJ, Rutkove S, McIlduff CE, Bedlack R, Elman L, Goyal NA, Rezania K, Twydell P, Benatar M, Glass J, Cohen JA, Jones V, Zilliox L, Wymer JP, Beydoun SR, Shah J, Pattee GL, Martinez-Thompson J, Nayar S, Granit V, Donohue M, Grossman K, Campbell DJ, Qureshi IA, Cudkowicz ME, Babu S. Verdiperstat in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results From the Randomized HEALEY ALS Platform Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2025 Apr;82(4):333-343. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.5249. Epub 2025 Feb 17.
• Paganoni S, Fournier CN, Macklin EA, Chibnik LB, Quintana M, Saville BR, Detry MA, Vestrucci M, Marion J, McGlothlin A, Ajroud-Driss S, Chase M, Pothier L, Harkey BA, Yu H, Sherman AV, Shefner JM, Hall M, Kittle G, Berry JD, Babu S, Andrews J, Dagostino D, Tustison E, Giacomelli E, Scirocco E, Alameda G, Locatelli E, Ho D, Quick A, Katz J, Heitzman D, Appel SH, Shroff S, Felice K, Maragakis NJ, Simmons Z, Miller TM, Olney N, Weiss MD, Goutman SA, Fernandes JA, Jawdat O, Owegi MA, Foster LA, Vu T, Ilieva H, Newman DS, Arcila-Londono X, Jackson CE, Ladha S, Heiman-Patterson T, Caress JB, Swenson A, Peltier A, Lewis R, Fee D, Elliott M, Bedlack R, Kasarskis EJ, Elman L, Rosenfeld J, Walk D, McIlduff C, Twydell P, Young E, Johnson K, Rezania K, Goyal NA, Cohen JA, Benatar M, Jones V, Glass J, Shah J, Beydoun SR, Wymer JP, Zilliox L, Nayar S, Pattee GL, Martinez-Thompson J, Harvey B, Patel S, Mahoney P, Duda PW, Cudkowicz ME; HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Study Group. Efficacy and Safety of Zilucoplan in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 3;8(2):e2459058. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.59058.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	ABBV-CLS-7262	Unknown	—	Oral
Subject	CNM-Au8	Other / unclassified	30 mg	Oral
Subject	CNM-Au8	Other / unclassified	60 mg	Oral
Subject	EVETIFATOR	Small molecule	—	Oral
Subject	NUZ-001	Unknown	—	Oral
Subject	Pridopidine	Small molecule	45 mg	Oral
Subject	SLS-005	Unknown	0.75 g/kg	Other
Subject	Verdiperstat	Small molecule	600 mg	Oral
Subject	Zilucoplan	Peptide	0.3 mg/kg	Subcutaneous

Indications