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An Adaptive Design Study of MTX228
Sponsor: University of Alberta
Summary
MTX228 has been identified as a medication that might allow the re-growth of insulin producing beta cells in people with Type 1 Diabetes. Promoting the re-growth of lost beta cells would be beneficial to people with Type 1 Diabetes because it would allow them to take less insulin by injection and would improve their overall blood sugar control while reducing the risk and rate of low blood sugars. This open-label dose selection study aims to determine the optimal dose ofMTX228 for use in a future phase IIb study. The purpose is to investigate the relative effectiveness of different doses of MTX228 and to select the most effective dose for further investigation in a phase 2b study.
Official title: A Open Label, Parallel Group Phase IIA, Adaptive Design Study of MTX228 in Adult Subjects With Type 1 Diabetes and Preserved β-Cell Function
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
24
Start Date
2024-11-14
Completion Date
2027-12
Last Updated
2025-01-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
MTX228
Tolimidone was developed as a treatment for gastric ulcers but did not advance beyond phase 2 clinical trials because of lack of efficacy. Subsequently, tolimidone has been identified as an activator of Lyn kinase and was considered as a treatment for type 2 diabetes as an insulin sensitizer because of Lyn's interaction with insulin signaling molecules. More recently, Lyn has been identified as a critical regulator of beta-cell mass, with genetic and biochemical inactivation of Lyn provoking beta-cell death in isolated human islets and precipitated diabetes in mice, and activation of Lyn stimulating beta-cell survival and beta-cell proliferation. These findings strongly suggest that small molecule activators of Lyn, such as Tolimidone, could represent new therapeutic options to promote beta-cell regeneration in type 1 diabete
DEXCOM G6
To monitor participants blood glucose levels continuously
Locations (1)
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada