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A Clinical Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Chemogenetics Therapy in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Sponsor: Ruijin Hospital
Summary
The investigators propose a gene therapy strategy using chemical genetic inhibition to intervene in the abnormal activity of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease. The investigators design and construct a highly efficient therapeutic injection STP-001 (first drug), through the efficient adeno-associated virus capsid (AAV), neuronal promoter (hSyn), and chemical genetic effector element (hM4Di), and accurately inject the drug into the bilateral subthalamic nucleus, the core pathological nucleus of Parkinson's disease, through stereotactic technology. Combined with a very low dose of clozapine (the second drug), the abnormal activity of the subthalamic nucleus is precisely intervened to improve the core motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
6
Start Date
2025-08-01
Completion Date
2025-12-30
Last Updated
2025-07-25
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
gene therapy
Six participants are planned to be divided into three dose groups in the dose escalation principle. The dose escalation principle is as follows: After the first sentinel subject receives 1×10¹² vg virus vectors, the research team will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the current drug dose after 4 weeks. If this sentinel does not experience dose-limiting toxicity, another sentinel subject will receive a 2×10¹² vg dose; if this sentinel develops dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), this dose will be defined as an intolerable dose, and the Data Review Committee will determine whether to select a lower dose for exploration or terminate dose escalation based on the existing data. If this sentinel subject doesn't experience dose-limiting toxicity, another participant will receive a 4×10¹² vg dose as a new sentinel subject. If this sentinel subject doesn't experience DLT, all of the next three subjects will receive a 4×10¹² vg dose.
clozapine
Clozapine ramp-up will be performed four weeks after neurosurgery, when the participants have recovered, and the participants will be treated orally with clozapine. Clozapine is 25mg per tablet, and the oral dose is 1/32, 1/16, and 1/8 tablet twice a day, in the morning and at noon, respectively, with each dose repeated for 3 days for a total of 9 days. If no DLT develops during this time, the participants will continue to take 1/8 pill orally twice a day as a maintenance dose, and they will be monitored for 12 months.
Locations (1)
Department of neurology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, China