Clinical Research Directory

A Study to Evaluate ALN-HTT02 in Adult Patients With Huntington's Disease

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacodynamics (PD) and pharmacokinetics (PK) of single or repeat doses of ALN-HTT02.

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of RG6496 in Huntington's Disease

This is a first-in-human (FIH) study of RG6496 that will assess the safety and tolerability of single-ascending doses of RG6496 administered to huntington's disease gene expansion carriers (HDGECs). The study consists of two parts: Part 1 \[single-ascending dose\] followed by Part 2 \[open-label extension (OLE)\].

iMagemHTT-009- FIH Evaluation of Novel Mutant Huntingtin PET Radioligand [11C]CHDI-00491009

This is a FIH (first-in-human) study to evaluate the clinical utility of the radioligand \[11C\]CHDI-00491009 as a PET tracer that binds specifically to mutant huntingtin (mHTT) aggregates in Huntington's disease (HD). The study is divided into three cohorts defined by the Huntington's Disease Integrated Staging System (HD-ISS): Cohort 1 - initial tracer validation (3 healthy controls (HCs)); Cohort 2 - target validation and test-retest variability (6 HD-ISS Stage 3 participants and 6 age and biological sex-matched HCs); Cohort 3 - target sensitivity (6 HD-ISS Stage 2 participants and 6 age and biological sex-matched HCs). An interim analysis (IA) will be conducted after the completion of each cohort, followed by a final analysis for the study. In addition to imaging, exploratory biomarkers, including somatic instability index, soluble mHTT and total huntingtin (HTT), will be assessed. All participants with HD (PwHD) will have an additional blood sample drawn at the screening visit to assess the somatic instability index and will also be invited to provide an optional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample for measurement of soluble mHTT and total HTT.

Child to Adult Neurodevelopment in Gene Expanded Huntington's Disease

Huntington's Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant disease manifested in a triad of cognitive, psychiatric, and motor signs and symptoms. HD is caused by a triplet repeat (CAG)expansion in the gene Huntingtin (HTT). This disease has classically been conceptualized as a neurodegenerative disease. However, recent evidence suggests that abnormal brain development may play an important role in the etiology of HD. Huntingtin (HTT)is expressed during development and through life. In animal studies, the HTT gene has been shown to be vital for brain development. This suggests that a mutant form of HTT (gene-expanded or CAG repeats of 40 and above) would affect normal brain development. In addition, studies in adults who are gene-expanded for HD, but have not yet manifested the illness, (pre-HD subjects) have significant changes in the structure of their brain, even up to 20 years before onset of clinical diagnosis. How far back these changes are evident is unknown. One possibility is that these brain changes are present throughout life, due to changes in brain development,though initially associated with only subtle functional abnormalities. In an effort to better understand the developmental aspects of this brain disease, the current study proposes to evaluate brain structure and function in children, adolescents, and young adults (ages 6-30) who are at risk for developing HD - those who have a parent or grandparent with HD. Brain structure will be evaluating using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with quantitative measures of the entire brain, cerebral cortex, as well as white matter integrity via Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Brain function will be assessed by cognitive tests, behavioral assessment, and physical and neurologic evaluation. Subjects that are gene-expanded (GE) will be compared to subjects who are gene non-expanded (GNE). Changes in brain structure and/or function in the GE group compared to the GNE group would lend support to the notion that this disease has an important developmental component.

HDClarity: a Multi-site Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection Initiative to Facilitate Therapeutic Development for Huntington's Disease

HDClarity will seek at least 2500 research participants at different stages of Huntington's disease (HD). The primary objective is to collect a high quality CSF sample for evaluation of biomarkers and pathways that will enable the development of novel treatments for HD. The secondary objective is to generate a high quality plasma sample collection matching the CSF collections, which will also be used to evaluate biomarkers and pathways of relevance to HD research and development.

Safety and Proof-of-Concept (POC) Study With AMT-130 in Adults With Early Manifest Huntington's Disease

This is the first study of AMT-130 in patients with early manifest HD and is designed to establish safety and proof-of-concept (PoC). CT-AMT-130-01 is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, first-in-human (FIH) study. The first three cohorts of the study have completed enrollment, including the randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled cohorts. Cohort 4 is open-label. Cohort 4 participants will receive high dose AMT-130.

ExAblate Transcranial MRgFUS for the Management of Treatment-Refractory Movement Disorders

The proposed study is to evaluate the effectiveness of ExAblate Transcranial MRgFUS as a tool for creating a unilateral lesion in the Vim thalamus or the globus pallidus (GPi) in patients with treatment-refractory symptoms of movement disorders.

Enroll -HD: A Prospective Registry Study in a Global Huntington's Disease Cohort

Enroll-HD is a longitudinal, observational, multinational study that integrates two former Huntington's disease (HD) registries-REGISTRY in Europe, and COHORT in North America and Australasia-while also expanding to include sites in Latin America. More than 30,000 participants have now enrolled into the study. With annual assessments and no end date, Enroll-HD has built a large and rich database of longitudinal clinical data and biospecimens that form the basis for studies developing tools and biomarkers for progression and prognosis, identifying clinically-relevant phenotypic characteristics, and establishing clearly defined endpoints for interventional studies. Periodic cuts of the database are now available to any interested researcher to use in their research - visit www.enroll-hd.org/for-researchers/access-data/ to learn more.