Hope for Huntington's: new drug aims to slow decline in major trial

NCT ID NCT07609108

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether the drug pridopidine can slow the worsening of Huntington's disease (HD) in adults. About 400 participants will take either pridopidine or a placebo twice daily for one year, then everyone can receive pridopidine for two more years. The goal is to see if the drug helps maintain daily function, thinking, and movement.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Azienda Ospedale Università di Padova

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Padova, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di Napoli

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Naples, Italy

  • Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bologna, Italy

  • Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • CHU Henri Mondor (APHP)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Créteil, France

  • CNS Saude Lda.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Torres Vedras, Portugal

  • CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  • Cardiff University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

  • Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Marseille, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Angers, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    La Tronche, France

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Cleveland Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

  • Columbia University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Duke University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • EvergreenHealth Research Department

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kirkland, Washington, 98034, United States

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Roma, Italy

  • George-Huntington-Institut GmbH

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Münster, Germany

  • Georgetown University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

  • Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre

    RECRUITING

    Wichita, Kansas, 67226, United States

  • Hopital Erasme

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Anderlecht, Belgium

  • Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Oviedo, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario De Cruces

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Barakaldo, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Ramon Y Cajal

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seville, Spain

  • IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Milan, Italy

  • Isar Amper Klinikum

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Taufkirchen, Germany

  • Johns Hopkins University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 60612, United States

  • Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bochum, Germany

  • Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Krakow, Poland

  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Leiden, Netherlands

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129, United States

  • NHS Grampian

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

  • North York General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Northwestern University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Rush University Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • Struthers Parkinson's Center / Health Partners Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Golden Valley, Minnesota, 55427, United States

  • The Ohio State University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43221, United States

  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • UC Davis Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • UCLA Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • UT Health, Houston, McGovern Medical School

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Unidade Local De Saude De Coimbra E.P.E

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Coimbra, Portugal

  • Unidade Local De Saude De Santa Maria E.P.E.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lisbon, Portugal

  • Unidade Local De Saude De Santo Antonio E.P.E.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Porto, Portugal

  • Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Aachen, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ulm, Germany

  • University of Alberta

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  • University of British Columbia

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • University of Calgary

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • University of California, San Diego

    RECRUITING

    La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

  • University of Cincinnati

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • University of Florida (Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66103, United States

  • University of Miami-U Health Boca Raton

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Boca Raton, Florida, 33486, United States

  • University of Vermont Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States

  • University of Washington

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

  • Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Erlangen, Germany

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States

  • Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice V Praze

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Prague, Czechia

  • Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Poland

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