New drug shows promise for Long-Term fragile x management
NCT ID NCT05367960
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This 4-year study tests the long-term safety of the drug BPN14770 (zatolmilast) in 314 people with Fragile X syndrome who completed earlier trials. Participants include adult males and adolescents. The main goal is to see if the drug is safe over time, with secondary measures looking at cognitive function. This is an open-label study, so everyone receives the drug.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BPN14770 (zatolmilast)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could show that BPN14770 is safe to take long-term, potentially leading to a daily medication that helps manage Fragile X syndrome symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is an open-label extension study, meaning everyone knows they are getting the drug, which can bias results. It focuses on safety, not proof of effectiveness, and side effects or lack of benefit may still emerge.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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314 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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9 to 45 years
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subject has completed the Week 13 visit, whether on treatment or discontinued from treatment, from one of two parent clinical trials with BPN14770: 1. Study 204 2. Study 301 Subjects who discontinued study treatment early due to AEs deemed related to study treatment by the investigator in one of the parent studies will NOT be eligible, regardless of whether the Week 13 visit was completed. 2. Subjects with a history of seizure disorder who are currently receiving treatment with antiepileptics must have remained seizure-free during the parent study. Any subject experiencing a seizure during the parent study is not eligible to continue into this long-term safety study. 3. Subject must be willing to practice barrier methods of contraception while on study, if sexually active. Abstinence is also considered a reasonable form of birth control in this study population. 4. Subject has a parent, legal authorized guardian, or consistent caregiver. 5. Subject and caregiver are able to attend the clinic regularly and reliably. 6. If subject is his own legal guardian, he is able to understand and sign an informed consent form to participate in the study. 7. For subjects who are not their own legal guardian, subject's parent/legally authorized guardian is able to understand and sign an informed consent form for their child to participate in the study. 8. If subject is not his own legal guardian, subject must provide assent for participation in the study if he has the cognitive ability to do so. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. History of, or current cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, psychiatric, neurologic, cerebrovascular, or other systemic disease that would place the subject at risk or potentially interfere with the interpretation of the safety, tolerability, or efficacy of the study treatment. Common conditions such as mild hypertension, etc. are allowed per the principal investigator's (PI) judgement as long as they are stable and controlled by medical therapy that is constant for at least 4 weeks before randomization. 2\. Renal impairment, defined as serum creatinine \>1.25×ULN per the latest available laboratory results from the parent study. 3\. Cirrhosis, unstable chronic liver disease or acute liver disease. Hepatic impairment, defined as ALT or AST elevation \> 2 × ULN per the latest available laboratory results from the parent study. Subjects with stable chronic hepatitis B on oral anti-viral therapy and subjects cured of chronic hepatitis C are allowed. Subjects with Gilbert syndrome are allowed. 4\. Clinically significant abnormalities, in the investigator's judgement, in safety laboratory tests, vital signs, or ECG, as measured at the final visit of the parent study. 5\. Substance abuse documented during the parent study. 6\. Significant hearing or visual impairment that may affect the subject's ability to complete the test procedures. 7\. Concurrent major psychiatric condition (eg, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder) as confirmed by the investigator. Subjects with additional diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or anxiety disorder will be allowed. 8\. Subject has active diseases that would interfere with participation, such as acquired immunodeficiency disorder, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, or tuberculosis. 9\. Subject has participated in another clinical trial within the 30 days preceding screening OTHER THAN one of the two studies required per Inclusion Criteria 1.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amnova Clinical Research
Irvine, California, 92604, United States
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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Clinic for Special Children
Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 17579, United States
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Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Greenwood Genetic Center
Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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MIND Institute UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Suburban Research Associates
Media, Pennsylvania, 19063, United States
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Thompson Autism & Neurodevelopment Center - CHOC
Orange, California, 92828, United States
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U Mass
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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University of Miami
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States
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