Huntington's drug shows promise for speech and gait issues
NCT ID NCT04713982
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether deutetrabenazine can improve speech clarity and walking ability in people with Huntington disease. About 30 adults with early to moderate symptoms will take the drug and be evaluated using speech tests and motion capture technology. The goal is to see if this medication, already used for movement problems, can also ease these specific daily challenges.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * Diagnosis of HD with documented CAG repeat ≥ 37 * UHDRS total maximal chorea score of ≥ 8 * Able to walk at least 10 meters * Medically stable outpatient, based on the investigator's judgment * Willing and able to give written informed consent prior to performing any study procedures * Have completed at least 10th grade * Montreal Cognitive Assessment score ≥ 22 on screening * Female subjects of childbearing potential agree to use an acceptable method of contraception from screening through study completion Exclusion Criteria: * Severe depression or suicidal ideation * History of suicidal behavior * Unstable or serious medical or psychiatric illness * Renal or hepatic impairment * Severe speech impairment or anarthria * Inability to swallow study medication * Women who are pregnant or breast feeding * History of alcohol or substance abuse within the last 12 months * Current use of VMAT2 inhibitor (tetrabenazine, deutetrabenazine, valbenazine) * Concurrent participation in any other investigational drug trials * EKG QTcF\> 500 mse
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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