New drug shows promise for controlling rare swelling disorder
NCT ID NCT04307381
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested the long-term safety and effectiveness of donidalorsen, an injectable drug, in 20 people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), a condition that causes sudden, painful swelling attacks. Participants received different doses over 64 weeks. The main goal was to check for side effects, but researchers also tracked how often attacks occurred. This was an extension of an earlier study, meaning all participants had already received the drug before.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Donidalorsen (a drug given as an injection under the skin)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a long-term treatment option to reduce swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase extension study with only 20 participants. It focuses on safety and dosing, not proof of cure. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- 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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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: 1. Satisfactory completion of ISIS 721744-CS2 (index study) through Week 17 with an acceptable safety and tolerability profile, per Sponsor and Investigator judgement 2. Able and willing to participate in a 64-week study 3. Females must be non-pregnant, non-lactating and either surgically sterile or post-menopausal 4. Males must be surgically sterile or abstinent\* or if engaged in sexual relations with a female of child-bearing potential, participant is utilizing an acceptable contraceptive method 5. Participants must have access to, and the ability to use, ≥ 1 acute medication(s) (e.g., plasma-derived or recombinant C1- inhibitor (C1-INH) concentrate or a bradykinin-2 \[BK-2\] antagonist) to treat angioedema attacks Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Have any new condition or worsening of an existing condition or change or anticipated change in medication, which in the opinion of the Investigator would make the participant unsuitable for enrollment, or could interfere with the participant participating in or completing the study
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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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Ionis Investigative Site
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85251, United States
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Ionis Investigative Site
Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States
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Ionis Investigative Site
Plymouth, Minnesota, 55446, United States
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Ionis Investigative Site
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45231, United States
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Ionis Investigative Site
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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Ionis Investigative Site
Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States
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Ionis Investigative Site
Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands
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