New MS drug candidate enters early safety testing
NCT ID NCT05704361
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 6 times
Summary
This early-stage study is testing a new drug called RO7121932 in 129 people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The goal is to check if the drug is safe and how the body handles it when given as a single or multiple doses, either through a vein or under the skin. Participants are not on other MS treatments during the study. The results will help decide if further testing is warranted.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 119 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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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18 to 65 years
- 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: * Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score ≤7.0 at Screening * Participants with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) or progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) who fulfil international panel criteria for diagnosis (McDonald 2017 criteria) * Participants not treated with any approved MS treatment at Screening and not planning to start on any MS therapy during the study (including follow-up) * Biological male and female participants * Female participants must practice abstinence or otherwise use contraception Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of clinical disease activity as defined by any clinical relapse within 3 months prior to screening, or by \>1 clinical relapse within 12 months prior to screening * Evidence of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) activity as defined by the presence of ≥ 1 Gadolinium (Gd)-enhancing T1 lesion in the screening MRI scan or by ≥ 4 new or enlarging T2 lesions in the screening scan as compared to a reference scan * Participants who have active progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), have had confirmed PML, or have a high degree of suspicion for PML * Known presence of other neurological disorders that may mimic MS including but not limited to: neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease, Lyme disease, untreated Vitamin B12 deficiency, neurosarcoidosis, cerebrovascular disorders, and untreated hypothyroidism * Known active or uncontrolled bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial infection or other infection, excluding fungal infection of nail beds, including participants exhibiting symptoms consistent with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within 6 weeks prior to Day 1 * Participants with a current diagnosis of epilepsy * Clinically significant cardiac, metabolic, hematologic, hepatic, immunologic, urologic, endocrinologic, neurologic, pulmonary, psychiatric, dermatologic, allergic, renal, gastrointestinal or other major diseases * History of cancer, including hematologic malignancy and solid tumors, within 10 years of screening. Basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has been excised and is considered cured and in situ carcinoma of the cervix treated with apparent success by curative therapy \>1 year prior to screening is not exclusionary * History of inflammatory bowel disease or other clinically significant gastrointestinal disorders * Any concomitant disease that may require treatment with systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants during course of the study * History of currently active primary or secondary (non-drug-related) immunodeficiency * History of hypersensitivity to biologic agents or any of the excipients in the formulation * Only for cohorts where CSF samples are planned to be collected: Participants with a history of spinal cord compression, raised intra-cerebral pressure, clinically significant vertebral joint pathology or any other current abnormalities in the lumbar region which could prevent the lumbar puncture procedure. Prior/Concomitant Therapy: * Treatment with any approved MS treatment at Screening. Participants may become eligible after completion of a washout period prior to acquiring any screening laboratory tests but should not be withdrawn from therapies for the sole purpose of meeting eligibility for the trial * Previous treatment with RO7121932, alemtuzumab, cladribine, mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, total body irradiation, bone marrow transplantation, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. For the USA only, previous treatment with daclizumab * Previous treatment with anti-CD20 B-cell-depleting therapies (e.g., rituximab, ocrelizumab, or ofatumumab) * \<12 months prior to acquiring any screening laboratory tests, * ≥12 months prior to acquiring any screening laboratory tests, if B-cells are outside the normal range, or not back to individual baseline ± 20% (if data are available), * If discontinuation of a prior B-cell depletion therapy was motivated by safety reasons * Current or prior treatment with natalizumab (if \<24 months prior to acquiring any screening laboratory tests) Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience: \- Participation in an investigational drug medicinal product or medical device study within 30 days before Screening or within five times the pharmacodynamic (PD) or pharmacokinetic (PK) half-life (if known), whichever is longer Diagnostic Assessments: * Positive result on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV1) and HIV2, hepatitis C, or hepatitis B * Participants with SI or behavior within 6 months prior to Screening or participants who, in the Investigator's judgment, pose a suicidal or homicidal risk * Vaccination with a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks prior to Day 1
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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
Locations
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ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine Phase I, PMSI Republican Clinical Hospital
Chisinau, MD-2025, Moldova
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ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine SRL - Bucharest (Monza Medical Center)
Bucharest, 011658, Romania
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ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine, County Emergency Hospital
Cluj-Napoca, 40006, Romania
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Centro Hospitalar Entre o Douro e Vouga E.P.E. - Hospital de São Sebastião
Santa Maria da Feira, 4520-211, Portugal
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Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Fond. Istituto Neurologico C.Besta
Milan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy
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Hadassah University Hospital - Ein Kerem
Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel
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Hospital Santo Antonio dos Capuchos
Lisbon, 1169-050, Portugal
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Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron (CEMCAT)
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital de Braga
Braga, 4710-243, Portugal
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy
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Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU Muenchen
München, 81675, Germany
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MedPolonia
Poznan, 60-693, Poland
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Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada
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Osrodek Badan Klinicznych Euromedis
Szczecin, 70-111, Poland
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Regionalny Szpital Specjalistyczny im. W. Bieganskiego
Grudzi?dz, 86-300, Poland
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SPSK nr 1
Zabrze, 41-800, Poland
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Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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UZ Gent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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University Clinical Center of Serbia
Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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Universitätsklinikum "Carl Gustav Carus"
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Münster Klinik u. Poliklinik f. Neurologie
Münster, 48149, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Zentrum für Neurologie
Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Ulm, 89081, Germany
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Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, 37075, Germany
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Yale University Multiple Sclerosis Center
New Haven, Connecticut, 06473, United States
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