New drug TPN-101 tested in ALS and dementia patients with C9orf72 gene mutation
NCT ID NCT04993755
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a drug called TPN-101 in 42 people with ALS or frontotemporal dementia caused by a specific gene change (C9orf72). The main goal was to check if the drug is safe and tolerable over 48 weeks. Researchers also looked at how the drug moves in the body and whether it affects markers of nerve damage.
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Study facts
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- 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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42 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2023
- 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: * Documentation of a clinical genetic test demonstrating a hexanucleotide repeat expansion (HRE) in the C9orf72 gene * Has a reliable caregiver/informant to accompany the patient to all study visits For patients with ALS (with or without FTD): * Diagnosis of ALS (probable, possible, laboratory-supported probable or definite) according to the World Federation of Neurology revised E1 Escorial criteria * Onset of weakness within 3 years prior to Screening * Slow vital capacity (SVC) ≥ 60% of predicted normal adjusted for sex, age, and height (from the sitting position) * Able to perform reproducible pulmonary function tests. * ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) ≥ 30 and score of 3 or 4 on Item #3 (swallowing) at Screening For patients with FTD: * A gradual, progressive decline in behavior, language, or motor function consistent with mild cognitive impairment, mild behavioral impairment, mild cognitive/behavioral impairment, behavioral variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia, or amnestic syndrome * CDR Dementia Staging Instrument plus National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Behavior and Language Domains (CDR plus NACC FTLD) global score of 0.5-2.0 at Screening Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of other significant neurological or psychiatric disorders * History of clinically significant brain abnormality * Clinically significant medical illness * Tracheostomy or diaphragmatic pacing * Autoimmune disease requiring treatment or management (quiescent rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, or controlled Type 1 diabetes are acceptable) * History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B infection, or any active infection during Screening, unless the patient will have been symptom-free for at least 30 days prior to randomization
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Dupuytren, Limoges
Limoges, 87042, France
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CHU Lille - CMRR Hôpital Roger Salengro
Lille, 59037, France
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Columbia University Medical Center - The Neurological Institute of New York
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS)
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15706ES, Spain
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Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere - La Federation de Maladies du Systeme Nerveux
Paris, 75013, France
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Hospital Universitari I Politècnic La Fe
Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035ES, Spain
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, 08025, Spain
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Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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John Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Multidisciplinary Clinic
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Family Clinic Northwest
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Neurology
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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UCSF Neurosciences Clinical Research Unit (NCRU)
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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Universitaetsklinikum Ulm - Klinik fuer Neurologie
Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, 89081, Germany
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University of California Irvine - ALS & Neuromuscular Center
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Leuven, Flemish Brabankt, 3000, Belgium
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