New drug tested for rare brain disease PSP
NCT ID NCT04993768
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a drug called TPN-101 in 42 people with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare brain disease that affects movement and thinking. The main goal was to see if the drug is safe and tolerable over 48 weeks. Researchers also looked at how the drug moves in the body and its effects on brain health.
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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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42 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2024
- 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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41 to 86 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: 1. Clinical diagnosis of probable progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) 2. Presence of PSP symptoms for less than 5 years 3. Has a reliable caregiver/informant to accompany the patient to all study visits. 4. Score ≥ 18 on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) at Screening 5. Patient must reside outside a skilled nursing facility or dementia care facility at the time of Screening, and admission to such a facility must not be planned. Residence in an assisted living facility is allowed Exclusion Criteria: Patients must not meet any of the following criteria: 1. Presence of other significant neurological or psychiatric disorders 2. History of clinically significant brain abnormality 3. Presence of cerebellar ataxia, choreoathetosis, early symptomatic autonomic dysfunction, or moderate to severe resting tremor, responsive to levodopa 4. Known history of serum or plasma progranulin level less than one standard deviation below the normal patient mean 5. Known presence of disease-associated mutation in TARDBP, GRN, CHMPB2, or VCP genes; or any other frontotemporal lobar degeneration causative genes not associated with underlying tau pathology 6. History of clinically significant hematological, endocrine, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, or gastrointestinal disease
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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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Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106, United States
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Irving Center for Clinical and Translational Research
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Florida, 33486, United States
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Quest Research Institute
Farmington Hills, Michigan, 48334, United States
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Rocky Mountain Movement Disorders Center
Englewood, Colorado, 80113, United States
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St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States
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UC San Diego Altman Clinical And Translational Research Institute
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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UCSF Neurosciences Clinical Research Unit (NCRU)
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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UFHealth Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases
Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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