Efficacy and Safety on SOM3355 in Huntington's Disease Chorea
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05475483 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : July 27, 2022
Last Update Posted : January 30, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Huntington Chorea | Drug: SOM3355 capsules Drug: Placebo capsules | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 129 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase IIb, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study in Parallel Groups Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Two Doses of SOM3355 in Patients Suffering From Huntington's Disease With Choreic Movements |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 2, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: SOM3355 300 mg BID
Administration of SOM3355 in up-titration for 3 weeks up to the maintenance dose of 300 mg BID (twice daily) administered for 7 additional weeks, and down-titration for 2 weeks.
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Drug: SOM3355 capsules
Treatment will be blind for the whole duration of the study.
Other Name: Bevantolol hydrochloride |
Experimental: SOM3355 200 mg BID
Administration of SOM3355 in up-titration for 2 weeks up to the maintenance dose of 200 mg BID (twice daily) administered for 8 additional weeks, and down-titration for 2 weeks.
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Drug: SOM3355 capsules
Treatment will be blind for the whole duration of the study.
Other Name: Bevantolol hydrochloride |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo BID
Administration of matching Placebo BID (twice daily) for 12 weeks.
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Drug: Placebo capsules
Treatment will be blind for the whole duration of the study. |
- Change in Total Maximal Chorea (TMC) score of the UHDRS® [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]Total Maximal Chorea score of the Unified Huntington Disease Rating Scale is 0-28 and decrease means improvement.
- Change in the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]
- Change in the Patient Global Impression (PGI) [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]
- TMC-response defined as improvement ≥2 in TMC score [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]
- Percentage of change in TMC score [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]
- Change in the Total Motor Score (TMS) of the UHDRS® [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]Total Motor Score is 0-124 and decrease means improvement.
- Change in the Gait sub-score of the UHDRS® [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]
- Change in the Dystonia sub-score of the UHDRS® [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]
- Change in the European Quality of Life scale (EQ-5D-5L) [ Time Frame: Between baseline and end of maintenance dose (after 10 weeks of treatment) ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females ≥21 years old.
- Patients with a diagnosis of Huntington's Disease determined by a movement disorders expert and confirmed by a number of HTT gene CAG repeats ≥36.
- UHDRS® Total maximal chorea (TMC) score ≥10.
- UHDRS® Total Functional Capacity (TFC) ≥7.
- Able to walk independently or with minimal assistance.
- Females of child-bearing potential must use a medically accepted effective method of birth control and should not be breast-feeding.
- In the opinion of the Investigator, the patient must have adequate support to comply with the entire study requirements.
- Able and willing to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Onset of HD symptoms prior to age of 21 years (juvenile forms of HD).
- HD patients presenting rigid akinesia.
- Use of other VMAT2 inhibitors such as tetrabenazine, deutetrabenazine, or valbenazine; and use of other antichoreic treatment such as any neuroleptic, or amantadine, memantine, riluzole.
- Patients who experienced severe depression or suicide attempt in the last 5 years.
- Severe untreated or under-treated psychiatric illness such as active suicidal ideation or behavior or depression.
- Patients with a history of, or current, hypotension, bradycardia, or orthostatic hypotension.
- Patients with hypertension already treated with more than 2 antihypertensive drugs.
- Other active clinically significant illness, which could interfere with the study conduct, counter-indicate the study treatment, place the patient at risk during the trial, or compromise their study participation.
- Any significant serious abnormality in the electrocardiogram (ECG), or a known history of long QTc syndrome.
- Patients with severe hepatic impairment, or with severe renal impairment, or with any other significant abnormality in the physical examination or clinical laboratory results that, in the Investigator's opinion, would not be compatible with study participation or represent a risk for the patient while in the study.
- Females who are pregnant or lactating, or who intend to become pregnant during the study period.
- Patients with allergy under desensitization, with known psoriasis, or a known allergy/hypersensitivity to any ingredients of the trial medication or placebo.
- History of alcohol or substance abuse in the previous 12 months.
- Patients participating in any other study, and the use of any investigational therapy.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05475483
Contact: Aileen Ferré | 934020150 | ferre@sombiotech.com |

Responsible Party: | SOM Innovation Biotech SA |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05475483 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SOMCT03 2021-003453-28 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | July 27, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 30, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Huntington Chorea SOM3355 |
Huntington Disease Chorea Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Dementia Dyskinesias Movement Disorders Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System Neurodegenerative Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn |
Cognition Disorders Neurocognitive Disorders Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Bevantolol Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists Adrenergic beta-Antagonists Adrenergic Antagonists Adrenergic Agents Neurotransmitter Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Physiological Effects of Drugs |