Study to Evaluate Multiple Ascending Dose and Multi-Dose of DT-216 in Adult Patients With Friedreich Ataxia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05573698 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : October 10, 2022
Last Update Posted : October 10, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Friedreich Ataxia | Drug: DT-216 Drug: Placebo | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 38 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 1b, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multiple Ascending Dose and Multi-Dose Study of DT-216 in Adult Patients With Friedreich Ataxia |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 27, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | July 11, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 13, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Multiple Dose: DT-216
Participants will be administered multiple doses of DT-216
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Drug: DT-216
DT-216 will be admininistered by intravenous (IV) injection |
Placebo Comparator: Multiple Dose: DT-216 matching placebo
Participants will be administered multiple doses of placebo
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Drug: Placebo
Matching Placebo will be administered by intravenous (IV) injection |
- Safety Measure [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 60 days ]Frequency of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)
- Pharmacokinetic parameters [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 60 days ]Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of DT-216
- Pharmacokinetic parameters [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 60 days ]Time to Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of DT-216
- Pharmacokinetic parameters [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 60 days ]Area Under the Concentration-time Curve (AUC) of DT-216
- Pharmacodynamic parameters [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 60 days ]Frataxin expression

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Genetically confirmed diagnosis of Friedreich Ataxia with homozygous GAA repeat expansions.
- Able and willing to sign informed consent form prior to study enrollment.
- Stage 5.5 or less on the Functional Staging for Ataxia (FSA) at screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has any concomitant medical condition that in the opinion of the investigator, puts the participant at risk or precludes participant from completing the study.
- Has clinically significant abnormal laboratory results.
- Has significant cardiac disease.
- Received an investigational drug within 3 months of screening.

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): NCT05573698
Contact: Jennifer Schachtele | 212-994-4567 | jschachtele@clinilabs.com |
United States, New Jersey | |
Clinilabs | Recruiting |
Eatontown, New Jersey, United States, 07724 | |
Contact: Joan Mallet 212-994-4567 getinvolved@clinilabs.com | |
Contact: Eileen Thomas 212-994-4567 getinvolved@clinilabs.com |
Responsible Party: | Design Therapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05573698 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DTX-216-102 |
First Posted: | October 10, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 10, 2022 |
Last Verified: | October 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Ataxia Cerebellar Ataxia Friedreich Ataxia Dyskinesias Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Cerebellar Diseases Brain Diseases |
Central Nervous System Diseases Spinocerebellar Degenerations Spinal Cord Diseases Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System Neurodegenerative Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Mitochondrial Diseases Metabolic Diseases |