Trial on the Safety and Efficacy of MLS-101 in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension (Target-HTN)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05001945 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : August 12, 2021
Last Update Posted : May 6, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hypertension, Renal | Drug: MLS-101 (Part I) Other: Placebo (Part I) Other: Placebo (Part II) Drug: MLS-101 (Part II) | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 196 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Dose-ranging, Multicenter Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Tolerability of MLS-101 in Subjects With Uncontrolled Hypertension |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 1, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | July 1, 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 1, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo (Part I)
Placebo tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily.
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Other: Placebo (Part I)
Placebo tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily. |
Experimental: Dose 1 (Part I)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily.
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Drug: MLS-101 (Part I)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily. |
Experimental: Dose 2 (Part I)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily.
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Drug: MLS-101 (Part I)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily. |
Experimental: Dose 3 (Part I)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily.
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Drug: MLS-101 (Part I)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once or twice daily. |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo (Part II)
Placebo tablet(s) by mouth once daily.
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Other: Placebo (Part II)
Placebo tablet(s) by mouth once daily. |
Experimental: Dose (Part II)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once daily.
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Drug: MLS-101 (Part II)
MLS-101 tablet(s) by mouth once daily. |
- Study-Wide Change in Systolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: 8 Weeks ]Overall changes in SBP
- 24-Hour Ambulatory Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: 8 Weeks ]Overall changes in ambulatory blood pressure outcomes
- Weekly Changes in Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: 8 Weeks ]Week-to-week changes in SBP and DBP
- Study-Wide Change in Diastolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: 8 Weeks ]Overall changes in DBP
- Proportion of Subjects with ≤ 130/80 mm Hg by End of Study [ Time Frame: 8 Weeks ]Cohort-wide changes in blood pressure outcomes

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and nonpregnant, nonlactating female subjects ≥ 18 years of age.
- Written informed consent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act authorization, and local patient privacy required documentation for this study have been obtained
- Automated office blood pressure (AOBP) with SBP ≥ 130 mm Hg
- Background antihypertensive treatment of ≥ 2 drugs
- Serum cortisol ≥ 18 mcg/dL
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Concomitant use of epithelial sodium channel inhibitors or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists
3. Subjects with hypokalemia
4. Subjects with hyperkalemia
5. Subjects with serum cortisol < 3 mcg/dL
6. Subjects with serum sodium < 135 mEq/L
7. Subjects with estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73m2
8. Subjects with type 1 or uncontrolled (hemoglobin A1c ≥ 9%) type 2 diabetes mellitus
9. Subjects with body mass index > 40 kg/m2
10. Subjects with unstable angina
11. Subjects with SBP ≥ 175 mm Hg or DBP ≥ 100 mm Hg for Part 1 and SBP ≥ 160 mm Hg or DBP ≥ 100 mm Hg for Part 2 at Pre-Screening, Screening/Start of Placebo Run-in, or Randomization
12. Subjects with a decrease in SBP ≥ 20 mm Hg or DBP ≥ 10 mm Hg from sitting to standing position at screening
13. Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, have suspected nonadherence to antihypertensive treatment
14. Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, have any major medical illness or symptoms
15. Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, have any acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition
16. Subjects undergoing treatment with any of the following medications:
- Topical corticoids
- Sympathomimetic decongestants
- Theophylline
- Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors
- NSAIDs
- Intramuscular steroids
- Estrogen
- Cytochromes
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Strong CYP3A and CYP3A4 inducers
17. Subjects with known hypersensitivity to MLS-101 or any of the excipients
18. Subjects who are night-shift workers

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): NCT05001945
Contact: Sharon Reagan | 1-732-693-8608 | sreaagan@mineralystx.com |

Responsible Party: | Mineralys Therapeutics Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05001945 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
MLS-101-201 |
First Posted: | August 12, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 6, 2022 |
Last Verified: | May 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Blood pressure Uncontrolled hypertension Phase II |
Hypertension, Renal Hypertension Vascular Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases |