The Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of NouvNeu001 for Parkinson's Disease

A Phase I/II Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of NouvNeu001 Injection for Mid- to Late-stage Parkinson's Disease

This clinical trial is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of a single injection of NouvNeu001 (Human Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells Injection) in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Parkinson Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Human Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center, single arm, and open label trial. The NouvNeu001 will be transplanted into bilateral putamen/striatum using stereotactic neurosurgery. Subjects will take immunosuppressants to prevent potential immune rejection for 24 to 36 weeks.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 40
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Meng Cai, Ph.D; Phone Number: 0086-027-59337986; Email: caimeng@iregene.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100730
      • Recruiting
      • Beijing Hospital
      • Contact: Haibo Chen; Email: chenhbneuro@263.net
  • Hubei
    • Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430071
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
      • Contact: Nanxiang Xiong; Email: mozhuoxiong@163.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 50-75 years old, male or female
• Able to understand the rationale of the clinical trial and sign informed consent form (ICF)
• Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease in accordance with the MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease (2015)
• Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease made between 4 to 20 years ago
• Medically suitable for neurosurgery under anesthesia and able to participate in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan.
• Hoehn-Yahr staging for "off" episodes is 2.5 to 4
• The MDS-UPDRS Part III (MDS-UPDRS-III) score in the "off" state > 35, and positive for the Acute Levodopa Challenge Test (ALCT)
• Acceptable laboratory test results during screening and prior to transplantation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Atypical Parkinsonism (Parkinsonism-Plus syndrome, secondary parkinsonism, hereditary parkinsonism)
• Patients who have had previous pallidotomy, deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, striatal or extrapyramidal surgery, brain stereotaxy or other brain surgery; as well as other surgical procedures that are judged by the investigator to affect patient's participation in this study
• Patients who have a previous head CT/MRI examination showing cerebral trauma, vascular malformation, hydrocephalus, brain tumor, etc., and patients who have brain imaging abnormalities in the striatum or other brain areas leading to a significantly increased risk for surgery.
• Patients with a history of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
• Patients with a history of malignant tumors
• Patients who have had previous cellular therapy
• Patients with active disseminated intravascular coagulation and significant hemorrhagic tendency within 3 months prior to screening, or who cannot temporarily suspend anti-platelet agents or other anti-coagulant medications for at least 5 days before surgery
• Patients with long-term, heavy use of glucocorticoids or immunosuppressive drugs within 3 months prior to signing the ICF (except for topical use)
• Patients with a history of mental illness who are deemed unfit to participate in the study by the investigator; or a history of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts (including actual attempts, interrupted attempts, or failed attempts) within the past year or currently;
• Patients who have used botulinum toxin within 6 months prior to signing the ICF
• Patients with active epilepsy or currently on anti-epileptic drugs
• Patients with a history of dementia or severe cognitive disorder, or the score of MDS-UPDRS 1.1 during screening is > 3; poor compliance, inability to accurately keep diary, and/or inability to sign ICF due to dementia
• Patients with severe depression (defined as Hamilton Depression Scale [HAM-D17]≥24 ) or with severe anxiety (defined as Hamilton Anxiety Scale [HAMA]≥29) during screening;
• Patients with the following abnormalities during screening, including: Abnormal coagulation (prothrombin time ≥1.5 ULN, activated partial thromboplastin time ≥1.5 ULN); Abnormal immunological tests, and assessed by the investigator it is not suitable to participate in the trial; Hypertensive patients with poorly controlled blood pressure (defined as blood pressure above 160/100 mmHg despite antihypertensive drugs treatment) and patients with severe postural hypotension; Diabetic patients with poorly controlled blood glucose (glycosylated hemoglobin > 9.0%, or fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≥ 11.1mmol/L)
• Patients with surgical contraindications (such as those with cochlear implant, cardiac pacemaker, cardiac defibrillator, stereotactic nucleus pallidotomy; Patients who have had unilateral or bilateral intraparenchymal implantation of cellular products), or with other surgical procedures within 6 months before screening which, in the opinion of the investigator, have an impact on this trial; Patients with other neurosurgical contraindications
• Patients with other combined severe systemic diseases, such as pulmonary heart disease, moderate to severe asthma, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (FEV1% < 50%)
• Presence of one of the following: positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody, treponema pallidum antibody, hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody and HCV RNA; Hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen positive and HBV DNA copy number > detection of normal values; Tuberculosis is in the active stage; Other active infections that the investigator believes may affect Patients' participation in the study or affect study outcomes;
• Patients with alcohol addiction or positive for drug of abuse testing
• Patients with a history of contraindication or allergy to the drugs used during the study (such as immunosuppressants, levodopa, etc.) or any of its components, or are allergic to the same drugs or other macrolides, or have allergies (such as allergies to two or more drugs or foods);
• Female of childbearing potential who are not surgically sterilized/premenopausal/unwilling to use medically approved effective contraception with 2 years after administration of investigational drug and lactating women; men who are not surgically sterilized/unwilling to use medically approved effective contraception with 2 years after administration of investigational drug
• Patients who have received electric shock therapy within 30 days prior to surgery
• Patients who are participating in other clinical trials, or have been enrolled in other clinical studies and received intervention therapy within 3 months prior to the surgery
• Patients with poor compliance based on clinical evaluation of the investigator
• Patients who are being treated with drugs such as apomorphine, or levodopa/carbidopa infusion therapy
• Patients with severe dyskinesia in both on- and off-drug states
• Patients with significant medical conditions, or with other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, endangers the safety of the patient or affects the investigator's assessment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: NouvNeu001	Biological: Human Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells; Single injection of Human Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells into the putamen/striatum region of brain.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Motor Function	Changes in Movement Disorder Society - Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Part Ⅲ score from baseline to 24 weeks post-transplant. MDS-UPDRS Part III assesses the motor signs of PD, a higher score indicates more severe symptoms of PD.	24 weeks post-transplant
Safety and Tolerability	Incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs).	24 weeks and 48 weeks post-transplant

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Motor Function and Non-motor Function	Changes in MDS-UPDRS Part I-IV, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D17), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PDQ-39) Score from baseline to 48 weeks and 96 weeks post-transplant. A higher score indicates more severe symptoms or worse health.	48 weeks and 96 weeks post-transplant
The Modified Hoehn Yahr Score	Changes in the Modified Hoehn Yahr score from baseline to 48 weeks, 96 weeks and 5 years post-transplant. The Modified Hoehn and Yahr scale measures the severity of Parkinson's disease by assessing the patient's motor symptoms and functional impairment. The scale has seven stages, ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating more severe disease.	48 weeks, 96 weeks and 5 years post-transplant
L-dopa Equivalent Dose	Changes in oral L-dopa Equivalent Dose from baseline to 48 weeks and 96 weeks post-transplant.	48 weeks and 96 weeks post-transplant.
Continued Safety and Tolerability	Incidence and severity of AEs and SAEs within 96 weeks and 5 years post-transplant.	96 weeks and 5 years post-transplant
"Off" Time	Changes in Waking Hours in "off" State from baseline to 48 weeks, 96 weeks and 5 years post-transplant.	48 weeks, 96 weeks and 5 years post-transplant

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: iRegene Therapeutics Co., Ltd.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 17, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2029

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 24, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): December 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): February 28, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 25, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Parkinson Disease; Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson Disease; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Protective Agents; Cardiotonic Agents; Dopamine Agents; Sympathomimetics; Dopamine; Dopamine Agonists
• Other Study ID Numbers: NouvNeu001-02

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No