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NCT Number: NCT05299658

An Open-Label Extension for the Phase 2 Study in Early Symptomatic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients on Stable Background Therapy to Assess Bioenergetic Catalysis With CNM-Au8 to Slow Disease Progression in ALS

This is an optional open-label extension to participants that have completed the clinical trial CNMAu8.205.

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Key information

Age range

30 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia

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About this study

A forty-eight (48) week optional open-label extension period (Open- Label Period), which may be extended by 12-week increments until discontinued by the Sponsor for participants that have completed protocol CNMAu8.205.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must have completed the randomized placebo-controlled Treatment Period without compliance issues.
  • Able to understand and give written informed consent to participate in the open-label extension.
  • If referred from a third party (neurologist or a State based ALS organisation), participant agrees to maintain transfer of care to a neurologist participating in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Lack of treatment compliance during the randomized placebo controlled Treatment Period.
  • Positive pregnancy test at the Week 36 visit, or, females who plan to get pregnant during the course of this extension or within 6 months of the end of this extension.
  • Based on the investigator's judgment, patients who may have difficulty complying with the protocol and/or any study procedures.
  • Patient with clinically significant abnormalities in haematology, blood chemistry, ECG, or physical examination identified during the W36 visit which according to Investigator may interfere with continued participation.
  • Patients with clinically significant hepatic or renal dysfunction or clinical laboratory findings that would limit the interpretability of change in liver or kidney function, or those with low platelet counts (< 150 x 10^9 per liter) or eosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count of ≥ 500 eosinophils per microliter) at the Week 36 visit.
  • Patient is considered a suicide risk in the opinion of the Investigator, has previously made a suicide attempt, or is currently demonstrating active suicidal ideation. Subjects with intermittent passive suicidal ideation are not necessarily excluded based on the assessment of the Investigator.

Treatment and study plan

CNMAu8

Drug

CNM-Au8 is an aqueous suspension of clean surfaced faceted nanocrystals consisting of gold atoms self-organized into crystals of various geometrical shapes (hexagonal bi-pyramid, pentagonal bi-pyramid, tetrahedron, decahedron, planar spheroids). Those choosing to participate in the OLE period will orally receive 30 mg of CNM-Au8, once daily.

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety measures

    Time frame: Up to an estimated 96 weeks.

    Safety endpoints include incidence of treatment-emergent AEs, drug-related AEs, deaths, SAEs, and AEs leading to discontinuation from the study. Changes from baseline (Week 36 of the placebo controlled phase) in clinical laboratory results, physical examination findings, vital signs, ECGs, and C-SSRS will be summarized descriptively by group and timepoint.

  2. Electromyography measures

    Time frame: Up to an estimated 96 weeks.

    Mean change in the average difference between active treatment and placebo from Baseline through End of Study for the MUNIXscore(4), which is the sum of the respective MUNIX values for the Abductor Digiti Minimi (ADM), Abductor Pollicis Brevis (APB), Biceps Brachii (BB), and Tibialis Anterior (TA).

Other outcomes

  1. MScanFit MUNE

    Time frame: Up to an estimated 96 weeks.

    Mean change in the average difference between active treatment and placebo from Baseline through Week 36 (overall difference at all time points) as measured by MScanFit MUNE (Jacobsen et al., 2017) of the APB in the least clinically affected hand. The baseline average will be indexed to 100%, and changes at Week 12, 24 and Week 36 will be calculated as the percent change from the Baseline index of 100%.

  2. MUSIX

    Time frame: Up to an estimated 96 weeks.

    Mean change in the average difference between active treatment and placebo from Baseline through Week 36 for the MUSIXscore(4) (Neuwirth et al., 2015), which is the mean of the respective MUSIX values for the ADM, APB, BB, and TA. The average baseline mean values will be indexed to 100%. Changes will be calculated as the percent change from the Baseline index of 100%. baseline average will be indexed to 100%, and changes at Week 12, 24 and Week 36 will be calculated as the percent change from the Baseline index of 100%.

  3. Spilt Hand Index

    Time frame: Up to an estimated 96 weeks.

    Mean change in the average difference between active treatment and placebo from Baseline through Week 36 for the Split Hand Index (SI) (Menon et al., 2013), defined as the first dorsal interosseous (FDI)Peak CMAP Amplitude * APBPeak CMAP Amplitude/ADMPeak CMAP Amplitude.

  4. Neurophysiological index

    Time frame: Up to an estimated 96 weeks.

    Mean change in the average difference between active treatment and placebo from Baseline through Week 36 for the Neurophysiological Index (NPI) of the ADM (Cheah et al., 2011), defined as the ulnar nerve (ADMCMAP Peak Amplitude / ADMDistal Motor Latency) * ADMF-Wave (%).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Clene Nanomedicine

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-Label Extension for the Phase 2, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study in Early Symptomatic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients on Stable Background Therapy to Assess Bioenergetic Catalysis With CNM-Au8 to Slow Disease Progression in ALS

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Mar 29, 2022
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2025

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