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NCT Number: NCT05025332

An Open-Label Study of Oral NNZ-2591 in Pitt Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS-001)

A study of the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of NNZ-2591 and measures of efficacy in children and adolescents with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome.

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Key information

Age range

3 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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About this study

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of treatment with NNZ-2591 oral solution in children and adolescents with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome. The secondary purpose is to investigate measures of efficacy. Subjects will receive treatment with NNZ-2591 oral solution (50 mg/mL) doses for a total of 13 weeks.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of PTHS with a documented disease-causing genetic etiology for the disorder.
  • Males or females aged 3-17 years.
  • Body weight of 12kg or higher at screening
  • Subjects with a Clinical Global Impression- Severity (CGI-S) score of 4 or greater at the Screening visit.
  • Not actively undergoing regression or loss of skills, defined as no persistent loss of previously acquired developmental skills for a period within 3 months of the Screening visit
  • Each subject must be able to swallow the study medication provided as a liquid solution.
  • Caregiver(s) must have sufficient English language skills.

Exclusion criteria

  • Body weight <12kg at screening
  • Clinically significant abnormalities in safety laboratory tests and vital signs at Screening.
  • Abnormal QTcF interval or prolongation at Screening.
  • Any other clinically significant finding on ECG at the Screening visit.
  • Positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) and previous COVID 19 infection with last 12 months that required hospitalization.
  • Unstable or changes Psychotropic treatment 2 weeks prior to screening
  • Excluded concomitant treatments.
  • Actively undergoing regression or loss of skills.
  • Unstable seizure profile.
  • Current clinically significant renal conditions and abnormalities
  • Current clinically significant cardiovascular, hepatic, gastrointestinal, respiratory, endocrine disease, or clinically significant organ impairment.
  • Current clinically significant hypo- or hyperthyroidism, Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin (whether well controlled or uncontrolled), or uncontrolled Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
  • Has planned surgery during the study.
  • History of, or current, cerebrovascular disease or brain trauma.
  • History of, or current catatonia or catatonia-like symptoms.
  • History of, or current, malignancy.
  • Current major or persistent depressive disorder (including bipolar depression).
  • Significant, uncorrected visual or uncorrected hearing impairment.
  • Allergy to strawberry.
  • Positive pregnancy test
  • Subject is judged by the Investigator or Medical Monitor to be inappropriate for the study

Treatment and study plan

NNZ-2591

Drug

NNZ-2591 oral solution (50mg/mL) to be administered twice daily dose for 13 weeks.

Other names: Cyclo-L-Glycyl-L-2-Allylproline

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: 13 weeks

    To examine the incidence, severity and frequency of adverse events (AEs), including serious adverse events (SAEs) during treatment with NNZ-2591.

  2. Pharmacokinetic - Mean AUC24

    Time frame: Pre-dose, 1-3 h post-dose and/or 4-7 h post-dose at Weeks 2, 6 and 13.

    Approximately nine sparse pharmacokinetic (PK) samples were collected from each participant under steady-state conditions. These samples were taken at pre-dose, 1-3 hours post-dose, and/or 4-7 hours post-dose during Weeks 2, 6, and 13. The individual pharmacokinetic parameters for NNZ-2591, including half-life (t1/2) and area under the curve over 24 hours (AUC24), were derived using subject-level concentration-time profiles from the study population model.

  3. Pharmacokinetic - t1/2

    Time frame: Pre-dose, 1-3 h post-dose and/or 4-7 h post-dose at Weeks 2, 6 and 13.

    Approximately nine sparse pharmacokinetic (PK) samples were collected from each participant under steady-state conditions. These samples were taken at pre-dose, 1-3 hours post-dose, and/or 4-7 hours post-dose during Weeks 2, 6, and 13. The individual pharmacokinetic parameters for NNZ-2591, including half-life (t1/2) and area under the curve over 24 hours (AUC24), were derived using subject-level concentration-time profiles from the study population model.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pitt Hopkins Syndrome-specific Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI-I) - Overall Improvement

    Time frame: CGI-I was assessed at weeks 6, 13/EOT & 15. Overall improvement scores relate to week 13/EOT visit.

    Pitt Hopkins Syndrome-specific Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI-I) - Overall Improvement. Score on a Likert scale (1-7) where lower scores are better.

  2. Caregiver Impression of Improvement: Overall Score

    Time frame: CIC was assessed at Week13/EOT

    Caregiver Impression of Improvement: Overall Score. Measured on a 7 point Likert scale (1-7) where lower scores are better.

  3. Pitt Hopkins Syndrome-specific Clinical Global Impression Scale - Severity (CGI-S) - Overall Score

    Time frame: Change in score assessed from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16 (week 13/EOT).

    Pitt Hopkins syndrome-specific Clinical Global Impression Scale - Severity (CGI-S) - Change from baselines on overall Score based on a 7 point Likert scale (1-7) where lower scores are better.

  4. Caregiver Top 3 Concerns

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in average concern severity.

    Caregiver Top 3 Concerns: Change from baseline in Average Concern Severity. The average concern severity defined as the average of the severity scores for the three concerns evaluated at a given visit, and was calculated as long as at least one concern was useable for analysis at the visit. Scores range from 0 - 10 with higher scores indicating greater concern severity. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement.

  5. MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MB-CDI)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13).

    MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MB-CDI): Words Understood Domain. Scores ranges from 0-396, with higher scores indicating greater language ability. A positive change from baseline indicates improvement.

  6. Observer-Reported Communication Ability (ORCA)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in Total Score.

    Observer-Reported Communication Ability (ORCA): Change from baseline in Modified t-score. The ORCA measures an individual's communication abilities based on observations made by caregivers, parents, or other relevant observers, and is based on 4 domains: Expressive Communication, Receptive Communication, Social Communication, and Pragmatic Language Skills.

    Scores range from 25.8 - 83.8, with higher scores indicating greater communication ability. A positive change from baseline indicates improvement. A T-score standardizes the individual's performance relative to a normative sample. It typically has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

    T score = 50 + 10 × (X-µ)/σ Where: X is the individual's raw score μ is the population mean σ is the standard deviation

  7. Aberrant Behavior Checklist-2 (ABC-2)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in total score.

    Aberrant Behavior Checklist-2 (ABC-2): Change from baseline in Total Score. Range of scores is 0-174, with higher scores indicating more behavioral issues. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement.

  8. CSHQ

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in total score.

    Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). Total Score. Change from baseline. Range of scores was (33-99) with higher scores being worse.

  9. GIHQ

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in total frequency score.

    Gastrointestinal Health Questionnaire (GIHQ). Change from baseline in total frequency score. Range of scores was (0-197) with higher scores being worse.

  10. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-3, Interview Version

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in composite standard score.

    Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-3 (VABS-3), Interview version, Change from baseline in Adaptive Behavior Composite Standard Score. Scores range from 20 - 140 with higher scores indicating greater functional abilities. A positive change from baseline indicates improvement.

  11. Modified Two-minute Walk Test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in distance travelled on two minute walk test.

    Modified two-minute walk test. Change from baseline in distance travelled (m) on 2 minute walk test. The test was only administered for participants who were ambulatory and able to complete the assessment. A positive score on change from baseline indicates improvement in distance walked.

  12. QI-Disability

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in overall score score.

    Quality of Life Inventory-Disability (QI-Disability). Overall Score change from baseline. Scores range from 0 - 100 with higher scores indicating better quality of life. A positive change from baseline indicates improvement.

  13. ICND

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in overall quality of life rating score.

    Impact of Childhood Neurological Disability (ICND)-Overall quality of life rating, change from baseline. Score ranges from 1 - 6, with a higher score indicating better quality of life. A positive change from baseline indicates improvement.

  14. Behavior Problems Inventory - Short Form

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in Total Frequency score.

    Change from baseline in Behavior Problems Inventory - Short Form Total Frequency Score. Scores range from 0-120, with higher scores indicating greater frequency in behavior problems. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement.

  15. Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID-4): Non Verbal Development Quotient (NVDQ)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (visit 3, week 0) to visit 16/EOT (week 13) in NVDQ score.

    Change from baseline in Non Verbal Development Quotient (NVDQ). Scores range from 40 - 160, with higher scores indicating greater development. A positive change from baseline indicates improvement.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-Label Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Oral NNZ-2591 in Pitt Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS-001)

Acronym: PTHS-001

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Aug 27, 2021
Registry last updated
Jun 18, 2025

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