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NCT Number: NCT07703462

Personalized Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy for a Participant With TARDBP ALS

This research project entails delivery of a personalized antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) drug designed for a single participant with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to a pathogenic variant in TARDBP.

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Key information

Conditions

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Central Nervous System Diseases Metabolic Diseases Motor Neuron Disease Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Proteostasis Deficiencies Spinal Cord Diseases TDP-43 Proteinopathies

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Jefferson Health

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

About this study

This is an interventional study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of treatment with an individualized antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) treatment in a single participant with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to a pathogenic variant in TARDBP

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Informed consent/assent provided by the participant (when appropriate), and/or participants parent(s) or legally authorized representative(s)
  • Ability to travel to the study site and adhere to study-related follow-up examinations and/or procedures and provide access to participant's medical records
  • Genetically confirmed neurological disorder

Exclusion criteria

  • Participant has any condition that in the opinion of the Site Investigator, would ultimately prevent the completion of study procedures
  • Use of an investigational medication within less than 5 half-lives of the drug at enrollment

Treatment and study plan

nL-TARDB-002

Drug

Personalized antisense oligonucleotide

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical Functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in scores on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R).

  2. Clinical Functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in Slow Vital Capacity (SVC)

  3. Clinical Functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in Handheld Dynamometry (HHD)

  4. Clinical Functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in scores on Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS Screen (ECAS).

  5. Clinical Functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in scores on ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS).

  6. Clinical Functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in scores on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assessment Questionnaire 5 (ALSAQ-5).

  7. Survival

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in survival status

  8. Disease Biomarkers

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Change from baseline at 12-months post nL-TARDB-002 administration in serum/plasma and CSF neurofilament light chain levels

Other outcomes

  1. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Incidence and severity of adverse events

  2. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Emergent abnormalities in physical exam

  3. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Emergent abnormalities in neurological exam

  4. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Emergent abnormalities in safety labs (CSF, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, and urinalysis)

  5. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Emergent abnormalities in electrocardiogram (ECG)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

n-Lorem Foundation

Other

Collaborators

  • Thomas Jefferson University

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-label Study of an Experimental Antisense Oligonucleotide Treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Due to TARDBP (TDP-43) Genetic Mutation

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Jul 14, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 14, 2026

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