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A Study Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of QRL-201 in ALS

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05633459
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : December 1, 2022
Last Update Posted : December 1, 2023
Sponsor:
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QurAlis Corporation

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The primary objective of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of multiple doses of QRL-201 in people living with ALS

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 1 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 2 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 3 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 4 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 5 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 6 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 7 Drug: QRL-201- Dose 8 Phase 1

Detailed Description:
This first-in-human, Phase 1 study will evaluate safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of QRL-201 administered intrathecal (IT) to participants with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 8 cohorts of 8 participants each, in a 6:2 ratio of QRL-201 to placebo will be tested.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 64 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description: Multiple-ascending doses of QRL-201 or placebo will be administered. The dose levels may change subject to available nonclinical, clinical, safety, and PK data.
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Multiple-Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of QRL-201 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Actual Study Start Date : December 16, 2022
Estimated Primary Completion Date : May 6, 2025
Estimated Study Completion Date : May 6, 2025

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 1
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 1

Drug: Dose 1 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 2
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 2

Drug: Dose 2 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 3
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 3

Drug: Dose 3 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 4
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 4

Drug: Dose 4 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 5
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 5

Drug: Dose 5 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 6
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 6

Drug: Dose 6 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 7
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201 - Dose 7

Drug: Dose 7 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)
Experimental: QRL-201 - Arm 8
Placebo Comparator: Placebo consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201
 Drug: QRL-201- Dose 8

Drug: Dose 8 of QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)

Placebo: consists of the same components as the formulation buffer for QRL-201 administered via intrathecal injection. Calculated volume to match active comparator

Diluent: artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF)


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of participants with one or more treatment emergent adverse events and serious adverse events [ Time Frame: Baseline through 253 Days ]
    Endpoints: A summary of treatment emergent adverse events, serious adverse events, and other non-serious adverse events, regardless of causality, will be reported in the Reported Adverse Events module.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Pharmacokinetics (plasma): Maximum observed concentration of QRL-201 (Cmax) [ Time Frame: Predose up to 24 hours postdose ]
    Endpoints: PK: Cmax of QRL-201

  2. Pharmacokinetics (plasma): Area under the concentration time curve from zero to infinity (AUCinf) of QRL-201 [ Time Frame: Predose up to 24 hours postdose ]
    Endpoints: PK: AUC (0-inf) of QRL-201

  3. Pharmacokinetics (plasma): Time of maximum concentration (Tmax) of QRL-201 [ Time Frame: Predose up to 24 hours postdose ]
    Endpoints: PK: Tmax of QRL-201


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 80 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female participants aged 18 to 80 years diagnosed with ALS
  • ALS symptom onset within 24 months of Screening
  • Slow vital capacity >50%
  • Clinical evidence of lower motor neuron involvement
  • Not pregnant and not nursing
  • Willing and able to practice effective contraception
  • Able to tolerate lumbar puncture
  • If on approved therapies for the treatment of ALS during the course of the study, must be on a stable dose (at the Sponsor's discretion)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pathogenic variant, likely pathogenic variant, or variant of uncertain significance in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and/or fused in sarcoma (FUS) genes
  • Currently enrolled in any other clinical study involving either an investigational product (IP) or off-label use of a drug or device
  • Prior exposure to stem cell or gene therapy products
  • Any contraindication to intrathecal drug administration
  • Abnormal laboratory values deemed clinically significant by the Investigator
  • Significant infection, or known inflammatory process
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05633459


Contacts
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Contact: QurAlis Corporation 617-720-9566 clinicaltrials@quralis.com

Locations
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Belgium
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven (UZ Leuven) Not yet recruiting
Leuven, Belgium, B-3000
Canada, Alberta
University of Calgary Recruiting
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
Contact    403-210-7009    wongb@ucalgary.ca   
Principal Investigator: Thomas Mobach, MD         
University of Alberta Recruiting
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G3
Contact: Kelsey Tymkow    780-492-7690    tymkow@ualberta.ca   
Principal Investigator: Wendy Johnston         
Canada, Quebec
CHUM - Hopital Notre-Dame Recruiting
Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H2L 4M1
Contact    514-890-8000 ext 30737    uit.eligibilite.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca   
Principal Investigator: Genevieve Matte, MD         
Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital Recruiting
Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4
Contact    514-398-6183    als-cru.neuro@mcgill.ca   
Principal Investigator: Rami Massie, MD         
Germany
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) Campus Lübeck, Department for Neurology/ Precision Neurology Recruiting
Lübeck, Germany
Contact: Julian Grosskreutz, MD    +49 451-500-43468    pnl@neuro.uni-luebeck.de   
Principal Investigator: Julian Grosskreutz         
Universitätsklinikum Ulm Not yet recruiting
Ulm, Germany, 89081
Contact: Bettina Hepp       Bettina.hepp@uniklinik-ulm.de   
Contact: Albert C Ludolph, MD    +49 731 177 1201    albert.ludolph@rku.de   
Ireland
St James's Hospital Recruiting
Dublin, Ireland, D08 A978
Contact       HARDIMAO@tcd.ie   
Principal Investigator: Orla Hardiman         
Netherlands
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht Recruiting
Utrecht, Netherlands
Principal Investigator: Leonard Van Den Berg         
United Kingdom
The University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital Recruiting
Sheffield, United Kingdom, S10 2JF
Contact: Christopher McDermott, MD    +44-114-2222264      
Contact: Madalina Roman, NP       madalina.roman@nhs.net   
Sponsors and Collaborators
QurAlis Corporation
Investigators
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Study Director: Angela Genge, MD QurAlis Corporation
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Responsible Party: QurAlis Corporation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05633459    
Other Study ID Numbers: QRL-201-01
First Posted: December 1, 2022    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: December 1, 2023
Last Verified: November 2023
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by QurAlis Corporation:
ALS, Stathmin-2, STMN2, ASO, Antisense Oligonucleotide
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Motor Neuron Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Sclerosis
Pathologic Processes
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
 Neuromuscular Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Metabolic Diseases