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NCT number NCT01502046
Other study ID # SAT-HD
Secondary ID 2010-024227-24
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received December 29, 2011
Last updated January 31, 2013
Start date September 2011
Est. completion date June 2012

Study information

Verified date January 2013
Source Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Spain: Spanish Agency of Medicines
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, related to an abnormal expansion of CAG triplets in the huntingtin gene, characterized by motor, cognitive and behavioral abnormalities, without known effective symptomatic treatment and without known disease slowing strategy. The most severe neuropathological lesions observed in HD take place in the striatum, one brain area important in motor control and rich in cannabinoid receptors (CBR). CBR are subdivided in two classes: CB1R are located in neurons and play a role in neuronal function; CB2R in brain are located mostly in microglia and modulate neuroinflammation.

CBR disappear early in the course of HD, before there is a massive drop out of cells in the striatum. Cannabinoid transmission is also an early event in brains of animal models of HD. In R6/2 mice, which carry large CAG expansions and develop an early and severe HD phenotype the suppression of the CB1R gene further accelerate the development of a severe clinical syndrome and the characteristic brain inclusions and abnormalities of synaptic density. R6/2 treated mice treated with cannabinoids improve their clinical phenotype, their brain lesions, the synaptic density and the levels of BNDF, a neurotrophic factor which enhances survival and resistance of striatal neurons.

Preliminary studies of cannabinoids in patients with HD have shown that these compounds are safe in these patients. Those studies, however, did not show efficacy because 1) they were underpowered from the statistical point of view, 2) were performed with isolated pure cannabinoids, instead of the more physiological stimulation with a mixture of compounds, and 3) they did use insensitive clinical parameters instead of sensitive end points, such as pathogenically important biomarkers.

The investigators propose a phase II trial with combination of cannabinoids with evaluation of safety, by the profile of adverse events, and efficacy, according to changes of important biomarkers


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 25
Est. completion date June 2012
Est. primary completion date June 2012
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with HD

2. Older than 18 years.

3. Able to understand the study, to attend the study visits and to provide informed consent.

4. Stable baseline medication for at least 6 weeks prior to randomization.

5. Score in the UHDRS-motor from 5 to 50.

6. Good cognitive status (MMSE> 25) at the screening visit, with no evidence of major depression, at the discretion of the attending physician, and no evidence of psychosis.

7. Not consumers of products derived from marijuana.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant or lactating women.

2. History of drug addition.

3. History of psychosis or with history of suicidal attempt.

4. Patients with diseases of the oral cavity that prevents the safe administration of the drug.

5. Patients in which drug administration is contraindicated according to the SmPC

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)
Sativex 2.7 mg delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol/2.5 mg cannabidiol Oromucosal Spray. One spray per day, up to a maximum of 12 sprays per day.
Placebo
Placebo, One spray per day, up to a maximum of 12 sprays per day.

Locations

Country Name City State
Spain Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Madrid

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal GW Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Serious Adverse Events reported 8 months No
Primary Changes in the UHDRs Score UHDRS scale scores from the following perspectives: motor, cognitive, psychiatric and functional. On week 4 and 12 of each period No
Secondary Changes in the BDNF levels (Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor), oxidative stress (due to mitochondrial dysfunction) and proinflammatory cytokines in plasma Basal and on week 4 and 12 of each period No
Secondary Changes in the BDNF levels (Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor), oxidative stress (due to mitochondrial dysfunction) and proinflammatory cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid. On week 12 of each period No
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