About this trial
A phase 2a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multiple dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, of HBI-002, an oral low-dose carbon monoxide (CO) liquid drug product, administered daily over 14 days in subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Signed informed consent.
Male or female 40-80 years of age
Non-smoker for at least 5 years with smoking defined as the use of smoked products (e.g. tobacco, marijuana, vaping or other)
No smoking in the home (i.e. not living with a smoker)
Disqualifiers
Atypical parkinsonism, including parkinsonism due to drugs, metabolic disorders, encephalitis, cerebrovascular disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, or other neurodegenerative disease.
Supranuclear gaze palsy
Signs of dementia (MoCA < 22)
History of repeated strokes with stepwise progression of parkinsonian features
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
HBI-002
DrugOral liquid containing carbon monoxide
Vehicle (placebo)
DrugVehicle control (placebo)
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Frequency and severity of treatment-emergent AEs related to HBI-002 compared to placebo.
Secondary outcomes
Pharmacokinetics as measured by carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels
Sponsors and contacts
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Hillhurst Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lead sponsor
The Parkinson Study Group
Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital (PI: Michael Schwarzschild MD,PhD, Co-PI: Stephen Gomperts MD,PhD)
Collaborator
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Collaborator