Low-dose Carbon Monoxide (HBI-002) Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, PK, and Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age40-80
SponsorHillhurst Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

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 volunteers

Qualifiers

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

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • HBI-002

    Drug

    Oral liquid containing carbon monoxide

  • Vehicle (placebo)

    Drug

    Vehicle control (placebo)

Treatment groups

36 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: High DoseExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Low DoseExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Frequency and severity of treatment-emergent AEs related to HBI-002 compared to placebo.

Time frame
From treatment to 30 days after the end of treatment

Secondary outcomes

1

Pharmacokinetics as measured by carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels

Time frame
Days 1 and 14

Other outcomes

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