A Study Testing the Safety and Possible Benefits of an Ear Injection of a New Compound, Paliroden, in People With Type 2 Diabetes Who Have Difficulty Understanding Speech in Noisy Situations

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age45-75
SponsorCilcare SAS

About this trial

Like retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy, sensorineural hearing loss is a common and underserved complication of uncontrolled diabetes. Neuroinflammation in diabetes can cause auditory nerve damage (cochlear synaptopathy) which first translates into speech-in-noise intelligibility deficit. CIL001 is a neurotrophic small molecule that aims to repair auditory nerve when applied locally by transtympanic injection. Transtympanic injection of paliroden is anticipated to improve the symptoms of cochlear synaptopathy. Furthermore, by addressing auditory or vestibular dysfunction early and effectively, this approach may contribute to limiting or delaying, over the long term, the onset of secondary neurological disorders, such as dementia.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Signed and dated informed consent form

Aged between 45 and 75 years old (inclusive) at the time of screening

Established type 2 diabetes as determined by 7% ≤ hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≤ 9% and diabetes duration of at least 5 years

Be considered as reliable and capable of adhering to the protocol, according to the judgment of the Investigator

Disqualifiers

MoCA score < 26

Known otologic pathology (e.g., History of autoimmune hearing loss, radiation-induced hearing loss, fluctuating hearing, endolymphatic hydrops, or Menière's disease in either ear)

Presence of middle ear pathology (e.g., otitis media, tympanic membrane perforation, etc.)

History of platinum-based chemotherapy

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CIL001 (Paliroden)

    Drug

    Single unilateral transtympanic administration

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Placebo

Treatment groups

135 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: CIL001Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Frequencies of Treatment-Related Adverse Events with a particular focus on ear and auditory symptomatology

Time frame
Over 6 month (168 days) post-injection

Secondary outcomes

1

Determine the concentration in plasma of paliroden with Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC)

Time frame
From the day of injection to 28 days
2

Determine the concentration in plasma of paliroden with Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

Time frame
From the day of injection to 28 days
3

Determine the concentration in plasma of paliroden with Time to maximum concentration (Tmax)

Time frame
From the day of injection to 28 days
4

Change in speech in noise intelligibility base on the SRT50 result From the Matrix test (SRT50 = Signal-to-noise ratio required to correctly understand 50% of presented speech)

Time frame
At Day 84 from baseline

Other outcomes

Locations

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