Efficacy and Safety of Masitinib Versus Placebo in the Treatment of ALS Patients
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 406
Summary
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Double (Participant, Investigator)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 81 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Masitinib is a selective, oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor with neuroprotective capability demonstrated via numerous preclinical studies. Two of masitinib's main cellular targets are the mast cell and microglia cell. It is well-established that mast cells play a prominent role in neuroinflammatory pro...
Masitinib is a selective, oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor with neuroprotective capability demonstrated via numerous preclinical studies. Two of masitinib's main cellular targets are the mast cell and microglia cell. It is well-established that mast cells play a prominent role in neuroinflammatory processes. Microglia, resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), also constitute an important source of neuroinflammatory mediators and may have fundamental roles in numerous neurodegenerative disorders. The development of masitinib in ALS is therefore based on the pharmacological action of masitinib in microglia cells and mast cells, thereby slowing microglial-related disease progression, reducing neuro-inflammation, and modulating the neuronal microenvironment in both central and peripheral nervous systems. This is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group (two ascending dose titrations of masitinib and matching placebo), comparative study of oral masitinib in the treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03127267
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Albert Ludolph, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Germany