Impact of Nilotinib on Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease
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Official title
A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Impact of Low Doses of Nilotinib Treatment on Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease
Brief summary
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder causing motor and non-motor symptoms. PD is characterized by death of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) pars compacta and formation of inclusions known as Lewy bodies (LBs) that primarily contain aggregated alpha-Synuclein. Nilotinib (Tasigna®, AMN107, Novartis, Switzerland) is approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is well tolerated for CML treatment at oral doses of 600-800mg daily. Nilotinib penetrates the brain and promotes autophagic degradation of alpha-Synuclein and p-Tau, leading to survival of DA neurons and improvement of motor function in PD models. For these studies, Nilotinib (1-10mg/kg daily) was used at significantly less than the clinically approved dose (up to 1200mg daily) in CML.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02954978
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 75 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Placebo Oral Capsule Drug
- Nilotinib 150mg oral capsule [Tasigna] Drug
- Nilotinib 300mg oral capsule [Tasigna] Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 40 Years to 90 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2016
- Primary completion
- Apr 30, 2020
- Completion
- Jun 30, 2020
- Last update posted
- Jun 11, 2026
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20007 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 11, 2026 · Synced Sep 13, 2026
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