Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial to Determine the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of TZ-161 in Spinal Cord Injury

Drug
General health
Online since 4 December 2024, updated 52 days ago

About this trial

Technophage identified a promising compound, Eletriptan hydrobromide, that intends to use as a repurposed drug, for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury (SCI) in human subjects. Eletriptan hydrob...

Included participants

Gender
All
Age
18 - 65 years
Injury level
T1 - T12
  • Severity (AIS)?
  • AIS-B
    AIS-C
    AIS-D
    Time since injury
    ≤ 24 null
  • Injury type
  • Traumatic

    Healthy volunteers
    No
    T1-T12

    What’s involved

    Type

    Drug

    Details

    Eletriptan hydrobromide (HBr) is a second-generation serotonin (5-HT) receptor agonist with high affinity for 5-HT1B, 5-HT1D and 5-HT1F receptors approved for the acute treatment of the headache phase of migraine attacks, with or without aura. 5-HT is a monoamine neurotransmitter synthesized in several subpopulations of brainstem neurons and plays an important role in vertebrate locomotion. Following spinal cord injury (SCI) there is a disruption of descending serotonergic projections to spinal motor areas, which results in a subsequent 5-HT depletion, 5-HT transporter dysregulation, as well as elevated expression, hyper-sensitivity and/or constitutive auto-activation of specific 5-HT receptors. Technophage identified a new possible therapeutic indication for Eletriptan HBr, showing its locomotor recovery properties in two different animal models of injury. Based on preclinical findings, Technophage intends to test Eletriptan HBr in the clinical environment, as a repurposed drug, for the treatment of acute SCI in human subjects.

    Potential benefits

    Main benefits

    General health

    Additional benefits

    Good to know: Potential benefits are defined as outcomes that are being measured during and/or after the trial.

    Wings for Life supports SCITrialsFinder

    Wings for Life has proudly initiated, led and funded the new version of the SCI Trials Finder website. Wings for Life aims to find a cure for spinal cord injuries. The not-for-profit foundation funds world-class scientific research and clinical trials around the globe.

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    • Trial recruitment status
    • Recruiting soon
    • Trial start date
    • 1 Jan 2025
    • Organisation
    • Technophage, SA
    • Trial recruitment status
    • Recruiting soon
    • Trial start date
    • 1 Jan 2025
    • Organisation
    • Technophage, SA

    Wings for Life supports SCITrialsFinder

    Wings for Life has proudly initiated, led and funded the new version of the SCI Trials Finder website. Wings for Life aims to find a cure for spinal cord injuries. The not-for-profit foundation funds world-class scientific research and clinical trials around the globe.

    Learn more