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A Study of NNZ-2591 in Pediatric Participants With Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited

Start Date

11/12/2025

Completion Date

11/15/2027

Summary

This Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group (2-arm), placebo-controlled, multicenter study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of NNZ-2591 compared to placebo in pediatric participants with Phelan- McDermid Syndrome.

Detailed Description

After providing informed consent/assent, pediatric participants with Phelan-McDermid syndrome ages 3-12 years of age will enter the 4-week Screening Period and undergo assessments for eligibility, baseline characteristics and symptom severity. Once eligibility is confirmed, participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either orally administered NNZ-2591 or matching placebo during the 13-week Treatment Period. Subsequently, a 2-week safety follow-up period will occur immediately after the completion of the Treatment Period.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 3 years to 12 years

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female pediatric participants with Phelan-McDermid syndrome ages 3 to 12 years (inclusive) at the time of signing the informed consent. 2. Clinical diagnosis of Phelan-McDermid syndrome with a documented disease-causing genetic abnormality of SHANK3. 3. Body weight ≥ 10 kg at Screening. 4. Participants with a PMSA-S overall score ≥ 3 at the Screening and Baseline visits. 5. Not actively undergoing regression or loss of skills. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Use of exclusionary medication or unstable treatment regimens of acceptable concomitant medications as required by the protocol. 2. Current treatment with more than 3 allowable psychotropic medications. 3. Participants with seizures must be controlled on no more than 2 anticonvulsant medications (not counting rescue medications). 4. Psychotropic medications or any other medication used for a chronic illness (not including antibiotics, pain relievers, anti-diarrheals, and laxatives) with doses and dosing regimen that have not been stable for at least 4 weeks before Screening. If the treatment was discontinued, the discontinuation must have occurred no fewer than 2 weeks before the start of Screening. 5. Any intercurrent seizures in the past 6 months and /or more than 1 seizure in the past 12 months. •A single febrile seizure in the 6 months prior to screening is allowable if no rescue medication was required. 6. Abnormal liver function laboratory results during the Screening period, as defined by the protocol 7. Abnormal QT interval on Screening ECG as defined by the protocol.

Interventions

DRUG

NNZ-2591

DRUG

Placebo

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Conditions

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Locations

Neuren PMS-301 Site#122

Glendale, California 91203

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#103

San Diego, California 92123

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#111

San Rafael, California 94903

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#102

Chicago, Illinois 60612

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#109

Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#106

Brookline, Massachusetts 02445

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#104

Lexington, Massachusetts 02421

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#101

New York, New York 10029

United States

Neuren PMS-301 Site#108

Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

United States