Recruiting Trials

The following research trials are currently open to patients with peripheral nerve diseases in the UK.

This list is not yet complete. See also https://clinicaltrials.gov/ which is the international registry of all clinical trials, searchable by disease and country, which also provides further technical information. There is advice to help patients navigate this site HERE

Most clinical trials will pay reasonable travel expenses for patients to attend the hospital. You will have to attend the hospital for monitoring visits which may be quite frequent.

 

VITALIZE CIDP

Intervention

 

A global Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy trial evaluating riliprubart versus standard intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in adults with CIDP. 

INCLUSION CRITERIA

Adults with CIDP who are already receiving maintenance IVIg but continue to have residual disability. 

Locations

 

Oxford

General information

Open

 

Most CIDP patients who respond to IVIg do not achieve complete recovery and often remain with weakness, sensory symptoms, fatigue, or functional impairment. VITALIZE is designed to determine whether riliprubart can provide better disease control than continued IVIg treatment.

 

Contact

Dr Simon Rinaldi (UK CI); Sanofi (Pharma company)

 

 

ACT-EARLY  ATTRV

Intervention

The investigational treatment is acoramidis, a small-molecule TTR stabilizer that binds tightly to transthyretin and helps prevent dissociation of the TTR tetramer, the key step that leads to amyloid formation.

 

Inclusion criteria

People who carry a pathogenic TTR mutation but have not yet developed symptoms. The study enrols:

  • Adults aged 18–75 years
  • Carriers of a known pathogenic TTR mutation (e.g. V50M, V142I, T80A, and others)
  • Individuals who are asymptomatic, with no evidence of ATTR cardiomyopathy or polyneuropathy
  • Participants who are within approximately 10 years of their predicted age of disease onset, based on family history or actuarial estimates.

 

Locations

London

General information

Open

ACT-EARLY (Acoramidis Transthyretin Amyloidosis Prevention Trial in the Young) is a Phase 3 prevention study testing whether acoramidis, a transthyretin (TTR) stabilizer, can prevent or delay the onset of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis (ATTRv). Current ATTRv treatments are typically started after symptoms appear, such as neuropathy or cardiomyopathy. ACT-EARLY is one of the first large trials asking whether treatment should begin before disease onset, analogous to preventive approaches in genetic conditions like Huntington's disease or familial Alzheimer's disease. 

 

Contact

 

Eidos Therapeutics (BridgeBio pharma)

 

IMAGiNe igm ppn

Intervention

The IMAGiNe study is not a drug trial. It is an international, prospective observational registry designed to improve understanding of IgM paraproteinaemic neuropathies, particularly neuropathy associated with anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein (anti-MAG) antibodies. 

 

Inclusion criteria

International multicentre registry with prospective observational study. No investigational treatment is assigned; patients receive routine clinical care. Includes patients with: 

  • Other IgM monoclonal protein–associated neuropathies
  • Anti-MAG neuropathy

LOCATIONS

Countrywide

GENERAL INFORMATION
sloAnti-MAG neuropathy is a rare, slowly progressive sensory-predominant demyelinating neuropathy associated with an IgM monoclonal gammopathy. Clinical trials in this field have been difficult because:
• The disease progresses slowly
• Outcome measures are not well standardised
• There is uncertaintly about which patients benefit from treatments such as rituximab
• Natural history data is limited

Contact
Dr Stephen Keddie (UK CI)