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Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Study of Radotinib in Parkinson's Disease

A Phase 2 interventional study of Radotinib HCl 50 mg and Placebo in Parkinson Disease, sponsored by Il-Yang Pharm. Co., Ltd.. Active, not recruiting at 7 sites in France. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-03.

Sponsored by Il-Yang Pharm. Co., Ltd. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
43
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic and efficacy study in subjects with Parkinson's disease

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This study is will be conducting to determine if Radotinib is safe and can be tolerated by patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and to learn if Radotinib can be potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of PD.

Radotinib has been approved by Ministry of Food \& Drug Safety of Korea to treat Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) but it has not been approved for PD.

In nonclinical efficacy study, therapeutic effect of Radotinib HCl, c-Abl inhibitor, which exhibits improved pharmacokinetic properties and BBB penetration compared to nilotinib and other c-Abl inhibitors, was tested in a preclinical α-synuclein preformed fibrils (PFF) model of sporadic PD. As a result, the treatment of Radotinib HCl protects the α-synuclein PFFs-induced neuronal toxicity, reduces the PFFs-induced LB/LN-like pathology, and inhibits the PFFs-induced c-Abl activation in neurons. In vivo studies demonstrate that administration of Radotinib HCl prevents dopamine neuron loss and behavioral deficits following α-synuclein PFFs-induced toxicity. Taken together, these findings indicate that Radotinib HCl has beneficial neuroprotective effects in PD and provides strong evidence that selective and brain permeable c-Abl inhibitors can be potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of PD.

These data are very compelling to evaluate the effects of Radotinib in a phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with PD.

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Conditions studied

  • Parkinson Disease

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In context

Parkinson Disease

4,573 studies on the registry are indexed under Parkinson Disease; 1,086 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 43 is close to the median of 40 across 3,353 interventional studies indexed under Parkinson Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Il-Yang Pharm. Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 34 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Male and Female from 40 to 80 years old;
  2. Diagnosed with "Clinically Probable Parkinson's Disease" according to the MDS clinical diagnostic criteria, with documented onset of symptoms per treating physician's records within three years of the screening visit;
  3. Positive DAT-scan (e.g. a striatal dopamine transporter deficit on dopamine transporter imaging by DaT-SPECT, characterized by crescent-shaped areas of asymmetrical aspect, or of symmetrical aspect but of uneven intensity, between the right and the left brain hemisphere) confirmed by local reading;
  4. Hoehn \& Yahr stage ≤ 2.5;
  5. Without previous symptomatic treatment for PD disease and with current clinical state not requiring started dopaminergic therapy within 6 months from Baseline;
  6. Absence of a parkinsonian syndrome and other neurovascular comorbidities, confirmed by MRI
  7. Female subjects must be not of , e.g., documented evidence that they are surgically sterile (e.g., hysterectomy, partial hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral tubal ligation), or (at least 12 months since last menses) or using highly effective method of defined as those which result in a low failure rate (i.e. less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly, such as combined hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable), intra uterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, condom, until at least one month after the last drug intake associated to a negative pregnancy test at screening;
  8. Covered by Health Insurance System;
  9. Able to understand and to sign the prior to screening;
  10. Blood Pressure (BP) and Heart Rate (HR) considered NCS by Investigator;
  11. (ECG) recording on a 12-lead ECG considered NCS by Investigator;
  12. Laboratory parameters within the normal range of the laboratory. Individual values out of the normal range can be accepted if judged clinically non relevant by the Investigator.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Atypical Parkinsonism or drug-induced Parkinsonism;
  2. Current, or within 60 days of screening, use of any prescription, , or over the counter medication for the symptomatic treatment of PD or to slow the progression of PD.
  3. Prior use of dopaminergic therapy (e.g., levodopa, dopamine agonist, amantadine, rasagiline) for 30 or more days any time in the past;
  4. Cognitive impairment ( ≤ 24);
  5. Active psychiatric disorder (mood disorders, hallucinations or delirium with strong functional impact and not controlled by medication or which happened during the last 3 months before inclusion);
  6. Severe or uncontrolled chronic disease;
  7. Significant medical history of congenital or acquired bleeding disorders;
  8. Treatment by Deep Brain Stimulation or continuous infusion of apomorphin/dopa gel;
  9. Any below impaired cardiac function:

    • \<45% or \< lower bound of normal limit of study site (whichever higher), confirmed by echocardiogram (if the subject has already carried out this examination during the last month before inclusion, he/she will be exempted from retaking this examination, but he/she will have to present the echocardiogram as well as the cardiologist's report. If not, this exam should be performed during the screening period)
    • Subjects who cannot have measured according to
    • Complete left bundle branch block
    • Subjects with cardiac pacemakers
    • Subjects with congenital long QT syndrome or the family history of known long QT syndrome
    • History of, or presence of symptomatic ventricular or atrial tachyarrhythmias
    • resting bradycardia (\< 50 bpm).
    • Mean QTcF >450msec following three consecutive ECG tests at baseline: Screening test will be performed again for QTcF after the adjustment of electrolyte if QTcF >450msec and the electrolyte is not within the normal range
    • Medical history of clinically confirmed myocardial infarction
    • Medical history of unstable angina (within last 12 months)
    • Other clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g. congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled hypertension)
  10. Participation in other investigational drug trials within 30 days prior to Screening;
  11. Any concomitant medication or medication excluded that could put subject at risk, or interfere with study evaluations;
  12. Subjects currently receiving treatment with a strong inhibitors (e.g. erythromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, clarithromycin, telithromycin, ritonavir, mibefradil) or strong CYP3A4 inducers (e.g. dexamethasone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, phenobarbitol, St. John's Wort) or therapeutic Cumarin derivatives (e.g. warfarin, acenocoumarol, phenprocoumon) and that can neither stop the administration of these drugs before the start of the IP administration nor switch to other drugs
  13. Subjects who are currently receiving treatment with a medication that has the potential to extend QT intervals and can neither stop the administration of the drugs before the start of the IP administration nor switch to other drugs (list of medications that have the potential to prolong QT interval is provided in the Appendix II) If subjects need to start such drug treatments during the study, this will be discussed with the sponsor, IL-YANG PHARM. Co., Ltd.
  14. Subjects who are currently receiving treatment with P-gp inducers (e.g. (Ritonavir, Saquinavir, Nelfinavir, Indinavir, Amprenavir, Tipranavir…), Apalutamide, Estrone, Estriol, Trazodone, Vincristine, Tamoxifen, Doxorubicin, Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine, Fosphenytoin, Lorlatinib, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin, Propofol, beclomethasone, Dexamethasone, Prednisone, Hydrocortisone, Diclofenac, Rifampicin, Reserpine, Nifedipine, Digoxine, Amiodarone, Spironolactone, Levothyroxine, Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, St. John's Wort (herbal ingredient)) and that can neither stop the administration of these drugs before the start of the IP administration nor switch to other drugs;
  15. Gastrointestinal disorder or gastrointestinal disease that may result in a significant change in the absorption of the investigational product;
  16. Medical history of acute or chronic pancreatitis within the past one year;
  17. Acute or chronic liver, pancreas, or severe kidney disease that are not associated with the disease;
  18. Subjects known seropositive to (HIV), current acute or chronic (hepatitis B surface-antigen positive), , or cirrhosis. Inactive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers, treated and stable hepatitis B (HBV DNA \< 500 IU/mL or site specific local lab normal range lower limit assessed by investigator), and cured hepatitis C subjects can be enrolled;
  19. Men subjects who are unwilling to use and appropriate method of during the study;
  20. Subjects who have to active ingredient or any of the of this investigational product;
  21. Any medical condition that might interfere with the protocol except those defined in Section 5.3 of the study protocol;
  22. Subject unable to attend scheduled visits or to comply to the protocol;
  23. Subject under legal guardianship or judicial protection;
  24. Subject in the exclusion period of another protocol;
  25. No possibility of contact in case of emergency.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(16)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

MMSE and MoCA

Short tests of memory and thinking, each scored out of 30. Lower scores suggest more difficulty; criteria give a range, either to include people with memory problems or to leave them out.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.

Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
43 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo: Dose escalation

    Forty (40) subject will be recruited and randomized into 4 dosing groups. In each dosing group, ten (10) will be randomized and 8 of 10 will receive the active product (Radotinib) and 2 subjects will receive the matching placebo orally once daily for 6 months at each escalating dose level.

    Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Radotinib HCl: Dose escalation

    Forty (40) subject will be recruited and randomized into 4 dosing groups. In each dosing group, ten (10) will be randomized and 8 of 10 will receive the active product (Radotinib) and 2 subjects will receive the matching placebo orally once daily for 6 months at each escalating dose level. The inclusion of subjects in the next dose level will be decided by the sponsor in consultation with a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC).

    Drug: Radotinib HCl 50 mg

Interventions

  • Enrolled subject will continue to administer Radotinib 50mg/day, 100mg/day, 150mg/day, 200mg/day, depending on the dose level once daily for 6 months.

    Also known as: Radotinib, IY5511

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of safety parameters: Adverse Events

    Incidence and severity of treatment emergent AEs

    Time frame: 12 months after dose administration

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: Cmax

    The maximum (peak) observed drug concentration after dose administration

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  2. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: Tmax

    The time to reach maximum (peak) drug concentration after dose administration

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  3. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: Ctrough

    Trough plasma concentration (measured concentration at the end of a dosing interval at steady state)

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  4. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: AUCt

    Area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time t

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  5. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: AUCinf

    Area under plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to infinity

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  6. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: AUC0-12h

    Area under the plasma concentration-time curve over the last 24-h dosing interval

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  7. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: t1/2

    Elimination half-life of Radotinib after dose administration

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  8. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: Vd/F

    Apparent volume of distribution after non-intravenous administration

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  9. Pharmacokinetics assessments of Radotinib HCl: CL/F

    Apparent total clearance of the drug from plasma after oral administration

    Time frame: 14 days after dose administration

  10. Change from Baseline in the sum of MDS-UPDRS Parts I, II and III

    The Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) is a clinimetric assessment of subjective and objective symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease created by the Movement Disorder Society. The MDS-UPDRS has four parts: Part I (non-motor experiences of daily living), Part II (motor experiences of daily living, Part III (motor examination) and Part IV (motor complications). Only Parts I, II and III will be completed in this study. MDS-UPDRS retains the four-scale structure with a reorganization of the various subscales. The subscale has a 0-4 rating, where 0 = normal, 1 = slight, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, and 4 = severe. Higher MDS-UPDRS scores reflect worse tremor/motor function. Larger differences will infer greater effect size for the intervention. Score drops over time imply improvement in tremor/motor function.

    Time frame: 6 months

  11. Time from baseline to initiation of dopamine-replacement medication.

    Time from baseline to initiation of dopamine replacement therapy following randomization

    Time frame: 6 months

  12. Change in health related quality of life as measured by a quality of life questionnaire (PDQ-39)

    The Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) is a 39-item quality of life questionnaire for patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) that evaluates the 8 dimensions of mobility, activities of daily living, emotional well-being, stigma, social support, cognition, and communication. The PDQ-39 Single Index (SI) score is the weighted addition of scores on all 8 dimension and ranges from 0 (no disease impact) to 100 (severe disease impact).

    Time frame: 12 months

  13. Subject's clinical global impression of change.

    The CGI Scale of Global Clinical Impressions (see Appendix VI) allows an overall assessment of the subject's condition. The CGI addresses the majority of mental disorders. In its first item, rated from 1 to 7 (the rating 1 corresponding to the normal state), it allows a good overall measurement of the subject's condition. The 2nd item proposes to the Investigator to evaluate the overall improvement of the subject compared to his/her condition at the admission to the research. As before, this item has 7 quantified degrees (from 1 = "very strongly improved" to 7 = "very strongly aggravated").

    Time frame: 12 months

Other outcomes

  1. Brain DaT SPECT to measure dopamine neurons and nerve terminals

    DaTscan is a specific type of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging technique that helps visualize dopamine transporter in the brain

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Concentration of α-synuclein in CSF

    Quantification of α-synuclein concentration in CSF

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. Concentration of Tau and phospho-Tau (p-181) in CSF

    Quantification of Tau and phospho-Tau (p-181) concentration in CSF

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Concentration of β-amyloid peptide 1-42 in CSF

    Quantification of β-amyloid peptide 1-42 concentration in CSF

    Time frame: 6 months

  5. Concentration of NF-L in the serum

    Quantification of NF-L concentration in CSF

    Time frame: 6 months

  6. Concentration of Radotinib HCl in the CSF and plasma

    Quantification of Radotinib HCl concentration in CSF

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

7 sites
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References and documents

Publications

  • Joshi D, Kulkarni M, Parekh P, Shah S, Greig NH, Acharya S. Targeting protein kinases in Parkinson's disease: the emerging role of phytoconstituents. Nutr Neurosci. 2025 Dec;28(12):1532-1563. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2025.2531356. Epub 2025 Jul 18. PubMed 40680102 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 3, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04691661
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 31, 2020
Start date
Sep 9, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 2, 2026
Completion
Apr 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 3, 2026

Study contacts

Philippe DAMIER, Pr.
principal investigator · CHU Nantes - Hôpital Nord Guillaume et René Laennec

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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