A Phase 2 interventional study of IHL-42X: 2.5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide and IHL-42X: 5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), sponsored by Incannex Healthcare Ltd. Recruiting at 13 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-13.
Sponsored by Incannex Healthcare Ltd · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this randomized, double-blind, multi-dose crossover clinical trial is to determine the safety and efficacy of IHL-42X in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea.
The primary endpoint is: Change in AHI4 at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline (each treatment period is 28 days).
The study will consist of three separate four-way crossover dose-comparison studies each comparing three dose strengths of IHL-42X to placebo. The double-blind four-way crossover will be conducted according to a Williams design. Each of the crossover studies will test different doses of dronabinol in combination with a distinct, set dose of acetazolamide. In total, nine different combinations of dronabinol and acetazolamide formulated as IHL-42X will be tested in the study. The optimal dose strength will be selected based on safety and efficacy over a 4-week treatment period.
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This study's planned enrollment of 120 is above the median of 52 across 1,472 interventional studies indexed under Sleep Apnea, Obstructive.
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Participants must satisfy all the following criteria at screening unless otherwise stated:
Two screening PSG findings confirmed on central over-read that both must meet the below criteria:
Intolerant or non-compliant to PAP, or has refused PAP after physician recommendation. Participants will be identified as intolerant or non-compliant to PAP devices by the following criteria (NB: OSA diagnosis must be entered in participant medical history):
NB: Participants will have the benefits and risks of PAP explained at screening, including that PAP is standard of care for OSA. Participants also have the option to withdraw from the study at any time if he/she elects to be treated with PAP or other alternative therapy such as an oral appliance or surgery.
A female participant of must agree to at least one approved highly effective method of . Approved methods of contraception include the following:
Stable hormonal contraceptive which includes oral, intravaginal, intrauterine, transdermal, injectable, or implantable methods of hormonal contraception for at least 3 months prior to Day 1 through to 10 days after the last dose of the study drug.
NB: Barrier method (condom or diaphragm) is not considered 'highly effective' for the purpose of this study and should be used in combination with one of the approved highly effective methods listed above.
A female will not be considered of childbearing potential if:
A male participant must agree to use at least 1 approved method of contraception (or as required by local regulations) while engaging in sexual activity from study Day -1 through EOS follow-up and/or up to 10 days following the last administration of the study drug. Male participants must not donate sperm during this same period. Approved methods of contraception include the following:
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants will be excluded from the study if they satisfy any of the following criteria at screening, unless otherwise stated:
Current illicit drug abuse (within the last 6 months prior to screening); "abuse" has some subsets that are objective and some that require investigator judgement; questions should be discussed with the medical monitor or with the sponsor
Any of the following co-morbid conditions (NB: clarification on co-morbidities and inclusion/exclusion criteria may be discussed with the medical monitor and/or sponsor):
i. One retest per participant is permitted at the discretion of the investigator; the participant may continue if BOTH repeat transaminase levels are within acceptable range (i.e., less than 3 × ULN).
e. Current or history of encephalopathy or cirrhosis category B or C (see Appendix 8) since acetazolamide can increase blood ammonia levels precipitating a bout of hepatic encephalopathy.
f. Marked renal dysfunction that would reduce acetazolamide excretion, including \<60 mL/min/1.73 m2, as determined using the National Kidney Foundation calculator (https://www.kidney.org/professionals /kdoqi/gfr_calculator) and instructions in Appendix 9.
g. Hypokalemia (low blood potassium), hyponatremia (low blood sodium), hyperchloremic acidosis, and/or adrenal insufficiency that might be aggravated or exacerbated by acetazolamide's activity as a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
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.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
A planned gap after a treatment, so that its effects can lessen before the study treatment or a study assessment. Ask the study team and the doctor who prescribed it before changing any medicine.
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.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
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.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Washout period
A planned gap after a treatment, so that its effects can lessen before the study treatment or a study assessment. Ask the study team and the doctor who prescribed it before changing any medicine.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Child-Pugh class
A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
IHL-42X (2.5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 2.5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (7.5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 7.5 mg dronabinol + 125 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (2.5 mg dronabinol + 250 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 2.5 mg dronabinol + 250 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (5 mg dronabinol + 250 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 5 mg dronabinol + 250 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (7.5 mg dronabinol + 250 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 7.5 mg dronabinol + 250 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (2.5 mg dronabinol + 375 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 2.5 mg dronabinol + 375 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (5 mg dronabinol + 375 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 5 mg dronabinol + 375 mg acetazolamide
IHL-42X (7.5 mg dronabinol + 375 mg acetazolamide), self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks.
Drug: IHL-42X: 7.5 mg dronabinol + 375 mg acetazolamide
One capsule self-administered once daily every night approximately 1 hour prior to bed for 4 weeks
Drug: Placebo: Negative control
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 1
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 2
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 3
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 4
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 5
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 6
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 7
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 8
Drug pages: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
DReAMzz Phase 2 Investigational Product - IHL-42X Dose 9
DReAMzz Phase 2 Placebo
Change in AHI4 at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
To assess the change in efficacy at the end of each dosing period compared with baseline.
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Percent change in AHI4 at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire 10-items (FOSQ-10) at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Patient-reported outcome measurement information system (PROMIS)-Fatigue 7a at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Patient-reported outcome measurement information system - Sleep Related Impairment (PROMIS-SRI) 8a at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S) the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C) score at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Patient-reported Longitudinal Assessment Tool for OSA-11 item (PLATO) at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in Oxygen Desaturation Index (ODI) (from PSG) at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Change in hypoxic burden at the end of each treatment period compared to baseline
Time frame: Each treatment period (28 days)
Percent of participants whose OSA severity reduces by one or more levels with severe OSA AHI4 ≥30, moderate OSA AHI4 15-30, mild OSA AHI4 <15
Time frame: 140 days
Percent of participants with ≥50% reduction in AHI4
Time frame: 140 days
Percent of participants with AHI4 <5
Time frame: 140 days
Adverse events and treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), clinically significant out of range values or findings from clinical laboratory test results, electrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs, and physical examinations
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of IHL-42X
Time frame: 140 days
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Dronabinol · Acetazolamide
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