This page describes the Phase 3 study in early Parkinson's patients. By submitting your email you are agreeing to be contacted about the study. All information provided is confidential and does not imply that you want to participate.
Both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases have been shown to have mixed pathology and proteinopathy, characterized by the presence of several neurotoxic aggregating proteins – beta amyloid, tau, alpha-synuclein, and TDP43. Buntanetap is an orally available small molecule that inhibits the translation of these proteins only under conditions where their translation is elevated – in sick nerve cells. Because it only affects these neurotoxic proteins when they are overexpressed, it restores their normal levels without affecting other proteins and normalizes homeostasis in the brain.
The data from our Phase 3 study in early PD patients showed that buntanetap improved MDS-UPDRS Part II, Part III, Part II+III and Total scores in patients with a >3-year diagnosis as well as in patients with Postural Instability and Gait Difficulties (PIGD). Moreover, we noticed that cognition (MMSE) worsened over 6 months in placebo Parkinson's patients, whereas for buntanetap-treated patients cognitive decline was completely stopped.
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The data from our phase 2 study in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients was published in JPAD (Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease) and we have attached the paper. Here is a summary of what we found and why we have progressed our drug into phase 3.
Buntanetap is an orally available small molecule that inhibits the translation of multiple neurotoxic aggregating proteins only under conditions where their translation is elevated – in sick nerve cells. Because it only affects these neurotoxic proteins when they are overexpressed, it restores their normal levels without affecting other proteins and restores homeostasis in the brain.
Both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease have been shown to have mixed pathology and mixed proteinopathy. All four neurotoxic aggregating proteins are present in the brain of Alzheimer and Parkinson patients – Aβ forms plaques, tau forms tangles, alpha-synuclein forms Lewy bodies, and TDP43 forms its aggregates.