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A Phase 1, Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Multiple Ascending Doses of BIIB132 Administered Intrathecally to Adults With Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3

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What is being tested

BIIB132

+ BIIB132-Matching Placebo

Drug
Who is being recruted

Ataxia+13

+ Brain Diseases

+ Central Nervous System Diseases

From 18 to 70 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 1
Interventional
Study Start: February 2022
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Summary

Principal SponsorBiogen
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: February 2, 2022

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

BIIB132 is an investigational anti-sense oligonucleotide developed to target ataxin-3 (ATXN3) pre-messenger ribonucleic acid (pre-mRNA). Preclinical studies have shown that lowering of ATXN3 protein is associated with decreased progression of SCA3-like disease. This trial consists of a blinded 12 week study period with a 26 week follow up period to evaluate the safety and tolerability of intrathecal BIIB132 and to assess the effect on treatment response biomarkers in symptomatic SCA3 participants.

Official TitleA Phase 1, Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Multiple Ascending Doses of BIIB132 Administered Intrathecally to Adults With Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3
NCT05160558
Principal SponsorBiogen
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

8 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 70 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

AtaxiaBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesCerebellar AtaxiaCerebellar DiseasesCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesNervous System DiseasesNeurologic ManifestationsSpinal Cord DiseasesSpinocerebellar DegenerationsMachado-Joseph DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesHeredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous SystemSpinocerebellar AtaxiasDyskinesiasGenetic Diseases, Inborn

Criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of SCA3 with CAG repeats ≥60 in ATXN3 gene. * Symptomatic ataxia with a screening Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score 3 to 15 (still ambulatory) and a minimum SARA gait subscore of 1. * Able to ambulate 8 m independently without any assistive device. * Treatment naïve or on a stable dose of symptomatic therapy for a minimum of 4 weeks prior to screening. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable psychiatric illness or untreated major depression within 90 days before screening. * History or screening magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results show evidence of structural abnormalities that could contribute to the participant's clinical state other than findings typical of SCA3 or any finding that might pose a risk to the participant. * MRI brain findings of prior cerebellar stroke or clinical stroke within 12 months before screening. * History of brain surgery regardless of purpose. * Any contraindications to undergoing brain MRI. * History of, or ongoing, malignant disease, (with the exception of basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas that have been completely excised and considered cured at least 12 months prior to screening). Participants with cancers in remission for longer than 5 years may be included. * History of epilepsy or the occurrence of seizures within 3 years prior to screening. * Evidence of untreated/unstable thyroid disease. * Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. * History of alcohol or substance abuse within the past year prior to screening. * Use of off-label drugs for ataxia within 4 weeks prior to screening. * Prior enrollment in any interventional clinical study in which an investigational treatment or approved therapy for investigational use is administered within 5 half-lives or 3 months, whichever is longer, prior to the screening visit. * Any antiplatelet \[except for aspirin up to 100 milligrams per day (mg/day)\] or anticoagulant medication that cannot be safely interrupted for an lumbar puncture (LP) procedure. * Any contraindications to LP procedures. * Participants who are pregnant or currently breastfeeding and those intending to become pregnant during the study. * Prior enrollment in any interventional clinical study in which an investigational treatment or approved therapy for investigational use is administered within 3 months prior to screening visit. NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

5 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Participants will be randomized to receive BIIB132 Dose 1 or matching placebo, intrathecally (IT), every 4 weeks (Q4W), up to Day 85.

Group II

Experimental
Participants will be randomized to receive BIIB132 Dose 2 or matching placebo, IT, Q4W, up to Day 85.

Group III

Experimental
Participants will be randomized to receive BIIB132 Dose 3 or matching placebo, IT, Q4W, up to Day 85.

Group IV

Experimental
Participants will be randomized to receive BIIB132 Dose 4 or matching placebo, IT, Q4W, up to Day 85.

Group 5

Experimental
Participants will be randomized to receive BIIB132 Dose 5 or matching placebo, IT, either Q4W or every 12 weeks (Q12W), up to Day 85 or every 8 weeks (Q8W) up to Day 57.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 20 locations

Suspended

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, United StatesOpen University of California - Los Angeles in Google Maps
Suspended

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, United States
Suspended

University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders

Gainesville, United States
Suspended

Movement Disorder Center Florida

Tampa, United States
Suspended20 Study Centers
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