Official Title
A Phase III, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Pivotal Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Sonlicromanol in Adult Subjects With a Genetically Confirmed Mitochondrial DNA tRNALeu(UUR) m.3243A>G Variant
Brief Summary

The KHENERFIN study aims to determine whether the study medicine, sonlicromanol, is ableto reduce symptoms of fatigue and the impact of fatigue on daily life, and whethersonlicromanol is able to improve physical abilities of people like balance control andlower limb skeletal muscle strength in people with mitochondrial disease.In this study, the effects of sonlicromanol are compared against a placebo, a tabletidentical in appearance and taste but without the active drug. Participants take eithersonlicromanol or placebo twice daily for a treatment duration of 52 weeks.In addition to these primary objectives, the study evaluates the efficacy ofsonlicromanol on secondary and exploratory outcomes, as well as its safety andtolerability after one year of treatment.

Detailed Description

The KHENERFIN study is investigating the medicine sonlicromanol. The study aims to see if
sonlicromanol can reduce symptoms of fatigue and reduce the impact of fatigue on daily
life. The study also investigates if sonlicromanol improves physical abilities like
balance control and lower limb skeletal muscle strength in people with mitochondrial
disease. In addition to these primary objectives, the study evaluates the efficacy of
sonlicromanol on selected secondary and exploratory outcomes. It also assesses the safety
and tolerability of sonlicromanol.

This study is a placebo controlled, double blind study; the effects of sonlicromanol will
be compared with a placebo (study medication that looks like the actual study medicine
but contains no active medicine). Neither the participants nor the study team know who is
receiving the study medicine or placebo. Participants cannot change their assigned
rreatment.

During the screening period, which lasts a maximum of 4 weeks, it is assessed whether the
potential participant meets all requirements to participate in the study. Patients who
complete the screening phase and are enrolled in the study are randomly (by chance)
assigned to receive either the study medicine sonlicromanol or placebo (no active
medication). Participants have an equal chance of receiving either sonlicromanol or a
placebo. A final follow-up visit is scheduled 2 weeks after taking the last dose of study
medication. Total study duration is approximately 60 weeks.

Sonlicromanol will be supplied in tablet form, containing 90 mg of sonlicromanol
(equivalent to 100 mg of sonlicromanol.HCl), with the tablets embossed accordingly or
provided as a placebo. The study medication must be taken twice daily during the
treatment period of 52 weeks. Up to 220 subjects with a confirmed mitochondrial DNA
tRNALeu(UUR) 3243A>G mutation will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either
sonlicromanol or placebo.

Recruiting
Mitochondrial Diseases
Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD)
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Episodes (MELAS)
Mitochondrial DNA tRNALeu(UUR) m.3243A<G Mutation

Drug: Sonlicromanol

Administration of 90 mg sonlicromanol (100 mg sonlicromanol.HCl) twice daily during 52
weeks

Drug: Placebo

Administration of 100 mg placebo twice daily during 52 weeks

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion criteria

1. Signed Informed Consent

2. Males and females aged ≥18 years with a multi-system primary mitochondrial disease.

3. A confirmed mitochondrial DNA tRNALeu(UUR) m.3243A>G mutation (m.3243A>G PMD) plus
an age adjusted heteroplasmy percentage ≥ 20% in white blood cells [=blood
heteroplasmy/0.977(age+12)]. Or in urine (urinary epithelial cells), or buccal smear
or skeletal muscle (results (obtained per local guidance) ≥ 20% must be available
prior to the subject being randomized).

4. Presence of chronic fatigue (not attributable to other etiologies than PMD):

1. Patient self-reported chronic fatigue for at least 3 months prior to the
Screening Visit and recorded in the clinical patient files; AND

2. Presence of fatigue (raw total score >22), assessed by Neuro-QoL SFv1-F at
Screening.

5. Presence of mitochondrial myopathy defined as:

5xSST at Screening and Baseline should be ≥ 11 seconds and participant must demonstrate
the ability to complete the test at baseline (i.e., complete the test within 30 seconds).

6. Other Inclusion criteria per protocol.

Exclusion criteria

1. Treatment with any IMP within 3 months (or 5 times the half-life of the IMP,
whichever is longer) prior to screening or plans to use an IMP (other than the study
intervention) during the study.

2. Bone deformities, motor abnormalities or chronic ulcers that in the opinion of the
PI may interfere with and/or confound the interpretation of the subject's
performance during the 5 times sit to stand test (5XSST).

3. Surgery of gastrointestinal tract that might interfere with drug absorption. Or
severe GI dysmotility, chronic vomiting, diarrhea, bouts of pseudo-obstruction which
will impair appropriate IMP absorption in the opinion of the investigator.

4. Clinically significant respiratory disease and/or cardiac disease (medical history
or current clinical findings) in the opinion of the investigator.

5. Prior interventional cardiac procedure (e.g., cardiac catheterization,
angioplasty/percutaneous coronary intervention, balloon valvuloplasty, etc.) within
3 months prior to screening.

6. QTcF > 450 msec (men) or QTcF > 470 msec (women).

7. Structural heart disease based on cardiac MRI or Echocardiography (e.g., clinically
significant valve disease; i.e., aortic or mitral valve stenosis or regurgitation)
and/or abnormal conduction (QRS >120 msec, PR > 120 msec), and/or repolarization
(QTcF > 450 msec (men) or QTcF > 470 msec (women)). Myocardial function (LVEF <52%
in men and < 54% in women), symptomatic ischemic heart disease (inducible ischemia
or coronary obstruction), and/or pathologic hypertrophy (e.g. > 15mm septal or
posterior wall thickness), that is not well controlled under current specialized
care. Subjects with congestive heart failure class II and above should also be
excluded.

8. Family history of unexplained/uninvestigated syncope or congenital long and short QT
syndrome or sudden death (under the age of 60). ECG evidence of acute or recent
ischemia, acute or Recent Myocardial Infraction, atrial fibrillation, high grade AV
Blocks (Second Degree AV Block Type II or Third-degree AV Block), complete Heart
Block or active conduction system abnormalities with the exception of any of the
following:

1. First degree atrioventricular (AV)-block

2. Second degree AV-block Type 1 (Mobitz Type 1/Wenckebach type)

3. Right bundle branch block.

9. History of acute heart failure (within the last 3 months).

10. Higher degree of AV-blocks (AVB II° or III°).

11. Other exclusion criteria per protocol

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 18 Years ~ Maximum: N/A
Countries
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States
Locations

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute Mellen Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
Kopenhagen, Region Sjælland, Denmark

CHU de Bordeaux - Hôpital Pellegrin Service Gynecologie Obstetrique
Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere - Charles-Foix Clinical Investigation Center Paris-Est
Paris, Paris, France

Klinikum der Universität München Friedrich-Baur-Institut
München, Germany

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Milan, Milano, Italy

Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Contacts

Jasper Levink, MSc.
+31 24 7635000
Khenerfin@khondrion.com

G. Ruiterkamp, MSc.
+31 24 7635000
Khenerfin@khondrion.com

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NCT Number
Keywords
Mitochondrial Diseases
Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS)
Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD)
Mitochondrial DNA tRNALeu(UUR) m.3243A<G Mutation
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS)
Sonlicromanol
MeSH Terms
Mitochondrial Diseases
Noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with deafness
MELAS Syndrome