Recruiting
Phase 3

NNZ-2591

Sponsor:

Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited

Code:

NCT07281079

Conditions

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 3 - 12

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

NNZ-2591

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

This Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group (2-arm), placebo-controlled, multicenter study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of NNZ-2591 compared to placebo in pediatric participants with Phelan- McDermid Syndrome.

Conditions

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Study ID

NCT07281079

Start date

Nov 12, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Nov 15, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 3 - 12

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female pediatric participants with Phelan-McDermid syndrome ages 3 to 12 years (inclusive) at the time of signing the informed consent.
2. Clinical diagnosis of Phelan-McDermid syndrome with a documented disease-causing genetic abnormality of SHANK3.
3. Body weight ≥ 10 kg at Screening.
4. Participants with a PMSA-S overall score ≥ 3 at the Screening and Baseline visits.
5. Not actively undergoing regression or loss of skills.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Use of exclusionary medication or unstable treatment regimens of acceptable concomitant medications as required by the protocol.
2. Current treatment with more than 3 allowable psychotropic medications.
3. Participants with seizures must be controlled on no more than 2 anticonvulsant medications (not counting rescue medications).
4. Psychotropic medications or any other medication used for a chronic illness (not including antibiotics, pain relievers, anti-diarrheals, and laxatives) with doses and dosing regimen that have not been stable for at least 4 weeks before Screening. If the treatment was discontinued, the discontinuation must have occurred no fewer than 2 weeks before the start of Screening.
5. Any intercurrent seizures in the past 6 months and /or more than 1 seizure in the past 12 months. •A single febrile seizure in the 6 months prior to screening is allowable if no rescue medication was required.
6. Abnormal liver function laboratory results during the Screening period, as defined by the protocol
7. Abnormal QT interval on Screening ECG as defined by the protocol.

Study Design

Enrollment

160 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: NNZ-2591 Arm

The total duration of this study for each participant will be up to approximately 17 to 19 weeks.

Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive orally administered NNZ-2591 during the 13-week Treatment Period.

placebo comparator: Placebo Arm

The total duration of this study for each participant will be up to approximately 17 to 19 weeks.

Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive orally administered placebo matching NNZ-2591 during the 13-week Treatment Period.

Interventions

NNZ-2591

The study drug will be administered twice daily orally.

Placebo

The study drug will be administered twice daily orally.

Primary outcome measure

  • Efficacy of NNZ-2591 compared with placebo as measured by the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Assessment of Change (PMSA-C) overall score. [ Time Frame: Week 13 ]
  • Efficacy of NNZ-2591 compared with placebo as measured by the change from baseline in the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-3, Interview version (Vineland-3) receptive communication subdomain raw score. [ Time Frame: Week 13 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Neuren PMS-301 Site #116

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#122

Recruiting

Glendale, California, United States, 91203

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site #112

Recruiting

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#103

Recruiting

San Diego, California, United States, 92123

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#111

Recruiting

San Rafael, California, United States, 94903

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#102

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#109

Recruiting

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, 20815

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#106

Recruiting

Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, 02445

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#104

Recruiting

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States, 02421

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site #117

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#101

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10029

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#108

Recruiting

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#115

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site #113

Recruiting

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

Neuren PMS-301 Site#201

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4G 1R8

Contacts

medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

231-203-8050medicalinformation@neurenpharma.com

More Information

Sponsor

Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited

Last update posted

Aug 25, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Phelan McDermid Syndrome
  • NEU-2591-PMS-301
  • NNZ-2591
  • Neuren

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited on 2026-08-25.