Recruiting
Phase 2

AP-472

Sponsor:

Appello Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Code:

NCT07432958

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 30 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

AP-472

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a Phase 2 study in people with Parkinson's disease who experience motor fluctuations while taking levodopa. The study will evaluate how effective two different doses of the study drug AP-472 are when added to levodopa treatment, compared with a placebo.

The study will last about 12 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of the two doses of AP-472 or a placebo. Neither the participants nor the study staff will know which treatment is given.

The study includes a screening period, a 4-week period during which Parkinson's medications must remain stable, and an 8-week treatment period. During the treatment period, limited adjustments to levodopa are allowed if needed.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study ID

NCT07432958

Start date

Feb 25, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Jan 3, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 3, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 30 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Key Inclusion Criteria:

Participants must meet all of the following criteria to take part in the study:

1. Be a man or woman between 30 and 80 years of age at the time of screening.
2. Have a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, confirmed using standard medical criteria, including slowness of movement and symptoms that affect one side of the body more than the other.
3. Have mild to moderate Parkinson's disease, defined as stage 3 or lower on the Hoehn and Yahr scale when medications are working ("ON" state).
4. Experience an average of at least 3 hours of OFF time per day, based on home symptom diaries, with at least 2.5 hours of OFF time each day during the baseline period.
5. Have a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of 24 or higher at screening.
6. Be able to walk independently, with or without the use of a walking aid.
7. Be able to swallow oral medication.
8. Have been on a stable Parkinson's medication regimen for at least 4 weeks before screening. Medications known as MAO-B inhibitors must have been stable for at least 12 weeks.
9. Be taking levodopa at least four times daily (immediate- or controlled-release formulations) or three times daily (extended-release formulations such as Rytary or Crexont).

Key Exclusion Criteria:

Participants cannot take part in the study if any of the following apply:

1. Have a form of parkinsonism that is not typical Parkinson's disease, such as secondary or atypical parkinsonism.
2. Have previously received, or plan to receive during the study, advanced Parkinson's therapies such as continuous levodopa or dopamine delivery systems, or Parkinson's disease-related brain surgery.
3. Have dyskinesias (involuntary movements) that are severe enough, in the study doctor's opinion, to interfere with participation.
4. Have a history of only certain types of dyskinesias (such as OFF-state, diphasic, myoclonic, or dystonic dyskinesias) without typical peak-dose dyskinesias.
5. Are currently taking medications that block dopamine, except for low-dose quetiapine (up to 50 mg per day) used for insomnia.
6. Routinely use on-demand "rescue" Parkinson's medications more than three times per week.

Study Design

Enrollment

150 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Low Dose

AP-472 100 mg per day

experimental: High Dose

AP-472 300 mg per day

placebo comparator: Placebo

Interventions

AP-472

Oral tablet

Placebo

Oral tablet

Primary outcome measure

  • Change from Baseline in average daily OFF time on motor diaries for AP-472 compared to placebo (normalized to 16-hour awake time) [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Profound Research LLC (Site #222)

Recruiting

Carlsbad, California, United States, 92011

Collaborative Neuroscience Network - Los Alamitos- CenExel - PPDS (Site #217)

Recruiting

Los Alamitos, California, United States, 90720-3108

Parkinson's Research Centers of America (Site #218)

Recruiting

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94301

Rocky Mountain Clinical Research - CenExel - PPDS (Site #215)

Recruiting

Englewood, Colorado, United States, 80113-2776

Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton (Site #227)

Recruiting

Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 33486

UM-UHealth at Boca Raton (Site #226)

Recruiting

Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 33486

Velocity Clinical Research - Hallandale Beach (Site #228)

Recruiting

Hallandale, Florida, United States, 33009

University of Miami (Site #220)

Recruiting

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136-1051

Neurology One (Site #205)

Recruiting

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32825

USF Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center (Site #206)

Recruiting

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33613-4808

The University of Kansas (KU) (Site #216)

Recruiting

Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160

Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (Site #213)

Recruiting

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536-0001

Quest Research Institute - Alcanza - PPDS (Site #201)

Recruiting

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States, 48334-2973

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (Site #225)

Recruiting

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87106

Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine (Site #224)

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10021

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Site #209)

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10029-6501

Asheville Neurology Specialists, P.A. (Site #229)

Recruiting

Asheville, North Carolina, United States, 28806

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (site #207)

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210

Central Texas Neurology Consultants (Site #203)

Recruiting

Round Rock, Texas, United States, 78681-3578

EvergreenHealth (Site #219)

Recruiting

Kirkland, Washington, United States, 98034-3013

More Information

Sponsor

Appello Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Last update posted

Aug 11, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Parkinson Disease
  • Motor Fluctuations
  • OFF Time
  • Wearing-Off
  • Dyskinesia
  • AP-472
  • Adjunctive Therapy
  • Levodopa Adjunct
  • Positive Allosteric Modulator
  • Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 4

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Appello Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on 2026-08-11.