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Huntington DiseasePhase 2/3FALCON-HDNCT07378644

Study to Evaluate the Pharmacodynamics, Safety and Efficacy of SKY-0515 in Participants With Huntington's Disease

A Phase 2/3 study testing SKY-0515 in people with Huntington Disease, run by Skyhawk Therapeutics, Inc. at 31 sites in 10 countries.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test if the drug SKY-0515, an oral medication, can lower harmful proteins linked to Huntington's Disease (HD) and improve the symptoms of participants with HD. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 25 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Huntington Disease
What is being tested?
SKY-0515
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
400 participants
Where
31 sitesin 10 countries
Study dates
6 Jan 2026to Aug 2029
Phase
Phase 2/3
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 25 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 25 years or older.
  • Huntington's Disease confirmed through genetic testing, with a specific change in exon 1 of the HTT gene (CAG repeat of 40 or more).
  • Total Functional Capacity (TFC) score of 10 or more).
  • Total Motor Score (TMS) of 6 or more).
  • Independence Score (IS) of 70 or more).
  • Women who can have children must have a negative pregnancy test before starting and use two types of birth control during the study and for 30 days after the last dose of the study drug.
  • Men must agree to use birth control during the study and for 90 days after the last dose.
  • Agree to sign a consent form and follow the study's rules and schedule.

Who cannot join

  • Other Serious health problems or brain/spinal issues that could interfere with the study or make procedures unsafe.
  • Conditions that interfere with protocol-specified assessments, like an implanted medical device or difficulty getting an MRI.
  • Cancer, except for some types of skin cancer, or a history of cancer in the last five years.
  • Severe allergies or have reacted badly to similar drugs in the past.
  • Taking medications or treatments that might interfere with the study.
  • Participated in another study or taken experimental drugs in the last two months (or longer for some drugs).
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  • Any kind of gene therapy.
  • History of suicidal thoughts, severe depression, or have attempted suicide in the past year.
  • Liver function tests show significant abnormalities.
  • Positive for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV.
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant during the study.

Trial locations and contacts

31 sites in 10 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Study Director, MD contact

6178580041

sky0515trials@skyhawktx.com

31 sites in 10 countries

Brazil9 sites, 8 recruiting
  • Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Filial EBSERH

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30130-100

    Enrolling by invitation
  • Hospital Angelina Caron

    Campina Grande do Sul, Paraná, 83430-000

    Principal Investigator, (41) 3679-8100

    Giorgio Fabiani

    Recruiting
  • PUCPR - Centro de Pesquisa da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

    Curitiba, Paraná, 80215-901

    Principal Investigator, 41 3271 1515

    Gustavo Franklin

    Recruiting
  • Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba

    Curitiba, Paraná, 81210-310

    Vanessa Randuz, +554130288545, vanessa.radunz@pesquisacuritiba.com

    Pedro André Kowacs

    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes (HUOL)

    Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59010-056

    Principal Investigator, +55 84 3342-5000, clecio.godeiro@ufrn.br

    Clecio Godeiro

    Not yet recruiting
  • Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - FMRP

    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900

    Principal Investigator, 55 16 3963-6486, "tumasv@fmrp.usp.br" <tumasv@fmrp.usp.br>

    Vitor Tumas

    Not yet recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto (HUPE)

    Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janiero, 20550

    Principal Investigator, +55 21 2868-8000

    Principal Investigator

    Recruiting
  • Hospital da Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 04024-002

    Principal Investigator

    Roberta Saba, MD

    Not yet recruiting
  • PSEG Centro de Pesquisa Clinica

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 04038002

    Active, not recruiting

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Argentina6 sites, 6 recruiting
  • Hospital El Cruce

    Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, B1888AAE

    Cintia Amato, +54 9 11 6805-2782, cintia.amato@hospitalelcruce.org

    Soledad Fernández, soledad.fernandez@hospitalelcruce.org

    Recruiting
  • Buenos Aires British Hospital

    CABA, Buenos Aires, 1280AEB

    Elizabeth Varela, +54 9 11 2309 1096, EVARELA@hbritanico.com.ar

    Marcela Claudia Uribe Roca

    Recruiting
  • IADIN (Instituto Argentino de Investigación Neurológica)

    CABA, Buenos Aires, C1015ABR

    Karina Barroso, +54 9 11 6174-3158, karibarroso@yahoo.com.ar

    Luciana lugonzalezgarretto@hotmail.com - + Garretto, +54 9 11 4445-2383, lugonzalezgarretto@hotmail.com

    Recruiting
  • CINME Centro de Investigaciones Metabólicas

    CABA, Buenos Aires, C1056 AB

    Principal Investigator, +54 9 1150596124

    Camila Di Nucci Traverso, +54 9 11 3668-7207, cdinuccitraverso@cinme.com.ar

    Recruiting
  • Sanatorio Mater Dei

    CABA, Buenos Aires, C1425

    Denise Pamela Paredes, +54 9 11 5663 6092, denisepamelaparedes@gmail.com

    Emilia Gatto

    Recruiting
  • Fundación Scherbovsky

    Mendoza, Mendoza Province, M5500

    Mariangeles Samudio, +54 9 261 654-0777, m.samudio@fundacionscherbovsky.com

    Sebastian Gustavo Rauek

    Recruiting

Other trials in Argentina

United States4 sites, 4 recruiting
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 43221

    Noundy Mazile, 617-667-2355, Nmazile@bidmc.harvard.edu

    Aine Russell, 617-667-2351, Arussel2@bidmc.harvard.edu

    Not yet recruiting
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129

    Herminia Diana Rosas, PhD, 617-643-5694, Hrosas@mgh.harvard.edu

    Herminia D Rosas, MD

    Not yet recruiting
  • The Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43221

    Sarah Smith, 614-293-4078, Sarah.Smith1@osumc.edu

    Simon Laganiere, MD

    Not yet recruiting
  • CenExel Denver CO

    Englewood, Colorado, 80113

    Liza Heap, +1 303 762 6674, e.heap@cenexel.com

    Meagan Salinas, MD

    Recruiting

Other trials in United States

Spain3 sites, 3 recruiting
  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036

    JOSE ESTEBAN MUÑOZ, +34-932275785, SECRETARIANEUROLOGIA@clinic.cat

    Jose Esteban MUÑOZ

    Not yet recruiting
  • Sant Pau Hospital

    Barcelona, 08040

    Jesús Pérez Pérez, +34 635163029, jperezp@santpau.cat

    Gonzalo Olmedo-Sauras, +34 635163029, golmedo@santpau.cat

    Not yet recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

    Madrid, Madrid, 28034

    Jose Luis Lopez-Sendon Moreno, jlsendonmoreno@salud.madrid.org

    Jose Luis Lopez-Sendon Moreno

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Spain

Chile2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8331150

    Principal Investigator

    Carlos Andrés Juri Clavería

    Recruiting
  • CETRAM (Centro de Trastornos del Movimiento)

    Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 9120500

    Maria Consuelo Moos Migueles, +56 9 2278337, estudiosclinicos@cetram.cl

    Pedro Chaná Cuevas

    Recruiting

Other trials in Chile

Georgia2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Pineo Medical Ecosystem

    Tbilisi

    Sophia Sopromadze, MD, +995 599 360 430, sophias@pineo.ge

    Sophia Sopromadze, MD

    Recruiting
  • Simon Khechinashvili University Hospital

    Tbilisi

    Irine Khatiashvili, MD, Ph.D, +995577786578, irenekhat@yahoo.com

    Irine Khatiashvili, MD, PhD

    Recruiting

Other trials in Georgia

United Kingdom2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • University College of London

    London, WC1N 3BG

    Serwaa Lashley, akosuaserwaa.lashley@nhs.net

    Ed Wild

    Recruiting
  • NeuroClnx

    Motherwell, Lanarkshire, ML1 4UF

    Monica Harley, 0141 948 0206, Monica.harley@neuroclnx.co.uk

    Erin Mccrone, 0141 948 0206, Erin.mccrone@neuroclnx.co.uk

    Recruiting

Other trials in United Kingdom

Canada1 site, 1 recruiting
  • North York General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M2K 1E1

    Clare Gibbons, 416-756-6788, clare.gibbons@nygh.on.ca

    Danica Nogo, danica.nogo@nygh.on.ca

    Recruiting

Other trials in Canada

Colombia1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Clínica de la Costa S.A.S

    Barranquilla, Atlántico, 5001000

    Principal Investigator

    Laureano Caparroso

    Recruiting

Other trials in Colombia

Germany1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Isar-Amper-Klinikum, Zentrum für Neuro- und Gerontopsychiatrie (ZNGP)

    Taufkirchen, 84416

    Alzbeta Mühlbäck, +8084-934 125, zngp-ambulanz@kbo.de

    Katherine Kämpchen, +8084-934 495, zngp-ambulanz@kbo.de

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Germany

About this study

Official title: A Phase 2/3 Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Ranging Study to Evaluate the Pharmacodynamics, Safety and Efficacy of SKY-0515 in Participants With Huntington's Disease

The goal of this clinical trial is to test if the drug SKY-0515, an oral medication, can lower harmful proteins linked to Huntington's Disease (HD) and improve the symptoms of participants with HD. This study includes men and women aged 25 and older who have HD confirmed by genetic testing and meet certain requirements for physical ability and independence.

Read the detailed description

This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted across multiple sites. This clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of SKY-0515, a novel, orally administered small molecule. Huntington's Disease (HD) is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative condition caused by a mutation in the huntingtin (HTT) gene, resulting in excessive production of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein, which damages nerve cells and leads to progressive motor, cognitive, and psychiatric symptoms. SKY-0515 is designed to reduce mHTT protein levels, leading to a decrease in both wild-type and mutant forms of HTT protein. Additionally, the drug lowers postmeiotic segregation 1 (PMS1) protein, which plays a role in somatic CAG repeat expansion-a key driver of HD progression. Participants must be aged 25 or older, have genetically confirmed HD (CAG repeat length ≥ 40), and meet specific functional and motor criteria. They will be assigned randomly to one of four treatment arms (three doses of SKY-0515 and one placebo group). Safety and efficacy will be evaluated through blood tests, imaging (MRI), and clinical assessments, including the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS).

Being tested
SKY-0515, SKY-0515 Placebo
Keywords
SKY-0515, Skyhawk, HTT, Neurodegenerative, Huntington Disease, mRNA, Splicing, Mutant Huntingtin protein
Medical subject headings
Huntington Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • SKY-0515Drug

    Type: Small molecule Dosage Level(s): Low, mid, high Route of Administration: Oral Dosage Frequency: Once daily Blinded Treatment Duration: 18 months Use: Experimental

  • SKY-0515 PlaceboDrug

    Route of Administration: Oral Dosage Frequency: Once daily Blinded Treatment Duration: 18 months Use: Experimental

Study groups in NCT07378644
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Active Comparator (1)Active comparatorDosage Level(s): Low Dose
Receives: Drug: SKY-0515
Active Comparator (2)Active comparatorDosage Level(s): Mid Dose
Receives: Drug: SKY-0515
Active Comparator (3)Active comparatorDosage Level(s): High Dose
Receives: Drug: SKY-0515
Placebo Comparator (4)Placebo comparatorMatching placebo once daily oral
Receives: Drug: SKY-0515 Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change From Baseline in the Z-score from the Composite Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (cUHDRS)

    cUHDRS includes the Total Functional Capacity (range, 0-13; higher score means better functioning), Total Motor Score (range, 0-124; higher score means worse motor severity), Symbol Digit Modality Test (range, 0-110, correctly paired numbers-symbols in 90 seconds; higher score means better cognitive performance), and Stroop Color and Word Test (range, 0-no max value, correctly read color words in 45 seconds; higher score means better cognitive performance) scores. A z-score for each test is calculated, which alone can be used to describe relationship between an individual's test score and the mean score of a target population. A z-score of 0 is the mean, and ±1 is 1 standard deviation from the mean. For cUHDRS, z-scores of each test are summed, whereby a higher cUHDRS score is better (score of -3.06-no max value) and a change of ≥1.2 is a meaningful worsening, shown to track functional decline.

    Measured: 72 weeks

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Change from Baseline in Total Motor Score (TMS)

    The total motor score (TMS) assessed motor features of HD with standardized ratings of oculomotor function, dysarthria, chorea, dystonia, gait, and postural stability. Some items (such as chorea and dystonia) required grading each extremity (face, bucco-oral-lingual, and trunk) separately. Eye movements require both horizontal and vertical grades. The total motor impairment score is the sum of all the individual 31 motor sub-items (each rated from 0 to 4), with higher scores indicating more severe motor impairment than lower scores. The range of TMS is 0-124.

    Measured: 72 weeks

  2. Change from Baseline in Total Functional Capacity (TFC)

    TFC consists of five ordinally scaled items assessing a person's capacity with: (1) occupation; (2) financial affairs; (3) domestic responsibilities; (4) activities of daily living; and (5) independent living. Total score ranges from zero (worst) to 13 (best).

    Measured: 72 weeks

  3. Change from Baseline in Independence Scale Score (IS)

    The independence scale assesses independence on a 0 to 100 scale with higher scores indicating better functioning.

    Measured: 72 weeks

  4. Change from Baseline in Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT)

    The SDMT assesses attention, visuoperceptual processing, working memory, and cognitive/psychomotor speed. The score is the number of correctly paired abstract symbols and specific numbers in 90 seconds with higher scores indicating better cognitive functioning.

    Measured: 72 weeks

  5. Change from Baseline in the Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT)

    In the Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) the number of words and colors read correctly is counted, with a higher score indicating better cognitive performance scores. There is no upper limit for SWR as it is a time-based task. The lower limit (worst possible) however is 0; higher score is better meaning less severity.

    Measured: 72 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted30 Jan 2026
  2. Study start6 Jan 2026
  3. Primary completionDec 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completionAug 2029 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2/3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Double-blind placebo-controlled dose ranging
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
400 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07378644
Sponsor's protocol ID
SKY-0515-004-WW
Acronym
FALCON-HD
Status last verified
Nov 2026
First submitted
13 Jan 2026
Last updated
6 Nov 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing SKY-0515 in people with Huntington Disease, run by Skyhawk Therapeutics, Inc. at 31 sites in 10 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Nov 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 31 sites in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Spain, Chile and 5 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Study Director, MD (6178580041, sky0515trials@skyhawktx.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change From Baseline in the Z-score from the Composite Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (cUHDRS) (time frame: 72 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Nov 2026.

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