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Trial reportBrain communications2025

Phase 1, randomized trials of MEDI1341: cerebrospinal fluid free α-synuclein lowered by >50.

Craig Shering, Michael Pomfret, Robert J Kubiak, Isabelle J Pouliquen, Wei Yin, Arthur Simen, Elena Ratti, Zubair Hussain, Michael Perkinton, Keith Tan and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Brain communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03272165 (A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Single Ascending Doses of MEDI1341 in Healthy Male and Female Volunteers), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03272165 phase1completednot on this map

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Single Ascending Doses of MEDI1341 in Healthy Male and Female Volunteers

TypeinterventionalSponsorAstraZenecaRan2017 to 2021Enrolled50ConditionsParkinson's DiseaseArmsMEDI1341, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Progress of Immunotherapies in Parkinson's Disease.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026
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  4. Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Craig SheringNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Boston, MA 02210, USA.
Michael PomfretNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Robert J KubiakClinical Pharmacology & Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MA 20878, USA.
Isabelle J PouliquenClinical Pharmacology & Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Wei YinDepartment of Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology, Takeda Development Center Americas Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Arthur SimenNeuroscience Therapy Area Unit, Takeda Development Center Americas Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Elena RattiNeuroscience Therapy Area Unit, Takeda Development Center Americas Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Zubair HussainNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Michael PerkintonNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Keith TanNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Kirsten M ScottNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Thor OstenfeldNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.
Iain ChessellNeuroscience, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0AA, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulation of pathological forms of α-synuclein is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease. MEDI1341 (also known as TAK-341) is a high-affinity, α-synuclein-specific, fully human monoclonal antibody that binds the C-terminal region of human α-synuclein. Pre-clinical studies of MEDI1341 demonstrated significant reductions in α-synuclein accumulation and propagation along axons. Two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 1 studies administering MEDI1341 intravenously were conducted; a single ascending dose study (NCT03272165) of MEDI1341 (70, 210, 400, 1200, 2400 or 4500 mg;

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Identifiers

PMID40936651
PMCPMC12421129

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