PTC518
Early / Mid-stage
completed
completed
CT.gov grounded
Small-molecule Huntington's program with mechanism-level significance if it continues to progress.
Program overview
- Mechanism
- huntingtin mRNA splicing modulation
- Modality
- small molecule
- Phase
- Early / Mid-stage
- Status
- completed
- Recruitment
- completed
- Confidence
- medium
- Watch priority
- 3
- Last verified
- 20 Apr 2026
Sponsor and trial identifiers
- Sponsor
- PTC Therapeutics
- Trial IDs
- NCT05358717
ClinicalTrials.gov exact matches: NCT05358717
Regions and recruitment
United States
Australia
Austria
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Spain
United Kingdom
Indication tags
Huntington's disease
Milestones and catalysts
- Last milestone
- A differentiated huntingtin-lowering angle compared with antisense approaches.
- Next expected catalyst
- Further safety and target-engagement updates.
Related pages
Disease hub
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- Mechanism
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- Modality
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- Next catalyst
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- Last verified
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- Mechanism
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- Modality
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- Mechanism
- huntingtin-lowering antisense
- Modality
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- Next catalyst
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- Last verified
- 20 Apr 2026
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- Mechanism
- RNA modulation of expanded repeats
- Modality
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- Next catalyst
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- Last verified
- 20 Apr 2026