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Boehringer suspends Phase I trial of oral CNS drug after safety event

Boehringer suspends Phase I trial of oral CNS drug after safety event

A Boehringer Ingelheim Phase I multiple rising dose trial evaluating the investigational oral CNS compound BI 3031185 has been suspended following a safety event, according to an update to ClinicalTrials.gov. The registry does not disclose the nature of the event, its severity, or whether it was considered related to the study drug.

The suspended study (NCT06916702), conducted at Charité Research Organisation GmbH in Berlin, was a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled parallel-group trial designed to characterize the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of BI 3031185 at multiple ascending oral doses in healthy adults. Part A enrolled healthy males across six dose groups, each receiving BI 3031185 or placebo alongside midazolam as a CYP3A4 probe substrate to assess drug-drug interaction potential. Part B was to extend dosing to women of non-childbearing potential. The registry lists a planned enrollment count of 100 and a target completion date of October 2026. No results have been posted. The registry does not establish whether the safety event was treatment-related, which treatment arm was affected, or whether dose escalation had been completed.

No public statement from the company addressing the suspension has been identified in available sources.

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BI 3031185 is an oral small molecule whose molecular target and pharmacologic class have not been publicly disclosed. The compound has completed a separate Phase Ib study (NCT07001475) in 78 patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), although no results have been posted. An earlier first-in-human single rising dose study in healthy volunteers was also completed.

BPD has no US FDA-approved drug specifically indicated for the disorder, with medications generally used off label to manage individual symptoms or co-occurring conditions. The suspension of NCT06916702 does not establish that Boehringer has discontinued BI 3031185, and the company has not publicly disclosed how the safety event will affect further development.


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