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Safety and Effectiveness of Valbenazine as Adjunct Therapy to Botulinum Toxin Injections in Cervical Dystonia
RECRUITING
18 years to 75 years old
Inclusion Criteria:
* Idiopathic CD (neck musculature first and most prominently affected)
* 18-75 years old (participants excluded if their dystonia symptoms began before age 18 as childhood-onset dystonia typically represents a genetic and/or primary generalized form of dystonia)
* Onset of dystonia ≥18 years old, no known hyperkinetic movement disorder-related genetic mutation
* Dystonia severity more than minimal and not very severe as defined by Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale-2 Motor Severity (TWSTRS-2-Severity) score ≥ 5 and ≤ 20.
* Stable on botulinum toxin injections last 90 days (BoNT dose change \<10% and patient reported stability of response over last two injection cycles)
* Stable on other neuroactive medications.
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of deep brain stimulation
* History of uncontrolled or untreated depression in the prior 3 months, suicidality, or history of suicide attempts
* History of uncontrolled liver disease or failure
* History of tardive dyskinesia or tardive dystonia
* Currently taking dopaminergic and/or anti-dopaminergic medications including VMAT2 inhibitors or other antipsychotic medications
* Exposure to dopaminergic and/or anti-dopaminergic medications including VMAT2 inhibitors or other antipsychotic medications in the last 30 days -Presence of parkinsonism or other movement disorder other than dystonia on exam -Receiving botulinum toxin injections at a planned frequency other than every 3 months or typically receive injections at intervals \<11 weeks or \>13 weeks -Known history of long QT syndrome or cardiac tachyarrhythmia or any clinically significant cardiac abnormality.
* Prolonged QTc as defined by \> 450 msec for men and \> 470 msec for womenDRUG: Valbenazine, DRUG: Placebo
Cervical Dystonia
Ananna Zaman - Ananna.Zaman@vcuhealth.org
PHASE2
NCT06771323