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NBI-98854

Phase 4FDA approved 2017

Tardive Dyskinesia | Small molecule | Neurology |Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.|Trials Updated: Jun 18, 2026

NBI-98854 development status

FDA approval Apr 11, 2017 as Ingrezza
Approval holderNeurocrine
ApplicationNDA209241
Highest phase Phase 4 (NCT05859698)
Phase scored for NBIXPhase 3
Registered trials 27 across 3 sponsors since Dec 2010

Label indication INGREZZA and INGREZZA SPRINKLE are indicated for the treatment of adults with: - tardive dyskinesia [see Clinical Studies ( 14.1 )] . - chorea associated with Huntington’s disease [see Clinical Studies ( 14.2 )] . INGREZZA and INGREZZA SPRINKLE are vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitors indicated for the treatment of adults with: - tardive dyskinesia. FDA label

NBI-98854 target and mechanism

ModalitySmall molecule

Also known as Valbenazine, Ingrezza

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Trial Design

RandomizedDouble-BlindCONTROLLED
Total Trials21
Total Enrollment2,336

FDA Designations

No designations recorded

NBI-98854 clinical trials

NBI-98854 · 21 trials · 9 indications

Phase 3 8Phase 2 11Phase 1 2
NCT06312189Long-term Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Valbenazine in Participants With Chorea Associated With Huntington Disease in CanadaChorea, Huntington
ENROLLING BY_INVITATION7 Analytics
NCT05206513Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Valbenazine for the Treatment of Dyskinesia Due to Cerebral PalsyDyskinesia
COMPLETED86 Analytics
NCT05110157Journey Study: Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Valbenazine as Adjunctive Treatment for SchizophreniaSchizophrenia
COMPLETED442 Analytics
NCT04400331Open-Label Rollover Study for Continuing Valbenazine Administration for the Treatment of Chorea Associated With Huntington DiseaseChorea, Huntington
COMPLETED154 Analytics
NCT04102579Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Valbenazine for the Treatment of Chorea Associated With Huntington DiseaseChorea, Huntington
COMPLETED128 Analytics
NCT02736955Rollover Study for Continuing Valbenazine (NBI-98854) Administration for the Treatment of Tardive DyskinesiaTardive Dyskinesia
COMPLETED161 Analytics
NCT02405091Safety and Tolerability Study of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Tardive DyskinesiaTardive Dyskinesia
COMPLETED167 Analytics
NCT02274558A Phase 3 Study of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Tardive DyskinesiaTardive Dyskinesia
COMPLETED234 Analytics
PHASE3ENROLLING BY_INVITATION
Long-term Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Valbenazine in Participants With Chorea Associated With Huntington Disease in Canada
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PHASE3COMPLETED
Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Valbenazine for the Treatment of Dyskinesia Due to Cerebral Palsy
DyskinesiaUnlock trial analytics
PHASE3COMPLETED
Journey Study: Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Valbenazine as Adjunctive Treatment for Schizophrenia
SchizophreniaUnlock trial analytics
PHASE3COMPLETED
Open-Label Rollover Study for Continuing Valbenazine Administration for the Treatment of Chorea Associated With Huntington Disease
Chorea, HuntingtonUnlock trial analytics
PHASE3COMPLETED
Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Valbenazine for the Treatment of Chorea Associated With Huntington Disease
Chorea, HuntingtonUnlock trial analytics
PHASE3COMPLETED
Rollover Study for Continuing Valbenazine (NBI-98854) Administration for the Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive DyskinesiaUnlock trial analytics
PHASE3COMPLETED
Safety and Tolerability Study of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive DyskinesiaUnlock trial analytics
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A Phase 3 Study of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia
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Study Endpoints

Primary Endpoints

Number of Participants with Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
Up to Week 210
Change in the Total Maximal Chorea (TMC) Score of the Unified Huntington Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS) from Baseline to the Average of the Week 12 and Week 14 assessments
Baseline, Week 12 and Week 14
Change in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score from baseline to Week 10
Baseline to week 10
Change From Screening Period Baseline to Maintenance Period in the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS) Total Maximal Chorea (TMC) Score.
Baseline (average of screening and Day -1), maintenance (average of Weeks 10 and 12)

The TMC is part of the motor assessment of the UHDRS and measures chorea in 7 different body parts including the face, oral-buccal-lingual region, trunk and each limb independently. The TMC score is the sum of the individual scores and ranges from 0 to 28. A decrease in TMC scores indicates improvement in chorea symptoms.

Number of Participants Monitored for Long-term Safety of Valbenazine
60 weeks

Incidence of adverse events and monitoring of vital signs, clinical laboratory values, and electrocardiograms. All AEs were coded into preferred terms according to MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities) and classified by system organ class (SOC). Summaries of the incidence of all treatment-emergent AEs, treatment-related AEs, SAEs, and AEs leading to study drug discontinuation were prepared.

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Dyskinesia Total Score Change From Baseline at Week 6
Baseline and Week 6

Severity of TD symptoms assessed by AIMS dyskinesia total score (sum of items 1 through 7), as assessed by blinded central AIMS video raters. The AIMS Total Dyskinesia Score rates a total of 7 items, rating involuntary movement from 0 (no dyskinesia) to 4 (severe dyskinesia). Items 1 through 7 include facial and oral movements (Items 1-4), extremity movements (Items 5-6), and trunk movements (Item 7). The AIMS dyskinesia total score for Items 1-7 ranges from 0 to 28; a higher score reflects increased severity.

Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
Baseline to week 14

A clinician-administered scale assessing OCD severity that will be used at all 8 visits. Total scores range from 0-50. Higher scores indicate worse outcomes.

Change in Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale (MGH-HPS) from baseline to Week 12
baseline to week12

Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale (MGH-HPS) scores range from 0-28 with 28 being the most severe. The lower the total score, the lower the severity level. This scale is given and measured once every 2 weeks for a total of 12 weeks.

Change From Baseline to Week 12 in the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) Total Tic Score (TTS)
Baseline, Week 12

The YGTSS is designed to rate the overall severity of motor and phonic tic symptoms across a range of dimensions: number, frequency, intensity, complexity, and interference. The YGTSS was administered by the investigator (or qualified designee) using a computer-based structured clinical interview. The TTS is the sum of the 5 motor tic items and the 5 phonic (vocal) tic items and ranges from 0 to 50, with higher scores representing greater severity.

Frequency of Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
Baseline through Week 28

A TEAE is an adverse event not present prior to the initiation of study drug dosing, or is an already present event that worsens either in intensity or frequency following the initiation of study drug dosing.

Change From Baseline to Week 6 in the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) Total Tic Score (TTS)
Baseline, Week 6

The YGTSS is designed to rate the overall severity of motor and phonic tic symptoms across a range of dimensions: number, frequency, intensity, complexity, and interference. The YGTSS was administered by the investigator (or qualified designee) using a computer-based structured clinical interview. The TTS is the sum of the 5 motor tic items and the 5 phonic (vocal) tic items and ranges from 0 to 50, with higher scores representing greater severity

Change From Baseline to Week 8 in the YGTSS TTS
Baseline, Week 8

The YGTSS is designed to rate the overall severity of motor and phonic tic symptoms across a range of dimensions: number, frequency, intensity, complexity, and interference. The YGTSS was administered by the investigator (or qualified designee) using a computer-based structured clinical interview. The TTS is the sum of the 5 motor tic items and the 5 phonic (vocal) tic items and ranges from 0 to 50, with higher scores representing greater severity

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Dyskinesia Total Score
Day 15 and 29, averaged

Severity of TD symptoms assessed by AIMS dyskinesia total score (sum of items 1 through 7), as assessed by blinded central AIMS video raters. The AIMS Total Dyskinesia Score rates a total of 7 items, rating involuntary movement from 0 (no dyskinesia) to 4 (severe dyskinesia). Items 1 through 7 include facial and oral movements (Items 1-4), extremity movements (Items 5-6), and trunk movements (Item 7). The AIMS dyskinesia total score for Items 1-7 ranges from 0 to 28; a higher score reflects increased severity.

Assessment of Tardive Dyskinesia symptoms
19 days

Abnormal Involuntary Movements Scale (AIMS) and Clinical Global Impression - Global Improvement of TD (CGI-TD) scale

Number of participants with adverse events following dosing with NBI-98854
Up to 21 days
Area Under Curve (AUC) of NBI-98854 and its metabolites following repeated daily doses of NBI-98854
Day 1: predose, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 hours post-dose; Day 14: predose, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 72, 120, 168 hours postdose
Assessment of tic behaviors associated with TS using the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS)
Days 1, 7, 14, and 21
Evaluation of plasma concentrations of NBI-98854 and metabolites following administration of NBI-98854
45 minutes prior to NBI-98854 dosing, and 15, 30, 45 minutes, and 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hours postdose

Secondary Endpoints

Change in the Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) Score from Baseline to Week 14
Baseline, Week 14
Change in the Movement Disorders - Childhood Rating Scale (MD-CRS) Part I Score from Baseline to the Average of the Week 12 and Week 14 Assessments
Baseline, Week 12 and Week 14
Change in the Total Maximal Dystonia (TMD) Score of the UHDRS from Baseline to the Average of the Week 12 and Week 14 Assessments
Baseline, Week 12 and Week 14
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Study Design & Arms

AllocationNA
MaskingNONE
ModelSINGLE_GROUP
PurposeTREATMENT

Treatment Arms

ArmTypeDescription
ValbenazineEXPERIMENTALCapsule, administered orally once daily.
PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATORPlacebo dosed for 14 weeks (double-blind treatment period) followed by open-label valbenazine treatment. Participants may opt to enter an open-label valbenazine treatment extension phase.
Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitorEXPERIMENTALValbenazine once daily
Dose Group 1EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily for 48 weeks
Dose Group 2EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily up to 48 weeks
NBI-98854 40 mgEXPERIMENTALNBI-98854 administered as one (1) 40 mg capsule and one (1) placebo capsule, taken by mouth, every morning between 7:00am - 10:00am for 6 weeks. At the end of Week 6, subjects will enter a double-blind NBI-98854 treatment period and continue with their current dose.
NBI-98854 80 mgEXPERIMENTALSubjects randomized to the NBI-98854 80 mg dose will receive NBI-98854 40 mg for the first week (administered as one (1) 40 mg capsule and one (1) placebo capsule), followed by NBI-98854 80 mg administered as two (2) 40 mg capsules, taken by mouth, every morning between 7:00am - 10:00am for 5 weeks. At the end of Week 6, subjects will enter a double-blind NBI-98854 treatment period and continue with their current dose.
Valbenazine followed by placeboOTHERFollowing baseline measures, 50% of subjects will receive valbenazine (initially 40mg per day for 2 weeks and then 80mg per day for 4 weeks). This will be followed by a 2-week washout period and then 6 weeks of being assigned to the other agent. Participants will be assessed at baseline and every 2 weeks during the remainder of the study period.
Placebo followed by valbenazineOTHERFollowing baseline measures, 50% of subjects will receive inactive placebo for 6 weeks. This will be followed by a 2-week washout period and then 6 weeks of being assigned to the other agent (initially 40mg per day for 2 weeks and then 80mg per day for 4 weeks). Participants will be assessed at baseline and every 2 weeks during the remainder of the study period.
Valbenazine (Children)EXPERIMENTALChildren (6 to 11 years of age) received valbenazine 10 mg once daily for 4 weeks. At the end of Week 4, investigators could escalate the dose to 20 mg or continue with the participant's current dose for the remainder of the treatment period.
Valbenazine (Adolescents)EXPERIMENTALAdolescents (12 to 17 years of age) received valbenazine 20 mg once daily for 4 weeks. At the end of Week 4, investigators could escalate the dose to 40 mg or continue with the participant's current dose for the remainder of the treatment period.
Valbenazine (Adults)EXPERIMENTALAdults (18 to 64 years of age) received valbenazine 40 mg once daily for 4 weeks. At the end of Week 4, investigators could escalate the dose to 80 mg or continue with the participant's current dose for the remainder of the treatment period.
NBI-98854EXPERIMENTALDose titration to determine a subject's optimal dose in the range of 25 to 75 mg NBI-98854. Dose titration is performed in increments of 25 mg. NBI-98854 administered as one (1) 25 mg capsule, two (2) 25 mg capsules, or one (1) 25 mg capsule and one (1) 50 mg capsule by mouth, taken every morning between 7:00am - 10:00am for 6 weeks.
NBI-98854 50 mgEXPERIMENTALNBI-98854 50 mg administered as two (2) 25 mg capsules by mouth, taken every morning between 7:00am - 10:00am for 6 weeks.
NBI-98854 100 mg and 50 mgEXPERIMENTALNBI-98854 100 mg administered as two (2) 50 mg capsules taken every morning between 7:00am - 10:00am for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, NBI-98854 50 mg administered by two (2) 25 mg capsules by mouth, taken every morning between 7:00am - 10:00am for remaining 4 weeks.
NBI-98854 12.5 mgEXPERIMENTALDuring the Cross-Over Study, subjects will be randomly assigned to receive one of the following treatment sequences: Sequence 1: Placebo once daily dose for Days 1-14 and 12.5 mg NBI-98854 once daily dose for Days 15-28. Sequence 2: 12.5 mg NBI-98854 once daily dose for Days 1-14 and placebo once daily dose for Days 15-28.
Adolescents Dose Group 1EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily at 0800 for 14 days.
Adolescents Dose Group 2EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily at 0800 for 14 days. Dosing will not commence until all safety and PK results from the adolescent dose group 1 have been reviewed to ensure there are no safety concerns and that maximum tolerated dose (MTD) has not been reached.
Adolescents Dose Group 3EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily at 0800 for 14 days. Dosing will not commence until all safety and PK results from the adolescent dose group 2 have been reviewed to ensure there are no safety concerns and that MTD has not been reached.
Children Dose Group 1EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily at 0800 for 14 days. Dosing will not commence until all safety and PK results from the adolescent dose group 1 have been reviewed to ensure there are no safety concerns and that MTD has not been reached.
Children Dose Group 2EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily at 0800 for 14 days. Dosing will not commence until all safety and PK results from the children dose group 1 have been reviewed to ensure there are no safety concerns and that MTD has not been reached.
Children Dose Group 3EXPERIMENTALFixed dose of NBI-98854 administered once daily at 0800 for 14 days. Dosing will not commence until all safety and PK results from the children dose group 2 have been reviewed to ensure there are no safety concerns and that MTD has not been reached.
Healthy VolunteersEXPERIMENTALsingle dose of NBI-98854 50 mg capsule
Mild Hepatic ImpairmentEXPERIMENTALsingle dose of NBI-98854 50 mg capsule
Moderate Hepatic ImpairmentEXPERIMENTALsingle dose of NBI-98854 50 mg capsule
Severe Hepatic ImpairmentEXPERIMENTALsingle dose of NBI-98854 50 mg capsule

Interventions

NameTypeDescription
ValbenazineDRUGvesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor
PlaceboDRUGCapsule, administered once daily orally or via gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy tube
NBI-98854DRUG -
Valbenazine Oral CapsuleDRUGParticipants randomized to active treatment will be given a starting dose of 40mg of valbenazine , which may be escalated to 80mg to achieve an optimal dose of the medication for each subject.
Placebo Oral capsuleOTHERParticipants randomized to placebo will be given a capsule that is the same shape and color as the active medication and will subject to the same dose escalation requirements as the other arm but will receive placebo during the treatment period.
NBI-98854 50 mg capsuleDRUG -
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Eligibility Criteria

Age Range18 Years to N/A
SexALL
Healthy VolunteersNo
Study Sites3

Key Inclusion Criteria: * Participated in Study NBI-98854-HD3006 and completing dosing through the Week 156 visit; or were actively participating, receiving study treatment, and completed an early termination visit Study NBI-98854-HD3006 at the time of the study closure at sites in Canada. * Partic...

Countries:CanadaUnited StatesArgentinaBelgiumBrazilIsraelItalyMexicoPolandPortugalSpainBulgariaSerbiaPuerto Rico
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Frequently asked questions about NBI-98854

What is NBI-98854?

NBI-98854 is an investigational small molecule developed by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. It has been studied in clinical trials for tardive dyskinesia and Tourette syndrome, and in a study of safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in hepatically impaired subjects. It is not described as approved and remains in clinical development.

What is NBI-98854 used for?

NBI-98854 has been studied for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia and Tourette syndrome. Trials have enrolled adults with tardive dyskinesia, adults with Tourette syndrome, and children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome. It has also been evaluated for safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in hepatically impaired subjects.

Who makes NBI-98854?

NBI-98854 is developed by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., which trades under the ticker NBIX. The company is the sponsor of the clinical program studying the drug in tardive dyskinesia, Tourette syndrome, and hepatically impaired subjects.

What phase is NBI-98854 in?

NBI-98854 is an investigational drug that has been tested across Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 clinical trials. Six trials are listed as completed, including two Phase 3 studies in tardive dyskinesia and two Phase 2 studies in Tourette syndrome. No trials are currently listed as active.

What clinical trials is NBI-98854 in?

Completed NBI-98854 trials include NCT02405091 and NCT02274558, both Phase 3 studies in adults with tardive dyskinesia, plus NCT02581865 in adults with Tourette syndrome and NCT02679079 in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome. Across the listed trials, total enrollment was 659 participants.