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Phase 2 Estimation Study of Fixed Dose Drugs Combination Type of Polypill

Phase 2
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Alzheimer Disease
Interventions
Drug: MAR
Registration Number
NCT06597058
Lead Sponsor
Noah Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Brief Summary

This is an estimation-focused Phase 2 study designed to explore and quantify treatment-related changes across multiple clinical outcomes in patients with Alzheimer's disease over a 210-day period. The anticipated study population are males and females aged 50-85 years with very mild to severe Alzheimer's Disease. The duration of individual patient participation will be approximately 224 Days: up to 14 days for Screening, 180 days for study drug administration, and a final follow-up visit at 210 days. The planned study duration is 12-18 months from Screening of the first patient until the last follow-up of the last patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
103
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Prior diagnosis of mild-to-severe cognitive impairment or probable AD according to the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association guidelines by a qualified health practitioner;

  2. History of cognitive and functional decline over at least 1 year that is either documented in medical records or by history from an informant who knows the patient well;

  3. Male or female, age 50 to 85 years (inclusive) at the Screening Visit;

  4. Patient must be ambulatory and reside with a reliable, competent adult (study partner) who may or may not also be the patient's legally authorized representative (LAR) for informed consent;

  5. Patient must be able to swallow the study medication (without any alteration to the tablet like crushing, cutting in half, or dissolving in a liquid);

  6. Body weight at screening is ≥40kg;

  7. CDR-SB of 3.0 or higher at Screening Visit;

  8. MMSE-2 ≥8 and≤24 at the Screening Visit;

  9. Patient must be able to understand the nature of the study and have the opportunity to have any questions answered and provide their consent. In the absence of patient's ability to provide informed consent, the informed consent must be obtained from the patient's Legally Authorized Representative (LAR);

  10. For patients receiving an anticholinesterase inhibitor, memantine, or herbal medication for AD, the dose must have been stable for at least 3 months prior to the Screening Visit, and patient must agree to maintain this dose for the duration of the study;

  11. Patients currently treated with a statin must agree to stop their statin therapy for the duration of treatment (180 days);

  12. Creatinine Clearance >30 mL/min at Screening;

  13. Negative HIV and HCV test at Screening;

  14. Complete blood count (CBC), blood chemistry, serum cholesterol, triglycerides, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and urinalysis, within normal reference ranges or not clinically significant as assessed by the Investigator at Screening;

  15. Physical examination, vital signs, and ECG within normal ranges or not clinically significant as assessed by the Investigator at Screening;

  16. Female patients may participate if they meet 1 of the following criteria:

    1. Surgically sterile (e.g., hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, bilateral oophorectomy), or
    2. Post-menopausal, defined as
    3. Permanent cessation of menstruation for ≥12 months without an alternative medical cause (regardless of follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH] value) at the Screening Visit, or
    4. Cessation of menstruation for <12 months and FSH >40 mIU/mL at the Screening Visit.

    Note: Patients with persistent menses due to hormonal therapy may participate if a urine pregnancy test (UPT) at the Screening Visit is negative and they agree to continued testing at every study visit.

  17. Male patients must agree to use a barrier method of contraception and refrain from donating sperm for the duration of their participation in the study and for 2 months thereafter.

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patient has had a myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, transient ischemic attack or required intervention for any of these conditions (e.g., coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous coronary intervention via cardiac catheterization, thrombolytic therapy) within 6 months of the Screening Visit;
  2. Has other neurological disorders, including vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, progressive supranuclear palsy, neurosyphilis, dementia with Lewy bodies, other types of dementia, mental retardation, hypoxic cerebral damage, and cognitive impairment from head trauma;
  3. Scheduled or anticipates vaccination with a live vaccine during the study;
  4. Current use of a cannabidiol or derivative;
  5. Current use of digoxin;
  6. Acute or chronic liver disease;
  7. AST >1.5 times the Upper Limit of Normal
  8. ALT > 1.5 times the Upper Limit of Normal
  9. Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidal ideation, major depression, or delirium; Note: Stable (>2 years) treated depression without suicidal ideation is acceptable;
  10. Current therapy with a tetracycline;
  11. Current therapy with sirolimus or a rapalog macrolide antibiotic;
  12. Known allergies to any of the active drugs: tetracycline antibiotics, rapalog macrolide antibiotics, or statin therapies;
  13. Treatment with another investigational drug, device, or intervention within 30 days prior to the Screening Visit;

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
MAR COMBOMARMAR Active 0.6 g, Tablet, once-daily, 180 days
MAR PLACEBOMARMAR Placebo 0.6 g, Tablet, once-daily, 180 days
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mini-Mental Scale Evaluation, 2nd Edition (MMSE-2) Score (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline from MMSE-2 Score through 210 days (MMSE-2 Score ranges from 0 to 30; a lower score indicates severe dementia; a higher score indicates better cognitive function; 0 to 10 = late stage dementia or severe cognitive impairment, 30 = normal)

Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-COG) (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline in ADAS-COG Score through 210 days (ADAS-COG Score ranges from 0 to 70; a lower score indicates better cognitive function; a higher score indicates greater dysfunction; 0 to 10 = minimal to no cognitive impairment, 31 to 70 = severe cognitive impairment)

Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-ADL scale (ADCS-ADL) (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline in ADCS-ADL Score through 210 days (ADCS-ADL Score ranges from 0 to 78; a lower score indicates greater severity; a higher score indicates better functioning in daily activities; 0 to 20 = severe impairment, 61 to 78 = minimal impairment)

Clinical Global Impressions - Improvement (CGI-I) (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline in CGI-I Score through 210 days (CGI-I Score ranges from 1 to 7; a lower score indicates the patient has improved; a higher score indicates the patient is very much worse since Baseline; 1 = very much improved, 7 = very much worse since Baseline)

Clinical Global Impressions - Severity (CGI-S) (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline in CGI-S Score through 210 days (CGI-S Score ranges from 1 to 7; a lower score indicates the patient is less severely ill; a higher score indicates among the most extremely ill patients; 1 = normal, not at all ill, 7 = among the most extremely ill patients)

Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)Day 210

Incidence of TEAEs through Day 210

Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Day 210

Incidence of SAEs from informed consent through Day 210

Adverse Events (AEs)Day 210

Incidence of AEs from informed consent through Day 210

Clinical Dementia Rating - Global ScoreDay 210

CDR - Global Score: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet.

The CDR scale is a widely used dementia staging instrument that produces a global score. This study will use global score for estimation, comparisons and analysis. The global score ranges from 0 to 3. The sites are instructed to use a standardized online calculator for scoring. This resulting calculation reflects the following scoring 0 = normal, no cognitive impairment; 0.5 = very mild dementia, minimal impairment in one domain; 1 = mild dementia, noticeable impairment in one or more domains; 2 = moderate dementia, significant impairment in multiple domains; 3 = severe dementia, major impairment in multiple domains.

Clinical Dementia Rating - Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) ScoreDay 210

CDR - SB: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet. The CDR scale is a widely used dementia staging instrument that produces a summated score (sum of boxes score). This study will use the summated score, comparisons and analysis. The "Sum of boxes" scoring methodology sums the score for each of the 6 domains and provides a value ranging from 0 to 18 that can change in of 0.5 or greater. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. A positive change from baseline indicates clinical decline. Score Range from 0 to 18. Response choices are 0 = normal; 0.5 to 2.5 = questionable impairment; 3.0 to 4.0 = very mild dementia; 4.5 to 9.0 = mild dementia; 9.5 to 15.5 = moderate dementia; 16.0 to 18.0 = severe dementia.

Mini-Mental Scale Evaluation, 2nd Edition (MMSE-2) ScoreDay 210

MMSE-2: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet. The MMSE-2 is a widely used test of cognitive function among the elderly. The Standard Version consists of a 30-point questionnaire that includes tests of orientation, attention, memory, language, and visual-spatial skills. Score Range from 0 to 30. Response choices are 30 = normal; 26 to 29 = mild cognitive impairment; 21 to 25 = early stage dementia or mild cognitive impairment; 11 to 20 = middle stage dementia or moderate cognitive impairment; 0 to 10 = late stage dementia or severe cognitive impairment.

Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-COG)Day 210

ADAS-COG: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet. The ADAS-COG is used to assess cognitive symptoms of dementia. It consists of 7 performance items and 4 clinician-rated items assessing memory, orientation, language and praxis. Score Range from 0 to 70. Response choices are 0 to 10 = minimal to no cognitive impairment; 11 to 20 = mild cognitive impairment; 21 to 30 = moderate cognitive impairment; 31 to 70 = severe cognitive impairment.

Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-ADL scale (ADCS-ADL)Day 210

ADCS-ADL: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet. The ADCS-ADL is a comprehensive battery of ADL questions used to measure the functional capabilities of patients; each item is rated from the highest level of independent performance to complete loss. Score Range from 0 to 78. Response choices are 0 to 20 = severe impairment; 21 to 40 = moderate impairment; 41 to 60 = mild impairment; 61 to 78 = minimal impairment.

Clinical Global Impressions - Improvement (CGI-I)Day 210

CGI-I: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet. The Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement (CGI-I) scale will be assessed at all visits after Baseline. The Investigator (or designee) will answer the following question: "Compared to the patient's condition at Baseline. Score Range from 1 to 7. Response choices are: 1 = very much improved; 2 = much improved; 3 = minimally improved; 4 = no change from Baseline; 5 = minimally worse; 6 = much worse; 7 = very much worse since Baseline".

Clinical Global Impressions - Severity (CGI-S)Day 210

CGI-S: To estimate the magnitude and variability of clinical response to a drug combination Tablet in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after 180 days of treatment against Placebo Tablet. The Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) scale will be assessed at Baseline and all visits afterward. The Investigator (or designee) will answer the following question: "Considering your total clinical experience with AD, how ill is the patient at this time?" Score Range from 1 to 7. Response choices are 1 = normal, not at all ill; 2 = borderline ill; 3 = mildly ill; 4 = moderately ill; 5 = markedly ill; 6 = severely ill; and 7 = among the most extremely ill patients.

Clinical Dementia Rating - Global Score (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline in the Clinical Dementia Rating - Global Score after 210 days (Global Score ranges from 0 to 3; a lower score indicates no disease; a higher score indicates greater disease severity; 0 = normal, 3 = severe dementia)

Clinical Dementia Rating - Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) Score (Exploratory)Day 210

Change from Baseline in CDR-SB Score after 210 days (CDR-SB Score ranges from 0 to 18; a lower score indicates no disease; a higher score indicates greater disease severity; 0 = normal, 18 = severe dementia)

Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (16)

Scottsdale Clinical Trials (Noah Clinical Site 017)

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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Marvel Clinical Research (Noah Clinical Site 010)

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Huntington Beach, California, United States

Accel Research Sites (Noah Clinical Site 019)

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DeLand, Florida, United States

Health Awareness (Noah Clinical Site 020)

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Jupiter, Florida, United States

Life Well Research Center (Noah Clinical Site 008)

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Miami, Florida, United States

Regenerate Primary Medical Research (Noah Clinical Site 003)

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Miami, Florida, United States

Miami Jewish Health (Noah Clinical Site 023)

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Miami, Florida, United States

Neurology Associates of Ormond Beach (Noah Clinical Site 015)

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Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

International Medical Investigational Centers (Noah Clinical Site 001)

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Palmetto Bay, Florida, United States

Best Choice Medical and Research Service (Noah Clinical Site 025)

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Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States

Denali Health Plant City, LLC (Noah Clinical Site 024)

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Plant City, Florida, United States

Boston Clinical Trials (Noah Clinical Site 006)

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

IMA Clinical Research (Noah Clinical Site 004)

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Carolina Research Center, Inc. (Noah Clinical Site 009)

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Shelby, North Carolina, United States

Tekton Research (Noah Clinical Site 002)

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Yukon, Oklahoma, United States

Olympus Clinical Research (Noah Clinical Site 014)

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Katy, Texas, United States

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