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临床试验/EUCTR2016-001127-32-ES
EUCTR2016-001127-32-ES进行中(未招募)1 期

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Examine the Safety and Efficacy of Pimavanserin for the Treatment of Agitation and Aggression in Alzheimer’s Disease

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.0 个研究点目标入组 306 人开始时间: 2016年6月15日最近更新:
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阶段
1 期
状态
进行中(未招募)
入组人数
306

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研究类型
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • 1. Able to understand and provide signed informed consent, and must be able to sign and date an appropriate Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
  • Act (HIPAA) authorization form or subject privacy form, if appropriate.
  • - from the subject, if the subject is deemed competent to provide
  • informed consent
  • - from the subject’s legally authorized representative with the subject’s
  • assent, if the subject is deemed not competent to provide informed
  • - from the subject’s partner/caregiver during the conduct of the study
  • 2. Male or female, 50 years of age or older
  • 3. Has a diagnosis of probable AD according to the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association (NIA-AA) guidelines
  • 4. Meets criteria for agitation according to the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) guidelines
  • 5. Has an MRI or CT scan (brain imaging) taken during or subsequent to diagnosis of AD, or during the screening period (prior to Baseline)
  • 6. Has a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 5 to 26 (inclusive) at Screening
  • 7. Has agitation/aggression defined as Neuropsychiatric Inventory
  • (NPI)-agitation/aggression subscore of =4 at both the Screening and Baseline visits with:
  • - severity score of =2, and
  • - frequency score of =2
  • 8. Lives at home or in an assisted living facility. Subjects must have been at their current location for at least 3 weeks prior to Screening and plan to remain at the same location for the duration of the trial.
  • 9. Has a designated study partner/caregiver (e.g., relative, housemate, close
  • personal friend, or professional caregiver) that is in contact with the subject at least 3 times a week on three separate days. The study partner/caregiver must:
  • - be willing and able to accompany the subject to all clinic visits,
  • - be capable of routinely monitoring and reporting study drug use,
  • - be regarded by the PI as sufficiently informed to report accurately on
  • these areas of the subject’s behavioral and functional status.
  • 10. Both subject and study partner/caregiver are fluent in and able to read the local language in which study assessments are administered at the clinical site.
  • 11. Both subject and study partner/caregiver are willing and able to participate in all scheduled evaluations and complete all required tests
  • 12. If taking antidepressants, has been on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to the Baseline visit and should be expected to remain on a stable dose throughout the trial
  • 13. If taking cholinesterase inhibitors and/or memantine, has been on a stable dose for at least 12 weeks prior to the Baseline visit and should be expected to remain on a stable dose throughout the trial
  • 14. If female, must be of non-childbearing potential (defined as either surgically sterilized or at least 1 year postmenopausal) or must agree to use a clinically acceptable method of contraception (e.g., oral, intrauterine device [IUD;
  • diaphragm], injectable, transdermal or implantable contraception) or
  • abstinence, for at least one month prior to randomization, during the study, and one month following completion of the study.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum human
  • chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test at Screening and a negative urine hCG pregnancy test at Baseline
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 76
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 230

排除标准

  • 1. The agitation/aggression is attributable to concomitant medications, environmental conditions, substance abuse, or active medical or psychiatric condition
  • 2. Has a history of major depressive disorder, recurrent, according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fifth Edition
  • (DSM-5) diagnosis and has had a major depressive active episode (within the past year) according to the DSM-5 criteria
  • 3. Treatment with an antipsychotic medication within 2 weeks of Baseline visit or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer
  • 4. Has brain abnormalities seen on an MRI or CT scan (brain imaging) taken
  • during or subsequent to diagnosis of AD, that can be attributed to diseases or processes other than AD, including but not limited to:
  • - multiple lacunar infarcts or evidence of a single prior infarct >1 cm3;
  • - intracranial mass lesion (including but not limited to meningioma
  • [>1 cm3 with evidence of peritumoral edema]); or
  • - glioma, vascular malformation, or macrohemorrhage.
  • 5. Subject or study partner/caregiver has medical condition (e.g., hearing, vision impairments) that would impair the ability to perform the study assessments
  • 6. Using any of the medications prohibited or otherwise restricted (see
  • Protocol Section 5.7, Appendix B, and Appendix C)
  • 7. Subject has had a myocardial infarction within the last 6 months prior to Screening
  • 8. Subject has a known history or symptoms of long QT syndrome
  • 9. Subject has a QRS interval <120 msec and whose Fridericia’s corrected QT interval (QTcF) is >460 msec at screening OR subject has a QRS interval =120 msec and QTcF is >480 msec at screening
  • 10. Has clinically significant laboratory abnormalities that in the judgment of the Investigator would jeopardize the safe participation of the subject in the study
  • 11. Has a history of a significant psychotic disorder prior to or concomitant with the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease including, but not limited to, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
  • 12. Current evidence of a serious and/or unstable cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, hematologic, or other medical disorder, including
  • cancer or malignancies that in the judgment of the Investigator would
  • jeopardize the safe participation of the subject in the study
  • 13. Subject is bedridden or has any significant medical condition that is unstable and that would either:
  • - place the subject at undue risk from study drug or undergoing study
  • procedures; or
  • - interfere with the interpretation of safety or efficacy evaluations
  • performed during the course of the study
  • 14. Has participated in or is participating in a clinical trial of any investigational drug, device, or intervention, and within 4 weeks (or five half-lives, whichever is longer) of the Baseline visit
  • 15. Subject with sensitivity to pimavanserin or its excipients
  • 16. Subject has previously participated in a clinical study with pimavanserin
  • 17. Subject is judged by the Investigator or the Medical Monitor to be inappropriate for the study

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