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Safety and Efficacy Study of ALZT-OP1 in Subjects With Evidence of Early Alzheimer's Disease

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Alzheimer's Disease
Interventions
Other: Placebo ALZT-OP1a
Other: Placebo ALZT-OP1b
Drug: ALZT-OP1b
Registration Number
NCT02547818
Lead Sponsor
AZTherapies, Inc.
Brief Summary

This is a global Phase III, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study for subjects with evidence of early AD. The protocol is designed to determine whether ALZT-OP1 combination treatment (ALZT-OP1a + ALZT-OP1b) will slow down, arrests, or reverse cognitive and functional decline, in subjects with evidence of early stage Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Detailed Description

This Phase III study is designed as a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study for subjects with evidence of early AD. The study will evaluate safety and tolerability, efficacy as measured by CDR-SB, and will determine if the combination therapy ALZT-OP1 will slow down, arrests, or reverse cognitive and functional decline in an early stage AD population.

Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of four treatment arms: Group I will consist of ALZT-OP1a (cromolyn) for inhalation, plus an oral placebo tablet; OR the Group II arm, which will consist of ALZT-OP1 combination therapy ALZT-OP1a (cromolyn) for inhalation, plus ALZT-OP1b (ibuprofen) tablet for oral administration; OR to the Group III arm, which will consist of inhaled placebo, plus ALZT-OP1b (ibuprofen) tablet for oral administration; OR to the Group IV placebo arm, which will consist of inhaled placebo plus an oral placebo tablet.

A minimum of 400 evaluable subjects will be randomized to receive one of four possible treatment assignments containing various combinations of active study drug or placebo.

To account for subject dropouts (estimated rate of 30%), it is anticipated that up to 600 (or 150 subjects per treatment arm) may be recruited and randomized, to achieve a minimum of 100 evaluable subjects per treatment arm.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
620
Inclusion Criteria
  • 55-79 years old;

  • ≥ 8 years of education;

  • Study partner is available who has frequent contact with the participant (e.g. an average of 10 hours per week or more), and can accompany the participant to all clinic visits for the duration of the protocol;

  • Evidence of early AD, as defined by all of the following:

    1. Memory complaint by subject or study partner that is verified by a study partner;

    2. Objective memory impairment for age, documented by scoring below the education adjusted cutoff of the Logical Memory II subscale (Delayed Paragraph Recall) from the Wechsler Memory Scale Third Edition (the maximum score is 25):

      • ≤ 8 for 16 or more years of education, or
      • ≤ 4 for 8-15 years of education;
      • Essentially preserved general cognitive function;
      • Largely intact functional activities;
      • Not demented;
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker results consistent with early AD, including CSF Aβ-42 levels ≥ 180 pg/mL and ≤ 690 pg/mL;

  • Clinical Dementia Rating (Global) = 0.5; Memory Box score must be at least 0.5;

  • Must be fluent in the language of the cognitive testing material being administered;

  • Stability of permitted medications for 4 weeks prior to study start; subjects receiving acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and/or memantine should be on stable dose of those medications for at least 12 weeks prior to study start with every effort to maintain stable dose for the duration of the study;

  • Visual and auditory acuity adequate for neuropsychological testing;

  • Good general health with no diseases expected to interfere with the study;

  • Must provide written informed consent for APOe4 genotype testing;

  • Must provide written informed consent for CSF sampling.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Any significant neurological disease other than suspected incipient AD, such as Parkinson's disease, multi-infarct dementia, Huntington's disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumor, progressive supranuclear palsy, seizure disorder, subdural hematoma, multiple sclerosis, or history of significant head trauma followed by persistent neurologic defaults or known structural brain abnormalities;
  • Major depressive episode, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) within the past 6 months, which could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol;
  • History of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (DSM-IV criteria);
  • History of alcohol or substance abuse or dependence within the past 3 years (DSM-IV criteria);
  • Currently taking medications that could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol; subjects must be on a stable dose of current medications for 4 weeks prior to study entry, with the exception of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and/or memantine, which must be on a stable dose for at least 12 weeks prior to study entry;
  • Investigational agents are prohibited one month prior to entry and for the duration of the trial;
  • Currently taking medications known to be CYP2C9 inducers (i.e. carbamazepine and rifampicin);
  • Currently taking cromolyn, or have taken cromolyn, within the past 12 months;
  • Chronic daily use of high-dose NSAID for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or other chronic inflammatory diseases ("chronic" defined as 3200 mg/day for >2 weeks);
  • Chronic daily use of aspirin exceeding standard of care guidelines for low dose aspirin therapy for prevention of stroke and/or other recommended uses;
  • Allergy to cromolyn (also known as Intal®, Nasalcrom®, Opticrom®, Gastrocrom®, etc.);
  • Allergies to ibuprofen (Advil®, Motrin®, Nuprin®, etc.) or aspirin;
  • Clinically significant respiratory disorders with impaired respiratory effort or difficulty taking inhaled drugs;
  • Uncontrolled chronic asthma;
  • Abnormal pulmonary function test, defined for this protocol as: FEV1/FVC < predicted value for subject AND FEV1 < 70% of predicted value, indicating moderate or severe respiratory obstruction;
  • Taking inhaled protein products on a chronic basis;
  • Any significant systemic illness or unstable medical condition which could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol;
  • Pregnancy or lactation for female subjects of child-bearing potential (i.e., < two years post-menopausal or not surgically sterile);
  • For sexually active male subjects, unwillingness or incapability of using appropriate contraception methods;
  • Severe renal or hepatic impairment.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group IALZT-OP1aALZT-OP1a active capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b placebo capsules for oral administration.
Group IPlacebo ALZT-OP1bALZT-OP1a active capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b placebo capsules for oral administration.
Group IVPlacebo ALZT-OP1aALZT-OP1a placebo capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b placebo tablets for oral administration.
Group IVPlacebo ALZT-OP1bALZT-OP1a placebo capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b placebo tablets for oral administration.
Group IIALZT-OP1aALZT-OP1a active capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b active tablets for oral administration.
Group IIALZT-OP1bALZT-OP1a active capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b active tablets for oral administration.
Group IIIALZT-OP1bALZT-OP1a placebo capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b active tablets for oral administration.
Group IIIPlacebo ALZT-OP1aALZT-OP1a placebo capsules for inhalation and ALZT-OP1b active tablets for oral administration.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)Baseline and Week 72

The combination active treatment group will be compared to each of the single component groups, including the placebo group, the mean change from Baseline to Week 72 will be quantified.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAE)72 weeks

Safety will be evaluated based on the number, type, and frequency of treatment emergent adverse events. They will be individually presented for all subjects in data listings, and summarized in tables by treatment group and by treatment assignment. The AE's will be summarized and reported collectively based on information obtained through physical examination, ECG, and laboratory findings captured after dosing is initiated.

Trial Locations

Locations (114)

Syrentys Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Santa Ana, California, United States

CITrials

🇺🇸

Riverside, California, United States

Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton

🇺🇸

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Samuel and Alexia Bratton Memory Clinic

🇺🇸

Easton, Maryland, United States

Artemis Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Riverside, California, United States

Excell Research, Inc.

🇺🇸

Oceanside, California, United States

CRC Sp. Zo.o.

🇵🇱

Poznan, Poland

Bradenton Research Center

🇺🇸

Bradenton, Florida, United States

CNS Healthcare

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Progressive Medical Research

🇺🇸

Port Orange, Florida, United States

Pines Care Research Center

🇺🇸

Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States

Renew Behavioral Health

🇺🇸

Long Beach, California, United States

TOPAZ Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Apopka, Florida, United States

ActivMed Practices & Research, Inc.

🇺🇸

Methuen, Massachusetts, United States

ActivMed Practices & Research Inc.

🇺🇸

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Panax

🇺🇸

Miami Lakes, Florida, United States

Neurostudies, Inc.

🇺🇸

Port Charlotte, Florida, United States

Szpital Powiatowy w Czeladzi

🇵🇱

Czeladz, Poland

Territory Neurology & Research Institute

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Tulsa Clinical Research, Inc.

🇺🇸

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Galiz Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Hialeah, Florida, United States

Przychondnia Srodmiescie

🇵🇱

Bydgoszcz, Poland

Clintrial.s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Praha, Czechia

Medical Research Network

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

INEP medical s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Praha, Czechia

Bekes Megyei Pandy Kalman Korhaz

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Gyula, Hungary

Behavioral Health Care Associates

🇺🇸

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Kingfisher Cooperative

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

🇦🇺

Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Cermed Pawel Hernik

🇵🇱

Bialystok, Poland

Orszagos Klinikai Idegtudomanyi Intezat

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Budapest, Hungary

A-shine, s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Plzen, Czechia

Fakultni nemocnice v Motole Neurologicka klinika 2.LF UK a FN Motol

🇨🇿

Praha, Czechia

The Alzheimer's Disease Center

🇺🇸

Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Bronson Neurobehavioral Health

🇺🇸

Paw Paw, Michigan, United States

Palmetto Health

🇺🇸

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Centrum Medyczne KERMED

🇵🇱

Bydgoszcz, Poland

Centrum Medyczne Plejady

🇵🇱

Kraków, Poland

Centrum Opieki Zdrowotnej Orkan-Med

🇵🇱

Ksawerow, Poland

Royal Adelaide Hospital

🇦🇺

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Vaszary Kolos Korhaz

🇭🇺

Esztergom, Hungary

Neurologia Klinika Semmelweis Egyetem

🇭🇺

Budapest, Hungary

Pearl Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States

Neurology Associates of Arlington, P.A.

🇺🇸

Mansfield, Texas, United States

Grayline Clinical Drug Trials

🇺🇸

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

Podlaskie Centrum Psychogeriatrii

🇵🇱

Bialystok, Poland

Euromedis Sp. Zo.o

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Szczecin, Poland

Neurologie MU - Ondrej Koci, s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Novy Bor, Czech Republic, Czechia

Neurosanatio, s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Litomyšl, Czech Republic, Czechia

Medical Arts Health Research

🇨🇦

West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Xenoscience

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

The Neurology Research Group

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Premier Clinical Research Institute

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Finlay Medical Research Group

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Next Phase Research Alliance

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Next Phase Research Alliance - Cano Health

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

IMIC, Inc.

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Next Phase Research Alliance - MetroMed

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Cutting Edge Research Group

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Wasatch Clinical Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Mile High Research Center

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Cognitive Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

NEUROHK, s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Chocen, Czechia

Psychiatricka ambulance

🇨🇿

Hradec Kralove, Czechia

Krajska nemocnice Liberec a.s.

🇨🇿

Liberec, Czechia

Axiom Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Stedman Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Alliance Research Center

🇺🇸

Laguna Hills, California, United States

Asclepes Research Center

🇺🇸

Panorama City, California, United States

University of California Irvine School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Eastern Maine Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bangor, Maine, United States

Coastal Health Care

🇺🇸

Freeport, Maine, United States

Memory Enhancement Center of America

🇺🇸

Eatontown, New Jersey, United States

AdvancedMed Research

🇺🇸

Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States

The NeuroCognitive Institute

🇺🇸

Mount Arlington, New Jersey, United States

Manhattan Behavioral Medicine

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

🇺🇸

White Plains, New York, United States

ANI Neurology, PLLC Alzheimer's Memory Center

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

The Ohio State University

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Raleigh Neurological Associates

🇺🇸

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Insight Clincial Trials

🇺🇸

Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States

KaRa Institute of Neurological Diseases

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Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

Austin Health

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Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

UMBAL "Dr. Georgi Stranski" EAD

🇧🇬

Pleven, Bulgaria

Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Parkville, Victoria, Australia

University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Aleksandrovska" EAD

🇧🇬

Sofia, Bulgaria

Okanagan Clinical Trials

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Kelowna, Britsh Columbia, Canada

"First MHAT - Sofia" EAD

🇧🇬

Sofia, Bulgaria

True North Clinical Research

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Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Montreal Neurological Research Institute

🇨🇦

Québec, Montreal, Canada

JBN Medical

🇨🇦

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Chatham-Kent Clinical Trials

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Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Cliniuqe de la Memoire de l'Outouais

🇨🇦

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

CT Center MaVfe, s.r.o

🇨🇿

Olomouc, Czech Republic, Czechia

The Centre for Memory and Aging

🇨🇦

East York, Ontario, Canada

Clinline Services s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Hostivice, Czechia

Psychiatricka ambulance Supervize s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Kutná Hora, Czechia

Adirondack Medical Research Center

🇺🇸

Glens Falls, New York, United States

Columbus Research & Wellness Institute

🇺🇸

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Metrolina Neurological Associates, PA

🇺🇸

Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

MHAT "Central Onco Hospital" Ltd.

🇧🇬

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

MBAL Ruse AD

🇧🇬

Ruse, Bulgaria

Pacific Private Clinic

🇦🇺

Southport, Queensland, Australia

Vestra Clinics, s.r.o.

🇨🇿

Rychnov Nad Kněžnou, Czech Republic, Czechia

Petz Aladar Megyei Oktato Korhaz

🇭🇺

Győr, Hungary

Northern California Research

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

PMG Winston-Salem

🇺🇸

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 4 w Lublinie

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Lublin, Poland

Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego Biomed - Jan Latala

🇵🇱

Kielce, Poland

Centrum Medyczne im. Dr Karola Jonschera w Lodzi

🇵🇱

Lodz, Poland

Albuquerque Neuroscience

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Geelong Private Medical Centre

🇦🇺

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Thomas Jefferson University

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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