Alzheimer's DiseasePhase 2/3MCINCT02016560
Analysis of 18F-AV-1451 PET Imaging in Cognitively Healthy, MCI, and AD Subjects
A Phase 2/3 study testing florbetapir F 18, Flortaucipir F18 and Brain PET Scan in people with Alzheimer's Disease, run by Avid Radiopharmaceuticals at 27 sites in United States.
Trial summary
A Phase 2/3 cross-sectional and longitudinal observational study evaluating imaging characteristics of flortaucipir in control subjects and patients with clinically defined MCI and AD dementia (AD). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Alzheimer's Disease
- What is being tested?
- florbetapir F 18, Flortaucipir F18 and Brain PET Scan
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion, Surgery or procedure
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 383 participants
- Where
- 27 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Dec 2013to 28 Jul 2017
- Phase
- Phase 2/3
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects
- ≥ 20 to ≤ 40 years of age OR ≥ 50 years of age
- Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) ≥ 29
- No significant history of cognitive impairment
- Exploratory MCI Subjects
- ≥ 50 years of age
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- MMSE ≥ 24
- Have MCI consistent with National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) working group's diagnostic guidelines for AD
- Have a study partner that can report on subject's activities of daily living
- Exploratory AD Subjects
- ≥ 50 years of age
- MMSE > 10
- Have possible or probable AD based on the NIA-AA working group's diagnostic guidelines for AD
- Have a study partner that can report on subject's activities of daily living
- Confirmatory Subjects
- ≥ 50 years of age
- MMSE ≥ 20 and ≤ 27
- Cognitively impaired subjects with either MCI or dementia with a suspected neurodegenerative cause
- Have a study partner that can report on subject's activities of daily living
Who cannot join
- Current clinically significant psychiatric disease
- Evidence of structural brain abnormalities
- History of moderate or severe traumatic brain injury
- Current clinically significant cardiovascular disease or ECG abnormalities, or additional risk factors for Torsades de Pointes
- Current clinically significant infectious disease, endocrine or metabolic disease, pulmonary, renal or hepatic impairment, or cancer
- History of alcohol or substance abuse or dependence
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- Females of childbearing potential who are not surgically sterile, not refraining from sexual activity or not using reliable methods of contraception
- Have received or participated in a trial with investigational medications in the past 30 days
- Have had a non-study related radiopharmaceutical imaging or treatment procedure within 7 days prior to the study imaging session.
Trial locations and contacts
27 sites in 1 country.
27 sites in 1 country
United States27 sites
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118
Quantum Laboratories
Deerfield Beach, Florida, 33064
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710
21st Century Oncology
Fort Myers, Florida, 33912
UC Irvine
Irvine, California, 92697
Las Vegas Radiology
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89147
Molecular NeuroImaging
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510
Center for Brain Health - NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, New York, 10016
Hoag Memorial
Newport Beach, California, 92663
Sandlake Imaging
Orlando, Florida, 32806
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Banner Alzheimer's Institute
Phoenix, Arizona, 85006
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903
Butler Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02906
Alzheimer's Disease Center
Quincy, Massachusetts, 02169
Norther California PET Imaging Center
Sacramento, California, 95816
UC Davis
Sacramento, California, 95817
UC San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94158
Neurological Research Institute
Santa Monica, California, 90404
Four Peaks Neurology
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259
Center for Clinical Imaging Research
St Louis, Missouri, 63110
Meridien Research
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33709
Banner Sun Health Research Institute
Sun City, Arizona, 85351
USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Center
Tampa, Florida, 33613
Independent Imaging
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407
About this study
Official title: An Open Label, Multicenter Study, Evaluating the Safety and Imaging Characteristics of 18F-AV-1451 in Cognitively Healthy Volunteers, Subjects With Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Subjects With Alzheimer's Disease
A Phase 2/3 cross-sectional and longitudinal observational study evaluating imaging characteristics of flortaucipir in control subjects and patients with clinically defined MCI and AD dementia (AD).
Read the detailed description
This study was conducted in 2 phases: a Phase 2 Exploratory Phase and a Phase 3 Confirmatory Phase. An overarching goal of the Exploratory Phase of this protocol was to further investigate the pattern of flortaucipir PET imaging across the disease course, in cognitively healthy subjects through patients with cognitive decline. To accomplish this goal, the protocol investigated flortaucipir results in younger and older cognitively healthy normal volunteers and patients with clinical diagnoses for cognitive complaints, ranging from MCI to mild and moderate AD dementia. Additionally, the Exploratory Phase of this protocol investigated relationships between flortaucipir PET signal and cognitive decline over the 18-month study period.
The second, Confirmatory Phase of the study was designed to provide independent validation of the relationships observed in the exploratory analyses of the first phase. In particular, the goal of the second phase was to confirm the relationship between flortaucipir uptake in the brain as measured by PET signals at baseline and the subsequent rate of cognitive decline observed over the 18-month longitudinal follow up.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Being tested
- florbetapir F 18, Flortaucipir F18, Brain PET Scan
- Medical subject headings
- Alzheimer Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
florbetapir F 18Drug
Also called Amyvid, 18F-AV-45
Flortaucipir F18Drug
Also called T807, 18F-AV-1451
Brain PET ScanProcedure or surgery
positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects | Experimental | Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 megabecquerel (MBq) (10 millicurie [mCi]), single dose of florbetapir F 18 at baseline. Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of flortaucipir at baseline. Receives: Drug: florbetapir F 18; Drug: Flortaucipir F18; Procedure: Brain PET Scan |
| Exploratory MCI Subjects | Experimental | Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of florbetapir F 18 at baseline. Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of flortaucipir at baseline, 9 months and 18 months. Receives: Drug: florbetapir F 18; Drug: Flortaucipir F18; Procedure: Brain PET Scan |
| Exploratory AD Subjects | Experimental | Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of florbetapir F 18 at baseline. Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of flortaucipir at baseline, 9 months and 18 months. Receives: Drug: florbetapir F 18; Drug: Flortaucipir F18; Procedure: Brain PET Scan |
| Confirmatory Subjects | Experimental | Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of florbetapir F 18 and flortaucipir at baseline. Receives: Drug: florbetapir F 18; Drug: Flortaucipir F18; Procedure: Brain PET Scan |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Confirmatory Phase: Relationship Between Neocortical Flortaucipir Uptake and the Subsequent Rate of Cognitive Decline
Confirm the relationship between neocortical flortaucipir uptake and the subsequent rate of cognitive decline at longitudinal follow up that was observed in the Exploratory Phase of the study. Patients were assigned to groups by majority classification of the flortaucipir positron emission tomography (PET) scan by five independent imaging physicians. Clinically meaningful cognitive and functional deterioration was defined as a 1 point or greater worsening on clinical dementia rating - sum of boxes (CDR-SB) score over the follow-up period.
Measured: between baseline and 18 months
Exploratory Phase: Cross-sectional Flortaucipir Imaging Results
Flortaucipir standardized uptake value ratio (SUVr). A value of 1 signifies no flortaucipir activity above background, values greater than 1 signify increasing flortaucipir activity in the brain.
Measured: baseline scan
Exploratory Phase: Longitudinal Change in Tau Deposition Over Time, by Amyloid Status
Assess the rate of change of tau deposition as measured by flortaucipir uptake (SUVr) over time. Change = 18 months SUVr - baseline SUVr.
Measured: baseline and 18 months
Secondary outcomes (2)
Confirmatory Phase: Diagnostic Performance of Flortaucipir Visual Read
This analysis used dichotomized CDR-SB change as a truth standard (1 point or more worsening = true positive vs. less than 1 point worsening = true negative) to assess the diagnostic performance of baseline Advanced AD tau status (τAD++) as determined by flortaucipir scan interpretation. Sensitivity and Specificity were calculated for each of the 5 independent imaging readers. Sensitivity is the percentage of true positive cases correctly identified by an Advanced AD pattern scan. Specificity is the percentage of true negative cases correctly identified by scans that were not classified as Advanced AD pattern.
Measured: baseline and 18 months
Exploratory Phase: Correlation Between Flortaucipir SUVr and Age
Flortaucipir standardized uptake value ratio (SUVr). A value of 1 signifies no flortaucipir activity above background, values greater than 1 signify increasing flortaucipir activity in the brain.
Measured: baseline scan
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Dec 2013 (estimated)
- Study startDec 2013
- Primary completion28 Jul 2017
- Study completion28 Jul 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Alzheimer's DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2/3
- Primary purpose
- Diagnosis
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Model description
- All subjects in both the exploratory and confirmatory phases of the study, receive both florbetapir and florbetapir scans, regardless of subgroup assignment.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 383 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02016560
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 18F-AV-1451-A05
- Acronym
- MCI
- Status last verified
- Sep 2020
- First submitted
- 16 Dec 2013
- Last updated
- 22 Sep 2020
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Lu M, Pontecorvo MJ, Devous MD Sr, Arora AK, Galante N, McGeehan A, Devadanam C, Salloway SP, Doraiswamy PM, Curtis C, Truocchio SP, Flitter M, Locascio T, Devine M, Zimmer JA, Fleisher AS, Mintun MA; AVID Collaborators. Aggregated Tau Measured by Visual Interpretation of Flortaucipir Positron Emission Tomography and the Associated Risk of Clinical Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: Results From 2 Phase III Clinical Trials. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Apr 1;78(4):445-453. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.5505.
PubMed 33587110
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 22 Sep 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- An Open Label, Multicenter Study, Evaluating the Safety and Imaging Characteristics of 18F-AV-1451 in Cognitively Healthy Volunteers, Subjects With Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Subjects With Alzheimer's Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02016560
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MCI / 18F-AV-1451-A05
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Phase
- Phase 2/3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 383 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Avid RadiopharmaceuticalsIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- Dec 2013 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 28 Jul 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 28 Jul 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 Dec 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 24 Aug 2020
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
A Phase 2/3 cross-sectional and longitudinal observational study evaluating imaging characteristics of flortaucipir in control subjects and patients with clinically defined MCI and AD dementia (AD).
Detailed description
This study was conducted in 2 phases: a Phase 2 Exploratory Phase and a Phase 3 Confirmatory Phase. An overarching goal of the Exploratory Phase of this protocol was to further investigate the pattern of flortaucipir PET imaging across the disease course, in cognitively healthy subjects through patients with cognitive decline. To accomplish this goal, the protocol investigated flortaucipir results in younger and older cognitively healthy normal volunteers and patients with clinical diagnoses for cognitive complaints, ranging from MCI to mild and moderate AD dementia. Additionally, the Exploratory Phase of this protocol investigated relationships between flortaucipir PET signal and cognitive decline over the 18-month study period.
The second, Confirmatory Phase of the study was designed to provide independent validation of the relationships observed in the exploratory analyses of the first phase. In particular, the goal of the second phase was to confirm the relationship between flortaucipir uptake in the brain as measured by PET signals at baseline and the subsequent rate of cognitive decline observed over the 18-month longitudinal follow up.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Diagnosis
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 4
- Model description
- All subjects in both the exploratory and confirmatory phases of the study, receive both florbetapir and florbetapir scans, regardless of subgroup assignment.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects | Experimental | Drug: florbetapir F 18, Drug: Flortaucipir F18, Procedure: Brain PET ScanSubjects will receive an IV injection, 370 megabecquerel (MBq) (10 millicurie [mCi]), single dose of florbetapir F 18 at baseline. Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of flortaucipir at baseline. |
| Exploratory MCI Subjects | Experimental | Drug: florbetapir F 18, Drug: Flortaucipir F18, Procedure: Brain PET ScanSubjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of florbetapir F 18 at baseline. Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of flortaucipir at baseline, 9 months and 18 months. |
| Exploratory AD Subjects | Experimental | Drug: florbetapir F 18, Drug: Flortaucipir F18, Procedure: Brain PET ScanSubjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of florbetapir F 18 at baseline. Subjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of flortaucipir at baseline, 9 months and 18 months. |
| Confirmatory Subjects | Experimental | Drug: florbetapir F 18, Drug: Flortaucipir F18, Procedure: Brain PET ScanSubjects will receive an IV injection, 370 MBq (10 mCi), single dose of florbetapir F 18 and flortaucipir at baseline. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (19 listed)
- Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects
- ≥ 20 to ≤ 40 years of age OR ≥ 50 years of age
- Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) ≥ 29
- No significant history of cognitive impairment
- Exploratory MCI Subjects
Key exclusion criteria (9 listed)
- Current clinically significant psychiatric disease
- Evidence of structural brain abnormalities
- History of moderate or severe traumatic brain injury
- Current clinically significant cardiovascular disease or ECG abnormalities, or additional risk factors for Torsades de Pointes
- Current clinically significant infectious disease, endocrine or metabolic disease, pulmonary, renal or hepatic impairment, or cancer
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| florbetapir F 18Also: Amyvid, 18F-AV-45 | Drug | Confirmatory Subjects, Exploratory AD Subjects, Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects, Exploratory MCI Subjects |
| Flortaucipir F18Also: T807, 18F-AV-1451 | Drug | Confirmatory Subjects, Exploratory AD Subjects, Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects, Exploratory MCI Subjects |
| Brain PET Scanpositron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain | Procedure or surgery | Confirmatory Subjects, Exploratory AD Subjects, Exploratory Cognitively Healthy Subjects, Exploratory MCI Subjects |
Primary outcome
Confirmatory Phase: Relationship Between Neocortical Flortaucipir Uptake and the Subsequent Rate of Cognitive Decline
Time frame: between baseline and 18 months
Confirm the relationship between neocortical flortaucipir uptake and the subsequent rate of cognitive decline at longitudinal follow up that was observed in the Exploratory Phase of the study. Patients were assigned to groups by majority classification of the flortaucipir positron emission tomography (PET) scan by five independent imaging physicians. Clinically meaningful cognitive and functional deterioration was defined as a 1 point or greater worsening on clinical dementia rating - sum of boxes (CDR-SB) score over the follow-up period.
Exploratory Phase: Cross-sectional Flortaucipir Imaging Results
Time frame: baseline scan
Flortaucipir standardized uptake value ratio (SUVr). A value of 1 signifies no flortaucipir activity above background, values greater than 1 signify increasing flortaucipir activity in the brain.
Exploratory Phase: Longitudinal Change in Tau Deposition Over Time, by Amyloid Status
Time frame: baseline and 18 months
Assess the rate of change of tau deposition as measured by flortaucipir uptake (SUVr) over time. Change = 18 months SUVr - baseline SUVr.
2 secondary outcomes
Confirmatory Phase: Diagnostic Performance of Flortaucipir Visual Read
Time frame: baseline and 18 months
Exploratory Phase: Correlation Between Flortaucipir SUVr and Age
Time frame: baseline scan
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 22 Sep 2020.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 33587110Lu M, Pontecorvo MJ, Devous MD Sr, Arora AK, Galante N, McGeehan A, Devadanam C, Salloway SP, Doraiswamy PM, Curtis C, Truocchio SP, Flitter M, Locascio T, Devine M, Zimmer JA, Fleisher AS, Mintun MA; AVID Collaborators. Aggregated Tau Measured by Visual Interpretation of Flortaucipir Positron Emission Tomography and the Associated Risk of Clinical Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: Results From 2 Phase III Clinical Trials. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Apr 1;78(4):445-453. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.5505.
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27 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2/3 study testing florbetapir F 18, Flortaucipir F18 and Brain PET Scan in people with Alzheimer's Disease, run by Avid Radiopharmaceuticals at 27 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 19 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Sep 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 27 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this combined phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 24 Aug 2020). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Confirmatory Phase: Relationship Between Neocortical Flortaucipir Uptake and the Subsequent Rate of Cognitive Decline (time frame: between baseline and 18 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02016560, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Sep 2020.