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Alzheimer DiseasePhase 2T2 Protect ADNCT03605667

Study of BHV-4157 in Alzheimer's Disease

A Phase 2 study testing troriluzole in people with Alzheimer Disease, run by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 44 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Preclinical models suggest that riluzole, the active metabolite of BHV-4157, may protect from AD-related pathology and cognitive dysfunction. Titrated dose of BHV-4157 to 280 mg, or placebo, were administered orally once daily. Duration of treatment is 48 weeks in double-blind phase. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 50 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Alzheimer Disease
What is being tested?
troriluzole
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
350 participants
Where
44 sitesUnited States
Study dates
31 Jul 2018to 23 Dec 2021
Phase
Phase 2
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 50 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age 50 to 85 (inclusive) at screening
  • Diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease dementia: Core clinical criteria in accordance with NIA/Alzheimer's Association Guidelines.
  • Living in the community (includes assisted living facilities, but excludes long-term care nursing facilities).
  • Ambulatory, or able to walk with an assistive device, such as a cane or walker.
  • Participants must have a study partner who has frequent interaction with them (approximately >3-4 times per week), will be present for all clinic visits, and can assist in compliance with study procedures.
  • An Mini-Mental State Examination score of 14 to 24, inclusive, at screening.
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  • A brain MRI scan within 6 months of screening consistent with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
  • Participants should be treated with a stable dosage regimen of FDA-approved AD medications (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AchEI) and/or memantine) for at least 3 months prior to screening. Participants should be expected to remain on a stable dosage regimen of these medications for the duration of the trial.
  • Participants who are not being treated with FDA-approved AD medications at the time of screening, because they have contraindications to these medications, or because they have previously failed treatment with these medications, are also eligible for inclusion, if it is expected that they will not be treated with these medications for the duration of the trial.

Who cannot join

  • Hepatic impairment defined as Child-Pugh class of A or more severe liver impairment.
  • Other neurodegenerative diseases and causes of dementias, including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, vascular dementia, CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), LBD (Lewy Body dementia), PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), or NPH (normal pressure hydrocephalus).
  • History of a major depressive episode within the past 6 months of screening.
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes or uncontrolled diabetes with HbA1c value >8.0 %.
  • Cancer or a malignant tumor within the past 3 years, except patients who underwent potentially curative therapy with no evidence of recurrence for >3 years. Patients with stable prostate cancer or non-melanoma skin cancers are not excluded.
  • Participation in another clinical trial for an investigational agent and having taken at least one dose of study medication, unless confirmed as having been on placebo, within 12 weeks prior to screening. The end of a previous investigational trial is defined as the date of the last dose of an investigational agent.

Trial locations and contacts

44 sites in 1 country.

44 sites in 1 country

United States44 sites
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21224

  • Northern Light Acadia Hospital

    Bangor, Maine, 04401

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808

  • Case Western Reserve University

    Beachwood, Ohio, 44122

  • CBRI, Roper Hospital

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29401

  • Galen Research

    Chesterfield, Missouri, 63005

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • Great Lakes Clinical Trials

    Chicago, Illinois, 60640

  • Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

  • Brain Matters Research

    Delray Beach, Florida, 33445

  • Michigan State University

    East Lansing, Michigan, 48824

  • Neurology Center of North Orange County

    Fullerton, California, 92835

  • Geriatric and Adult Psychiatry

    Hamden, Connecticut, 06518

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242

  • University of California, San Diego

    La Jolla, California, 92037

  • Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106

  • University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40504

  • University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California, 90033

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136

  • Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer's Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37212

  • Yale University School of Medicine

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032

  • Keystone Clinical Studies, LLC

    Norristown, Pennsylvania, 19403

  • SC3 Research Group - Pasadena

    Pasadena, California, 91105

  • Xenoscience, Inc.

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85004

  • Barrow Neurological Institute

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85013

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239

  • Princeton Medical Institute

    Princeton, New Jersey, 08540

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14620

  • The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases,University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229-3900

  • University of Washington

    Seattle, Washington, 98108

  • Southern Illinois University

    Springfield, Illinois, 62702

  • Ki Health PARTNERS LLC DBA NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

    Stamford, Connecticut, 06905

  • Banner Sun Health Research Institute

    Sun City, Arizona, 85351

  • SUNY Upstate Medical University Department of Geriatrics

    Syracuse, New York, 13202

  • USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute

    Tampa, Florida, 33613

  • James J. Peters VAMC

    The Bronx, New York, 10468

  • Tulsa Clinical Research

    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104

  • Geisinger Medical Clinic

    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18711

  • Abington Neurological Associates

    Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 19090

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 2 Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of BHV-4157 in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

Preclinical models suggest that riluzole, the active metabolite of BHV-4157, may protect from AD-related pathology and cognitive dysfunction. Titrated dose of BHV-4157 to 280 mg, or placebo, were administered orally once daily. Duration of treatment is 48 weeks in double-blind phase. There is also a screening period of up to 42 days; and a 4-week post-treatment observation period. Eligible participants who completed the double-blind treatment phase had the opportunity to receive open-label troriluzole for up to 48 weeks in an open-label extension (OLE) phase.

Being tested
troriluzole, Placebo oral capsule
Medical subject headings
Alzheimer Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • troriluzoleDrug

    Also called BHV-4157

    Oral BHV-4157 will be given daily for up to 48 weeks

  • Placebo oral capsuleDrug

    Oral matching placebo will be given daily for up to 48 weeks

Study groups in NCT03605667
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
BHV-4157Experimentaltroriluzole, 280 mg (2 x 140 mg) capsules, QD
Receives: Drug: troriluzole
PlaceboPlacebo comparatormatching 280 mg (2 x 140 mg) placebo capsules, QD
Receives: Drug: Placebo oral capsule

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change From Baseline in Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) Total Score at Week 48

    The ADAS-Cog is a structured scale that evaluates memory (word recall, word recognition), reasoning (following commands), language (naming, comprehension), orientation, ideational praxis (placing a letter in an envelope) and constructional praxis (copying geometric designs). Ratings of spoken language, language comprehension, word finding difficulty, and ability to remember test instructions were also obtained. The test was scored in terms of errors on a scale ranging from 0 (best) to 70 (worse), with higher scores indicate poorer performance and greater impairment.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48

  2. Change From Baseline in Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-Sum of Boxes) Total Score at Week 48

    The CDR-sum of boxes is a validated composite rating of cognition and everyday functioning used in longitudinal AD research which incorporates both informant input and direct assessment of performance. It assesses through semi-structured interview 3 cognitive domains including memory, orientation, and judgement/problem solving and 3 everyday functional domains including community affairs, home and hobbies and personal care. The individual domain score ranging from 0 (none) to 3 (severe) but the scores in each of these were combined to obtain a composite score (sum of boxes) ranging from 0 (best) to 18 (worst), with higher scores indicate poorer performance and greater impairment. The individual domain scores are added to create a sum of the box scores.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Change From Baseline in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Hippocampal Volume at Week 48

    Volumetric MRI allows the in vivo assessment of brain structure volume and provides a measure of atrophy rate. Results from MRI studies suggest that the patterns of atrophy in AD, which mirror the pathological progression of the disease, can reliably be detected and tracked across time. Hippocampal volume derived from MRI correlates with histological hippocampal volume and degree of neuronal loss and AD pathology, and entorhinal cortical thickness change appears to be an early and sensitive indicator of neurodegeneration associated with AD.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48

  2. Change From Baseline in Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) Total Score at Week 48

    The ADCS-ADL inventory scale is validated questionnaire developed by the ADCS to assess instrumental and basic activities of daily living based on a 23-item structured interview of the AD study participant's partner. The scale ranging from 0 (none) to 78 (severe), with lower scores indicate greater impairment.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48

  3. Change From Baseline in Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Total Score at Week 48

    The NPI is a well-validated, reliable, multi-item instrument to assess psychopathology in AD dementia based on the results of an interview with the study partner. The NPI evaluates both the frequency and severity of 10 neuropsychiatric features, including delusions, hallucinations, agitation/aggression, dysphoria, anxiety, euphoria, apathy, disinhibition, irritability and lability, and aberrant motor behavior, as well as evaluates sleep and appetite/eating disorders. Frequency assessments range from 1 (occasionally, less than once per week) to 4 (very frequently, once or more per day or continuously). Severity assessments range from 1 (mild) to 3 (severe). The total score is the sum of all subscales ranging from 1 (mild) to 7 (severe), with higher scores indicate greater impairment.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48

  4. Change From Baseline in Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) Total Score at Week 48

    The MMSE is a frequently used screening instrument for AD drug studies. It evaluates orientation, memory, attention, concentration, naming, repetition, comprehension, and ability to create a sentence and to copy 2 intersecting pentagons. The MMSE scale ranging from 0 (worse) to 30 (best), with a lower score indicate more cognitive impairment.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48

  5. Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Serious TEAEs

    An adverse event (AE) is defined as any new untoward medical occurrence or worsening of a pre-existing medical condition in participants or clinical investigation participants administered an investigational (medicinal) product and that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. A serious AE (SAE) is defined as any event that met any of the following criteria at any dose: death; life-threatening; inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization; persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly/birth defect in the offspring of a participant who received study drug; other important medical events that may have jeopardized the participant and may have required medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the other serious outcomes. An AE is considered "Related" for causality designations of possible, probable and definite.

    Measured: TEAEs were reported from first dose of study drug up to end of study treatment, maximum of 96 weeks.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted30 Jul 2018
  2. Study start31 Jul 2018
  3. Primary completion15 Dec 2020
  4. Study completion23 Dec 2021

Resources

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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
350 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03605667
Sponsor's protocol ID
BHV4157-203
Acronym
T2 Protect AD
Status last verified
Nov 2023
First submitted
23 Jul 2018
Last updated
6 Dec 2023
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Qiu Y, Jacobs DM, Messer K, Salmon DP, Wellington CL, Stukas S, Revta C, Brewer JB, Leger GC, Askew B, Donahue L, Kaplita S, Coric V, Qureshi IA, Feldman HH; Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study T2 Protect AD Study Group. Prognostic value of plasma biomarkers for informing clinical trial design in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2025 May 2;17(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s13195-025-01745-3.

    PubMed 40317057

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing troriluzole in people with Alzheimer Disease, run by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 44 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 9 inclusion and 6 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 6 Dec 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 44 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this 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.

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 6 Dec 2023). 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?

Change From Baseline in Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) Total Score at Week 48 (time frame: Baseline (Day 1) and Week 48). The study lists 2 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 NCT03605667, 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 6 Dec 2023.

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