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Alzheimers DiseasePhase 2/3DIAN-TUNCT04623242

Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trial: An Opportunity to Prevent Dementia. A Study of Potential Disease Modifying Treatments in Individuals at Risk for or With a Type of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease Caused by a Genetic Mutation.

A Phase 2/3 study testing Gantenerumab and Solanezumab in people with Alzheimers Disease and Dementia, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 25 sites in 8 countries.

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

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, biomarker and cognitive efficacy of investigational products in subjects who are known to have an Alzheimer's disease-causing mutation by determining if treatment with the study drug slows the rate of progression of cognitive impairment and improves… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
Gantenerumab and Solanezumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
194 participants
Where
25 sitesin 8 countries
Study dates
Dec 2012to 6 Mar 2020
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 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Between 18-80 years of age
  • Individuals who know they have an Alzheimer's disease-causing mutation or are unaware of their genetic status and have dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD) mutation in their family.
  • Are within -15 to + 10 years of the predicted or actual age of cognitive symptom onset.
  • Cognitively normal or with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia, Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) of 0-1 (inclusive)
  • Fluency in DIAN-TU trial approved language and evidence of adequate premorbid intellectual functioning
  • Able to undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Lumbar Puncture (LP), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and complete all study related testing and evaluations.
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  • For women of childbearing potential, if partner is not sterilized, subject must agree to use effective contraceptive measures (hormonal contraception, intra-uterine device, sexual abstinence, barrier method with spermicide).
  • Adequate visual and auditory abilities to perform all aspects of the cognitive and functional assessments.
  • Has a Study Partner who in the investigator's judgment is able to provide accurate information as to the subject's cognitive and functional abilities, who agrees to provide information at the study visits which require informant input for scale completion.

Who cannot join

  • History or presence of brain MRI scans indicative of any other significant abnormality
  • Alcohol or drug dependence currently or within the past 1 year
  • Presence of pacemakers, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, ear implants, or foreign metal objects in the eyes, skin or body which would preclude MRI scan.
  • History or presence of clinically significant cardiovascular disease, hepatic/renal disorders, infectious disease or immune disorder, or metabolic/endocrine disorders
  • Anticoagulants except low dose (≤ 325 mg) aspirin.
  • Have been exposed to a monoclonal antibody targeting beta amyloid peptide within the past six months.
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  • History of cancer within the last 5 years, except basal cell carcinoma, non-squamous skin carcinoma, prostate cancer or carcinoma in situ with no significant progression over the past 2 years.
  • Positive urine or serum pregnancy test or plans or desires to become pregnant during the course of the trial.
  • Subjects unable to complete all study related testing, including implanted metal that cannot be removed for MRI scanning, required anticoagulation and pregnancy.

Trial locations and contacts

25 sites in 8 countries.

25 sites in 8 countries

United States10 sites
  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329

  • University of Alabama in Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • University of California San Diego Medical Center

    La Jolla, California, 92037

  • Yale University School of Medicine

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

  • Butler Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02096

  • University of Washington

    Seattle, Washington, 98195

  • Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

Other trials in United States

France5 sites
  • Hopital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer

    Bron, Rhone, 69677

  • Hopital Roger Salengro - CHU Lille

    Lille, Nord, 59037

  • Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere

    Paris, Paris, 69677

  • CHU de Rouen - Hôpital Charles Nicolle

    Rouen, Seine Maritime, 76031

  • CHU de Toulouse - Hôpital Purpan

    Toulouse, Haute Garonne, 31059

Other trials in France

Australia3 sites
  • Mental Health Research Institute

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3010

  • The McCuster Foundation of Alzheimer's Disease Research

    Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009

  • Neuroscience Research Australia

    Randwick, New South Wales, 2031

Other trials in Australia

Canada3 sites
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5

  • UBC Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5

  • McGill Center for Studies in Aging

    Verdun, Quebec, H4H 1R3

Other trials in Canada

Ireland1 site
  • St Vincent's University Hospital

    Dublin, DUBLIN 4

Other trials in Ireland

Puerto Rico1 site
  • University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine

    San Juan, 00936

Other trials in Puerto Rico

Spain1 site
  • Hospital Clínic I Provincial de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 8036

Other trials in Spain

United Kingdom1 site
  • The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

    London, Greater London, WC1B 3BG

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

Official title: A Phase II/III Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Cognitive Endpoint, Multi-Center Study of Potential Disease Modifying Therapies in Individuals at Risk for and With Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, biomarker and cognitive efficacy of investigational products in subjects who are known to have an Alzheimer's disease-causing mutation by determining if treatment with the study drug slows the rate of progression of cognitive impairment and improves disease-related biomarkers.

This is an analysis study for an MPRP: DIAN-TU-001 Master NCT01760005

Read the detailed description

The mutations in presenilin 1 (PSEN1), presenilin 2 (PSEN2) and amyloid precursor protein (APP) that are associated with dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease have very high penetrance (near 100%). This study will target individuals who are either known to have a disease-causing mutation or who are at risk for such a mutation (the child or sibling of a proband with a known mutation) and unaware of their genetic status. Because the age at onset of cognitive changes is relatively consistent within each family and with each mutation, an age at onset is determined for each affected parent or mutation. This study will enroll subjects who are either asymptomatic and are within a specific window of time of expected age at onset for their family and/or mutation or who have symptoms of mild Alzheimer's disease.

The ability to identify individuals destined to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) within the next 10-15 years with a high degree of confidence provides a unique opportunity to assess the efficacy of therapies while individuals are asymptomatic and/or very early stages of dementia. Families with known disease-causing mutations are extremely rare and are geographically dispersed throughout the world. These constraints necessitate a specialized study design. Many of the subjects in this study will not yet have any cognitive symptoms of AD; they will be "asymptomatic" carriers of mutations that cause dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease and would be expected to perform normally on standard cognitive and functional testing. Imaging and fluid biomarkers will be used to demonstrate that the treatment compounds have engaged their therapeutic targets. A set of cognitive measures designed to assess the very earliest and most subtle cognitive changes will be collected. Additionally, because many at-risk individuals decide not to know whether they have the disease-associated mutation or not, some of the at-risk individuals enrolled in this study will not have the disease causing mutations; they will be "mutation negative". It is important to enroll non-carrier subjects to avoid coercion (e.g., potential subjects may be pressured into genetic testing to learn their genetic status in order to be eligible for the trial). These mutation negative individuals will be assigned to the placebo group; and will not be included in the primary efficacy or futility analyses. Subjects and site study staff will remain blinded as to these individuals' active or placebo group assignment and mutation status. Thus, the study will be double blinded for placebo and for mutation status, except for mutation positive subjects who are aware of their genetic status. There may be exceptional circumstances when required by local regulation or health authorities where enrollment may be restricted to mutation carriers only but such mandates will be thoroughly documented and agreed upon by the governing regulatory agency and sponsor. Several different therapies (each referred to as a study drug arm) will be tested in order to increase the likelihood that an effective treatment will be discovered. The compounds are selected for this trial based on mechanism of action and available data on efficacy and safety profile.

The study design includes a pooled placebo group shared by all study drug arms. Mutation positive subjects will be assigned to a study drug arm and subsequently randomized within that arm in an overall 3:1 ratio to active drug:placebo. Mutation negative subjects will all receive placebo treatment. Importantly, subjects and study staff will not be blinded as to which study drug arm (gantenerumab or solanezumab) each subject has been assigned; they will be blinded as to whether subjects have been randomized to active drug or placebo. Biomarker data will be analyzed for pre-specified endpoints consistent with the drug's mechanism of action and known effects on the tested biomarkers. The primary cognitive endpoint will be the same for all study drug arms. This study is an adaptive platform based study. Interim analyses of the imaging or fluid biomarker endpoint will assess safety and whether each study drug engages its biological targets. This biomarker approach is particularly important in this study as most study subjects will be cognitively normal at baseline and most will remain cognitively normal during the first 2 years of the study. The cognitive composite is designed to assess subtle cognitive changes that may be detectable before the onset of dementia. The cognitive multivariate disease progression model (MDPM) endpoint design will allow for detection of these subtle cognitive changes.

Being tested
Gantenerumab, Solanezumab, Matching Placebo (Gantenerumab), Matching Placebo (Solanezumab)
Keywords
Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Mutation, Genetic Mutation, Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease, Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease, Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease, DIAN, DIAN-TU, DIAN TU, DIAD
Medical subject headings
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia

What participants receive

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

  • GantenerumabDrug

    Also called RO4909832

    Subcutaneously every 4 weeks at escalating doses

  • SolanezumabDrug

    Also called LY2062430

    Intravenous infusion every 4 weeks at escalating doses

  • Matching Placebo (Gantenerumab)Drug

    Subcutaneous injection of placebo every 4 weeks

  • Matching Placebo (Solanezumab)Drug

    Intravenous infusion of placebo every 4 weeks

Study groups in NCT04623242
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
GantenerumabExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Gantenerumab
SolanezumabExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Solanezumab
Matching placebo (Gantenerumab)Placebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: Matching Placebo (Gantenerumab)
Matching Placebo (Solanezumab)Placebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: Matching Placebo (Solanezumab)

What is being measured

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

  1. Assess Cognitive Efficacy in Individuals With Mutations Causing Dominantly Inherited AD as Measured by the DIAN-Multivariate Cognitive Endpoint (DIAN-MCE);

    Multivariate Disease Progression Model adjusted for Estimated Years to Onset (EYO)and includes all timepoints up to treatment discontinuation. The treatment effect is reported relative to the mutation positive placebo arm.

    Multivariate Cognitive Endpoint comprising: (i) Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised Logical Memory Delayed Recall Test (MEMUNITS), (ii) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Digit Symbol Substitution Test (WAIS), (iii) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and (iv) International Shopping List Task (ISLT). Measurements for each test were normalized using the mean (SD) at DIAN-TU-001 baseline for mutation negative subjects. Higher scores indicate more favourable cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline through Week 260

Secondary outcomes (42)
  1. Gantenerumab: Rate of Change Over Time- Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)

    CDR-SB score is considered a more detailed quantitative general index of cognition and function, and provides more information than the global CDR score in patients with mild dementia

    Scores range from 0-18 with lower scores showing more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  2. Gantenerumab: Rate of Change Over Time- Functional Assessment Scale (FAS)

    The Functional Assessment Scale is to be administered and completed by the study partner about subjects for whom they care. This scale measures instrumental activities of daily living such as preparing balanced meals and managing personal finances. The intent of the FAS is to assess change in an individual's functional activities, relative to previously attained abilities, that are caused by cognitive dysfunction. If the study partner indicates that the subject no longer performs a particular task, it is reasonable to probe further and ask if they think the subject could still do the task. This will help tease out the relevant cognitive impairment

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  3. Gantenerumab: Imaging Measures Composite [11C] PiB Partial Volume Corrected Regional Spread Function Standardized Uptake Value Ratio - Composite

    In vivo quantification of β-amyloid deposition using positron emission tomography. This measure is a composite of brain regions. Higher scores indicate worse disease stage.

    Measured: Baseline, Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  4. Solanezumab: Clinical Measures- Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)

    Clinical Dementia Rating - Global Score - Number of Subjects with an Increase from Baseline by Visit

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, and 208

  5. Solanezumab: Clinical Measures- CDR Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)

    CDR-SB score is considered a more detailed quantitative general index and provides more information than the global CDR score in patients with mild dementia

    Scores range from 0-18 with lower scores showing more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, and 208

  6. Solanezumab: Clinical Measures- Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

    The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is a self-report measure of depression in older adults. Users respond in a "Yes/No" format. Of the 15 items, 10 indicate the presence of depression when answered positively while the other 5 are indicative of depression when answered negatively.

    Scores range from 0-15 for completed questionnaires. A score of 88 is recorded for participants unable to complete the test.

    Lower scores show more favorable outcome.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  7. Solanezumab: Clinical Measures- Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q)

    The questionnaire is to be administered and completed by the study partner about patients for whom they care. Each of the 12 NPI-Q domains contains a survey question that reflects cardinal symptoms of that domain. Initial responses to each domain question are "Yes"(present) or "No" (absent). If the response to the domain question is "No", the study partner goes to the next question. If "Yes", the study partner then rates both the Severity of the symptoms present within the last month on a 3-point scale and the associated impact of the symptom manifestations on them (i.e. Caregiver Distress) using a 5-point scale. The NPI-Q provides symptom 'Severity' and 'Distress' ratings for each symptom reported, and total 'Severity' and 'Distress' scores reflecting the sum of individual domain scores.

    Scores range from 0-36 with lower scores indicating more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  8. Solanezumab: Clinical Measures- Functional Assessment Scale (FAS)

    The Functional Assessment Scale is to be administered and completed by the study partner about subjects for whom they care. This scale measures instrumental activities of daily living such as preparing balanced meals and managing personal finances. The intent of the FAS is to assess change in an individual's functional activities, relative to previously attained abilities, that are caused by cognitive dysfunction. If the study partner indicates that the subject no longer performs a particular task, it is reasonable to probe further and ask if they think the subject could still do the task. This will help tease out the relevant cognitive impairment

    Scores range from 0-30 with lower scores indicate more favorable cognitive performance

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  9. Solanezumab: Clinical Measures- Mini-Mental Status State Examination (MMSE)

    MMSE is a brief, quantitative measure of cognitive status in adults used to screen for cognitive impairment, to estimate the severity of cognitive impairment at a given point in time, to follow the course of cognitive changes in an individual over time, and to document an individual's response to treatment.

    Scores range from 0-30 and higher scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  10. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- International Shopping List Task 30-Minute Delayed Recall

    Classic list-learning test that measures verbal learning \& memory.

    Scores range from 0-12 with higher scores indicating more favorable cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  11. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Groton Maze Learning Test 30 Minute Delayed Recall

    The Groton Maze Learning Test 30 minute delayed recall measures episodic memory. The primary outcome is the number of errors made during recall of the previously memorized pathway from the Groton Maze Learning Test. The minimum score is 0 errors and the max is 999. Lower scores indicate better cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  12. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Groton Maze Learning Test Delayed Reversed Recall

    The Groton Maze Learning Test measures executive function using a maze learning paradigm. A 10 x 10 grid of tiles is presented to the participant on the screen. A 28-step pathway is hidden among these tiles. A blue tile indicates the start and a tile with red circles indicates the finish. The participant must move one step at a time from the start toward the end by touching a tile next to their current location. If the correct move is made a green checkmark appears and if the move is incorrect a red cross is revealed. Once completed, they are returned to the start location to repeat the test and must try to remember the pathway they have just completed. "Delayed Reverse Recall" measures spatial working memory.

    The outcome is the number of errors made with the range of 0-999. Lower scores indicate better cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  13. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Trailmaking Test Part A

    Trail Making test taps attention, processing speed, and executive function. Part A consists of 25 circles numbered 1 through 25 distributed over a white sheet of standard document-sized paper. The subject is instructed to connect the circles with a drawn line as quickly as possible in ascending numerical order without lifting their pen.

    The subject's performance is judged in terms of the time, in seconds, required to complete each trail (Max time 150 seconds). Lower scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  14. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Trailmaking Test Part B

    This test taps attention, processing speed, and executive function and depends on visuo-motor and perceptual-scanning skills and also requires considerable cognitive flexibility in shifting from number to letter sets under time pressure. Part B consists of 25 circles, but these circles contain either numbers (1 through 13) or letters (A through L). The subject must connect the circles while alternating between numbers and letters in an ascending order (e.g., A to 1; 1 to B; B to 2; 2 to C).

    The subject's performance is judged in terms of the time, in seconds, required to complete each Trail (Max of 300 seconds). Lower scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline, Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  15. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- WAIS-R Digit-Symbol Substitution Test

    This test engages multiple cognitive abilities, including attention, psychomotor speed, complex scanning, visual tracking, and immediate memory.

    Scores range from 0-93 with higher scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  16. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- WMS-R Digit Span Backward

    Widely used measure of working memory (or attention) in which the subject is read number sequences of increasing length and then asked to repeat each sequence backward. The primary measure of performance is the number of digit sequences correctly reversed.

    The unit of measure is number of digit sequences correctly recalled and ranges from 0-12. Higher scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  17. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- WMS-R Digit Span Forward

    This is a widely-used test of working memory in which the subject is read number sequences of increasing length and asked to repeat them. The total score is the number of sequences correctly repeated.

    The unit of measure is number of digit sequences correctly recalled and ranges from 0-12. Higher scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline, Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  18. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Raven's Progressive Matrices (Set A)

    This is a measure of fluid intelligence. This test is used to get an estimate of the subjects IQ at baseline. Subjects are asked to complete a visual pattern by circling one of six response choices.

    Scores range from 0-12 with higher scores indicating more favorable cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  19. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Category Fluency (Animals)

    Category Fluency is a widely used measure of semantic memory (verbal fluency, language). The subject is asked to name different exemplars of a given semantic category (animals), and the number of unique exemplars named is scored.

    Higher scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  20. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Category Fluency (Vegetables)

    Category Fluency is a widely used measure of semantic memory (verbal fluency, language). The subject is asked to name different exemplars of a given semantic category (vegetables), and the number of unique exemplars named is scored.

    Higher scores indicate more favorable cognitive function.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  21. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- WMS-R Logical Memory Delayed Recall Test

    Measure of delayed recall (episodic memory) of a story read to the subject at the beginning of the testing session and subject is asked to relay the story 20 minutes later.

    Scores range from 0-25 with higher scores indicating more favorable cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  22. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- WMS-R Logical Memory Immediate Recall Test

    This test assesses the ability to recall a short story. The subject is read a short story and immediately after hearing the story, the subject is asked to retell the story from memory.

    Scores range from 0-25 with higher scores indicating more favorable cognitive performance.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  23. Solanezumab: Cognitive Measures- Composite Including: Alternative Multivariate Composite: (1) Digit Span Backwards; (2) Logical Memory (Immediate); (3) Trailmaking B; (4) Category Fluency (Animals)

    Multivariate Disease Progression Model adjusted for estimated years from symptom onset (EYO) and includes all time points up to treatment discontinuation. The treatment effect for Solanezumab is reported relative to the mutation positive placebo arm.

    This alternative multivariate endpoint includes four tests: Logical Memory Immediate Recall, Digit Span Backward Recall, Category Fluency (Animals), Trailmaking Test Part B. Measurements for each test will be normalized using the mean (SD) at DIAN-TU-001 baseline among mutation negative subjects before being analyzed. For the Trailmaking Test B, the scores will be multiplied by -1 as higher scores indicate worse performance; whereas for the other three, lower scores indicate worse performance. Therefore, on the standardized endpoints, lower scores indicate worse performance.

    Measured: Baseline through Week 260

  24. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Amyloid Load as Measured by [11C]PiB-PET Non-partial Volume Corrected

    PiB Standardized Uptake Value Ratio ([11C]PiB SUVR) is the most common quantitative method used to make regional comparisons within a subject as well as between subjects and computed as the degree of radiotracer uptake in a target region of interest (regions dervived via automated segmentation using FreeSurfer) with respect to a reference region. In amyloid and tau imaging, SUVR is typically generated using some portion or the entire cerebellum as a reference because cerebellum is not affected until late in the progression of AD.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  25. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Amyloid Load as Measured by Florbetapir PET

    Florbetapir Standardized Uptake Value Ratio ([18F]AV-45 SUVR) is the most common quantitative method used to make regional comparisons within a subject as well as between subjects and computed as the degree of radiotracer uptake in a target region of interest (regions derivved via automated segmentation using FreeSurfer) with respect to a reference region. In amyloid and tau imaging, SUVR is typically generated using some portion or the entire cerebellum as a reference because cerebellum is not affected until late in the progression of AD.

    Measured: Weeks104 and 208

  26. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Glucose Metabolism as Measured by Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET Non-partial Volume Corrected

    FDG Standardized Uptake Value Ratio ([18F]FDG SUVR) is the most common quantitative method used to make regional comparisons within a subject as well as between subjects and computed as the degree of radiotracer uptake in a target region of interest (regions derivved via automated segmentation using FreeSurfer) with respect to a reference region. In amyloid and tau imaging, SUVR is typically generated using some portion or the entire cerebellum as a reference because cerebellum is not affected until late in the progression of AD.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  27. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Atrophy as Measured by Cortical Thickness of Regions of Interest - Precuneus Region

    Brain atrophy was defined by structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) A Magnetization Prepared - RApid Gradient Echo) (MPRAGE) sequence was processed using the Freesurfer software suite. This package provides volumes and thickness values for cortical regions and volumes for subcortical regions. For the clinical trial we examined cortical thickness values in prespecified regions of interest known to show atrophy in autosomal dominant Alzheimer Disease. Higher measurements are more favorable.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156 and 208

  28. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Volumetric MRI Combined Total Volume Corrected for Head Size - Hippocampus Volume

    Brain atrophy was defined by structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) A Magnetization Prepared - RApid Gradient Echo) (MPRAGE) sequence was processed using the Freesurfer software suite. This package provides volumes and thickness values for cortical regions and volumes for subcortical regions. For the clinical trial we examined volume values in prespecified regions of interest known to show atrophy in autosomal dominant Alzheimer Disease.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  29. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Tau Load as Measured by Flortaucipir PET Non-partial Volume Corrected

    This variable represents how much neurofibrillary tau pathology is present in brain as assessed using positron emission tomography (PET). Scans were conducted using [F18] Flortaucipir, a commonly used tracer in the field.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  30. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Atrophy as Measured by Whole Brain Volume Corrected for Head Size

    Brain atrophy was defined by structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) A Magnetization Prepared - RApid Gradient Echo) (MPRAGE) sequence was processed using the Freesurfer software suite. This package provides volumes and thickness values for cortical regions and volumes for subcortical regions. A whole brain volume measure was generated to represent global atrophy across the cortical and subcortical regions.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  31. Solanezumab: Imaging Measures- Brain Atrophy as Measured by Ventricular Volume (Volumetric MRI) Corrected for Head Size

    Rather than looking at how tissue in the brain changes, it is also possible to quantify how the ventricles, fluid filled spaces in the brain, change. Increasing ventricular volume represents greater amounts of cerebral spinal fluid which suggests atrophy of the brain. Magnetization Prepared - RApid Gradient Echo) (MPRAGE) sequences were processed using the Freesurfer software suite. Total ventricular volume was calculated from the ventricular volumes generated by this program.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104, 156, 208 and 260

  32. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF Aβ 40 Free Change From Baseline

    Measured concentration of the drug bound and free soluble Aβ1-40 peptide in cerebrospinal fluid using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  33. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF Aβ 42 Free

    Measured concentration of the total soluble Aβ 1-42 peptide in cerebrospinal fluid using ELISA

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  34. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF Tau

    Measured concentration of the soluble Tau peptide in cerebrospinal fluid

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  35. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF pTau 181

    Measured concentration of phosphorylated tau at threonine-181 in cerebrospinal fluid

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  36. Solanezumab: Change From Baseline Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL)

    Measured concentration of neurofilament light chain in cerebrospinal fluid using SIMO

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  37. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL)

    Measured concentration of neurofilamnet light chain in plasma using Single Molecule Array (SIMOA)

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  38. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- Plasma Anti-drug Antibodies (ADA)

    Measurement of the presence or absence of anti-drug antibodies in serum

    Note: Mutation Negative Placebo subjects are not displayed as anti-drug antibody testing was not to be evaluated for these subjects.

    Note: Treatment Emergent Anti-Drug Antibody Positive subjects are defined as those with either (a) a baseline status of ADA Not Present and at least one post-baseline ADA present with a titer >= 1:20 or (b) both a baseline and post-baseline status of ADA Present with the post-baseline titer being 2 dilutions (4-fold) greater than the baseline titer.

    Note: Treatment Emergent Anti-Drug Antibody Inconclusive subjects are defined as those for whom >=20% of the subject's post-baseline ADA results are ADA Inconclusive and all remaining post-baseline samples are ADA Not Present.

    Note: Treatment Emergent Anti-Drug Antibody Negative subjects are defined as those who are evaluable for TE ADA but are neither TE ADA Positive nor TE ADA Inconclusive.

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  39. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- Total Plasma Aβ 1-40

    Measured concentration of the total soluble Aβ 1-40 peptide in cerebrospinal fluid using ELISA

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  40. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- Total Plasma Aβ 42

    Measured concentration of the total soluble Aβ 1-42 peptide in cerebrospinal fluid using ELISA

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  41. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF Aβ 42 Total

    Measured concentration of the total soluble Aβ1-42 peptide in cerebrospinal fluid using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

  42. Solanezumab: Fluid Biomarker Measures- CSF Aβ 40 Total

    Measured concentration of the total soluble Aβ1-40 peptide in cerebrospinal fluid using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

    Measured: Baseline and Weeks 52, 104 and 208

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Nov 2020
  2. Study startDec 2012
  3. Primary completion22 Nov 2019
  4. Study completion6 Mar 2020

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 2/3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Interventional
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
194 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04623242
Sponsor's protocol ID
DIAN-TU-001 (gant-sola)
Other IDs
The Alzheimer's Association, U01AG042791, 2013-000307-17, R01AG046179, REec-2014-0817, The Alzheimer's Association, GHR Foundation, Alzheimer's Association
Acronym
DIAN-TU
Status last verified
Aug 2022
First submitted
14 Oct 2020
Last updated
22 Sep 2022
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
Yes: Access to DIAN-TU trial data will follow the DIAN-TU data access policy, which complies with the guidelines established by the Collaboration for Alzheimer's Prevention \[CAP REF\].

Publications

  • Bateman RJ, Xiong C, Benzinger TL, Fagan AM, Goate A, Fox NC, Marcus DS, Cairns NJ, Xie X, Blazey TM, Holtzman DM, Santacruz A, Buckles V, Oliver A, Moulder K, Aisen PS, Ghetti B, Klunk WE, McDade E, Martins RN, Masters CL, Mayeux R, Ringman JM, Rossor MN, Schofield PR, Sperling RA, Salloway S, Morris JC; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. Clinical and biomarker changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease. N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 30;367(9):795-804. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202753. Epub 2012 Jul 11.

    PubMed 22784036
  • Farlow M, Arnold SE, van Dyck CH, Aisen PS, Snider BJ, Porsteinsson AP, Friedrich S, Dean RA, Gonzales C, Sethuraman G, DeMattos RB, Mohs R, Paul SM, Siemers ER. Safety and biomarker effects of solanezumab in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2012 Jul;8(4):261-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.09.224. Epub 2012 Jun 5.

    PubMed 22672770
  • Bateman RJ, Benzinger TL, Berry S, Clifford DB, Duggan C, Fagan AM, Fanning K, Farlow MR, Hassenstab J, McDade EM, Mills S, Paumier K, Quintana M, Salloway SP, Santacruz A, Schneider LS, Wang G, Xiong C; DIAN-TU Pharma Consortium for the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. The DIAN-TU Next Generation Alzheimer's prevention trial: Adaptive design and disease progression model. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Jan;13(1):8-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.005. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

    PubMed 27583651
  • Mills SM, Mallmann J, Santacruz AM, Fuqua A, Carril M, Aisen PS, Althage MC, Belyew S, Benzinger TL, Brooks WS, Buckles VD, Cairns NJ, Clifford D, Danek A, Fagan AM, Farlow M, Fox N, Ghetti B, Goate AM, Heinrichs D, Hornbeck R, Jack C, Jucker M, Klunk WE, Marcus DS, Martins RN, Masters CM, Mayeux R, McDade E, Morris JC, Oliver A, Ringman JM, Rossor MN, Salloway S, Schofield PR, Snider J, Snyder P, Sperling RA, Stewart C, Thomas RG, Xiong C, Bateman RJ. Preclinical trials in autosomal dominant AD: implementation of the DIAN-TU trial. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2013 Oct;169(10):737-43. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2013.07.017. Epub 2013 Sep 6.

    PubMed 24016464
  • Wang G, Berry S, Xiong C, Hassenstab J, Quintana M, McDade EM, Delmar P, Vestrucci M, Sethuraman G, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit. A novel cognitive disease progression model for clinical trials in autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease. Stat Med. 2018 Sep 20;37(21):3047-3055. doi: 10.1002/sim.7811. Epub 2018 May 14.

    PubMed 29761523
  • Weninger S, Carrillo MC, Dunn B, Aisen PS, Bateman RJ, Kotz JD, Langbaum JB, Mills SL, Reiman EM, Sperling R, Santacruz AM, Tariot PN, Welsh-Bohmer KA. Collaboration for Alzheimer's Prevention: Principles to guide data and sample sharing in preclinical Alzheimer's disease trials. Alzheimers Dement. 2016 May;12(5):631-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.04.001. No abstract available.

    PubMed 27157073
  • Grill JD, Bateman RJ, Buckles V, Oliver A, Morris JC, Masters CL, Klunk WE, Ringman JM; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network. A survey of attitudes toward clinical trials and genetic disclosure in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2015 Jul 22;7(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13195-015-0135-0. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 26203303
  • McDade E, Bateman RJ. Stop Alzheimer's before it starts. Nature. 2017 Jul 12;547(7662):153-155. doi: 10.1038/547153a. No abstract available.

    PubMed 28703214
  • McDade E, Wang G, Gordon BA, Hassenstab J, Benzinger TLS, Buckles V, Fagan AM, Holtzman DM, Cairns NJ, Goate AM, Marcus DS, Morris JC, Paumier K, Xiong C, Allegri R, Berman SB, Klunk W, Noble J, Ringman J, Ghetti B, Farlow M, Sperling RA, Chhatwal J, Salloway S, Graff-Radford NR, Schofield PR, Masters C, Rossor MN, Fox NC, Levin J, Jucker M, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. Longitudinal cognitive and biomarker changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2018 Oct 2;91(14):e1295-e1306. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006277. Epub 2018 Sep 14.

    PubMed 30217935
  • Ryman DC, Acosta-Baena N, Aisen PS, Bird T, Danek A, Fox NC, Goate A, Frommelt P, Ghetti B, Langbaum JB, Lopera F, Martins R, Masters CL, Mayeux RP, McDade E, Moreno S, Reiman EM, Ringman JM, Salloway S, Schofield PR, Sperling R, Tariot PN, Xiong C, Morris JC, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. Symptom onset in autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology. 2014 Jul 15;83(3):253-60. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000596. Epub 2014 Jun 13.

    PubMed 24928124
  • Weng H, Bateman R, Morris JC, Xiong C. Validity and power of minimization algorithm in longitudinal analysis of clinical trials. Biostat Epidemiol. 2017;1(1):59-77. doi: 10.1080/24709360.2017.1331822. Epub 2017 Jun 13.

    PubMed 29250611
  • Wagemann O, Liu H, Wang G, Shi X, Bittner T, Scelsi MA, Farlow MR, Clifford DB, Supnet-Bell C, Santacruz AM, Aschenbrenner AJ, Hassenstab JJ, Benzinger TLS, Gordon BA, Coalier KA, Cruchaga C, Ibanez L, Perrin RJ, Xiong C, Li Y, Morris JC, Lah JJ, Berman SB, Roberson ED, van Dyck CH, Galasko D, Gauthier S, Hsiung GR, Brooks WS, Pariente J, Mummery CJ, Day GS, Ringman JM, Mendez PC, St George-Hyslop P, Fox NC, Suzuki K, Okhravi HR, Chhatwal J, Levin J, Jucker M, Sims JR, Holdridge KC, Proctor NK, Yaari R, Andersen SW, Mancini M, Llibre-Guerra J, Bateman RJ, McDade E; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network-Trials Unit. Downstream Biomarker Effects of Gantenerumab or Solanezumab in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Disease: The DIAN-TU-001 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Jun 1;81(6):582-593. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0991.

    PubMed 38683602
  • Atkins KJ, Evered L, Scott DA, Fowler C, Masters CL, Silbert B. Cerebrospinal fluid sampling for research of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases when lumbar punctures are performed by anaesthetists. BMJ Neurol Open. 2022 Sep 5;4(2):e000335. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2022-000335. eCollection 2022.

    PubMed 36110925

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing Gantenerumab and Solanezumab in people with Alzheimers Disease and Dementia, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 25 sites in 8 countries.

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 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 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 25 sites in United States, France, Australia, Canada, Ireland and 3 more countries. 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 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 22 Sep 2022). 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?

Assess Cognitive Efficacy in Individuals With Mutations Causing Dominantly Inherited AD as Measured by the DIAN-Multivariate Cognitive Endpoint (DIAN-MCE); (time frame: Baseline through Week 260). 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 NCT04623242, which also lists 13 linked publications.

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 2022.

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