Overview
Allopregnanolone Regenerative Therapeutic for Mild Alzheimer's Disease
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2024-06-01
2024-06-01
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
A phase 2, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Allopregnanolone as a regenerative therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease.Phase:
Phase 2Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
University of ArizonaCollaborators:
ADM Diagnostics, Inc.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Syneos Health
University of Southern CaliforniaTreatments:
Pregnanolone
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- Men and postmenopausal women
- Age 55 to 80 years old
- Meets NIA-AA criteria for probable AD dementia
- MMSE of 20-26
- APOE ε4 positive
- Geriatric Depression Scale short form (GDS-S) score of ≤ 6
- No medical contraindications to participation
- Capacity to provide informed consent at screening
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dementia other than probable AD
- Use of benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants, antipsychotics, or other drugs that might
interact with the GABA-A receptor complex
- History of stroke with a modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale score >4
- History of seizure disorder, focal brain lesion, traumatic brain injury
- History within the last 5 years of a primary or recurrent malignant disease
- Unstable or clinically significant cardiovascular, kidney or liver disease
- MRI indicative of any other significant abnormality, including but not limited to one
or more significant ARIA-E or macro-hemorrhage findings, or multiple microhemorrhages
(>8), or Fazekas score of 3; encephalomalacia, aneurysms, vascular malformations,
subdural hematoma, or space occupying lesions
- Any conditions that would contraindicate MRI studies.