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NCT Number: NCT00224497

A Dose Ranging Study To Investigate The Efficacy And Safety Of SB-742457 In Alzheimer's Disease

The purpose of this study is to find out if SB-742457 is a safe treatment and what effects it has on the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. SB-742457 is a new treatment which is thought to increase the levels of certain chemicals in the brain that are often decreased in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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Key information

Conditions

Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer Disease Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Dementia Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Neurodegenerative Diseases Tauopathies

Age range

50 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

GSK Investigational Site, Hall in Tirol, Austria

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of probable mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease as determined by the NINCDS-ADRDA and DSM-IV criteria with an MMSE score of 12-24.
  • Subjects and their caregivers must provide informed consent prior to study entry.
  • Adequate blood pressure and laboratory values.

Exclusion criteria

  • Females of child-bearing potential.
  • Have other causes of dementia such as vascular damage, depression, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, syphilis, vitamin B12 deficiency or thyroid deficiency.
  • Subjects taking medication for Alzheimer's disease or centrally acting agents which might impact study outcomes.
  • Subjects taking agents for which there is a theoretical risk of interaction with SB-742457.
  • Subjects with known hypersensitivity to sunlight or seizures.

Treatment and study plan

SB-742457

Drug

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in cognition and function after 24 weeks.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in behavioural symptoms, activities of daily living and caregiver burden after 24 weeks. Changes in all symptoms at 8 and 12 weeks. Safety and tolerability. PK and dose response profiling. Efficacy related to ApoE status.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

GlaxoSmithKline

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase IIa/b Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Linear Trend Design Dose-ranging Study to Investigate the Effects of 24 Weeks of Monotherapy With SB-742457 on Cognition in Subjects With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

Important dates

Study start
2005
First posted
Sep 23, 2005
Registry last updated
Dec 24, 2009

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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