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NCT Number: NCT05108922

A Study of Donanemab (LY3002813) Compared With Aducanumab in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 4)

The main purpose of this study is to compare donanemab to aducanumab on brain amyloid plaque clearance in participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

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Conditions

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Alzheimer Disease Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cognition Disorders Cognitive Dysfunction 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 3

Primary location

Neurology Center of North Orange County, Fullerton, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Gradual and progressive change in memory function reported by the participant or informant for ≥6 months.
  • Meet florbetapir F18 PET scan criteria.
  • A Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)-Global Score of 0.5 or 1.
  • Must consent to apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotyping
  • Must have a mini mental state examination (MMSE) score between 20 and 30
  • Have a study partner who will provide written informed consent to participate, is in frequent contact with the participant (defined as at least 10 hours per week), and will accompany the participant to study visits or be available by telephone at designated times.
  • Have adequate literacy, vision, and hearing for neuropsychological testing in the opinion of the investigator at the time of screening.
  • Women not of childbearing potential may participate

Exclusion criteria

  • Significant neurological disease affecting the central nervous system (other than AD), that may affect cognition or ability to complete the study, including but not limited to, other dementias, serious infection of the brain, Parkinson's disease, multiple concussions, history of transient ischemic attack or stroke, or epilepsy or recurrent seizures (except febrile childhood seizures).
  • Current serious or unstable medical illnesses including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, endocrinologic, psychiatric (including actively suicidal or deemed at risk of suicide, or current alcohol or substance abuse), immunologic, infectious, or hematologic disease and other conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere with the analyses in this study; or has a life expectancy of approximately

≤24 months.

  • History of clinically significant multiple or severe drug allergies, or severe posttreatment hypersensitivity reactions (including but not limited to erythema multiforme major, linear immunoglobulin A dermatosis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and/or exfoliative dermatitis).
  • History of bleeding disorder or use of medications with platelet anti-aggregant or anti-coagulant properties (unless aspirin at ≤325 milligram (mg).
  • Have had prior or current treatment with donanemab or aducanumab
  • Have known allergies to donanemab or aducanumab, related compounds, or any components of the formulation
  • Prior or current participation in any immunotherapy study targeting Amyloid beta

Treatment and study plan

Donanemab

Drug

Participants received 700 milligram (mg) donanemab administered by intravenous (IV) infusion every 4 weeks (Q4W) for first three doses and then 1400 mg IV Q4W.

Other names: LY3002813

aducanumab

Drug

Participants received aducanumab administered by IV infusion per US label (prescribing information/routine clinical practice).

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants Who Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Florbetapir F18 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 6 Months

    Amyloid deposition in the brain is one of the defining neuropathologic findings of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid PET scan assesses cerebral amyloid load using florbetapir tracer which is standardized into Centiloids for evaluation of AD. Florbetapir exhibits high affinity specific binding to amyloid plaques. Centiloid values on Centiloid scale is based on mean composite Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes using whole cerebellum as reference region. SUVR is ratio of tracer uptake in each of cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes relative to cerebellum. Complete brain amyloid plaque clearance is a binary outcome and is defined as a Centiloid value <24.1 from the florbetapir F18 PET scan.

  2. Percentage of Participants Who Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan in the Low/Medium (Intermediate) Subpopulation (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 6 Months

    Complete brain amyloid plaque clearance is a binary outcome and is defined as a Centiloid value <24.1 from the florbetapir F18 PET scan.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  2. Mean Percent Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  3. Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan in the Low/Medium (Intermediate) Tau Subpopulation (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  4. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  5. Mean Percent Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  6. Percentage of Participants Who Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Florbetapir F18 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 12 Months

    Amyloid deposition in the brain is one of the defining neuropathologic findings of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid PET scan assesses cerebral amyloid load using florbetapir tracer which is standardized into Centiloids for evaluation of AD. Florbetapir exhibits high affinity specific binding to amyloid plaques. Centiloid values on Centiloid scale is based on mean composite Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes using whole cerebellum as reference region. SUVR is ratio of tracer uptake in each of cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes relative to cerebellum. Complete brain amyloid plaque clearance is a binary outcome and is defined as a Centiloid value <24.1 from the florbetapir F18 PET scan.

  7. Percentage of Participants Who Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan in the Low/Medium (Intermediate) Subpopulation (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 12 Months

    Amyloid deposition in the brain is one of the defining neuropathologic findings of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid PET scan assesses cerebral amyloid load using florbetapir tracer which is standardized into Centiloids for evaluation of AD. Florbetapir exhibits high affinity specific binding to amyloid plaques. Centiloid values on Centiloid scale is based on mean composite Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes using whole cerebellum as reference region. SUVR is ratio of tracer uptake in each of cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes relative to cerebellum. Complete brain amyloid plaque clearance is a binary outcome and is defined as a Centiloid value <24.1 from the florbetapir F18 PET scan.

  8. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan in the Low/Medium (Intermediate) Tau Subpopulation (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  9. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab 6 Months Versus Aducanumab 12 Months

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 Months and 12 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  10. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Non-inferiority) on Donanemab 6 Months Versus Aducanumab 12 Months

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 Months and 12 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  11. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 18 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  12. Time to Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 18 Months

    Time to reach complete amyloid plaque clearance at 18 months was evaluated.

  13. Mean Percent Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Superiority) Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 18 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  14. Percentage of Participants Who Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Florbetapir F18 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 18 Months

    Amyloid deposition in the brain is one of the defining neuropathologic findings of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid PET scan assesses cerebral amyloid load using florbetapir tracer which is standardized into Centiloids for evaluation of AD. Florbetapir exhibits high affinity specific binding to amyloid plaques. Centiloid values on Centiloid scale is based on mean composite Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes using whole cerebellum as reference region. SUVR is ratio of tracer uptake in each of cingulate, frontal, parietal and temporal cortexes relative to cerebellum. Complete brain amyloid plaque clearance is a binary outcome and is defined as a Centiloid value <24.1 from the florbetapir F18 PET scan.

  15. Percentage of Participants Who Reach Complete Amyloid Plaque Clearance on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan in the Low/Medium (Intermediate) Subpopulation (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: 18 Months

    Complete brain amyloid plaque clearance is a binary outcome and is defined as a Centiloid value <24.1 from the florbetapir F18 PET scan.

  16. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan in the Low/Medium (Intermediate) Tau Subpopulation (Superiority) on Donanemab Versus Aducanumab

    Time frame: Baseline, 18 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

  17. Mean Absolute Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque on Florbetapir F18 PET Scan (Non-inferiority) on Donanemab 6 Months Versus Aducanumab 18 Months

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 Months and 18 Months

    Florbetapir PET imaging was used as a quantitative amyloid biomarker. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical areas of the brain relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a Centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. A negative change indicates an improvement from baseline.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, 2-Arm Study to Investigate Amyloid Plaque Clearance With Donanemab Compared With Aducanumab-avwa in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Nov 5, 2021
Registry last updated
Nov 29, 2024

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