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NCT Number: NCT05508789

A Study of Donanemab (LY3002813) in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 5)

The reason for this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of donanemab in participants with early Alzheimer's disease. The study duration including screening and follow-up is up to 93 weeks.

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This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Age range

60 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, ABB, Argentina

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About this study

TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 5 is a Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of donanemab in participants with early symptomatic AD (prodromal AD and mild dementia due to AD) and the presence of AD pathology.

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.
  • A MMSE score of 20 to 28 (inclusive) at screening visit.
  • Meet amyloid scan (central read) criteria.
  • 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 the study or be available by telephone at designated times.
  • A second study partner may serve as backup. The study partner(s) is/are required to accompany the participant for signing consent. The study partner must be present on all days the cognitive and functional scales are administered.
  • If a participant has a second study partner, it is preferred that 1 study partner be primarily responsible for the CDR and the ADCS-ADL assessments.
  • Days requiring the following assessments and scales must have a study partner available by telephone if not accompanying participant for the following assessments
  • AEs and concomitant medications
  • CDR, and
  • ADCS-ADL
  • Stable concomitant symptomatic AD medications and other medications that may impact cognition for at least approximately 30 days prior to randomization.

Exclusion criteria

  • Has 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, or epilepsy or recurrent seizures (except febrile childhood seizures).
  • Has current serious or unstable illnesses including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, endocrinologic, neurologic (other than AD), psychiatric, immunologic, 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 <24 months.
  • History of cancer within the last 5 years, except of non-metastatic basal and/or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ cervical cancer, nonprogressive prostate cancer, or other cancers with low risk of recurrence or spread.
  • Contraindication to MRI or PET scans.

Treatment and study plan

Donanemab

Drug

Administered IV

Other names: (LY3002813)

Placebo

Drug

Administered IV

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS)

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change from Baseline on the iADRS in at least one of the low-medium tau pathology population or no-very low and low-medium tau pathology population.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline on the iADRS

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change from baseline on the iADRS in the overall population.

  2. Change from Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change from Baseline CDR-SB in at least one of the low-medium tau pathology population, no-very low and low-medium tau pathology populations, and the overall population.

  3. Change from Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) Score

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change from Baseline on the ADAS-Cog13 Score in the low-medium tau pathology population, no-very low and low-medium tau pathology populations, and the overall population.

  4. Change from Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change from Baseline ADCS-iADL Score in the low-medium tau pathology population, no-very low and low-medium tau pathology populations, and the overall population.

  5. Change from Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change from Baseline on the MMSE Score in the low-medium tau pathology population, no-very low and low-medium tau pathology populations, and the overall population.

  6. Change from Baseline in Amyloid Plaque Deposition as by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

    Change in brain amyloid plaque deposition in the overall population.

  7. Pharmacokinetics (PK): Trough Serum Concentration of Donanemab

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 76

  8. Number of Participants with Treatment-Emergent Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADAs)

    Time frame: Week 76

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Global Study to Investigate Safety and Efficacy of Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Aug 19, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2026

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