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NCT Number: NCT06947941

A Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of KarXT + KarX-EC as a Treatment for Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease (ADEPT-5)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate KarXT + KarX-EC as a treatment for psychosis associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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Key information

Age range

55 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Local Institution - 0020, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must be 55 to 90 years of age, inclusive, at the time of Screening (Visit 1).
  • Participants must be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in accordance with the 2024 revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Association Workgroup.
  • Participants must have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain (completed within the past 5 years) taken during or subsequent to the onset of dementia to rule out other central nervous system (CNS) disease that could account for the dementia syndrome, eg, major stroke, neoplasm, subdural hematoma.
  • Participants must have a history of psychotic symptoms (meeting International Psychogeriatric Association criteria) for at least 2 months prior to Screening (Visit 1) (participants may or may not have symptoms of agitation).

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants must not have psychotic symptoms that are primarily attributable to a condition other than the AD causing the dementia, eg, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, or mood disorder with psychotic features.
  • Participants must not have history of major depressive episode with psychotic features during the 12 months prior to Screening, or history of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder.
  • Participants must not have certain safety concerns, including certain laboratory test irregularities.
  • Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.

Treatment and study plan

KarXT

Drug

Specified dose on specified days

Other names: BMS-986510, Xanomeline/Trospium Chloride

KarX-EC

Drug

Specified dose on specified days

Other names: BMS-986519, Xanomeline Enteric-coated

KarXT + KarX-EC Arm Matching Placebo

Drug

Specified dose on specified days

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician: Hallucinations and Delusions (NPI-C: H+D) Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  2. Change From Baseline in Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician Rating Scale (NPI-C) Core Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    NPI-C Core Score includes assessment for hallucinations, delusions, agitation, and aggression domains

  3. Change From Baseline in NPI-C: Agitation Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  4. Change From Baseline in NPI-C Core Score: Caregiver Distress Scale

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    NPI-C Core Score: Caregiver Distress Scale includes assessment for hallucinations, delusions, agitation, and aggression domains

  5. Responder Rate

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    Responder rate is defined as improvement from baseline in NPI-C: H+D score ≥ 40%.

  6. Change From Baseline in Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory International Psychogeriatric Association (CMAI-IPA) Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  7. Change From Baseline in CMAI Total Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  8. Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  9. Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  10. Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  11. Number of Participants With TEAEs Leading to Discontinuation

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  12. Number of Participants With Spontaneously Reported Procholinergic Symptoms

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    Procholinergic symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

  13. Number of Participants With Spontaneously Reported Anticholinergic Symptoms

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    Anticholinergic symptoms include dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention and blurred vision.

  14. Number of Participants With AEs of Special Interest (AESIs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    AESIs such as symptomatic orthostasis, syncope, urinary adverse events, and elevated liver enzymes will be evaluated.

  15. Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS) Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  16. Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Score

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  17. International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    This will be measured in males only.

  18. Body Weight

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  19. Body Mass Index (BMI)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  20. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Orthostatic Vital Sign: Blood Pressure (BP)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    This includes measuring of BP, supine or sitting and then standing after approximately 2 minutes, no later than approximately 3 minutes.

  21. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Orthostatic Vital Sign: Heart Rate (HR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

    This includes measuring of HR, supine or sitting and then standing after approximately 2 minutes, no later than approximately 3 minutes.

  22. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluations: Hematology

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  23. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluations: Clinical Chemistry

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  24. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluations: Coagulation Parameters

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  25. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluations: Prolactin Levels

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  26. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluations: Urinalysis

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  27. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluations: Drug Screening

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  28. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  29. Number of Participants With Suicidal Ideations and Behavior as Assessed Using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  30. Number of Participants With Cognitive Impairment as Assessed by Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

  31. Number of Participants With Cognitive Impairment as Assessed by 13-item Variation of ADAS-Cog Scale (ADAS-Cog-13)

    Time frame: Up to approximately Week 14

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

BMS Clinical Trials Contact Center www.BMSClinicalTrials.com, www.BMSStudyConnect.com

CONTACT

[email protected]

855-907-3286

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of KarXT + KarX-EC for the Treatment of Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Apr 27, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 30, 2026

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