Table 1.
Clinical trial features of the phase II and III trials of approved agents, donanemab (under review) and remternetug (data from ClinicalTrials.gov; completed and on-going studies are included)
Agent | Trial NCT | Phase | Status | No. of participants | Treatment duration (weeks) | Baseline MMSE (range) | Primary outcome | Secondary clinical outcomes | Biomarker outcomes |
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Aducanumab | 03639987 | II | Terminated | 52 | 54 | 24 and 30 | ARIA | 10 measures about the onset of ARIA | PET ARIA |
Aducanumab | 02477800 | III | Terminated [2] | 1653 | 78 | 24 and 30 | CDR-SB | MMSE; ADAS-Cog 13; ADCS-ADL-MCI | Amyloid PET SUVR, amyloid PET centiloid, CSF p-tau and t-tau, plasma p-tau |
Aducanumab | 02484547 | III | Terminated [2] | 1638 | 78 | 24 and 30 | CDR-SB | MMSE; ADAS-Cog 13; ADCS-ADL-MCI | Amyloid PET SUVR, amyloid PET centiloid, CSF p-tau and t-tau, plasma p-Tau |
Aducanumab | 04241068 | III | Active, not recruiting | 1696 | 100 | NA | No. of participants with AEs, SAEs, AEs leading to treatment discontinuation or study withdrawal, ARIA-E, ARIA-H | NA | PET ARIA |
Donanemab | 03367403 | II | Completed [5] | 272 | 76 | 20–28 | iADRS | ADAS-Cog13; CDR-SB; MMSE; ADCS-iADL | Amyloid PET; Tau PET; vMRI |
Donanemab | 04437511 [66] | III | Active, not recruiting | 1800 | 76 | 20–28 | iADRS | MMSE; ADAS-Cog13; CDR-SB; ADCS-iADL | Amyloid PET; Tau PET; vMRI; serum concentration; ADA |
Donanemab | 05026866 | III | Recruiting | 3300 | 182 | NA | CDR-GS | ISLT; CPAL; iDSSTm; Category fluency; FNAME; BPS-O; CBB; CDR-SB; CFI; MoCA | Serum concentration; ADAs |
Donanemab | 05108922 | III | Active, not recruiting | 200 | 72 | 20–30 | Plaque clearance | None | Amyloid PET |
Donanemab | 05508789 | III | Recruiting | 1500 | 76 | 20–28 | iADRS | CDR-SB; ADAS-Cog; ADCS-iADL; MMSE; QoL; RUD-Lite; NPI | Amyloid PET; ADAs |
Donanemab | 05738486 | III | Recruiting | 800 | 76 | 20–28 | ARIA-E | None | ARIA-E; ARIA-H; serum concentration; ADAs |
Lecanemab | 01767311 | IIb | Active, not recruiting [3] | 856 | 76 (261 extension) | 22–30 | ADCOMS (12-month) | ADCOMS (18-month); CDR-SB; ADAS-Cog | Amyloid PET; vMRI; CSF (Aβ1-42, t-tau, p-tau) |
Lecanemab | 03887455 | III | Active, not recruiting [4] | 1795 | 76 (300 extension) | 22–30 | CDR-SB | ADAS-Cog14; ADCOMS; ADCS-ADL-MCI | Amyloid PET; Tau PET; vMRI; CSF (Aβ1-42, t-tau, p-tau, neurogranin, NfL, Aβ1-40); plasma (Aβ42/40 ratio, p-tau, GFAP, NfL) |
Lecanemab | 04468659 | III | Recruiting | 1400 | 216 | 27–30 | PACC5 | CFI | Amyloid PET; Tau PET |
Lecanemab + E2814 | 05269394 | II/III | Recruiting | 168 | 208 | NA | Tau PET | CDR-SB; CCS | Amyloid PET; CSF (NfL, p-tau217/t-tau ratio) |
Remternetug | 05463731 | III | Recruiting | 600 | 52 (and 52 extension) | 20–28 | Plaque clearance | None | Amyloid PET; ADAs; Cmin |
ADA antidrug antibodies, ADAS-Cog Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale, ADCOMS Alzheimer’s Disease Composite Score, ADCS-ADL-MCI Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study–Activities of Daily Living for Mild Cognitive Impairment, ADCS-iADL Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, AEs adverse events, ARIA amyloid-related imaging abnormalities, ARIA-E amyloid-related imaging abnormalities, effusion/edema, ARIA-H amyloid-related imaging abnormalities, hemorrhagic, BPS-O Behavioral Pattern Separation-Object test, CBB Cogstate Brief Battery, CCS Comprehensive Coordination Scale, CDR-GS Clinical Dementia Rating-Global Score, CDR-SB Clinical Dementia Rating–Sum of Boxes, CFI Cognitive Function Index, Cmin trough serum concentration, CPAL Continuous Paired Associate Learning, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, FNAME Face Name Association Test, GFAP glial fibrillary acidic protein, iADRS integrated Alzheimer’s Disease Rating Scale, iDSSTm International Daily Substitution Test-Medicines, ISLT International Shopping List Test, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, NA not available, NCT National Clinical Trials, NfL neurofilament light, NPI Neuropsychiatric Inventory, PACC5 Preclinical Alzheimer’s Cognitive Composite-5, PET positron emission tomography, QoL quality of life, RUD-Lite Resource Utilization in Dementia, light version, SAEs serious adverse events, SUVR standardized uptake value ratio, vMRI volumetric magnetic resonance imaging