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. 2016 Dec 28;20(4):285–294. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw111

Table 1.

Status of Biomarker Usages in CNS Disorders

Target Disease Compound Sponsor Collaborator Mechanism of Action Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Nct# References
Schizophrenia TAK-063 Takeda PDE10A inhibitor PDE10A occupancy fMRI BOLD
Ketamine-induced fMRI BOLD
NCT02370602
NCT01892189
Takano et al., 2016
Schizophrenia PF-02545920 Pfizer PDE10A inhibitor PDE10A occupancy Ketamine-induced fMRI BOLD NCT01918202
NCT01244880
Schizophrenia MK-0777
 /TPA023
Merck & Co GABA-Aα2/3 receptor agonist GABA-Aα occupancy qEEG Atack et al., 2010
Lewis et al., 2008
Schizophrenia bitopertin
 /RG1678
 /RO4917838
Roche GlyT-1 inhibitor GlyT-1 occupancy CSF Glycine, Event-Related Potential NCT01116830 Martin-Facklam et al., 2013
Hofmann et al., 2016
Schizophrenia GSK1018921 GlaxoSmith Kline GlyT-1 inhibitor GlyT-1 occupancy CSF Glycine, qEEG, mismatchnegativity NCT00945503
NCT00527020
NCT00929370
Gunn et al., 2011
Schizophrenia MK-2637 Merck & Co GlyT-1 inhibitor GlyT-1 occupancy Motor evoked potential, qEEG NCT00934466 Joshi et al., 2015
Schizophrenia LY2140023
/Pomaglumetad methionil
Eli Lilly mGlu2/3 agonist CSF PK Ketamine-Challenge fMRI Assay,
CSF monoamine metabolites
NCT01524237 Lowe et al., 2012
Schizophrenia JNJ-40411813 J&J mGlu2 PAM mGlu2 receptor occupancy
5-HT2A occupancy
Sleep EEG, Ketamine- induced psychotic symptom NCT01359852
NCT01358006
NCT01101659
NCT01951053
Ahnaou et al., 2016
Schizophrenia AZD8529 AstraZeneca mGlu2 PAM CSF PK Ketamine-induced fMRI, EEG NCT00985933
NCT00986531
Cook et al., 2014
Depression
/FXS
RO4917523 Roche mGlu5 antagonist mGlu5 receptor occupancy fMRI NCT01483469
NCT01045083
Mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease Bapineuzumab Janssen
 /Pfizer
anti-amyloid antibody amyloid PET,
CSF p-tau, vMRI, FDG PET
NCT00575055
NCT00574132
Liu et al., 2015
Salloway et al., 2014
Mild Alzheimer’s disease Solanezumab Eli Lilly anti-amyloid antibody amyloid in blood & CSF, tau in CSF, vMRI, amyloid/tau PET, FDG PET NCT00905372
NCT00904683
NCT01900665
Doody et al., 2014
Siemers et al., 2016
Early Alzheimer’s disease Aducanumab
 /BIIB037
Biogen anti-amyloid antibody amyloid PET, vMRI, FDG PET,
fluid biomarkers
NCT01677572
Prodromal Alzheimer’s disease Gantenerumab Roche anti-amyloid antibody amyloid PET, amyloid and tau in CSF, vMRI, FDG PET NCT01224106
NCT01760005
Prodromal Alzheimer’s disease Verubecestat
 /MK-8931
Merck & Co BACE inhibitor CSF PK CSF Aβs & sAPPβ, amyloid PET NCT01953601
Early Alzheimer’s disease AZD3293 AstraZeneca
 /Eli Lilly
BACE inhibitor CSF PK CSF Aβs & sAPPβ, amyloid PET,
tau in CSF, FDG PET
NCT02245737

Abbreviatoins: Aβ, amyloid beta; BACE, beta-secretase; BOLD, blood oxygenation level dependent; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging; FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; FXS, fragile X syndrome; GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid; GlyT-1, glycine transporter 1; 5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine; mGlu, metabotropic glutamate; PAM, positive allosteric modulator; PDE10A, phosphodiesterase 10A; PET, positron emission tomography; PK, pharmacokinetics; qEEG, quantitative electroencephalography; sAPP, soluble amyloid precursor protein; vMRI, volumetric MRI.