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Registration number
NCT01019421
Ethics application status
Date submitted
24/11/2009
Date registered
25/11/2009
Date last updated
6/01/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Lu AE58054 Added to Donepezil for the Treatment for Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
Scientific title
Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled, Fixed-dose Study of Lu AE58054 in Patients With Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Treated With Donepezil
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
EudraCT 2009-011845-24
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
12936A
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Alzheimer's Disease 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Alzheimer's disease
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Dementias

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Lu AE58054
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Lu AE58054 -

Placebo comparator: Placebo -


Treatment: Drugs: Lu AE58054
Add-on treatment to donepezil

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Add-on treatment to donepezil
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change in cognition after 24 weeks
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change in global function, activities of daily living, safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 24

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* The patient (or if applicable the legally acceptable representative (LAR) and if different from the responsible caregiver) and the responsible caregiver are able to read and understand the Informed Consent Form.
* The patient has a knowledgeable and reliable caregiver who will accompany the patient to all clinic visits during the study.
* The patient (or if applicable the LAR and if different from the responsible caregiver) and the responsible caregiver have signed the Informed Consent Form.
* The patient has probable AD consistent with NINCDS-ADRDA criteria.
* The patient is a man or woman, aged at least 50 years.
* The patient has been treated with donepezil on a stable dose for at least 3 months prior to screening.
Minimum age
50 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* The patient has evidence of any clinically significant neurodegenerative disease or other serious neurological disorders other than AD including but not limited to Lewy body dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, major cortical stroke, major head trauma and, primary or secondary cerebral neoplasia.
* The patient has a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) Axis I disorder other than AD including amnestic disorders, major depressive disorder, delirium, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, psychosis, panic, post traumatic stress disorder or/and cognitive disorder not otherwise specified.
* The patient has clinical and radiological findings that fulfil the standards of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Association Internationale pour la Recherché et l'Enseignement en Neurosciences (NINDS-AIREN) criteria for vascular dementia.
* The patient has CT or MRI evidence of hydrocephalus, stroke, a space-occupying lesion, cerebral infection or any clinically significant central nervous system disease other than AD.
* The patient has clinically significant abnormal vital signs.
* The patient has one or more laboratory values outside the normal range, based on the blood or urine samples, which are, in the investigator's judgement, considered to be clinically significant.
* The patient has a clinically significant abnormal ECG.
* The patient has an oncological diagnosis (haematological or solid tumour) that is currently being treated, or for which there has been treatment within 5 years preceding screening, or for which there is still evidence of active disease (patients with local dermatological tumours such as basal or squamous cell carcinoma may be included).
* The patient's donepezil therapy is likely to be interrupted or discontinued during the study.
* The patient has a disease or takes medication that, in the investigator's judgement, could interfere with the assessments of safety, tolerability, or efficacy.
* The patient is, in the investigator's judgement, unlikely to comply with the clinical study protocol or is unsuitable for any reason.
* The patient is a member of the site personnel or their immediate families.
* The patient is treated against his/her will (for example, by court order).
* The patient or patient caregiver is unwilling or unable to abide by the visit schedule and other requirements of the study.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/2009
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
278
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
AU004 - East Gosford
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
AU002 - Heidelberg West
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
AU005 - Kew
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
AU001 - Nedlands
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
AU003 - Woodville South
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- East Gosford
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3081 - Heidelberg West
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
3101 - Kew
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
6009 - Nedlands
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
5011 - Woodville South
Recruitment outside Australia
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Canada
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Ontario
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Canada
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Burlington
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Canada
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Calgary
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Canada
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Gatineau
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Canada
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Kamloops
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Canada
State/province [6] 0 0
Kingston
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Canada
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Penticton
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Canada
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Sherbrooke
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Canada
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Toronto
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Czech Republic
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Kladno
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Czech Republic
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Kutna Hora
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Czech Republic
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Litomerice
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Czech Republic
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Praha 8
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Czech Republic
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Praha
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Czech Republic
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Rychnov nad Kneznou
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Germany
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Ellwangen
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Germany
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Erbach
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Germany
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Frankfurt am Main
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Germany
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Gunzburg
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Germany
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Homburg
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Germany
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Leipzig
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Germany
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Munich
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Germany
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Unterhaching
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Italy
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Brescia
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Italy
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Firenze
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Italy
State/province [26] 0 0
Genova
Country [27] 0 0
Italy
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Lamezia Terme
Country [28] 0 0
Italy
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Milano
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Italy
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Roma
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Poland
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Bydgoszcz
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Poland
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Krakow
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Poland
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Lublin
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Poland
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Sopot
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Poland
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Szczecin
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Poland
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Warszawa
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Poland
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Warszaw
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Spain
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Barcelona
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Spain
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Elche
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Spain
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Madrid
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Spain
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Majadahonda
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Spain
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Terrassa

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
H. Lundbeck A/S
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to accept or reject the hypothesis that Lu AE58054 improves cognition and functional outcomes in patients with moderate Alzheimer's Disease, already in treatment with donepezil.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01019421
Trial related presentations / publications
Wilkinson D, Windfeld K, Colding-Jorgensen E. Safety and efficacy of idalopirdine, a 5-HT6 receptor antagonist, in patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease (LADDER): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2014 Nov;13(11):1092-1099. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70198-X. Epub 2014 Oct 5.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Email contact via H. Lundbeck A/S
Address 0 0
[email protected]
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Address 0 0
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Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01019421