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A Study to Confirm Safety and Efficacy of Lecanemab in Participants With Early Alzheimer's Disease (Clarity AD)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03887455
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : March 25, 2019
Last Update Posted : April 9, 2021
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Biogen
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Eisai Inc.

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This study will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of lecanemab in participants with early Alzheimer's disease (EAD) by determining the superiority of lecanemab compared with placebo on the change from baseline in the Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) at 18 months of treatment in the Core Study. This study will also evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of lecanemab in participants with EAD in the Extension Phase and whether the long-term effects of lecanemab as measured by the CDR-SB at the end of the Core Study is maintained over time in the Extension Phase.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Early Alzheimer's Disease Drug: Lecanemab Drug: Placebo Phase 3

Detailed Description:
All infusion will be administered in the clinic; However, home infusions will be allowed per sponsor approval according to country and local guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic and following its resolution, where permitted.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 1766 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, 18-Month Study With an Open-Label Extension Phase to Confirm Safety and Efficacy of BAN2401 in Subjects With Early Alzheimer's Disease
Actual Study Start Date : March 27, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date : June 30, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date : August 29, 2024

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Core Study: Lecanemab 10 mg/kg biweekly Drug: Lecanemab
10 mg/kg biweekly (once every 2 weeks) administered as i.v. infusion.
Other Name: BAN2401
Placebo Comparator: Core Study: Placebo Drug: Placebo
Biweekly (once every 2 weeks) administered i.v. infusion.
Experimental: Extension Phase: Lecanemab 10 mg/kg biweekly Drug: Lecanemab
10 mg/kg biweekly (once every 2 weeks) administered as i.v. infusion.
Other Name: BAN2401


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Core Study: Change from Baseline in the CDR-SB at 18 Months [ Time Frame: Baseline, 18 months ]
  2. Extension Phase: Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs), Clinically Significant Change From Baseline in Vital Signs Values, Abnormal MRI and ECG Values, Clinically Significant Findings in Laboratory Values, Positive ADAs, and any Suicidality [ Time Frame: Month 18 up to Month 45 ]
    Here MRI means magnetic resonance imaging, ECG means electrocardiogram, and ADAs means antidrug antibodies.

  3. Extension Phase: Change from Core Study Baseline in CDR-SB [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Month 45 ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Core Study: Change from Baseline in the Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) Composite at 18 Months [ Time Frame: Baseline, 18 months ]
  2. Core Study: Change from Baseline in Alzheimer's Disease Composite Score (ADCOMS) at 18 Months [ Time Frame: Baseline, 18 months ]
  3. Core Study: Change from Baseline in Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale 14 (ADAS-cog14) at 18 Months [ Time Frame: Baseline, 18 months ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   50 Years to 90 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Core Study: Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease - intermediate likelihood:

  • Meet the National Institute of Aging - Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) core clinical criteria for MCI due to Alzheimer's disease - intermediate likelihood
  • Have a global Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score of 0.5 and CDR Memory Box score of 0.5 or greater at Screening and Baseline
  • Report a history of subjective memory decline with gradual onset and slow progression over the last 1 year before Screening; must be corroborated by an informant

Mild Alzheimer's disease dementia:

  • Meet the NIA-AA core clinical criteria for probable Alzheimer's disease dementia
  • Have a global CDR score of 0.5 to 1.0 and a CDR Memory Box score of 0.5 or greater at Screening and Baseline

Key Inclusion Criteria that must be met by all participants:

  • Objective impairment in episodic memory as indicated by at least 1 standard deviation below age-adjusted mean in the Wechsler Memory Scale IV-Logical Memory (subscale) II (WMS-IV LMII)
  • Positive biomarker for brain amyloid pathology
  • Male or female participants aged greater than or equal to (>=) 50 and less than or equal to (<=) 90 years, at the time of informed consent
  • Mini mental state examination (MMSE) score >=22 at Screening and Baseline and <=30 at Screening and Baseline
  • Body mass index (BMI) greater than (>)17 and less than (<) 35 at Screening
  • If receiving an approved Alzheimer's disease treatment such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEIs) or memantine or both for Alzheimer's disease, must be on a stable dose for at least 12 weeks prior to Baseline. Treatment-naive participants for Alzheimer's disease can be entered into the study. Unless otherwise stated, participants must have been on stable doses of all other (that is, non-Alzheimer's disease-related) permitted concomitant medications for at least 4 weeks prior to Baseline. Use of memantine will not be allowed for participants in Japan
  • Have an identified study partner (defined as a person able to support the participant for the duration of the study and who spends at least 8 hours per week with the participant)
  • Provide written informed consent. If a participant lacks capacity to consent in the investigator's opinion, the participant's assent should be obtained, if required in accordance with local laws, regulations and customs, plus the written informed consent of a legal representative should be obtained (capacity to consent and definition of legal representative should be determined in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations). In countries where local laws, regulations, and customs do not permit participants who lack capacity to consent to participate in this study (example, Germany and Spain), they will not be enrolled

Extension Phase: Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who have completed the Core Study
  • Have a BMI >17 and <35
  • Must continue to have a study partner who is willing and able to provide follow-up information on the participant throughout the course of the Extension Phase
  • Provide written informed consent for the Extension Phase. If a participant lacks capacity to consent in the investigator's opinion, the participant's assent should be obtained, if required and in accordance with local laws, regulations and customs, plus the written informed consent of a legal representative should be obtained (capacity to consent and definition of legal representative should be determined in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations). In countries where local laws, regulations, and customs do not permit participants who lack capacity to consent to participate in this study (example, Germany and Spain), they will not be enrolled

Exclusion Criteria

  • Any neurological condition that may be contributing to cognitive impairment above and beyond that caused by the participant's Alzheimer's disease
  • History of transient ischemic attacks (TIA), stroke, or seizures within 12 months of Screening
  • Any psychiatric diagnosis or symptoms (example, hallucinations, major depression, or delusions) that could interfere with study procedures in the participant
  • Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score >=8 at Screening
  • Contraindications to MRI scanning, including cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, ferromagnetic metal implants (example in skull and cardiac devices other than those approved as safe for use in MRI scanners)
  • Evidence of other clinically significant lesions on brain MRI at Screening that could indicate a dementia diagnosis other than Alzheimer's disease
  • Other significant pathological findings on brain MRI at screening, including but not limited to: more than 4 microhemorrhages (defined as 10 millimeter [mm] or less at the greatest diameter); a single macrohemorrhage >10 mm at greatest diameter; an area of superficial siderosis; evidence of vasogenic edema; evidence of cerebral contusion, encephalomalacia, aneurysms, vascular malformations, or infective lesions; evidence of multiple lacunar infarcts or stroke involving a major vascular territory, severe small vessel, or white matter disease; space occupying lesions; or brain tumors (however, lesions diagnosed as meningiomas or arachnoid cysts and <1 centimeter [cm] at their greatest diameter need not be exclusionary)
  • Any immunological disease which is not adequately controlled, or which requires treatment with immunoglobulins, systemic monoclonal antibodies (or derivatives of monoclonal antibodies), systemic immunosuppressants, or plasmapheresis during the study
  • Participants with a bleeding disorder that is not under adequate control (including a platelet count <50,000 or international normalized ratio [INR] >1.5 for participants who are not on anticoagulant treatment, example, warfarin). Participants who are on anticoagulant therapy should have their anticoagulant status optimized and be on a stable dose for 4 weeks before Screening. Participants who are on anticoagulant therapy are not permitted to participate in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) assessments
  • Any other medical conditions (example, cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal disease) which are not stably and adequately controlled, or which in the opinion of the investigator(s) could affect the participant's safety or interfere with the study assessments
  • Participation in a clinical study involving any therapeutic monoclonal antibody, protein derived from a monoclonal antibody, immunoglobulin therapy, or vaccine within 6 months before screening unless it can be documented that the participant was randomized to placebo
  • Participation in a clinical study involving any anti-amyloid therapies (including any monoclonal antibody therapies and any β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme [BACE] inhibitor therapies) unless it can be documented that the participant only received placebo
  • Participants who have any known prior exposure to lecanemab
  • Participants who were dosed in a clinical study involving any new chemical entities for Alzheimer's disease (AD) within 6 months prior to screening unless it can be documented that the participant was in a placebo treatment arm

Extension Phase: Exclusion Criteria

  • Participants who discontinued early from the Core Study

  • Participants who develop the following conditions from the time of Screening for the Core Study to the start of the Extension Phase

    • Any neurological condition that may be contributing to cognitive impairment above and beyond that caused by the participant's AD
    • Any psychiatric diagnosis or symptoms, (example, hallucinations, major depression, or delusions) that could interfere with study procedures in the participant
    • Contraindications to MRI scanning, including cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, ferromagnetic metal implants (example, in skull and cardiac devices other than those approved as safe for use in MRI scanners)
    • Other significant pathological findings on brain MRI during the Core Study including but not limited to: cerebral contusion, encephalomalacia, aneurysms, vascular malformations, or infective lesions; evidence of multiple lacunar infarcts or stroke involving a major vascular territory, severe small vessel, or white matter disease; space occupying lesions; or brain tumors will be exclusionary if based on the opinion of the investigator, with consultation of medical monitor, these findings may interfere with the study procedures or safety
    • Hypersensitivity to BAN2401 or any of the excipients, or to any monoclonal antibody treatment
    • Any immunological disease which is not adequately controlled, or which requires treatment with immunoglobulins, systemic monoclonal antibodies (or derivatives of monoclonal antibodies), systemic immunosuppressants, or plasmapheresis during the study
    • Any other clinically significant abnormalities in physical examination, vital signs, laboratory tests, or ECG, which in the opinion of the investigator require further investigation or treatment or which may interfere with study procedures or safety.
    • Malignant neoplasms (except for basal or squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin, or localized prostate cancer in male participants) that are not stably and adequately controlled or which, based on the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the participant's safety or participation in the study
    • Any other medical conditions (example, cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal disease) which are not stably and adequately controlled, or which in the opinion of the investigator(s) could affect the participant's safety or interfere with the study assessments
    • Severe visual or hearing impairment that would prevent the participant from performing psychometric tests accurately
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Contacts
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Contact: Eisai Medical Information 1-888-274-2378 esi_medinfo@eisai.com

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Eisai Inc.
Biogen
More Information
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Responsible Party: Eisai Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03887455    
Other Study ID Numbers: BAN2401-G000-301
2018-004739-58 ( EudraCT Number )
First Posted: March 25, 2019    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 9, 2021
Last Verified: April 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Yes
Plan Description: Eisai's data sharing commitment and further information on how to request data can be found on our website http://eisaiclinicaltrials.com/.

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: No
Keywords provided by Eisai Inc.:
BAN2401
Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes
Mild cognitive impairment
Alzheimer's disease/prodromal Alzheimer's disease
 Mild Alzheimer's disease dementia
Clarity AD
Lecanemab
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Alzheimer Disease
Dementia
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
 Tauopathies
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders