A Study of Donanemab (LY3002813) in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 5)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05508789 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : August 19, 2022
Last Update Posted : March 27, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Alzheimer Disease Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Tauopathies Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Mental Disorders | Drug: Donanemab Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1500 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Global Study to Investigate Safety and Efficacy of Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 10, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 16, 2027 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 11, 2027 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Donanemab
Participants will receive donanemab intravenously (IV)
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Drug: Donanemab
Administered IV
Other Name: (LY3002813) |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Participants will receive placebo IV
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Drug: Placebo
Administered IV |
- Change from Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from Baseline on the iADRS in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from Baseline CDR-SB in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale ADAS-Cog13 Score [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from Baseline on the ADAS-Cog13 Score in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - instrumental Activities of Daily Living ADCS-iADL Score [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from Baseline ADCS-iADL Score in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from Baseline on the MMSE Score in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline in Amyloid Plaque Deposition as by Florbetapir F18 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]
- Pharmacokinetics (PK): Average Serum Concentration of Donanemab [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 76 ]
- Number of Participants with Treatment-Emergent Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADAs) [ Time Frame: Week 76 ]
- Change from Baseline in Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease (QOL-AD) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from baseline in the QoL-AD in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline in Resource Utilization in Dementia - Lite Version (RUD-Lite) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from baseline in the RUD-Lite in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.
- Change from Baseline in Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 76 ]Change from baseline in the NPI in at least one of 'the low-medium tau pathology population or the overall population'.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 60 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Gradual and progressive change in memory function reported by the participant or informant for ≥6 months
- A MMSE score of 20 to 28 (inclusive) at Day 601 or 1.
- Meet flortaucipir F18 scan (central read) criteria
- Meet florbetapir F18 scan (central read) criteria
- Have a study partner who will provide written informed consent to participate, is in frequent contact with the participant (defined as at least 10 hours per week), and will accompany the participant to the study or be available by telephone at designated times.
- A second study partner may serve as backup. The study partner(s) is/are required to accompany the participant for signing consent. The study partner must be present on all days the cognitive and functional scales are administered.
- If a participant has a second study partner, it is preferred that 1 study partner be primarily responsible for the CDR and the ADCS-ADL assessments.
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Days requiring the following assessments and scales must have a study partner available by telephone if not accompanying participant for the following assessments
- AEs and concomitant medications
- CDR, and
- ADCS-ADL
- Stable concomitant symptomatic AD medications and other medications that may impact cognition for at least approximately 30 days prior to randomization.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has significant neurological disease affect the central nervous system other than AD, that may affect cognition or ability to complete the study, including but not limited to, other dementias, serious infection of the brain, Parkinson's disease, multiple concussions, or epilepsy or recurrent seizures (except febrile childhood seizures).
- Has current serious or unstable illnesses including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, endocrinologic, neurologic (other than AD), psychiatric, immunologic, or hematologic disease and other conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere with the analyses in this study; or has a life expectancy of <24 months.
- History of cancer within the last 5 years, except of non-metastatic basal and/or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ cervical cancer, nonprogressive prostate cancer, or other cancers with low risk of recurrence or spread.
- Contraindication to MRI or PET scans

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05508789
Contact: There may be multiple sites in this clinical trial. 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or | 1-317-615-4559 | ClinicalTrials.gov@lilly.com |

Study Director: | Call 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon - Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) | Eli Lilly and Company |
Responsible Party: | Eli Lilly and Company |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05508789 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
18442 I5T-MC-AACO ( Other Identifier: Eli Lilly and Company ) 2021-006395-17 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | August 19, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 27, 2023 |
Last Verified: | March 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Anonymized individual patient level data will be provided in a secure access environment upon approval of a research proposal and a signed data sharing agreement. |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Clinical Study Report (CSR) |
Time Frame: | Data are available 6 months after the primary publication and approval of the indication studied in the US and European Union (EU), whichever is later. Data will be indefinitely available for requesting. |
Access Criteria: | A research proposal must be approved by an independent review panel and researchers must sign a data sharing agreement. |
URL: | http://vivli.org/ |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Alzheimer's Dementia Cognitive Impairment Amyloid Plaque |
Alzheimer Disease Dementia Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases |
Tauopathies Disease Mental Disorders Neurocognitive Disorders Pathologic Processes |