A Translational Study of ATH-1017 in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease (ACT-AD)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04491006 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 29, 2020
Last Update Posted : July 7, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Alzheimer Disease Dementia of Alzheimer Type | Drug: ATH-1017 Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 77 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Translational Study of ATH-1017 in Subjects With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 23, 2020 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 20, 2022 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 20, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Low Dose
Daily subcutaneous (SC) injection of Low Dose ATH-1017
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Drug: ATH-1017
Daily subcutaneous (SC) injection of ATH-1017 in a pre-filled syringe |
Experimental: High Dose
Daily subcutaneous (SC) injection of High Dose ATH-1017
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Drug: ATH-1017
Daily subcutaneous (SC) injection of ATH-1017 in a pre-filled syringe |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Daily subcutaneous (SC) injection of Placebo
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Drug: Placebo
Daily subcutaneous (SC) injection of Placebo in a pre-filled syringe |
- Event-Related Potential [ Time Frame: Week 26 ]Event-related potential (ERP) P300 latency
- Cognition [ Time Frame: Weeks 2, 6, 12, 20, and 26 ]Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale [ADAS-Cog11] (Range of 0 to 70, where 0 is least impairment and 70 is most severe impairment)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 55 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 55 to 85 years
- Mild-to-moderate AD dementia subjects, MMSE 14-24, CDR 1 or 2 at Screening
- Clinical diagnosis of dementia, due probably to AD, by Revised National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association criteria (McKhann, 2011)
- Reliable and capable support person/caregiver
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Treatment-free or receiving stable acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI) treatment, defined as:
- Treatment-naïve, OR
- Subjects are on a stable, approved dose of an AChEI (except for donepezil at 23 mg PO) for at least 3 months before Screening OR
- Subjects who received an AChEI in the past and discontinued 4 weeks prior to Screening
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- History of significant neurologic disease, other than AD, that may affect cognition, or concurrent with the onset of dementia
- History of unexplained loss of consciousness, and epileptic fits (unless febrile)
- Subject has atypical variant presentation of AD, if known from medical history, particularly non-amnestic AD
- History of brain MRI scan indicative of any other significant abnormality
- Hearing test result considered unacceptable for auditory ERP P300 assessment
- Diagnosis of severe major depressive disorder even without psychotic features
- Significant suicide risk
- History within 2 years of Screening, or current diagnosis of psychosis
- Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within the last 6 months
- Clinically significant (in the judgment of the investigator) cardiac arrhythmia (including atrial fibrillation), cardiomyopathy, or cardiac conduction defect (note: pacemaker is acceptable)
- Subject has either hypertension (supine diastolic blood pressure > 95 mmHg), or symptomatic hypotension in the judgment of the investigator
- Clinically significant ECG abnormality at Screening
- Renal insufficiency (serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL)
- Hepatic impairment with alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase > 2 times the upper limit of normal, or Child-Pugh class B and C
- Malignant tumor within 3 years before Screening
- Memantine in any form, combination or dosage within 4 weeks prior to Screening
- Donepezil at 23 mg PO
- The subject has received active amyloid or tau immunization (i.e., vaccination for Alzheimer's disease) at any time, or passive immunization (i.e., monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's disease) within 6 months of Screening

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04491006
United States, California | |
Syrentis Clinical Research | |
Santa Ana, California, United States, 92705 | |
United States, Florida | |
Premiere Research Institute | |
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 33407 | |
United States, Georgia | |
iResearch Atlanta | |
Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30030 | |
United States, New York | |
Neurological Associates of Albany | |
Albany, New York, United States, 12208 | |
United States, Oregon | |
Center for Cognitive Health | |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97225 | |
United States, Washington | |
Evergreen Health Research Program | |
Kirkland, Washington, United States, 98034 | |
University of Washington | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104 | |
Australia, New South Wales | |
Central Coast Neurosciences Research | |
Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, 2261 | |
St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Translational Research Centre | |
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 2010 | |
Hammondcare Greenwich Hospital | |
Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia, 2065 | |
KaRa MINDS | |
Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia, 2113 | |
Australia, Victoria | |
HammondCare | |
Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 3144 | |
Australia, Western Australia | |
Australian Alzheimer's Research Organization | |
Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, 6009 |
Responsible Party: | Athira Pharma |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04491006 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ATH-1017-AD-0202 U1111-1255-9714 ( Other Identifier: WHO (UTN) ) 18PTC-R-589358 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Alzheimer's Association ) 1R01AG068268-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | July 29, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 7, 2022 |
Last Verified: | July 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Alzheimer's Disease Cognition Dementia ATH-1017 Memory Loss |
Alzheimer Disease Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |
Tauopathies Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Mental Disorders |