Assessment of Foralumab Safety and Modulation of Microglial Activation in Alzheimer's Disease
NCT ID: NCT06489548
Last Updated: 2025-01-31
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
PHASE2
16 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-04-30
2026-12-31
Brief Summary
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The trial will ask participants to administer Foralumab nasally three times a week for eight weeks. The administration will occur intermittently, with breaks between each dosing cycle. Participants will also receive brain scans (Amyloid PET and MRI), undergo cognitive testing, blood draws, and physical, neurological, and nasal exams. Volunteers are expected to remain in the trial for six months.
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Detailed Description
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This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessing two dose levels of nasal foralumab (50 µg/dosing day and 100 µg/dosing day) or placebo, given in three-week "treatment cycles". A treatment cycle is defined as Investigational Product (IP) dosing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for two consecutive weeks, followed by a one-week pause in dosing or a "rest week." All treatment cycles follow the identical dosing regimen. Randomization will be 3:1 Active to Placebo.
Two cohorts of eight (8) subjects each will be enrolled in this study, and enrollment in these cohorts will be staggered. Both cohorts, Cohort A and Cohort B, will consist of six (6) subjects who will complete three months (4 cycles) of active treatment and two (2) subjects who receive Placebo treatment. Enrollment into Cohort B may begin once all subjects in Cohort A complete 2 cycles of treatment.
Subjects will be screened and enrolled at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment (CART). Initial treatment visits will occur in the Center for Clinical Investigation (CCI) with follow-up visits occurring in CART. Both centers are in the Building for Transformative Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) at 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115.
Subjects will undergo screening procedures, including laboratory studies (hematology, clinical chemistry, CRP, EBV serology, HIV testing, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C), vital signs, cognitive testing, and a complete physical exam by the physician investigator or a mid-level practitioner, and a detailed neurologic examination performed by a neurologist. Each subject must have normal laboratory tests, or results must be in a clinically acceptable range in the opinion of the Investigator. An additional screening visit will consist of an amyloid PET scan (if subjects do not already have those results prior to screening). Prior to each treatment cycle and at the end of treatment, an ENT physician will conduct a nasal exam and safety blood labs will be collected. At baseline and end of treatment, each subject will have blood samples collected for immunological study and undergo an MRI and a microglial PET scan. Blood samples for immunologic studies will be collected at baseline and after 3 months of treatment. A lumbar puncture will be performed at the screening visit and after 3 months of treatment to assess for changes in amyloid and tau.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Arm A: This cohort of subjects will receive 100µg/dosing day vs. placebo throughout the study.
This group will receive a nasal spray three times a week for two weeks, followed by a one-week rest. That cycle will occur three more times for a total of three months of drug intervention.
Foralumab TZLS-401 100 µg
Foralumab is a nasal anti-CD3 antibody. It will be administered in doses of 100 µg vs. placebo.
Arm B: This cohort of subjects will receive 50µg/dosing day vs. placebo throughout the study.
This group will receive a nasal spray three times a week for two weeks, followed by a one-week rest. That cycle will occur three more times for a total of three months of drug intervention.
Foralumab TZLS-401 50 µg
Foralumab is a nasal anti-CD3 antibody. It will be administered in doses of 50 µg vs. placebo.
Interventions
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Foralumab TZLS-401 50 µg
Foralumab is a nasal anti-CD3 antibody. It will be administered in doses of 50 µg vs. placebo.
Foralumab TZLS-401 100 µg
Foralumab is a nasal anti-CD3 antibody. It will be administered in doses of 100 µg vs. placebo.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Age between 60 and 85 years (inclusive).
3. Good general health with no disease likely to interfere with the study assessments.
4. On a stable medication regimen for eight weeks prior to the study and is anticipated to remain stable during the study.
5. Subject is not pregnant, lactating, or of childbearing potential (i.e., women must be two years post-menopausal or surgically sterile). If a woman is of childbearing potential, her partner must use barrier contraception throughout the study.
7. Ability to understand and provide informed consent.
8. Has availability of a study partner who has regular contact with the participant and knows him/her well.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Clinically significant or unstable medical conditions, including uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, or significant cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine, or other systemic diseases.
3. History of autoimmune disease.
4. Current treatment with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive drugs or corticosteroid administration by any route of administration (including nasal corticosteroids) within the past month.
5. Major depressive disorder (within the past 1 year), or a history of bipolar disorder, or a history of schizophrenia.
6. History of alcohol or substance abuse or dependence within the past two years.
7. History of malignancy within the past 3 years.
8. Clinically significant abnormalities in screening laboratories (defined as greater than mild on the FDA's vaccine toxicity grading scale).
9. Participation in another clinical trial of an investigational drug concurrently or within the past 30 days.
10. Low affinity TSPO binders (for PET ligand \[18F\]PBR06) determined by having a Thr/Thr polymorphism in the TSPO gene at screening.
11. Sensitivity to florbetapir F18.
12. Active COVID-19 disease.
13. Amyloid-negative PET scan.
14. COVID-19 vaccine within the past ten days or any other vaccine within the past seven days (at dosing)
60 Years
85 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Tiziana Life Sciences LTD
INDUSTRY
Brigham and Women's Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Gad A. Marshall, MD
Director of Clinical Trials, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment
Locations
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Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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AmyvidTM Package Insert, 2012. United States Package Insert for florbetapir F18 Injection .
Other Identifiers
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HLW-AD-NAS-003
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2023P003329
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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