Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trial: An Opportunity to Prevent Dementia. A Study of Potential Disease Modifying Treatments in Individuals at Risk for or With a Type of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease Caused by a Genetic Mutation. Master Protocol DIAN-TU-001

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, biomarker, cognitive and clinical efficacy of investigational products in participants with an Alzheimer's disease-causing mutation by determining if treatment with the study drug slows the rate of progression of cognitive/clinical impairment or improves disease-related biomarkers.

Timeline

Start

2012-12

Primary completion

2028-04

Completion

2028-07

Publications

• Background Bateman RJ, Xiong C, Benzinger TL, Fagan AM, Goate A, Fox NC, Marcus DS, Cairns NJ, Xie X, Blazey TM, Holtzman DM, Santacruz A, Buckles V, Oliver A, Moulder K, Aisen PS, Ghetti B, Klunk WE, McDade E, Martins RN, Masters CL, Mayeux R, Ringman JM, Rossor MN, Schofield PR, Sperling RA, Salloway S, Morris JC; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. Clinical and biomarker changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease. N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 30;367(9):795-804. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202753. Epub 2012 Jul 11.
• Background Farlow M, Arnold SE, van Dyck CH, Aisen PS, Snider BJ, Porsteinsson AP, Friedrich S, Dean RA, Gonzales C, Sethuraman G, DeMattos RB, Mohs R, Paul SM, Siemers ER. Safety and biomarker effects of solanezumab in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2012 Jul;8(4):261-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.09.224. Epub 2012 Jun 5.
• Background Bateman RJ, Benzinger TL, Berry S, Clifford DB, Duggan C, Fagan AM, Fanning K, Farlow MR, Hassenstab J, McDade EM, Mills S, Paumier K, Quintana M, Salloway SP, Santacruz A, Schneider LS, Wang G, Xiong C; DIAN-TU Pharma Consortium for the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. The DIAN-TU Next Generation Alzheimer's prevention trial: Adaptive design and disease progression model. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Jan;13(1):8-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.005. Epub 2016 Aug 29.
• Background Mills SM, Mallmann J, Santacruz AM, Fuqua A, Carril M, Aisen PS, Althage MC, Belyew S, Benzinger TL, Brooks WS, Buckles VD, Cairns NJ, Clifford D, Danek A, Fagan AM, Farlow M, Fox N, Ghetti B, Goate AM, Heinrichs D, Hornbeck R, Jack C, Jucker M, Klunk WE, Marcus DS, Martins RN, Masters CM, Mayeux R, McDade E, Morris JC, Oliver A, Ringman JM, Rossor MN, Salloway S, Schofield PR, Snider J, Snyder P, Sperling RA, Stewart C, Thomas RG, Xiong C, Bateman RJ. Preclinical trials in autosomal dominant AD: implementation of the DIAN-TU trial. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2013 Oct;169(10):737-43. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2013.07.017. Epub 2013 Sep 6.
• Background Wang G, Berry S, Xiong C, Hassenstab J, Quintana M, McDade EM, Delmar P, Vestrucci M, Sethuraman G, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit. A novel cognitive disease progression model for clinical trials in autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease. Stat Med. 2018 Sep 20;37(21):3047-3055. doi: 10.1002/sim.7811. Epub 2018 May 14.
• Background Weninger S, Carrillo MC, Dunn B, Aisen PS, Bateman RJ, Kotz JD, Langbaum JB, Mills SL, Reiman EM, Sperling R, Santacruz AM, Tariot PN, Welsh-Bohmer KA. Collaboration for Alzheimer's Prevention: Principles to guide data and sample sharing in preclinical Alzheimer's disease trials. Alzheimers Dement. 2016 May;12(5):631-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.04.001. No abstract available.
• Background Grill JD, Bateman RJ, Buckles V, Oliver A, Morris JC, Masters CL, Klunk WE, Ringman JM; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network. A survey of attitudes toward clinical trials and genetic disclosure in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2015 Jul 22;7(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13195-015-0135-0. eCollection 2015.
• Background McDade E, Bateman RJ. Stop Alzheimer's before it starts. Nature. 2017 Jul 12;547(7662):153-155. doi: 10.1038/547153a. No abstract available.
• Background McDade E, Wang G, Gordon BA, Hassenstab J, Benzinger TLS, Buckles V, Fagan AM, Holtzman DM, Cairns NJ, Goate AM, Marcus DS, Morris JC, Paumier K, Xiong C, Allegri R, Berman SB, Klunk W, Noble J, Ringman J, Ghetti B, Farlow M, Sperling RA, Chhatwal J, Salloway S, Graff-Radford NR, Schofield PR, Masters C, Rossor MN, Fox NC, Levin J, Jucker M, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. Longitudinal cognitive and biomarker changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2018 Oct 2;91(14):e1295-e1306. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006277. Epub 2018 Sep 14.
• Background Ryman DC, Acosta-Baena N, Aisen PS, Bird T, Danek A, Fox NC, Goate A, Frommelt P, Ghetti B, Langbaum JB, Lopera F, Martins R, Masters CL, Mayeux RP, McDade E, Moreno S, Reiman EM, Ringman JM, Salloway S, Schofield PR, Sperling R, Tariot PN, Xiong C, Morris JC, Bateman RJ; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. Symptom onset in autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology. 2014 Jul 15;83(3):253-60. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000596. Epub 2014 Jun 13.
• Background Weng H, Bateman R, Morris JC, Xiong C. Validity and power of minimization algorithm in longitudinal analysis of clinical trials. Biostat Epidemiol. 2017;1(1):59-77. doi: 10.1080/24709360.2017.1331822. Epub 2017 Jun 13.
• McDade EM, Barthelemy NR, Wang G, Li Y, Cao Y, Gordon B, Benzinger TLS, Clifford D, Goate AM, Renton AE, Hassenstab J, Llibre-Guerra JJ, Perrin RJ, Xiong C, Cruchaga C, Mummery CJ, Berman SB, Lah J, Roberson ED, Van Dyck C, Gauthier S, Masters CL, Masellis M, Bittner T, Yaari R, Chhatwal J, Chrem P, Brooks W, Suzuki K, Levin JJ, Jucker M, Ringman J, Wallon D, Ikeuchi T, Lee JH, Roh JH, Schofield P, Fox NC, Ryan NS, Voglein J, Karch C, Ibanez L, Day GS, Sanchez-Valle R, Daniels A, Morris JC, Supnet-Bell C, Levey AI, Bateman RJ; DIAN-TU Study Team and DIAN Obs Team. The relationship of soluble tau species with Alzheimer's disease amyloid plaque removal and tau pathology. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep;21(9):e70689. doi: 10.1002/alz.70689.
• Bateman RJ, Li Y, McDade EM, Llibre-Guerra JJ, Clifford DB, Atri A, Mills SL, Santacruz AM, Wang G, Supnet C, Benzinger TLS, Gordon BA, Ibanez L, Klein G, Baudler M, Doody RS, Delmar P, Kerchner GA, Bittner T, Wojtowicz J, Bonni A, Fontoura P, Hofmann C, Kulic L, Hassenstab J, Aschenbrenner AJ, Perrin RJ, Cruchaga C, Renton AE, Xiong C, Goate AA, Morris JC, Holtzman DM, Snider BJ, Mummery C, Brooks WS, Wallon D, Berman SB, Roberson E, Masters CL, Galasko DR, Jayadev S, Sanchez-Valle R, Pariente J, Kinsella J, van Dyck CH, Gauthier S, Hsiung GR, Masellis M, Dubois B, Honig LS, Jack CR, Daniels A, Aguillon D, Allegri R, Chhatwal J, Day G, Fox NC, Huey E, Ikeuchi T, Jucker M, Lee JH, Levey AI, Levin J, Lopera F, Roh J, Rosa-Neto P, Schofield PR; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease-Trials Unit. Safety and efficacy of long-term gantenerumab treatment in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease: an open-label extension of the phase 2/3 multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled platform DIAN-TU trial. Lancet Neurol. 2025 Apr;24(4):316-330. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00024-9.
• Bateman RJ, Li Y, McDade EM, Llibre-Guerra JJ, Clifford DB, Atri A, Mills SL, Santacruz AM, Wang G, Supnet C, Benzinger TLS, Gordon BA, Ibanez L, Klein G, Baudler M, Doody RS, Delmar P, Kerchner GA, Bittner T, Wojtowicz J, Bonni A, Fontoura P, Hofmann C, Kulic L, Hassenstab J, Aschenbrenner AJ, Perrin RJ, Cruchaga C, Renton AE, Xiong C, Goate AA, Morris JC, Holtzman DM, Snider BJ, Mummery C, Brooks WS, Wallon D, Berman SB, Roberson E, Masters CL, Galasko DR, Jayadev S, Sanchez-Valle R, Pariente J, Kinsella J, van Dyck CH, Gauthier S, Robin Hsiung GY, Masellis M, Dubois B, Honig LS, Jack CR, Daniels A, Aguillon D, Allegri R, Chhatwal J, Day G, Fox N, Huey E, Ikeuchi T, Jucker M, Lee JH, Levey AI, Levin J, Lopera F, Roh J, Rosa-Neto P, Schofield PR; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease-Trials Unit. Safety and efficacy of long-term gantenerumab treatment in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease: an open label extension of the phase 2/3 multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled platform DIAN-TU Trial. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jan 29:2024.10.29.24316289. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.29.24316289.
• Chen CD, McCullough A, Gordon B, Joseph-Mathurin N, Flores S, McKay NS, Hobbs DA, Hornbeck R, Fagan AM, Cruchaga C, Goate AM, Perrin RJ, Wang G, Li Y, Shi X, Xiong C, Pontecorvo MJ, Klein G, Su Y, Klunk WE, Jack C, Koeppe R, Snider BJ, Berman SB, Roberson ED, Brosch J, Surti G, Jimenez-Velazquez IZ, Galasko D, Honig LS, Brooks WS, Clarnette R, Wallon D, Dubois B, Pariente J, Pasquier F, Sanchez-Valle R, Shcherbinin S, Higgins I, Tunali I, Masters CL, van Dyck CH, Masellis M, Hsiung R, Gauthier S, Salloway S, Clifford DB, Mills S, Supnet-Bell C, McDade E, Bateman RJ, Benzinger TLS; DIAN-TU Study Team. Longitudinal head-to-head comparison of 11C-PiB and 18F-florbetapir PET in a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of anti-amyloid-beta monoclonal antibodies in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 Jul;50(9):2669-2682. doi: 10.1007/s00259-023-06209-0. Epub 2023 Apr 5.

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