24 Months Safety and Efficacy Study of AADvac1 in Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease

Summary

This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of AADvac1 in the treatment of patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. 60% of participants will receive AADvac1 and 40% of participants will receive placebo.

Timeline

Start

2016-03

Primary completion

2019-06

Completion

2019-06

Publications

• Background Kontsekova E, Zilka N, Kovacech B, Skrabana R, Novak M. Identification of structural determinants on tau protein essential for its pathological function: novel therapeutic target for tau immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2014 Aug 1;6(4):45. doi: 10.1186/alzrt277. eCollection 2014.
• Background Kontsekova E, Zilka N, Kovacech B, Novak P, Novak M. First-in-man tau vaccine targeting structural determinants essential for pathological tau-tau interaction reduces tau oligomerisation and neurofibrillary degeneration in an Alzheimer's disease model. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2014 Aug 1;6(4):44. doi: 10.1186/alzrt278. eCollection 2014.
• Background Novak P, Schmidt R, Kontsekova E, Zilka N, Kovacech B, Skrabana R, Vince-Kazmerova Z, Katina S, Fialova L, Prcina M, Parrak V, Dal-Bianco P, Brunner M, Staffen W, Rainer M, Ondrus M, Ropele S, Smisek M, Sivak R, Winblad B, Novak M. Safety and immunogenicity of the tau vaccine AADvac1 in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Feb;16(2):123-134. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30331-3. Epub 2016 Dec 10.
• Kovacech B, Cullen NC, Novak P, Hanes J, Kontsekova E, Katina S, Parrak V, Fresser M, Vanbrabant J, Feldman HH, Winblad B, Stoops E, Vanmechelen E, Zilka N. Post hoc analysis of ADAMANT, a phase 2 clinical trial of active tau immunotherapy with AADvac1 in patients with Alzheimer's disease, positive for plasma p-tau217. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Nov 23;16(1):254. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01620-7.

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