A Study of Crenezumab Versus Placebo to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety in Participants With Prodromal to Mild Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

Summary

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of crenezumab versus placebo in participants with prodromal to mild AD. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive either intravenous (IV) infusion of crenezumab or placebo every 4 weeks (Q4W) for 100 weeks. The primary efficacy assessment will be performed at 105 weeks. The participants who do not enter open-label extension will enter for a long term follow-up period for up to 52 weeks after the last crenezumab dose (Week 153).

Timeline

Start

2017-03-29

Primary completion

2019-06-11

Completion

2019-06-11

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “This study was discontinued due to an interim analysis in the BN29552 study, which indicated that Crenezumab was unlikely to meet its primary endpoint.”

Publications

• Hibar DP, Bauer A, Rabe C, Borlinghaus N, Jethwa A, Kollmorgen G, Di Domenico A, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Masters CL, Sperling RA, Bittner T. Elecsys pTau217 plasma immunoassay detection of amyloid pathology in clinical cohorts. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jan;22(1):e71009. doi: 10.1002/alz.71009.
• Chandler JM, Lansdall CJ, Ye W, McDougall F, Belger M, Toth B, Mi X, Sink KM, Atkins AS. The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living dependence score: revision and validation of an algorithm evaluating patient dependence across the spectrum of AD severity. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Sep;12(8):100261. doi: 10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100261. Epub 2025 Jul 1.
• Teng E, Manser PT, Shah M, Pickthorn K, Hu N, Djakovic S, Swendsen H, Blendstrup M, Faccin G, Ostrowitzki S, Sink KM. The Use of Episodic Memory Tests for Screening in Clinical Trials for Early Alzheimer's Disease: A Comparison of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) and the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2023;10(1):41-49. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2022.101.
• Ostrowitzki S, Bittner T, Sink KM, Mackey H, Rabe C, Honig LS, Cassetta E, Woodward M, Boada M, van Dyck CH, Grimmer T, Selkoe DJ, Schneider A, Blondeau K, Hu N, Quartino A, Clayton D, Dolton M, Dang Y, Ostaszewski B, Sanabria-Bohorquez SM, Rabbia M, Toth B, Eichenlaub U, Smith J, Honigberg LA, Doody RS. Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Crenezumab vs Placebo in Adults With Early Alzheimer Disease: Two Phase 3 Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Nov 1;79(11):1113-1121. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2909.

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