An Investigation of Levetiracetam in Alzheimer's Disease

Summary

The study proposed aims to evaluate the effect of Levetiracetam in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a Phase 2 Clinical Trial. Levetiracetam is an established anti-epileptic medication that has been approved by NICE (UK) as a first line treatment for focal epilepsy. Levetiracetam is now generic and acts, as all anti-epileptic medications do, by stabilising neuronal networks. However, Levetiracetam appears unique amongst the anti-epileptic medications in being able to stabilise aberrant neuronal networks in Alzheimer's disease. In both animal models of AD and in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Levetiracetam can offer benefit to cognition. The investigators therefore aim to test whether Levetiracetam, through stabilisation of neuronal networks, may offer benefit to cognition in patients with AD.

Timeline

Start

2018-10-28

Primary completion

2022-03-21

Completion

2022-03-21

Publications

• Sen A, Akinola M, Tai XY, Symmonds M, Davis Jones G, Mura S, Galloway J, Hallam A, Chan JYC, Koychev I, Butler C, Geddes J, Van Der Putt R, Thompson S, Manohar SG, Frangou E, Love S, McShane R, Husain M. An Investigation of Levetiracetam in Alzheimer's Disease (ILiAD): a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised crossover proof of concept study. Trials. 2021 Jul 31;22(1):508. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05404-4.
• Liu J, Wang LN. Treatment of epilepsy for people with Alzheimer's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 May 11;5(5):CD011922. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011922.pub4.

Drugs

Indications