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A 36-Week Safety Extension Study of ELND005 as a Treatment for Agitation and Aggression in Alzheimer's Disease

A 36-Week Safety Extension Study of Oral ELND005 for Treatment of Agitation and Aggression in Patients With Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01766336
Enrollment
296
Registered
2013-01-11
Start date
2013-01-31
Completion date
2015-08-31
Last updated
2019-10-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Alzheimer's Disease

Keywords

Agitation, Aggression, AD patients

Brief summary

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of ELND005 treatment with up to 36 weeks exposure, in Moderate to Severe AD patients with agitation and aggression.

Interventions

DRUGGroup 1 ELND005
DRUGGroup 2 ELND005

Sponsors

Elan Pharmaceuticals
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
OPKO Health, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 95 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Complete Week 12 visit of AG201 * Both patient and study partner/caregiver are willing and able to participate in all scheduled evaluations and complete all required tests

Exclusion criteria

* Is currently using any other investigational or experimental drugs or devices * Has significant worsening of medical conditions or dementia such that it may preclude completion of this safety extension study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants Experiencing Treatment Emergent Adverse Events36 weeksTo evaluate the safety and tolerability of ELND005 treatment with up to 36 weeks exposure, in Moderate to Severe AD patients with agitation and aggression.

Countries

Canada, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
ELND005/ELND005
Patients who received ELND005 in AG201 and received ELND005 in this extension study AG251
150
Placebo/ELND005
Patients who received Placebo in AG201 and received ELND005 in this extension study AG251
146
Total296

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyAdverse Event118
Overall StudyDeath43
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up13
Overall StudyPhysician Decision42
Overall StudyProtocol Violation01
Overall StudySponsor Decision5243
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject1815

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPlacebo/ELND005TotalELND005/ELND005
Age, Continuous75.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.7
76.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.3
76.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.9
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
1 participants2 participants1 participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black or African American
17 participants27 participants10 participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Other
1 participants2 participants1 participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White
127 participants265 participants138 participants
Region of Enrollment
Europe
12 participants25 participants13 participants
Region of Enrollment
North America
134 participants271 participants137 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
81 Participants165 Participants84 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
65 Participants131 Participants66 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
41 / 15026 / 146
serious
Total, serious adverse events
29 / 15026 / 146

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants Experiencing Treatment Emergent Adverse Events

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of ELND005 treatment with up to 36 weeks exposure, in Moderate to Severe AD patients with agitation and aggression.

Time frame: 36 weeks

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ELND005/ELND005Number of Participants Experiencing Treatment Emergent Adverse Events105 participants
Placebo/ELND005Number of Participants Experiencing Treatment Emergent Adverse Events91 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026