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A Study of Donanemab (LY3002813) in Participants With Early Alzheimer's Disease (TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2)

Assessment of Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04437511
Enrollment
1736
Registered
2020-06-18
Start date
2020-06-19
Completion date
2028-11-30
Last updated
2025-08-29

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

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease

Keywords

Alzheimer's, Dementia, Cognitive Impairment, Amyloid Plaque

Brief summary

The reason for this study is to see how safe and effective the study drug donanemab is in participants with early Alzheimer's disease. Additional participants will be enrolled to an addendum safety cohort. The participants will be administered open-label donanemab. Trial participants who were dosed with donanemab in the main study will be enrolled to a 3-year follow up addendum. No study drug will be administered during this follow up.

Detailed description

TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 is a Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of N3pG antibody (donanemab) in participants with early symptomatic AD (prodromal AD and mild dementia due to AD) with the presence of brain amyloid and tau pathology. Following the double-blind 76-week main study period, a double-blind 78-week long-term extension period is added to further evaluate donanemab efficacy and safety over time. Participants from the addendum safety cohort are not eligible for the extension period. Participants previously dosed with donanemab in the main study will be monitored to track re-accumulation of amyloid plaque for 3 years.

Interventions

Given IV

DRUGPlacebo

Given IV

Sponsors

Eli Lilly and Company
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Gradual and progressive change in memory function reported by participants or informants for ≥ 6 months * MMSE score of 20 to 28 (inclusive) at baseline * Meet 18F flortaucipir PET scan (central read) criteria - does not apply to safety cohort * Meet 18F florbetapir PET scan (central read) criteria * Have a study partner who will provide written informed consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

* Contraindication to MRI or PET scans * Current treatment with immunoglobulin G (IgG) therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Overall Population)Baseline, Week 76Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale is used to assess whether donanemab slows down the clinical decline associated with AD compared with placebo. iADRS is an integrated assessment of cognition and daily function comprised of items from the ADAS-Cog13 and the Alzheimer's disease cooperative study-instrumental activities of daily living scale (ADCS-iADL). The scale ranges from 0 to 144, where lower scores indicate worse performance and higher score indicates better performance. Least Squares (LS) Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AchI)/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)Baseline, Week 76Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale is used to assess whether donanemab slows down the clinical decline associated with AD compared with placebo. iADRS is an integrated assessment of cognition and daily function comprised of items from the Alzheimer's disease assessment scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog13) and the Alzheimer's disease cooperative study-instrumental activities of daily living scale (ADCS-iADL). The scale ranges from 0 to 144, where lower scores indicate worse performance and higher score indicates better performance. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Overall Population)Baseline, Week 76The ADAS-Cog13 is a rater administered instrument that was designed to assess the severity of the dysfunction in the cognitive and noncognitive behaviors characteristic of persons with AD. The cognitive subscale of the ADAS-Cog13 consists of 13 items assessing areas of cognitive function most typically impaired in AD: orientation, verbal memory, language, praxis, delayed free recall, digit cancellation. The ADAS-Cog13 scale ranges from 0 to 85. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)Baseline, Week 76The ADAS is a rater administered instrument that was designed to assess the severity of the dysfunction in the cognitive and noncognitive behaviors characteristic of persons with AD. The cognitive subscale of the ADAS-cog consists of 13 items assessing areas of cognitive function most typically impaired in AD: orientation, verbal memory, language, praxis, delayed free recall, digit cancellation. The ADAS-Cog13 scale ranges from 0 to 85. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Overall Population)Baseline, Week 76CDR-SB is a semi-structured interview of participants and their caregivers. Participant's cognitive status is rated across 6 domains of functioning, including memory, orientation, judgment/problem solving, community affairs, home/hobbies, and personal care. Severity score assigned for each of 6 domains; Total score (SB) ranges from 0 to 18. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline score-by-visit interaction, age at baseline, baseline tau category, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)Baseline, Week 76CDR-SB is a semi-structured interview of participants and their caregivers. Participant's cognitive status is rated across 6 domains of functioning, including memory, orientation, judgment/problem solving, community affairs, home/hobbies, and personal care. Severity score assigned for each of 6 domains; Total score (SB) ranges from 0 to 18. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline score-by-visit interaction, age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Overall Population)Baseline, Week 76The ADCS-ADL is a 23-item inventory developed as a rater-administered questionnaire answered by the participant's caregiver. The ADCS-ADL measures both basic and instrumental activities (instrumental activity items 6a, 7-23) of daily living by participants. The range for the ADCS-iADL is 0-59 with higher scores reflecting better performance. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Overall Population)Baseline, Week 76MMSE is an instrument used to assess cognitive function (orientation, memory, attention, ability to name objects, follow verbal/written commands, write a sentence, and copy figures). Total score ranges from 0 to 30; lower score indicates greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque Deposition as Measured by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) ScanBaseline, Week 76Amyloid PET scans at baseline and at 76 weeks after the first treatment were used to quantitatively estimate change in amyloid plaques. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical brain regions relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline score-by-visit interaction, baseline tau category, and age at baseline.
Change From Baseline in Brain Tau Deposition as Measured by Flortaucipir F18 PET ScanBaseline, Week 76Flortaucipir PET imaging was used as a quantitative tau biomarker. Tau PET scans at baseline and at 76 weeks after the first treatment were used to quantitatively estimate change in aggregated tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Quantitative tau burden was formalized using Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in frontal lobe relative to the cerebellum gray as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects larger tau burden in the frontal lobe relative to cerebellum gray. LS Mean value was adjusted for baseline score, screening tau category, age and treatment (Type III sum of squares).
Change From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Baseline, Week 76MRI scans at baseline and at 76 weeks after the first treatment were used to quantitatively estimate change in brain volume. Volumetric MRI parameters were measured in bilateral hippocampus, bilateral whole brain, and bilateral ventricles. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline tau category, and age at baseline.
Pharmacokinetics (PK): Average Serum Concentration at Steady State of DonanemabWeek 16 to week 20The average serum concentration at steady state, calculated as Cav = AUCtau/tau, where tau is the dosing interval (4 weeks). AUCtau/tau was assessed at week 12, 16, 24, 36, 52, 64 and Cav for the dosing interval from week 16 to week 20 is reported.
Number or Participants With Anti-Donanemab AntibodiesBaseline through Week 76Number of participants with treatment-emergent positive Anti-Donanemab antibodies was summarized by treatment group.
Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)Baseline, Week 76The ADCS-ADL is a 23-item inventory developed as a rater-administered questionnaire answered by the participant's caregiver. The ADCS-ADL measures both basic and instrumental activities (instrumental activity items 6a, 7-23) of daily living by participants. The range for the ADCS-iADL is 0-59 with higher scores reflecting better performance. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.
Change From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)Baseline, Week 76MMSE is an instrument used to assess cognitive function (orientation, memory, attention, ability to name objects, follow verbal/written commands, write a sentence, and copy figures). Total score ranges from 0 to 30; lower score indicates greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Countries

Australia, Canada, Czechia, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Donanemab
Participants received 700 mg Donanemab Q4W x 3 doses, then 1400 mg Q4W given IV for up to 72 weeks.
860
Placebo
Participants received placebo given IV.
876
Total1,736

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyAdverse Event5021
Overall StudyContinuing Study75
Overall StudyDeath1510
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up1111
Overall StudyPhysician Decision1910
Overall StudyProgressive Disease47
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject11194
Overall StudyWithdrawal due to Caregiver Circumstances2120

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTotalPlaceboDonanemab
Age, Continuous73.01 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.18
73.04 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.2
72.98 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.16
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
71 Participants36 Participants35 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
1177 Participants594 Participants583 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
488 Participants246 Participants242 Participants
Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS)103.83 Score on a scale
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.16
103.56 Score on a scale
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.02
104.10 Score on a scale
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.3
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
2 Participants0 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
104 Participants47 Participants57 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
40 Participants21 Participants19 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
1588 Participants807 Participants781 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Australia
17 Participants4 Participants13 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Canada
137 Participants73 Participants64 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Czechia
22 Participants10 Participants12 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Japan
88 Participants43 Participants45 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Netherlands
22 Participants9 Participants13 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Poland
159 Participants82 Participants77 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United Kingdom
39 Participants23 Participants16 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
1252 Participants632 Participants620 Participants
Screening Tau Category
High
552 Participants281 Participants271 Participants
Screening Tau Category
Intermediate (Low-medium)
1182 Participants594 Participants588 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
996 Participants503 Participants493 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
740 Participants373 Participants367 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Female
989 participants501 participants488 participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
738 participants373 participants365 participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
16 / 85310 / 874
other
Total, other adverse events
567 / 853425 / 874
serious
Total, serious adverse events
148 / 853138 / 874

Outcome results

Primary

Change From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)

Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale is used to assess whether donanemab slows down the clinical decline associated with AD compared with placebo. iADRS is an integrated assessment of cognition and daily function comprised of items from the Alzheimer's disease assessment scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog13) and the Alzheimer's disease cooperative study-instrumental activities of daily living scale (ADCS-iADL). The scale ranges from 0 to 144, where lower scores indicate worse performance and higher score indicates better performance. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with baseline Intermediate Tau level and with baseline and at least one postbaseline iADRS data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)-6.02 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.5
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)-9.27 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.49
p-value: <0.00195% CI: [1.883, 4.618]Mixed Models Analysis
Primary

Change From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Overall Population)

Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale is used to assess whether donanemab slows down the clinical decline associated with AD compared with placebo. iADRS is an integrated assessment of cognition and daily function comprised of items from the ADAS-Cog13 and the Alzheimer's disease cooperative study-instrumental activities of daily living scale (ADCS-iADL). The scale ranges from 0 to 144, where lower scores indicate worse performance and higher score indicates better performance. Least Squares (LS) Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AchI)/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline iADRS data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Overall Population)-10.19 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.53
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) (Overall Population)-13.11 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.5
p-value: <0.00195% CI: [1.508, 4.331]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque Deposition as Measured by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan

Amyloid PET scans at baseline and at 76 weeks after the first treatment were used to quantitatively estimate change in amyloid plaques. Quantitative amyloid burden was first formalized as the average Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in six predetermined cortical brain regions relative to the cerebellum as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects the larger cortical amyloid burden relative to cerebellum. SUVR values were further calibrated to a centiloid (CL) scale. The Centiloid scale anchor points are 0 and 100, where 0 represents a high-certainty amyloid negative scan and 100 represents the amount of global amyloid deposition found in a typical AD scan. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline score-by-visit interaction, baseline tau category, and age at baseline.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline amyloid PET scan data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque Deposition as Measured by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan-87.03 centiloidsStandard Error 0.95
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Brain Amyloid Plaque Deposition as Measured by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan-0.67 centiloidsStandard Error 0.909
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [-88.87, -83.87]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Brain Tau Deposition as Measured by Flortaucipir F18 PET Scan

Flortaucipir PET imaging was used as a quantitative tau biomarker. Tau PET scans at baseline and at 76 weeks after the first treatment were used to quantitatively estimate change in aggregated tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Quantitative tau burden was formalized using Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) in frontal lobe relative to the cerebellum gray as a reference region. Larger SUVR reflects larger tau burden in the frontal lobe relative to cerebellum gray. LS Mean value was adjusted for baseline score, screening tau category, age and treatment (Type III sum of squares).

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and post-baseline tau PET scan.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline in Brain Tau Deposition as Measured by Flortaucipir F18 PET Scan0.0401 standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR)Standard Error 0.00398
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Brain Tau Deposition as Measured by Flortaucipir F18 PET Scan0.0442 standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR)Standard Error 0.00374
p-value: 0.452295% CI: [-0.0148, 0.0066]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)

MRI scans at baseline and at 76 weeks after the first treatment were used to quantitatively estimate change in brain volume. Volumetric MRI parameters were measured in bilateral hippocampus, bilateral whole brain, and bilateral ventricles. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline tau category, and age at baseline.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline vMRI data point.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Bilateral Hippocampus-0.20 cubic centimeter (cm^3)Standard Error 0.005
DonanemabChange From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Bilateral Whole Brain-27.46 cubic centimeter (cm^3)Standard Error 0.409
DonanemabChange From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Bilateral Ventricles10.07 cubic centimeter (cm^3)Standard Error 0.185
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Bilateral Hippocampus-0.22 cubic centimeter (cm^3)Standard Error 0.005
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Bilateral Whole Brain-20.79 cubic centimeter (cm^3)Standard Error 0.392
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Brain Volume as Measured by Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vMRI)Bilateral Ventricles7.05 cubic centimeter (cm^3)Standard Error 0.178
Comparison: Bilateral Hippocampusp-value: 0.00295% CI: [0.01, 0.04]Mixed Models Analysis
Comparison: Bilateral Whole Brainp-value: <0.00195% CI: [-7.76, -5.56]Mixed Models Analysis
Comparison: Bilateral Ventriclesp-value: <0.00195% CI: [2.52, 3.52]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)

The ADAS is a rater administered instrument that was designed to assess the severity of the dysfunction in the cognitive and noncognitive behaviors characteristic of persons with AD. The cognitive subscale of the ADAS-cog consists of 13 items assessing areas of cognitive function most typically impaired in AD: orientation, verbal memory, language, praxis, delayed free recall, digit cancellation. The ADAS-Cog13 scale ranges from 0 to 85. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with baseline Intermediate Tau level and with baseline and at least one postbaseline ADAS-Cog13 data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)3.17 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.27
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)4.69 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.26
p-value: <0.00195% CI: [-2.25, -0.794]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Overall Population)

The ADAS-Cog13 is a rater administered instrument that was designed to assess the severity of the dysfunction in the cognitive and noncognitive behaviors characteristic of persons with AD. The cognitive subscale of the ADAS-Cog13 consists of 13 items assessing areas of cognitive function most typically impaired in AD: orientation, verbal memory, language, praxis, delayed free recall, digit cancellation. The ADAS-Cog13 scale ranges from 0 to 85. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline ADAS-Cog13 data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Overall Population)5.46 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.28
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog13) (Overall Population)6.79 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.27
p-value: 0.000695% CI: [-2.086, -0.565]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)

The ADCS-ADL is a 23-item inventory developed as a rater-administered questionnaire answered by the participant's caregiver. The ADCS-ADL measures both basic and instrumental activities (instrumental activity items 6a, 7-23) of daily living by participants. The range for the ADCS-iADL is 0-59 with higher scores reflecting better performance. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline Intermediate Tau level and with baseline and at least one postbaseline ADCS-iADL data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)-2.76 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.34
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)-4.59 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.32
p-value: <0.00195% CI: [0.913, 2.748]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Overall Population)

The ADCS-ADL is a 23-item inventory developed as a rater-administered questionnaire answered by the participant's caregiver. The ADCS-ADL measures both basic and instrumental activities (instrumental activity items 6a, 7-23) of daily living by participants. The range for the ADCS-iADL is 0-59 with higher scores reflecting better performance. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline ADCS-iADL data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Overall Population)-4.42 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.32
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Score (Overall Population)-6.13 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.3
p-value: 0.000195% CI: [0.84, 2.566]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)

CDR-SB is a semi-structured interview of participants and their caregivers. Participant's cognitive status is rated across 6 domains of functioning, including memory, orientation, judgment/problem solving, community affairs, home/hobbies, and personal care. Severity score assigned for each of 6 domains; Total score (SB) ranges from 0 to 18. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline score-by-visit interaction, age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with baseline Intermediate Tau level and with baseline and at least one postbaseline CDR-SB data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)1.20 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.105
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)1.88 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.102
p-value: <0.00195% CI: [-0.95, -0.4]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Overall Population)

CDR-SB is a semi-structured interview of participants and their caregivers. Participant's cognitive status is rated across 6 domains of functioning, including memory, orientation, judgment/problem solving, community affairs, home/hobbies, and personal care. Severity score assigned for each of 6 domains; Total score (SB) ranges from 0 to 18. Higher scores indicate greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for treatment, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, and covariates for baseline score, baseline score-by-visit interaction, age at baseline, baseline tau category, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline CDR-SB data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Overall Population)1.72 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.096
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) (Overall Population)2.42 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.092
p-value: <0.00195% CI: [-0.95, -0.45]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)

MMSE is an instrument used to assess cognitive function (orientation, memory, attention, ability to name objects, follow verbal/written commands, write a sentence, and copy figures). Total score ranges from 0 to 30; lower score indicates greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with baseline Intermediate Tau level and with baseline and at least one postbaseline MMSE data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)-1.61 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.14
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Intermediate (Low-medium) Tau Population)-2.09 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.14
p-value: 0.01695% CI: [0.089, 0.868]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Change From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Overall Population)

MMSE is an instrument used to assess cognitive function (orientation, memory, attention, ability to name objects, follow verbal/written commands, write a sentence, and copy figures). Total score ranges from 0 to 30; lower score indicates greater disease severity. LS Mean value was adjusted for basis expansion terms (two terms), basis expansion term-by-treatment interaction, and covariates for age at baseline, pooled investigator, baseline tau level, and baseline AchI/Memantine use.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 76

Population: All randomized participants with a baseline and at least one postbaseline MMSE data point.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabChange From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Overall Population)-2.47 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.14
PlaceboChange From Baseline on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Score (Overall Population)-2.94 score on a scaleStandard Error 0.13
p-value: 0.01295% CI: [0.104, 0.841]Mixed Models Analysis
Secondary

Number or Participants With Anti-Donanemab Antibodies

Number of participants with treatment-emergent positive Anti-Donanemab antibodies was summarized by treatment group.

Time frame: Baseline through Week 76

Population: All randomized participants who received at least one dose of study drug and had evaluable anti-drug antibody measurement.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
DonanemabNumber or Participants With Anti-Donanemab Antibodies693 Participants
PlaceboNumber or Participants With Anti-Donanemab Antibodies48 Participants
Secondary

Pharmacokinetics (PK): Average Serum Concentration at Steady State of Donanemab

The average serum concentration at steady state, calculated as Cav = AUCtau/tau, where tau is the dosing interval (4 weeks). AUCtau/tau was assessed at week 12, 16, 24, 36, 52, 64 and Cav for the dosing interval from week 16 to week 20 is reported.

Time frame: Week 16 to week 20

Population: All randomized participants who received at least one dose of study drug and had evaluable PK data.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
DonanemabPharmacokinetics (PK): Average Serum Concentration at Steady State of Donanemab63 micrograms per milliliter (μg/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 32

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026