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A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Choline Alfoscerate Compared to Placebo in Patients With Degenerative Mild Cognitive Impairment

A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase IV Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Choline Alfoscerate Compared to Placebo in Patients With Degenerative Mild Cognitive Impairment(ESCALADE)

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05041790
Enrollment
418
Registered
2021-09-13
Start date
2021-09-30
Completion date
2024-11-30
Last updated
2021-09-20

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

Conditions

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Keywords

Mild Cognitive Impairment, Choline Alfoscerate

Brief summary

This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase IV trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Choline Alfoscerate compared to placebo in patients with degenerative mild cognitive impairment.

Detailed description

Subjects will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive either Choline Alfoscerate or its placebo. Investigational Products(IP, Choline Alfoscerate or its placebo) will be administered 3 times a day per oral during the treatment period.

Interventions

Choline Alfoscerate 400mg per oral 3 times a day during the entire treatment period.

DRUGPlacebo

Placebo of Choline Alfoscerate 400mg per oral 3 times a day during the entire treatment period.

Sponsors

Choline Alfoscerate Re-evaluation Consortium (57 pharmaceutical companies)
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
55 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥ 55 years 2. Diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease that meets NIA-AA criteria 3. Diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment on SNSB 4. Delayed recall score of SVLT ≤ average -1.5 standard deviation 5. K-MMSE-2 score ≥ 24 6. The CDR score 0.5, and the memory item score 0.5 or 1 point 7. Patients with caregivers who are in regular contact, can visit together 8. Walk or move using walking aids (i.e., walkers, walking sticks or wheelchairs) 9. Sufficient vision, hearing, language skills, motor skills, and understanding to follow the examination procedure. 10. Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Diagnosis of dementia (including secondary dementia due to Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, infections of the central nervous system (e.g., HIV, syphilis, Creutzfeld-Jacob disease), Pixie disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, etc.) 2. Medication of dementia within the past three months 3. Brain functional improvement medication in the past six weeks. 4. Medication that may affect cognitive function during clinical trials 5. No studies (no regular school entrance), illiteracy 6. Significant neurological conditions (such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, severe head trauma with loss of consciousness, cerebral palsy, cerebral tumor, cerebral infarction, spinal infarction or central nervous system infection) and/or evidence (CT or MRI results performed within the past 12 months or during screening) 7. Abnormal results from Vitamin B12, Thyroid Stimulated Hormone Test (TSH), HIV-Ab, and VDRL test contribute to or contribute to cognitive impairment of the subject 8. Serious mental disorders such as severe depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism, drug dependence, etc.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The proportion of subjects whose cognitive function is maintained/improved at 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline to 48 weeksDefinition of maintained/improved of cognitive function: decreased by more than or equal to 0 point of modified ADAS-Cog score

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The proportion of subjects reduced by more than 2 points of modified ADAS-Cog score at 24 to 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
The proportion of subjects reduced by more than 4 points of modified ADAS-Cog score at 24 to 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
The change of Modified ADAS-Cog score at 24 to 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline, 24 weeks, 48 weeksThe Modified ADAS-Cog 13 scale has a total of 85 points, and the higher the score, the higher the severity.
The proportion of subjects reduced by more than or equal to 0 points for modified ADAS-Cog score at 24 weeks compared to baselineBaseline to 24 weeks
The change of K-MMSE-2 score at 24 to 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline, 24 weeks, 48 weeksK-MMSE-2 scale has a total of 30 points, and the lower the score, the higher the severity.
The change of CDR-SB score at 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline to 48 weeksCDR-SB calculates the CDR score as Sum of Boxes, in which case, the score in the six areas obtained by the evaluation is added as it is, and the range of the total score is 0 to 30, and the higher the score, the more severe the degree of dementia.
The proportion of subjects increased by more than or equal to 0 point of K-MMSE-2 score at 24 and 48 weeks compared to baselineBaseline, 24 weeks, 48 weeks

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

Primary ContactJaeHong Lee, MD
jhlee@amc.seoul.kr+82-2-3010-3446

Outcome results

None listed

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