NCT05026177TerminatedPhase 3
Simufilam 50 mg or 100 mg for Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, 76-week Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Two Doses of Simufilam in Subjects With Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Sept 2025
Reason given: Sponsor decision
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A 76-week safety and efficacy study of simufilam (PTI-125) given twice daily to participants with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) for 76 weeks. Approximately 1083 participants will be randomized (1:1:1) to receive either placebo, 50 mg tablets of simufilam, or 100 mg tablets of simufilam, twice daily, for 76 weeks. Clinic visits will occur 4 weeks after the baseline visit, and then every 12 weeks until the end of the study. The safety of simufilam, and its efficacy in enhancing cognition and slowing cognitive and functional decline will be evaluated.
- Status (registry)
- Terminated
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1125 (actual)
- First submitted
- 9 Aug 2021
- Start date
- 18 Nov 2021
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Cassava Sciences, Inc.
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT05026177
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Currently or previously prescribed/administered aducanumab, lecanemab, or any anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody, more than 2 doses.
Other illness
- A neurologic condition other than AD that significantly contributes to the subject's dementia.
- Any current primary psychiatric diagnosis other than AD if it is likely to confound cognitive assessment or ability to comply with study procedures.
- Alcohol or substance use disorder within 2 years of screening.
- History of transient ischemic attack or stroke within 12 months of screening.
- Seizure within 12 months of screening.
- Severe head trauma or head trauma considered likely to be contributing to the subject's cognitive impairment.
- Sleep apnea that is considered likely to be contributing to the subject's cognitive impairment.
- Insufficiently controlled diabetes mellitus or hypertension.
- History or diagnosis of clinically significant cardiac disease.
Other
- Geriatric Depression Scale (15-item) score > 8 (Note - a subject with a score > 8 may continue in screening if, in the judgment of the Investigator, the elevated score is not attributed to a major depressive episode).
- Suicidal ideation during the past 3 months or suicidal behavior during the past 12 months.
- MRI presence of cerebral vascular or other significant pathology.
- Body mass index < 18.5 or > 37.5.
Who the study is looking for
- Meets National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Association Research Framework criteria for individuals in clinical Stage 4 or 5 of the Alzheimer's continuum.
- Evidence for AD pathophysiology, confirmed prior to or during screening.
- MMSE score ≥ 16 and ≤ 27 at screening.
- Clinical Dementia Rating - Global Score must be 0.5, 1 or 2.
- If receiving background AD medications, the dosing regimen must be stable for at least 12 weeks prior to randomization. Chronic medications for conditions other than AD (such as depression) must be prescribed at a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to screening.
- The subject has not been a cigarette smoker or chewed tobacco for at least 3 years.
- Availability of a study partner.
- Individuals who have participated in a clinical study with an investigational drug targeting the underlying AD process may be permitted to participate in this study.
- Completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series ("fully vaccinated") at least 2 weeks prior to randomization or had an unambiguous COVID-19 infection diagnosed more than 3 months before the start of the Screening Period.
Age in the registry: 50 years to 87 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (89)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| True North Clinical Research-Halifax | Halifax | Canada | Unknown status |
| OCT Research ULC (dba Okanagan Clinical Trials) | Kelowna | Canada | Unknown status |
| St. Joseph's Health Care London | London | Canada | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont (CHUDGLD) | Moncton | Canada | Unknown status |
| True North Clinical Research - New Minas | New Minas | Canada | Unknown status |
| Ottawa Memory Clinic | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| Recherches Neuro-Hippocampe Inc. | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| Kawartha Centre - Redefining Healthy Aging | Peterborough | Canada | Unknown status |
| Toronto Memory Program | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| The Centre for Memory and Aging | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
| Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital | Daegu | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Hanyang University Guri Hospital | Guri-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Chonnam National University Hospital | Gwangju | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Inha University Medical Center | Incheon | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Gachon University Gil Hospital | Namdong-gu | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Korea University Anam Hospital | Seongbuk-Gu | South Korea | Unknown status |
| HanYang University Hospital | Seongdong-gu | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Seoul National University Bundang Hospital | Seongnam-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Asan Medical Center | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Santa Cruz Behavioral PSC | Bayamón | Puerto Rico | Unknown status |
| Instituto De Neurologia Dra. Ivonne Fraga | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Unknown status |
| Barbara Diaz Hernandez MD Research Inc | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Unknown status |
| INSPIRA Clinical Research | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Unknown status |
| Albany Medical Center | Albany | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurological Associates of Albany | Albany | United States | Unknown status |
| JEM Research Institute | Atlantis | United States | Unknown status |
| Northwest Clinical Research Center | Bellevue | United States | Unknown status |
| The Memory Clinic - Bennington | Bennington | United States | Unknown status |
| Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton | Boca Raton | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Research of Brandon, LLC | Brandon | United States | Unknown status |
| SPRI Clinical Trials Brooklyn | Brooklyn | United States | Unknown status |
| Integrative Clinical Trials | Brooklyn | United States | Unknown status |
| North County Neurology Associates | Carlsbad | United States | Unknown status |
| Great Lakes Clinical Trials | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Columbus Memory Center, PC | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| Ohio State University | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Consultants of Dallas, PA | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct, Inc.; Associated Neurologists, PC | Danbury | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Diagnostics | Dayton | United States | Unknown status |
| Accel Research Sites-NeuroStudies | Decatur | United States | Unknown status |
| Quantum Laboratories | Deerfield Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Brain Matters Research Inc | Delray Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Velocity Clinical Research, Formerly Clarity Clinical Research | East Syracuse | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Center of New England | Foxborough | United States | Unknown status |
| KCA Neurology, PLLC | Franklin | United States | Unknown status |
| Neuro-Pain Medical Center | Fresno | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Center of North Orange County | Fullerton | United States | Unknown status |
| Indago Research and Health Center, Inc. | Hialeah | United States | Unknown status |
| Cedar Health Research | Irving | United States | Unknown status |
| The Clinical Trial Center | Jenkintown | United States | Unknown status |
| Alphab Global Research | Jupiter | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kentucky Sanders Brown Center on Aging | Lexington | United States | Unknown status |
| Healthy Brain Clinic | Long Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| California Research Insitute | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| K2 Medical Research | Maitland | United States | Unknown status |
| ActivMed Practices & Research, LLC | Methuen | United States | Unknown status |
| Brainstorm Research | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Mind Institute at Miami Jewish Health | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Patient First MD | Middletown | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee | United States | Unknown status |
| Shankle Clinic and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | Newport Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Boston Center for Memory | Newton | United States | Unknown status |
| Neuro-Behavioral Clinical Research (NBCR) | North Canton | United States | Unknown status |
| Health Synergy Clinical Research | Okeechobee | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Neuroscience Solutions Inc. dba CNS Healthcare | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| Advocate Aurora Health | Park Ridge | United States | Unknown status |
| Arizona Neuroscience Research, LLC | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Banner Alzheimer's Institute | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Office of Donald S. Marks, M.D., P.C. | Plymouth | United States | Unknown status |
| Keystone Clinical Studies, LLC | Plymouth Meeting | United States | Unknown status |
| Center for Cognitive Health - Portland | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| Global Medical Institutes, LLC | Princeton | United States | Unknown status |
| Pacific Research Network, LLC | San Diego | United States | Unknown status |
| Intercoastal Medical Group - Sarasota | Sarasota | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Endpoints | Scottsdale | United States | Unknown status |
| The Cognitive and Research Center of New Jersey (CRCNJ) | Springfield | United States | Unknown status |
| Ki Health Partners, LLC | Stamford | United States | Unknown status |
| Richmond Behavioral Associates | Staten Island | United States | Unknown status |
| Brain Matters Research Inc | Stuart | United States | Unknown status |
| Alzheimer's Research & Treatment Center | Stuart | United States | Unknown status |
| Banner Sun Health Research Institute | Sun City | United States | Unknown status |
| USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| Advanced Memory Research Institute of NJ | Toms River | United States | Unknown status |
| Banner Alzheimer's Institute Tucson | Tucson | United States | Unknown status |
| MedVadis Research | Waltham | United States | Unknown status |
| Alzheimer's Research & Treatment Center | Wellington | United States | Unknown status |
| Accellacare Research of Winston Salem | Winston-Salem | United States | Unknown status |
| Conquest Research | Winter Park | United States | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Phase 3 randomized clinical trials of simufilam in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.J Prev Alzheimers Dis · 2026 · PMID 41500915
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