NCT05564169Not yet recruitingPhase 3
Masitinib in Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Masitinib as add-on Therapy in Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease, Treated With Standard of Care
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Oct 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Masitinib is an orally administered tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets activated cells of the neuroimmune system (mast cells and microglia). Study AB21004 will evaluate masitinib as an adjunct to cholinesterase inhibitor and/or memantine in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 600 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 29 Sept 2022
- Start date
- Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2028
- Lead sponsor
- AB Science
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT05564169
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 600
- From Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2028
- 9 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- Main inclusion criteria include:
- Patient with clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on criteria defined by IWG (International Working Group on Alzheimer's disease) at screening visit.
- Patients with ADCS-ADL score at screening visit and baseline visit \< 73
- Patient with MMSE ≥ 21 and ≤ 25 at screening visit and baseline visit.
- Patient with Alzheimer's Disease biomarker profile at screening visit:
- A positive amyloid PET scan
- Alternatively, positive a-beta AND p-tau results OR an abnormal p-tau/a-beta ratio in CSF analysis. Before randomization, the results will be verified centrally.
- If patients are treated with cholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, rivastigmine or galantamine), and/or memantine. They should have been at stable dose for a minimum of 6 months at baseline visit, with no changes foreseen in therapy throughout the trial.
- If receiving a supplement for cognition (eg, gingko biloba, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, vitamin E, curcumin, souvenaid) patients must have been taking it at stable dose for at least 4 months prior to screening visit.
- Patients with a caregiver who, at screening and baseline visits, agrees to accompany the participant to all trial visits, supervise compliance with procedures, provide detailed information, has sufficient contact (≥1 hour/day for ≥3 days/week or as deemed sufficient by the Investigator), can read, understand, and speak the designated language, and is cognitively capable of fulfilling trial requirements.
- Main exclusion criteria include:
- Related to disease
- Patients with any other cause of dementia shown by MRI findings and neurological examination
- Systemic conditions known to cause dementia, e.g., hypothyroidism, untreated vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency, niacin deficiency, neurosyphilis, HIV infection at screening visit.
- Patients with substance-induced dementia, Alzheimer's disease with delirium, severe delusions (e.g., NPI delusion score ≥ 4), psychosis or antipsychotic use, or a history of significant psychiatric disorders at the screening visit.
- Patients with a significant unexplained improvement or decline in overall status on ADAS-Cog and ADCS-ADL at screening and baseline compared to previous assessments, and those whose scores are not in line with their medical history.
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (9)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro de Albacete (Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora del Perpétuo Socorro) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albacete | Spain | Unknown status |
| Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona (Fundació ACE) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Policlínico de Gipuzkoa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Donostia / San Sebastian | Spain | Unknown status |
| Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital (Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Granada | Spain | Unknown status |
| La Paz University Hospital (Hospital Universitario La Paz) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murcia | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario de Navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Complejo Asistencial de Zamora. Hospital Provincial de Zamora Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zamora | Spain | Unknown status |
| Institut de la mémoire et Maladie d'Alzheimer, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié-Salpêtrière Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
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