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NCT06489548RecruitingPhase 2

Assessment of Foralumab Safety and Modulation of Microglial Activation in Alzheimer's Disease

Assessment of Foralumab Safety and Modulation of Microglial Activation Evaluated by PET Imaging in Patients With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This phase 2a study will research the safety and tolerability of Foralumab, a human anti-CD3 antibody. An antibody is a molecule secreted by the immune system. These molecules are created to identify a specific pathogen. Previous data on experimental mice has suggested that Foralumab increases the immune system activity in the brain to reduce the inflammation of microglia, the brain's main immune cells. This combination of increased immune reactivity and less microglia inflammation may improve the immune response throughout the brain. Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are characteristically known for the build-up of certain proteins in the brain. This trial will evaluate whether nasal Foralumab can improve cognition in participants with mild cognitive impairment due to early Alzheimer's or dementia. The trial will ask participants to administer Foralumab nasally three times a week for eight weeks. The administration will occur intermittently, with breaks between each dosing cycle. Participants will also receive brain scans (Amyloid PET and MRI), undergo cognitive testing, blood draws, and physical, neurological, and nasal exams. Volunteers are expected to remain in the trial for six months.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
16 (estimated)
First submitted
28 May 2024
Start date
16 Sept 2025
Primary completion date
Jun 2026
Lead sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
NCT number
NCT06489548

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 16
  • From 16 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, Jun 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • 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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Prior treatment

  • Current treatment with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive drugs or corticosteroid administration by any route of administration (including nasal corticosteroids) within the past month.
  • Clinically significant abnormalities in screening laboratories (defined as greater than mild on the FDA's vaccine toxicity grading scale).
  • Participation in another clinical trial of an investigational drug concurrently or within the past 30 days.

Other illness

  • Any significant neurologic disease including Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiinfarct dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumor, brain hemorrhage with persistent neurologic deficits, progressive supra-nuclear palsy, seizure disorder, multiple sclerosis, or history of significant head trauma followed by persistent neurologic deficits or known structural brain abnormalities.
  • Clinically significant or unstable medical conditions, including uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, or significant cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine, or other systemic diseases.
  • History of autoimmune disease.
  • Major depressive disorder (within the past 1 year), or a history of bipolar disorder, or a history of schizophrenia.
  • History of alcohol or substance abuse or dependence within the past two years.
  • History of malignancy within the past 3 years.
  • Active COVID-19 disease.
  • COVID-19 vaccine within the past ten days or any other vaccine within the past seven days (at dosing)

Other

  • Low affinity TSPO binders (for PET ligand \[18F\]PBR06) determined by having a Thr/Thr polymorphism in the TSPO gene at screening.
  • Sensitivity to florbetapir F18.
  • Amyloid-negative PET scan.

Who the study is looking for

  • The Sponsor will rely on NIA-AA Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic Guidelines for Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (AD) with a 20-30 MMSE score, Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) global score of 0.5 or 1, and impaired memory performance below an education adjusted cut-off score on the Logical Memory II subscale delayed paragraph recall (LM-IIa) of the Wechsler Memory Scale- Revised (WMS-R) (127) (≥16 years: ≤8; 8-15 years: ≤4; 0-7 years: ≤2).
  • Age between 60 and 85 years (inclusive).
  • Good general health with no disease likely to interfere with the study assessments.
  • On a stable medication regimen for eight weeks prior to the study and is anticipated to remain stable during the study.
  • Subject is not pregnant, lactating, or of childbearing potential (i.e., women must be two years post-menopausal or surgically sterile). If a woman is of childbearing potential, her partner must use barrier contraception throughout the study.
  • Amyloid-positive PET scan (performed only if the subject meets all other inclusion criteria). An amyloid-positive PET scan is classified by an SUVR composite score cutoff of 1.18 units. Prior evidence of amyloid positivity by PET or CSF will also be accepted for eligibility.
  • Ability to understand and provide informed consent.
  • Has availability of a study partner who has regular contact with the participant and knows him/her well.

Age in the registry: 60 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting

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