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NCT07094516Active, not recruitingPhase 2

A Clinical Trial to Learn About the Effects of VHB937 in People With Early Alzheimer's Disease

A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, 72-week Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of VHB937 in Participants With Early Alzheimer's Disease Followed by an Extension

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group Phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of VHB937 in participants with early AD followed by an Extension. The double-blind part is 72 weeks long, followed by an extension.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
97 (actual)
First submitted
23 Jul 2025
Start date
7 Aug 2025
Primary completion date
14 Sept 2028
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NCT number
NCT07094516

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 97
  • From 7 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 14 Sept 2028
  • 64 sites in 15 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Taking any prohibited medications
    • Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Other illness

  • Dementia due to a condition other than AD, including but not limited to, frontal temporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, Huntington disease, vascular dementia.
  • History or current diagnosis of cardiac conditions or ECG abnormalities indicating significant risk of safety for participants in the study
  • Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) or stroke occurring within 12 months
  • Clinical evidence of liver or renal disease/injury
  • Current major depressive episode that is not adequately controlled, history of schizophrenia, other chronic psychosis
  • Significant neurological disease other than dementia (e.g. serious brain infection, traumatic brain injury, multiple concussions, epilepsy or recurrent seizures
  • Presence of cancer, HIV, Hep B, Hep C, uncontrolled thyroid disease, uncontrolled diabetes

Other

  • Presence of suicidal ideation within 6 months or suicidal behavior within 2 years before Screening

Who the study is looking for

  • Male or female participants 50 to 85 years of age
  • Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) due to AD or mild AD
  • Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Global score of 0.5 or 1.0
  • Confirmation of AD based on cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers or amyloid PET imaging
  • Reliable study partner who can accompany the participant at study visits
  • If on symptomatic AD treatment (AChEIs/memantine), on a stable dose prior to starting study treatment

Age in the registry: 50 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (64)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
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Box HillAustraliaUnknown status
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CamperdownAustraliaUnknown status
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HeidelbergAustraliaUnknown status
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KogarahAustraliaUnknown status
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NedlandsAustraliaUnknown status
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LondonCanadaUnknown status
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North YorkCanadaUnknown status
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OttawaCanadaUnknown status
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
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HangzhouChinaUnknown status
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
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BrnoCzechiaUnknown status
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PragueCzechiaUnknown status
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BerlinGermanyUnknown status
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MünchenGermanyUnknown status
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PamplonaSpainUnknown status
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status
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ParisFranceUnknown status
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ToulouseFranceUnknown status
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AberdeenUnited KingdomUnknown status
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EdinburghUnited KingdomUnknown status
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
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Newcastle upon TyneUnited KingdomUnknown status
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OxfordUnited KingdomUnknown status
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SalfordUnited KingdomUnknown status
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SouthamptonUnited KingdomUnknown status
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CefalùItalyUnknown status
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MilanItalyUnknown status
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PerugiaItalyUnknown status
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FujiokaJapanUnknown status
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KodairaJapanUnknown status
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ŌbuJapanUnknown status
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Shinjuku KuJapanUnknown status
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tabashi CityJapanUnknown status
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IncheonSouth KoreaUnknown status
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
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AmsterdamNetherlandsUnknown status
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BialystokPolandUnknown status
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OświęcimPolandUnknown status
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WroclawPolandUnknown status
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MölndalSwedenUnknown status
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StockholmSwedenUnknown status
JEM Research Institute
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AtlantisUnited StatesUnknown status
Visionary Investigators Network
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AventuraUnited StatesUnknown status
Citizens Memorial Hospital Neurology CLinic
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BolivarUnited StatesUnknown status
UNC Hosp Invest Drug Serv Pharm
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Chapel HillUnited StatesUnknown status
The Ohio State University
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Kansas Hospital
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FairwayUnited StatesUnknown status
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience LLC
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HonoluluUnited StatesUnknown status
Irvine Center for Clinical Research
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IrvineUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California San Diego
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La JollaUnited StatesUnknown status
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
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Las VegasUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California at Los Angeles
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
K2 Medical Research, LLC
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MaitlandUnited StatesUnknown status
ActivMed Practices and Research
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MethuenUnited StatesUnknown status
Renstar Medical Research
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OcalaUnited StatesUnknown status
Banner Alzheimers Institute
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
Neural Net Research
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PortlandUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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San AntonioUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Washington Medical Center
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SeattleUnited StatesUnknown status
Charter Research The Villages
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The VillagesUnited StatesUnknown status
Alzheimers Research Treatment Ctr
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WellingtonUnited StatesUnknown status
Abington Neurological Associates Ltd
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Willow GroveUnited StatesUnknown status
Conquest Research
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Winter ParkUnited StatesUnknown status

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