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
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- 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
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Who cannot take part
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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
Sites (64)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Box Hill | Australia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Camperdown | Australia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heidelberg | Australia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kogarah | Australia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nedlands | Australia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | Canada | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | North York | Canada | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brno | Czechia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | München | Germany | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oxford | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salford | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Southampton | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cefalù | Italy | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Perugia | Italy | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fujioka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kodaira | Japan | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ōbu | Japan | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shinjuku Ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | tabashi City | Japan | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Incheon | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bialystok | Poland | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oświęcim | Poland | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wroclaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mölndal | Sweden | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stockholm | Sweden | Unknown status |
| JEM Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlantis | United States | Unknown status |
| Visionary Investigators Network Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aventura | United States | Unknown status |
| Citizens Memorial Hospital Neurology CLinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bolivar | United States | Unknown status |
| UNC Hosp Invest Drug Serv Pharm Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chapel Hill | United States | Unknown status |
| The Ohio State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kansas Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairway | United States | Unknown status |
| Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Honolulu | United States | Unknown status |
| Irvine Center for Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irvine | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Las Vegas | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California at Los Angeles Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| K2 Medical Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Maitland | United States | Unknown status |
| ActivMed Practices and Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Methuen | United States | Unknown status |
| Renstar Medical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ocala | United States | Unknown status |
| Banner Alzheimers Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Neural Net Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Washington Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
| Charter Research The Villages Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Villages | United States | Unknown status |
| Alzheimers Research Treatment Ctr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wellington | United States | Unknown status |
| Abington Neurological Associates Ltd Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Willow Grove | United States | Unknown status |
| Conquest Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winter Park | United States | Unknown status |
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