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NCT07758595RecruitingPhase 1

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DNL921 in Healthy Participants and Participants With Alzheimer's Disease

A Phase 1/1b, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Single-Dose and Multiple-Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DNL921 in Healthy Participants and Participants With Alzheimer's Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a Phase 1/1b, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of single and multiple doses of DNL921 in healthy participants and participants with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The principal aim of this study is to obtain safety and tolerability data. This information, together with PK and PD data, will inform dose selection and design of future studies.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
178 (estimated)
First submitted
6 Aug 2026
Start date
7 Aug 2026
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2030
Lead sponsor
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
NCT number
NCT07758595

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Planned participants: 178
  • From 7 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2030
  • 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

  • Have been hospitalized during the 4 weeks prior to screening
  • Have had a malignancy within 5 years before screening, except fully resected basal cell carcinoma or other malignancies treated with curative intent (such as prostate cancer) at low risk of recurrence
  • Have been hospitalized during the 4 weeks prior to screening
  • Have had previous anti-amyloid or anti-tau immunotherapy (including active immunization) or have participated in experimental gene therapy or cell therapy at any time

Other illness

  • Have any history of clinically significant neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic, renal, metabolic, hematological, immunological, or allergic disease, or other major disorders
  • Have other clinically significant neurological or cognitive disorders affecting the CNS, as determined by the investigator, other than AD
  • Have specific psychiatric conditions
  • Have any history of unstable or poorly controlled endocrine, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, hematological, or other significant medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the completion or interpretation of study assessment

Lab values

  • Have a positive serum pregnancy test or are currently lactating or breastfeeding
  • Have a positive serum pregnancy test or are currently lactating or breastfeeding

Who the study is looking for

  • Are male or female of non-childbearing potential and are aged 18 through 60 years at the time of screening
  • Have a BMI of 18 through 32 kg/m2 and a body weight of at least 50 kg
  • For female participants: Are of non-childbearing potential
  • For male participants: Are surgically sterile by bilateral orchidectomy, or are abstinent, or agree to use two acceptable forms of contraception
  • Are male or female of non-childbearing potential and aged 50 to 75 years at the time of screening
  • Have a BMI between 18 and 32 kg/m2 and a body weight of at least 45 kg
  • Have a diagnosis of probable mild to moderate AD dementia based on NIA AA 2011 criteria, including amnestic or nonamnestic presentation at screening or prodromal AD (consistent with the NIA-AA diagnostic criteria and guidelines for mild cognitive impairment due to AD)
  • Have supportive evidence of AD pathology by the following:
    • Plasma ptau217/Abeta42 positive
    • Positive amyloid PET scan
  • For female participants: Are of non-childbearing potential
  • For male participants: Are surgically sterile by bilateral orchidectomy, or are abstinent, or agree to use two acceptable forms of contraception

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Clinical Site(s)
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ManchesterUnited KingdomRecruiting

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