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VX-745

Phase 2

Alzheimer's Disease | Small molecule | Neurology |CervoMed Inc.|Trials Updated: Sep 3, 2026

VX-745 development status

Highest phase Phase 2
Registered trials 9 across 1 sponsor since Apr 2015

VX-745 target and mechanism

Molecular targetp38 MAP kinase alpha
Target classKinase
ModalitySmall molecule

Also known as Neflamapimod

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Trial Design

RandomizedDouble-BlindCONTROLLED
Total Trials8
Total Enrollment579

FDA Designations

No designations recorded

VX-745 clinical trials

VX-745 · 8 trials · 8 indications

Phase 2 8
NCT07033481Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Primary Progressive AphasiaNonfluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (nfvPPA)
ACTIVE NOT_RECRUITING20 Analytics
NCT06987643A Clinical Study to Investigate the Effect of Oral Neflamapimod on Motor Recovery After Acute Ischaemic StrokeModerate to Severe Acute Ischaemic Stroke
ACTIVE NOT_RECRUITING90 Analytics
NCT06815965A Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Dementia With Lewy BodiesDementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)
COMPLETED26 Analytics
NCT05869669RewinD-LB - Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Dementia With Lewy BodiesDementia With Lewy Bodies
COMPLETED159 Analytics
NCT04001517Cognitive Effects of Oral p38 Alpha Kinase Inhibitor Neflamapimod in Dementia With Lewy BodiesDementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)
COMPLETED91 Analytics
NCT03402659Proof-of-Concept Study of a Selective p38 MAPK Alpha Inhibitor, Neflamapimod, in Subjects With Mild Alzheimer's DiseaseAlzheimer Disease
COMPLETED161 Analytics
NCT02423122A PET Study of the Effects of p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitor, VX-745, on Amyloid Plaque Load in Alzheimer's Disease (AD)Alzheimer's Disease
COMPLETED16 Analytics
NCT02423200Clinical Pharmacology of p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitor, VX-745, in Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Mild ADAlzheimer's Disease
COMPLETED16 Analytics
PHASE2ACTIVE NOT_RECRUITING
Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia
Nonfluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (nfvPPA)Unlock trial analytics
PHASE2ACTIVE NOT_RECRUITING
A Clinical Study to Investigate the Effect of Oral Neflamapimod on Motor Recovery After Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Moderate to Severe Acute Ischaemic StrokeUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
A Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)Unlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
RewinD-LB - Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Dementia With Lewy BodiesUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
Cognitive Effects of Oral p38 Alpha Kinase Inhibitor Neflamapimod in Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)Unlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
Proof-of-Concept Study of a Selective p38 MAPK Alpha Inhibitor, Neflamapimod, in Subjects With Mild Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer DiseaseUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
A PET Study of the Effects of p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitor, VX-745, on Amyloid Plaque Load in Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Alzheimer's DiseaseUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
Clinical Pharmacology of p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitor, VX-745, in Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Mild AD
Alzheimer's DiseaseUnlock trial analytics

Study Endpoints

Primary Endpoints

Incidence of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events.
Baseline to Week 36

The number and proportion of participants experiencing adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) during the study period, categorized by severity and relationship to the study intervention.

Change from baseline to Week 12 in Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery after Stroke (FMMS) motor score (upper and lower) and total score
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 12 weeks

The FMMS test has a maximum upper motor score of 66, maximum lower motor score of 34, and a maximum total score of 212, where an increase indicates improved motor function while a decrease indicates worsening impairment.

Change from baseline to Week 12 in the Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 12 weeks

The TUG test is recorded in seconds. The test has no minimum or maximum value, and an increase in the time required to complete the TUG is a worse outcome.

Change from baseline to Week 12 in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) motor score
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 12 weeks

Scores for the NIHSS range from 0 to 42 where higher scores indicate greater impairment/worsening.

Evaluate the safety and tolerability 80 mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 24 weeks

The safety and tolerability of 80 mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with lewy bodies will be evaluated via the incidence of treatment-emergent Adverse events (AEs) and Serious adverse events (SAEs) during 24 weeks of treatment

Evaluate the safety and tolerability of 80mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 24 weeks

The safety and tolerability of 80 mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with lewy bodies will be evaluated via the incidence of elevations in amino-alanine transferase (ALT) and/or aspartate amino-transferase (AST) ≥ three times the upper limit of normal during 24 weeks of treatment

Evaluate the maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of 80mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 24 weeks

The maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of 80 mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with lewy bodies will be evaluated via mean (with 95% confidence interval) plasma drug concentration at steady state during 24 weeks of treatment with neflamapimod 80mg BID.

Evaluate the trough plasma concentration (Ctrough) of 80mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 24 weeks

The trough plasma concentration (Ctrough) of 80 mg neflamapimod given twice daily in patients with dementia with lewy bodies will be evaluated via mean (with 95% confidence interval) plasma drug concentration at steady state during 24 weeks of treatment with neflamapimod 80mg BID.

Change in Clinical Dementia Rating Scale - Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) in Neflamapimod-treated Participants Compared to Placebo Recipients (Blinded Treatment Period)
16 weeks

Evaluate the efficacy of neflamapimod, compared to placebo, as a treatment for DLB, as assessed by the CDR-SB scale. CDR-SB scores range from 0 to 18 with a higher score indicating worsening of cognitive impairment.

Composite Z-score of a Study-specific Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) Including Tests From Cogstate Battery, Letter Fluency Test and Category Fluency Test
As the analysis was by Mixed Model for Repeated Measures, all time points at which NTB was assessed utilized in the analysis. The difference reported is the mean difference over the entire course of the study.

Change from Baseline to Week 4, Week 8, and Week 16 in the composite z-score of a study-specific Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) that included the following six tests: Cogstate Detection test (DET), Cogstate Identification test (IDN), Cogstate One Card Learning test (OCL), Cogstate One Back test (ONB), Letter Fluency Test, and Category Fluency Test (CFT). Each score on the individual tests was converted to a z-score, and then a total z-score for the composite was calculated, in which each test is weighted equally. As the analysis is based on z-scores, there is no minimum or maximum value. A z-score of 0 is equal to the mean with negative numbers indicating values lower than the mean and positive values higher. A positive change in z-score indicate an improvement in cognition, i.e., a better outcome; and a negative change in z-score indicates a worsening in cognition, i.e., a worse outcome.

Total and Delayed Recall on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test - Revised (HVLT-R)
Baseline and 24 weeks

Combined change from baseline in z-scores of total and delayed recall on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test - Revised (HVLT-R) in neflamapimod-treated subjects compared to placebo. The primary endpoint was analyzed using Mixed Model for Repeated Measures (MMRM) with fixed effects for treatment, background AD-specific therapy, CDR-Global Score of 0.5 versus 1.0, scheduled visit (nominal) and scheduled visit by treatment interaction, random effect for subject and baseline Z-score as a covariate. For baseline total and delayed recall, a z-score for each subject is defined by z=(x-m)/s where x is the subject's recall at baseline, and m and s are the overall mean and overall standard deviation of recall at baseline across all subjects. A composite baseline z-score for each subject is calculated using equal weighting in the following way: Z=0.5\*z-score for total recall at baseline + 0.5\*z-score for delayed recall at baseline. For HVLT-R, higher score indicates improvement.

Percent Change From Baseline in Amyloid Plaque Burden by 11C-PiB PET
Baseline compared to following 12 weeks' dosing with VX-745

Percent change in global cortical amyloid specific PET signal (BPND)

Number of 11C-PiB Responders
Day 84

Number of patients meeting protocol pre-specified definition of response: \> 7% reduction in global cortical BPND

Percent Change From Baseline to End of Treatment in Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Cytokines
Baseline and Day 42 of dosing with VX-745

Cytokines: Of nine cytokines assessed, only CSF IL-8 quantifiable at all time points. And so, only IL-8 levels are being reported herein. The analysis was exploratory and no statistical analysis was performed.

Secondary Endpoints

Proportion of participants with Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of ≤ 2 at Week 12
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 12 weeks
Change from baseline to Week 12 in mean Barthel score
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 12 weeks
Change in ADNI-EF composite score from baseline to 24 weeks
From enrollment until the end of treatment at 24 weeks
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Study Design & Arms

AllocationRANDOMIZED
MaskingQUADRUPLE
ModelSEQUENTIAL
PurposeTREATMENT

Treatment Arms

ArmTypeDescription
NeflamapimodEXPERIMENTAL -
PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATOR -
Cohort 1 neflamapimodACTIVE_COMPARATORNeflamapimod will be administered with food for 12 weeks in subjects with Moderate to Severe Acute Ischaemic Stroke. Subjects will receive 3 capsules per day (TID) with food (i.e., with the morning, mid-day and evening meals).
Cohort 1 placeboPLACEBO_COMPARATORPlacebo will be administered with food for 12 weeks in subjects with Moderate to Severe Acute Ischaemic Stroke. Subjects will receive 3 capsules per day (TID) with food (i.e., with the morning, mid-day and evening meals).
Cohort 2 placeboPLACEBO_COMPARATORPlacebo will be administered with food for 12 weeks in subjects with Moderate to Severe Acute Ischaemic Stroke. Subjects will receive 2 capsules twice per day (BID) with food (i.e., with the morning and evening meals).
Cohort 2 neflamapimodACTIVE_COMPARATORNeflamapimod will be administered with food for 12 weeks in subjects with Moderate to Severe Acute Ischaemic Stroke. Subjects will receive 2 capsules twice per day (BID) with food (i.e., with the morning and evening meals).
Neflamapimod, Open-labelEXPERIMENTALNeflamapimod will be administered orally, with food, for 24 weeks in subjects with DLB. Subjects will receive 4 capsules per day (80 mg BID), two capsules in the morning and two capsules in the evening, with food (i.e., with the morning and evening meals)
Open-label extensionEXPERIMENTALNeflamapimod will be administered with food for 32 weeks in participants with DLB who have completed the blinded treatment period. Participants will receive 3 capsules per day (TID) with food (i.e., with the morning, mid-day and evening meals).
VX-745 dose 1EXPERIMENTALActive Group 1: VX-745 40 mg twice daily
VX-745 dose 2EXPERIMENTALActive Group 2: VX-745 125 mg twice daily
VX-745 dose level 1EXPERIMENTALActive Group 1: VX-745 dose level 1 twice daily
VX-745 dose level 2EXPERIMENTALActive Group 1: VX-745 dose level 2 twice daily

Interventions

NameTypeDescription
NeflamapimodDRUGNeflamapimod is a highly specific inhibitor of the intra-cellular enzyme mitogen-activated protein kinase14 (p38α)
PlaceboDRUGPlacebo is a capsule that looks just like neflamapimod but without the active ingredients
VX-745DRUGOrally-Active Selective P45 MAP Kinase inhibitor
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Eligibility Criteria

Age Range40 Years to 85 Years
SexALL
Healthy VolunteersNo
Study Sites7

Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women aged 40-85 years at Screening. * Participant or participant's legally authorized representative (where applicable) is willing and able to provide written informed consent. * Clinical diagnosis of nfvPPA by consensus criteria \[Gorno-Tempini et al, 2011\]. * At...

Countries:United StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaFranceNetherlandsCzechiaDenmark
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Recent Changes (Last 90 Days)

MEDIUMOct 4, 2026NCT05869669TRIAL_REMOVED: changed
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HIGHAug 1, 2026NCT06815965Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING → COMPLETED
HIGHAug 1, 2026NCT06815965Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING → COMPLETED
HIGHAug 1, 2026NCT06815965Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING → COMPLETED

Frequently asked questions about VX-745

What is VX-745 used for in Alzheimer's Disease?

VX-745 is an investigational small molecule being studied for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease. It has been evaluated in Phase 2 clinical trials in patients aged 60 and older. It is not an approved treatment and remains in clinical development.

What does VX-745 target?

VX-745 targets p38 MAP kinase alpha, a kinase enzyme. By inhibiting this target, the drug is designed to act on inflammatory signaling pathways that have been studied in the context of Alzheimer's disease pathology. Its clinical program has focused on measuring effects relevant to Alzheimer's disease.

Who is developing VX-745?

VX-745 is being developed by CervoMed Inc., which trades under the ticker CRVO. The company has sponsored the clinical studies of VX-745 in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

What phase is VX-745 in?

VX-745 is in Phase 2 clinical development. It is investigational and has not been approved by the FDA for any indication. Two Phase 2 trials have been completed, and no trials are currently active.

What clinical trials is VX-745 in?

VX-745 has been studied in two completed Phase 2 trials: NCT02423200, a clinical pharmacology study in mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease or mild Alzheimer's disease in the United States, and NCT02423122, a PET study of amyloid plaque load in Alzheimer's disease in the Netherlands. Each enrolled 16 participants.

How many patients were enrolled in VX-745 trials?

The two completed Phase 2 trials of VX-745 enrolled a total of 32 participants, 16 in each study. Both were randomized, double-blind, controlled trials in patients aged 60 and older with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment.