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Crenezumab

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Alzheimer Disease | Small molecule | Neurology |Roche Holding AG|Last Updated: Jul 30, 2024

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Trial Design

RandomizedDouble-BlindPLACEBO_CONTROLLED
Total Trials1
Total Enrollment114

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Clinical trial landscape

Crenezumab · 4 trials · 3 indications

Phase 2 3Phase 1 1
NCT03977584Tau Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Longitudinal Substudy Associated With: Study of Crenezumab Versus Placebo in Preclinical Presenilin1 (PSEN1) E280A Mutation Carriers in the Treatment of Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer's DiseaseAlzheimer Disease
COMPLETED114 Analytics
NCT01998841A Study of Crenezumab Versus Placebo in Preclinical Presenilin1 (PSEN1) E280A Mutation Carriers to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety in the Treatment of Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Including a Placebo-Treated Non-Carrier CohortAlzheimer's Disease
COMPLETED252 Analytics
NCT01723826A Long-Term Safety Extension of Studies ABE4869g and ABE4955g in Participants With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Treated With CrenezumabAlzheimer's Disease
COMPLETED360 Analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
Tau Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Longitudinal Substudy Associated With: Study of Crenezumab Versus Placebo in Preclinical Presenilin1 (PSEN1) E280A Mutation Carriers in the Treatment of Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer's Disease
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PHASE2COMPLETED
A Study of Crenezumab Versus Placebo in Preclinical Presenilin1 (PSEN1) E280A Mutation Carriers to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety in the Treatment of Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Including a Placebo-Treated Non-Carrier Cohort
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PHASE2COMPLETED
A Long-Term Safety Extension of Studies ABE4869g and ABE4955g in Participants With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Treated With Crenezumab
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Study Endpoints

Primary Endpoints

Annualized Rate of Change in Tau Burden
Baseline up to Week 149

Tau is a protein that accumulates in Alzheimer's disease and damages brain cells including those essential for learning and memory. The effect of crenezumab on tau burden was assessed using \[18F\]GTP1 Tau PET. The annualized rate of change in tau burden from the first \[18F\]GTP1 scan of the standardized uptake ratio (SUVR) in the entorhinal cortex (Braak Stage 1) with an inferior cerebellum reference region was analyzed using a random coefficient regression model (RCRM). Braak staging classifies the degree of pathology in Alzheimer's disease. Braak stages 1 and 2 are used when neurofibrillary tangle involvement is confined mainly to the transentorhinal region of the brain, stages 3 and 4 when there is also involvement of limbic regions such as the hippocampus, and 5 and 6 when there is extensive neocortical involvement.

Period A: Annualized Rate of Change in the Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer's Disease (API ADAD) Composite Cognitive Test Total Score
Baseline up to approximately Week 416

API ADAD Composite Cognitive Test is a combination of tests, most sensitive to detect cognitive decline \& progression. API ADAD Composite Cognitive Test total score were computed from: Consortium to Establish a Registry for AD (CERAD) Word List: Recall (score range=0-10); Multilingual Naming Test (score range=0-15); Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for orientation to time (score range=0-5); CERAD Constructional Praxis (measure of visuospatial ability) (score range=0-11); Raven's Progressive Matrices (measure of nonverbal fluid reasoning \& visuospatial abilities), Set A (score range=0-12). ADAD-API Cognitive Composite Test total score = \[(Multilingual Naming Test Score/15)+(MMSE Score/5)+(Raven's Progressive Matrices Score/12)+(CERAD Word List Recall Score/10)+(CERAD Constructional Praxis Score/11)\]\*20. Total score ranges=0-100. Higher score=better results. Annualized rate of change in API ADAD Composite Cognitive Test was estimated using random coefficient regression model.

Period A: Annualized Rate of Change in an Episodic Memory Measure: Free and Cued Selective Reminding Task (FCSRT) Cueing Index
Baseline up to approximately Week 416

FCSRT assesses immediate \& delayed verbal episodic memory, using Controlled Learning to optimize encoding specificity for more effective recall. Participants were to remember a list of 16 items presented on cards. Participant's task was to learn \& attempt a free recall of the items, followed by a semantically cued recall of items not spontaneously produced during free recall. There were a total of three learning trials, each preceded by 20 seconds of interfering cognitive task. For first two trials, participants were reminded of any item not recalled in cued recall. Free recall (score range: 0-48) \& cued recall (score range: 0-64) assessment occurred immediately, after each of three learning trials, \& after a delay of approx. 30 minutes. Higher scores indicate better performance. FCSRT Cueing Index=(FCSRT Total Free Recall score-FCSRT Total Recall score)/(FCSRT Total Free Recall score-48). Score range for FCSRT Cueing Index is 0-1, with higher score=better results.

Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
Up to 50 months

An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment. . An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the pharmaceutical product. Preexisting conditions which worsen during a study are also considered as adverse events.

Percentage of Participants by Nature of AEs
Up to 50 months

A serious adverse event (SAE) is any AE that meets any of the following criteria: fatal, life threatening, requires or prolongs inpatient hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, congenital anomaly/birth defect in a neonate/infant. Non-SAE of special interest for this study include the following: cerebral vascular edema, Superficial siderosis of central nervous system, cerebral micro-hemorrhages or macro-hemorrhages, pneumonia, liver injury.

Percentage of Participants by Severity of AEs
Up to 50 months

AE severity grading scale for the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.0 was used for assessing adverse event severity. The CTCAE displays Grades 1 through 5 with unique clinical descriptions of severity for each AE based on the following general guideline: Grade 1) mild; asymptomatic or mild symptoms; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated, Grade 2) moderate; minimal, local or noninvasive intervention indicated; limiting age-appropriate instrumental activities of daily living (ADL), Grade 3) severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization indicated; disabling; limiting self care ADL, Grade 4) life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated, Grade 5) death related to AE.

Percentage of Participants With Human Anti-Therapeutic Antibody (ATA) Formation
Pre-dose (Day-14), predose at Week 25, 49, 97, Follow-up Week 8 (Week 153) and 12 (Week 157)

ATA is a measurement to explore the potential relationship of immunogenicity response with pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy. Percentage of participants at post-baseline with positive results for ATA against crenezumab are reported.

Percentage of Participants With Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities Edema/Effusions (ARIA-E)
Baseline, Weeks 23, 47, 71, 97, 121 and 153

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with ARIA. The occurrence of imaging abnormalities believed to represent cerebral vasogenic edema, has been reported in association with the investigational use of compounds that are intended to treat Alzheimer's disease by reducing Abeta in the brain. Here, the percentage of participants with symptomatic and asymptomatic ARIA-E were reported.

Percentage of Participants With Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Hemorrhage (ARIA-H)
Baseline, Weeks 23, 47, 71, 97, 121 and 153

AD is associated with ARIA. Cerebral micro-hemorrhages (microbleeds \[MBs\]) are radiologically defined as small dot-like foci of signal loss observed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences sensitive for paramagnetic tissue properties. The occurrence of MBs has also been identified as an adverse event in anti-amyloid vaccination trials, and together with superficial siderosis, they have been termed ARIA-H.

Pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of crenezumab (Cmax, tmax, AUC0-last, AUC(0-infinity), Vz/F, CL/F, Apparent terminal elimination rate constant, and t1/2)
Day 1 through Day 85 or early termination

Secondary Endpoints

Period A: Time to Progression From Preclinical AD to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Due to AD or From Preclinical AD to Dementia Due to AD
Baseline up to approximately Week 416
Period A: Time to Progression to Non-zero in CDR Scale Global Score
Baseline up to approximately Week 416
Period A: Annualized Rate of Change in the CDR Scale - Sum of Boxes (SOB)
Baseline up to approximately Week 416
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Study Design & Arms

AllocationRANDOMIZED
MaskingDOUBLE
ModelPARALLEL
PurposeOTHER

Treatment Arms

ArmTypeDescription
[^18F]GTP1 in Mutation Carriers: CrenezumabEXPERIMENTALMutation-carrying participants receiving crenezumab in the main study NCT01998841 (GN28352) will receive up to three IV injections of \[\^18F\]GTP1 and will undergo a tau PET scan after each IV injection of \[\^18F\]GTP1.
[^18F]GTP1 in Mutation Carriers: PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATORMutation-carrying participants receiving placebo in the main study NCT01998841 (GN28352) will receive up to three IV injections of \[\^18F\]GTP1 and will undergo a tau PET scan after each IV injection of \[\^18F\]GTP1.
[^18F]GTP1 in Non-carriers of Mutation: PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATORNon-carriers of the mutation receiving placebo in the main study NCT01998841 (GN28352) will receive up to three IV injections of \[\^18F\]GTP1 and will undergo a tau PET scan after each IV injection of \[\^18F\]GTP1.
Mutation Carriers: CrenezumabEXPERIMENTALStudy Period A: Participants will receive Crenezumab subcutaneously (every 2 weeks) or intravenously (every 4 weeks) for at least 260 weeks. Study Period B: Participants will be offered the opportunity to continue to receive blinded study drug until the results of the study are known and post-trial access to Crenezumab is started or development of Crenezumab is discontinued.
Mutation Carriers: PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATORStudy Period A: Participants will receive Placebo subcutaneously (every 2 weeks) or intravenously (every 4 weeks) for at least 260 weeks. Study Period B: All mutation carriers entering Study Period B will, receive Crenezumab until the results of the study are known and post-trial access to Crenezumab is started or development of Crenezumab is discontinued.
Non-carriers of Mutation: PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATORStudy Period A: Participants will receive Placebo subcutaneously (every 2 weeks) or intravenously (every 4 weeks) for at least 260 weeks. Study Period B: All non-mutation carriers entering Study Period B will continue to receive Placebo, until the results of the study are known and post trial access to Crenezumab is started or development of Crenezumab is discontinued.
CrenezumabEXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive intravenous infusion of crenezumab every 4 weeks for 144 weeks.
Crenezumab Formulation 2EXPERIMENTALA single dose given as two subcutaneous injections on Day 1
Crenezumab Formulation 3EXPERIMENTALA single dose given as two subcutaneous injections on Day 1

Interventions

NameTypeDescription
CrenezumabDRUGCrenezumab will be administered subcutaneously (every 2 weeks) or IV (every 4 weeks) for at least 260 weeks.
PlaceboDRUGPlacebo matched to crenezumab will be administered subcutaneously (every 2 weeks) or IV (every 4 weeks) for at least 260 weeks.
[^18F]GTP1OTHERIV \[\^18F\]GTP1 will be administered up to three times. The first primary \[\^18F\]GTP1 tau PET scan will occur during any visit in the main protocol NCT01998841 (GN28352) from Week 130 to Week 224 and the second \[\^18F\]GTP1 tau PET scan from Week 248 to Week 260. The third and optional \[\^18F\]GTP1 tau PET scan will supplement the two primary scans.
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Eligibility Criteria

Age Range30 Years to 60 Years
SexALL
Healthy VolunteersNo
Study Sites1

Inclusion Criteria: \- Enrolled in main Study NCT01998841 (GN28352). Exclusion Criteria: \- Contraindication to PET scan procedures, possibly including, but not limited to current, past, or planned participation in studies involving radioactive agents, including the main Study NCT01998841 (GN2835...

Countries:ColombiaUnited StatesCanadaFranceGermanySpainUnited Kingdom
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Frequently asked questions about Crenezumab

What is Crenezumab used for?

Crenezumab is an investigational drug being studied for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, including autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease in carriers of the PSEN1 E280A mutation. It has also been evaluated in healthy volunteers for formulation studies. It is not approved and remains in clinical development.

Who makes Crenezumab?

Crenezumab is being developed by Roche Holding AG, which trades under the ticker RHHBY. The company is conducting clinical trials to evaluate the drug's safety and efficacy in Alzheimer's disease.

What phase is Crenezumab in?

Crenezumab is in Phase 2 clinical development. Two Phase 2 trials have been completed, along with one Phase 1 trial. The drug is investigational and has not been approved by regulatory authorities.

What clinical trials is Crenezumab in?

Crenezumab has completed two Phase 2 trials: NCT01723826, a long-term safety extension in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, and NCT01998841, a study in preclinical PSEN1 E280A mutation carriers. A Phase 1 trial, NCT02427243, assessed formulations in healthy volunteers.

Is Crenezumab the same as other Alzheimer's drugs?

Crenezumab is a distinct investigational drug developed by Roche. It is being studied specifically for Alzheimer's disease, including in genetic mutation carriers. No alternative names for Crenezumab have been reported.