A 36-week multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase 3 clinical trial of sodium oligomannate for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's dementia
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A 36-week multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase 3 clinical trial of sodium oligomannate for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's dementia
Abstract
Background: New therapies are urgently needed for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sodium oligomannate (GV-971) is a marine-derived oligosaccharide with a novel proposed mechanism of action. The first phase 3 clinical trial of GV-971 has been completed in China.
Methods: We conducted a phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in participants with mild-to-moderate AD to assess GV-971 efficacy and safety. Participants were randomized to placebo or GV-971 (900 mg) for 36 weeks. The primary outcome was the drug-placebo difference in change from baseline on the 12-item cognitive subscale of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-cog12). Secondary endpoints were drug-placebo differences on the Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change with caregiver input (CIBIC+), Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) scale, and Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Safety and tolerability were monitored.
Results: A total of 818 participants were randomized: 408 to GV-971 and 410 to placebo. A significant drug-placebo difference on the ADAS-Cog12 favoring GV-971 was present at each measurement time point, measurable at the week 4 visit and continuing throughout the trial. The difference between the groups in change from baseline was - 2.15 points (95% confidence interval, - 3.07 to - 1.23; p < 0.0001; effect size 0.531) after 36 weeks of treatment. Treatment-emergent adverse event incidence was comparable between active treatment and placebo (73.9%, 75.4%). Two deaths determined to be unrelated to drug effects occurred in the GV-971 group.
Conclusions: GV-971 demonstrated significant efficacy in improving cognition with sustained improvement across all observation periods of a 36-week trial. GV-971 was safe and well-tolerated.
Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT0229391 5. Registered on November 19, 2014.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Clinical trial; Efficacy; Safety; Sodium oligomannate.
Conflict of interest statement
Shifu Xiao and Zhenxin Zhang have been the provisional consultants of Pfizer, Lilly, Novartis, Roche, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Lundbeck, Biogen, and Green Valley and received honorariums. Xianliang Xin, Hongjian Chen, Yu Ding, Jing Zhang, and Marc Cantillon were full-time employees of Shanghai Green Valley Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Kewei Chen was a full-time employee of Shanghai Green Valley Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. at the time the [18F]-FDG-PET data was analyzed. Currently, he is a full-time employee of Banner Health to which Banner Alzheimer’s Institute belongs, and serves as a paid consultant to Shanghai Green Valley Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Jeffrey L. Cummings has provided consultation to Acadia, Actinogen, Alkahest, Alzheon, Avanir, Axsome, BiOasis Technologies, Biogen, Cerecin, CNS Innovations, Cortexyme, EIP, Eisai, Genentech, Green Valley, Grifols, Hisun, Idorsia, Merck, Otsuka, Resverlogix, Roche, Samus, Samumed, Sunovion, Suven, and United Neuroscience pharmaceutical and assessment companies.
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