Study Comparing 3 Dosage Levels Of SAM-531 In Outpatients With Mild To Moderate Alzheimer Disease

Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: A 52-Week, Two-Period, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Donepezil-Referenced, Placebo-Controlled, Efficacy And Safety Study Of 3 Dosage Levels Of SAM-531 In Outpatients With Mild To Moderate Alzheimer Disease

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of an investigational drug called SAM-531 at three dosage levels. Subjects will receive either one of the 3 dosage levels of SAM-531, donepezil or placebo for the first 24 weeks of the study (period I). Subjects who receive placebo for period I will be assigned to receive the highest dose of SAM-531 SAM-531 for the remaining 28 weeks of the study, while subjects who received one of the three SAM-531 dosage levels or donepezil in period I will continue with the same study drug (period II).

Clinical Trial Description

The study was stopped (date of termination was 13April2011) due to a 6 month interim analysis: all of the 3 SAM-531 dosage levels were declared futile. There were no safety concerns. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alzheimer Disease

• NCT number: NCT00895895
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Pfizer
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: May 2009
• Completion date: May 2011