The Trailblazer study: Global Study to Investigate Safety and Efficacy of Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
This is a phase 3 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of donanemab in participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease caused by elevated tau protein in the brain. Data suggests that removing this may result in the slowing of Alzheimer's Disease and this drug has shown potential for achieve this.
This study has been approved by the Eastern Health Human Research Ethics Committee
Participation
You may be eligible to participate if you meet the following criteria:
- aged 60 to 85 years and
- have had a gradual change in memory function over 6 months
Visits will include cognitive assessments, blood tests, ECG and MRI scans.
A study partner who has at least 10 hours of contact with the participant is required to accompany the participant to visits, to provide accurate information about the participant's cognitive and functional abilities over time.
Participant duration
9 weeks screening, 72 weeks of treatment and 8 weeks of follow up
Available to people living in
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Study begins
Saturday, 1 June 2024
Study ends
Monday, 31 December 2029
Contact
To find out more about this study, contact:
Claire McCarthy
Eastern Clinical Research Unit
ecru.cognitivereferrals@monash.edu
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