The purpose of this study is to determine whether neflamapimod can improve learning skills, problem solving skills, and memory loss in people diagnosed with DLB. More specifically, improvement in verbal learning, memory, and attention, as well as cognitive and functional performance will be measured.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
159
Neflamapimod is a highly specific inhibitor of the intra-cellular enzyme mitogen-activated protein kinase14 (p38α) provided in 40mg capsules
Placebo is a capsule that looks just like neflamapimod but without the active ingredients
Change in Clinical Dementia Rating Scale - Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) in neflamapimod-treated subjects compared to placebo recipients.
The primary objective is to demonstrate 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.
Time frame: 16 weeks
Change in Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) in neflamapimod-treated subjects compared to placebo recipients.
Demonstrate that neflamapimod improves motor function in patients with DLB, compared to placebo, as assessed by the TUG test. TUG scores typically range from 6 to 20 seconds with a higher score indicating worse mobility. A score of \>15 indicates an increased risk of falls.
Time frame: 16 weeks
Change in the composite score of the Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB), including tests of attention, executive function, and visual learning in neflamapimod-treated subjects compared to placebo recipients.
Demonstrate that neflamapimod improves cognition, compared to placebo, as assessed by a DLB-specific NTB in patients with DLB. NTB includes Cogstate Detection test (DET), Cogstate Identification test (IDN), Cogstate One Card Learning test (OCL), Cogstate One Back test (ONB). Each score on the individual tests is converted to a z-score, and then a total z-score for the composite is 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 indicates an improvement in cognition and a negative change in z-score indicates a worsening in cognition.
Time frame: 16 weeks
Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Clinical Global Impression of Change (ADCS-GCIC) score at Week 16 in neflamapimod-treated subjects compared to placebo recipients.
Demonstrate that neflamapimod improves global (cognition, function and behavior) disease status evaluated by a clinician with caregiver input, compared to placebo, in patients with DLB, as assessed ADCS-CGIC score. ADCS-CGIC scores range from 1 to 7, where 1 = marked improvement, 2= moderate improvement, 3 = minimal improvement, 4 = no change, 5 = minimal worsening, 6 = moderate worsening, and 7 = marked worsening.
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