Can new drugs clear Alzheimer's brain plaques?
NCT ID NCT07787169
First seen Aug 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This master protocol supports several early-phase studies testing different amyloid-targeting drugs in healthy volunteers and people with Alzheimer's disease. The main goals are to check safety and tolerability, and to see whether these drugs can remove amyloid plaques from the brain. Participants will be assigned to one of two substudies, receiving either the experimental drug or a placebo, given by injection or infusion.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LY4405094 (an experimental amyloid-targeting drug) and placebo, given intravenously or subcutaneously, with amyloid imaging agents
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment that clears amyloid plaques from the brain, potentially slowing Alzheimer's disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial focused on safety and dosing, so the drug may not effectively clear plaques or improve symptoms. Side effects are possible, and results may not generalize to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 179 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Participants must meet eligibility criteria below. Additional criteria are specified in the substudy to which the participant will enroll. Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Participants: * Are between 18 and 45 years of age * Have a body mass index (BMI) of 18.0 to 32.0 kilograms per square meter (kg/m²) * Are overtly healthy as determined by medical evaluation, including medical history, physical examination, and electrocardiograms (ECGs). Inclusion Criteria for Participants with Alzheimer's Disease (AD): * Are between 55-85 years of age * Have gradual and progressive changes in memory function, as reported by the participant or their study partner, for greater than or equal to (≥) 6 months at screening, as well as a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to AD or mild-to-moderate AD dementia as determined by the investigator or based on medical history. * Have Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score ≥16 * Have positive amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) * Have a reliable study partner who will provide written informed consent to participate and is in frequent contact with the participant. A second person may serve as backup. * For participants on symptomatic treatments for AD (for example, cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine) the dosing regimen must be stable, in the opinion of the investigator, for at least 8 weeks before randomization to a study intervention, and the dosing regimen is planned to remain stable. Exclusion Criteria for all Participants: * Have currently, or a history of, serious or unstable neurological or psychological disease (except for AD for participants in the AD cohorts). * Have currently, or a history of, significant cardiovascular, respiratory, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, hematological, or neurological diseases. * Have currently, or a history of, allergies to monoclonal antibodies, diphenhydramine, epinephrine, or methylprednisolone. * Have currently, or a history of, clinically significant multiple or severe drug allergies or severe posttreatment hypersensitivity reactions. * Have currently, or a history of cancer within the past 5 years except for some early skin cancers that have been resected with no evidence of metastatic disease for 3 years. * Have received any amyloid-targeting therapy (ATT), whether marketed or investigational; or have received active immunization against amyloid beta (Aβ). * Have received an active study intervention, within the last 30 days, in a clinical study involving an IMP. * Are pregnant or breastfeeding or intend to become pregnant or to breastfeed during the study; * Have an abnormal blood pressure, pulse rate, or both, as determined by the investigator, or a preexisting history of hypertension. Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Participants: * Have a locally read brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that demonstrates any clinically significant findings, including but not limited to, findings suggestive of CAA, that, in the opinion of the investigator, may impact the participant's ability to safely participate in the study. * Have a history of clinically significant back pain, pathological conditions of the back, or back injury (for example, degenerative disease, spinal deformity, or spinal surgery), or have a local infection at the intended site of the lumbar puncture (LP) that may predispose to complications or technical difficulty with LP. * Have a family history of early onset AD (AD diagnosed before 65 years of age). Exclusion Criteria for Participants with AD: * Contraindications or unable to tolerate MRI * Have a centrally read brain MRI that demonstrates the presence of Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities with Edema/Effusion (ARIA-E), greater than (\>)4 cerebral microhemorrhages, any evidence of superficial siderosis, any macrohemorrhage, or severe white matter disease; \>2 lacunar infarcts or any territorial infarct \>1 square centimeters (cm²); significant abnormalities that suggest another potential etiology for progressive dementia, or clinically significant finding that, in the opinion of the investigator, may impact the participant's ability to safely participate in the study. * Contraindications to amyloid PET scan.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Accel Research Sites - NeuroStudies Clinical Research Unit
Decatur, Georgia, 30030, United States
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Charter Research
Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States
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Charter Research
The Villages, Florida, 32162-2698, United States
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Fortrea Clinical Research Unit
Daytona Beach, Florida, 32117, United States
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Irvine Clinical Research
Irvine, California, 92614, United States
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K2 Medical Research
Maitland, Florida, 32751, United States
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K2 Medical Research - Tampa
Tampa, Florida, 33634, United States
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K2 Medical Research - The Villages
Lady Lake, Florida, 32159, United States
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Progressive Medical Research
Port Orange, Florida, 32127, United States
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QUEST Research Institute
Farmington Hills, Michigan, 48334, United States
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