A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of ITI-1284 in the Treatment of Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age55+
SponsorIntra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.

About this trial

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of ITI-1284 compared with placebo in the treatment of psychosis in patients with AD.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Can understand the nature of the trial and protocol requirements and provide signed informed consent, if in the judgement of the Investigator is deemed competent to provide consent or if patient is deemed not competent to provide informed consent, with the patient's assent (if capable), consent may be provided by an appropriate person (eg, patient's Legally Authorized Representative [LAR]) before the initiation of any study-specific procedures in accordance with local regulations

Has a high likelihood for amyloid pathology consistent with AD, as confirmed by blood-based biomarker at Screening as detected by an appropriately validated test; or

Has documented confirmation of AD by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker or amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) brain scan

Meets criteria for psychosis in accordance with the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) provisional consensus definition at Screening and Baseline

Disqualifiers

Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or other psychotic disorder that is not related to Alzheimer's dementia

Bipolar disorder

Risk for suicidal behavior during the course of their participation in the study or is considered to be an imminent danger to themselves or others, in the opinion of the investigator, and/or as assessed by C-SSRS; or the patient has had 1 or more suicide attempts within 2 years prior to Screening

The patient is unable or unwilling to discontinue other drugs with known psychotropic properties or any non-psychotropic drugs with known or potentially significant central nervous system effects, as reviewed by the Sponsor or designee

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ITI-1284

    Drug

    ITI-1284 10 mg or 20 mg rapidly disintegrating tablet, taken once daily, sublingual administration

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Placebo rapidly disintegrating tablet, taken once daily, sublingual administration

Treatment groups

370 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: ITI-1284Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

BEHAVE-AD psychosis subscale score

The BEHAVE-AD psychosis subscale is comprised of 7 items from the paranoid and delusional ideations domain and 5 items from the hallucinations domain. The scale is rated on a 4--point scale of severity, from 0 (not present) to 3 (present, generally with an emotional and physical component). The maximum score for the psychosis subscale is 36.

Time frame
Week 6

Secondary outcomes

1

CGI-S score

The CGI-S is a clinician-rated scale to assess a patient's overall mental health. The scale ranges from 1 (normal, not at all ill) to 7 (among the most extremely ill patients)

Time frame
Week 6

Other outcomes

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