a study of the effects of cy6463 in participants with alzheimer's disease with vascular pathology

Conditions: Alzheimer's Disease With Vascular Pathology

Summary: this study is being conducted to test the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of the investigational drug cy6463 compared with placebo in individuals who are aged 60 years or older and have alzheimer's disease (ad) along with common cardiovascular risk factors.

cy6463 is an investigational drug being developed as a symptomatic and potentially disease-modifying therapy for alzheimer's disease (ad) and other serious central nervous system disorders. as a soluble guanylate cyclase (sgc) stimulator, cy6463 can cross the blood-brain barrier and boosts the activity of the nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (no-sgc-cgmp) pathway. this signaling pathway is important in many aspects of brain health, including in the control of blood flow in the brain, how brain cells use energy, and how those cells communicate with one another. impairment of this pathway is a critical part of the origin of many neurodegenerative diseases that can cause a loss of brain function including memory and decision-making abilities. there are clear links between disrupted no signaling and impaired brain function in patients with ad and vascular pathology (adv). ("vascular pathology" refers to abnormalities of the blood vessels that are more likely to occur when a person has cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, and/or obesity.) it is hypothesized that cy6463 may help patients with adv maintain or recover some of their original cognitive function. in this study, participants will be randomized to receive approximately 87 sequential days (\~3 months) of study drug (cy6463 or placebo) once daily (qd) and will complete 7 scheduled site visits over the course of the study, from screening through follow up.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. provide written informed consent prior to the performance of any protocol-specified procedure or, if unable to provide informed consent due to cognitive status, provides assent to participate, with a legally authorized representative (lar) providing written informed consent on behalf of the participant. 2. 60 years of age or older 3. meets core clinical criteria for probable ad dementia according to the 2011 national institute on aging-alzheimer's associated guidelines. can be based on medical history. 4. mini-mental state examination (mmse) score of 20 to 26 (inclusive) 5. confirmation of ad pathophysiology 6. at least 2 cardiovascular risk factors per protocol criteria 7. magnetic resonance imaging (mri) scan (existing mri obtained ≤6 months before screening is acceptable) findings of mild-to-moderate subcortical small-vessel disease 8. if receiving concomitant or chronic medication(s), has had no change for ≥4 weeks before study drug initiation and has no plans to alter the regimen(s) during the study 9. if male, agrees to refrain from donating sperm from the screening visit through 90 days after taking the final study drug dose 10. if male, agrees to use protocol-specified, effective contraception methods from the signing of the informed consent form (icf) until ≥90 days after taking the final study drug dose. 11. if female, is postmenopausal/not of reproductive potential defined per protocol 12. agrees to the study procedures, including undergoing lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid (csf) samples exclusion criteria: 1. severe visual, auditory, social, or cognitive impairment 2. dementia-related disorder other than ad or vascular dementia (eg, parkinson's disease, huntington's disease, frontotemporal dementia, schizophrenia, lewy body dementia) 3. symptomatic large-vessel disease, symptomatic carotid artery disease, large vessel infarcts, or strategic lacunar infarcts or infarcts\>15 mm 4. history of significant central nervous system (cns) trauma that has affected brain function 5. low blood pressure (bp), defined as systolic bp ≤90 mmhg or diastolic bp ≤60 mmhg. 6. orthostatic hypotension. 7. unable to undergo mri 8. unable to undergo lumbar puncture procedure 9. unable to participate in electroencephalography (eeg) protocol due to hearing impairment or inability to tolerate eeg cap or headphones 10. uncontrolled or unstable chronic disease 11. kidney impairment requiring dialysis; history of renal transplant 12. needs continuous direct medical care and nursing supervision. 13. family history of short qt syndrome or long qt syndrome 14. clinically significant cardiac involvement 15. history of cancer. exceptions: localized cutaneous basal or squamous cell carcinoma in the last 5 years, low-grade localized prostate/cervical cancers, or previous localized prostate/cervical cancers that have a low likelihood of recurrence 16. is not suited for study participation in the clinical judgment of the investigator additional inclusion and exclusion criteria apply, per protocol.

Keywords: alzheimer's disease ad adv cy6463 subcortical small-vessel disease elderly 60 and older probable ad dementia vascular dementia mixed dementia