a study to evaluate the pharmacodynamic (pd) effects of once weekly administration of gantenerumab in participants with early alzheimer's disease (ad)

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease

Summary: this is a phase ii, multicenter, open-label, single arm, pd study in participants with early (prodromal to mild) ad to evaluate the effect of a once weekly (q1w) dosing regimen of gantenerumab on deposited amyloid as measured by change from baseline to week 104 (primary) and week 208 in brain amyloid positron emission tomography (pet). the administration of gantenerumab as a single injection of q1w will be investigated in this study, to simplify the dosing regimen for participants.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * probable alzheimer's disease (ad) dementia or prodromal ad. * availability of a reliable study partner (non-professional caregiver) who accepts to participate in study procedure throughout the study duration * the participant should be capable of completing all aspects of study assessments including mri, clinical genotyping, and pet imaging, either alone or with the help of the study partner (non-professional caregiver). * adequate visual and auditory acuitysufficient to perform the neuropsychological testing (eye glasses and hearing aids are permitted). * evidence of ad pathological process, as confirmed by amyloid pet scan by qualitative read by the core/central pet laboratory. * prodromal or mild symptomatology, as defined by a screening mini-mental state examination (mmse) score \>/=22 and clinical dementia rating global score (cdr-gs) of 0.5 or 1.0, as well as a clinical dementia rating (cdr) memory domain score \>/=0.5. * if the participant is receiving symptomatic ad medications, a stable dosing regimen for at least 3 months prior to screening and until start of study treatment. * agreement not to donate blood or blood products for transfusion for the duration of the study and for 1 year after final dose of study drug. * agreement not to participate in other research studies for the duration of this trial, unless these are related roche-sponsored non-interventional studies. * for women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods hat result in a failure rate of \< 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 16 weeks after the final dose of study drug. exclusion criteria: * any evidence of a condition other than ad that may affect cognition. * history or presence of clinically evident systemic vascular disease that in the opinion of the investigator has the potential to affect cognitive function. * history or presence of clinically evident cerebrovascular disease. * history or presence of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. * history or presence of any stroke with clinical symptoms within the past 12 months, or documented history within the last 6 months of an acute event that is consistent with a transient ischemic attack. * history of severe, clinically significant cns trauma. * history or presence of intracranial mass that could potentially impair cognition. * presence of infections that affect brain function or history of infections that resulted in neurologic sequelae. * history or presence of systemic autoimmune disorders that potentially cause progressive neurologic disease with associated cognitive deficits. * history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depression, or bipolar disorder. * at risk for suicide in the opinion of the investigator. * alcohol and/or substance abuse or dependants in past 2 years.