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ARGO
CompletedPhase 2Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Tideglusib to Treat Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Patients
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, 4-arm, 26 Week Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of 2 Oral Doses and 2 Regimes of Tideglusib vs Placebo in Mild-to-Moderate AD Patients
Lead sponsor
Asset
Tideglusib
Listed sites
6
Recruiting sites
-
Enrollment
306
actual
Study population
Alzheimer’s disease
Key I/E criteria
•Alzheimer's disease•MMSE 14-26•AD symptomatic therapy: stable
Primary endpoint
•ADAS-Cog
Footprint
Where this trial recruits
Site locations as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov. Site count is not enrollment count; per-site enrollment is not available from source.
Identifiers
Registered as
Timeline
Milestones
Assets
Drug assets
Study populations
Who this study enrolls
Eligibility
Who can enroll
Inclusion criteria
Main Inclusion Criteria:
1. Men and women (of non-childbearing potential) with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease.
2. Age of 50 to 85 years.
3. MMSE score 14 to 26.
4. Well-tolerated treatment with one of the approved Acetylcholinesterase-Inhibitors and/or Memantine in a stable dose
Exclusion criteria
1. Significant psychiatric on medical disease.
2. Any chronic liver disease as indicated by out of range values of ALAT, ASAT or direct bilirubin, clinically relevant hepatic steatosis or other clinical manifestations of liver disease
3. Chronic daily drug intake of excluded concomitant medications.
4. Enrollment in another investigational drug study within 3 months before the baseline visit.
Endpoints (12)
What's being measured
Protocol endpoints and posted registry outcome measures, grouped into outcome categories. Composite endpoints show their component event types. Standard codes (LOINC, SNOMED CT) are shown where available.
Coverage by outcome category
Global cognition
2 endpointsADAS-Cog+
Time frame:26 weeks
ADAS-Cog
change from baseline, improvement
Change from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Time frame:26 weeks
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
change from baseline, improvement
Function / daily living
1 endpointChange from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Unit Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL).
Time frame:26 weeks
ADCS-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL)
change from baseline, improvement
Behavior / neuropsychiatric
2 endpointsChange from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)
Time frame:26 weeks
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)
change from baseline, improvement
Change from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Amyloid biomarkers
1 endpointExploratory Endpoints (only in a subgroup of patients at predefined sites): Change from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in levels of τ, phospho-τ, and β-amyloid in CSF and change in MRI measures.
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Caregiver / quality of life
2 endpointsChange from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the European Quality of life Instrument (EQ-5D)
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Change from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Caregiver time (RUD Lite)
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Safety / tolerability / PK
1 endpointAdverse events (AEs): Number of AEs and patients with an incidence rate of ≥ 5% AEs
Time frame:26 weeks
event count, event
Other clinical outcomes
1 endpointChange from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Clinical Global Impression of Change (CGIC)
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Other (unclassified)
2 endpointsChange from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Word Fluency test
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Change from Baseline of the 3 active study medication groups will be compared with the placebo group in the Questionnaire on urinary incontinence
Time frame:26 weeks
change from baseline, improvement
Provenance
Sources
Trial facts come from public ClinicalTrials.gov records. Endpoint categories are Delfa's classification of those records, not a ClinicalTrials.gov field. All figures reflect the July 21, 2026 snapshot.