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Safety and Efficacy Study of Gantenerumab in Participants With Early Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Efficacy, and Safety Study of Gantenerumab in Patients With Early (Prodromal to Mild) Alzheimer's Disease
Lead sponsor
Asset
Gantenerumab
Listed sites
155
Recruiting sites
-
Enrollment
975
actual
Study population
Alzheimer’s disease
Key I/E criteria
•prodromal AD•Amyloid biomarker required (PET/CSF)•Tau biomarker required (PET/CSF)•MMSE ≥22•Study partner/caregiver required
Primary endpoints
•Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)•OLE Period
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
Key Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion for Open-Label Extension (OLE):
Endpoints (54)
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
6 endpointsDBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Global Outcome, as Measured by CDR-SB
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Global Outcome, as Measured by CDR-SB
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB)
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=477 Participants | 3.01 | 0.15 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=497 Participants | 2.82 | 0.14 |
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognition Subscale 13 (ADAS-Cog13) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
ADAS-Cog
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Total Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognition Subscale 13 (ADAS-Cog13) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
ADAS-Cog
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=475 Participants | 7.94 | 0.49 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=491 Participants | 6.66 | 0.42 |
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Total Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=477 Participants | -4.53 | 0.22 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=497 Participants | -4.00 | 0.20 |
Memory
4 endpointsDBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognition Subscale 11 (ADAS-Cog11) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
ADAS-Cog
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in the Coding (Digit Symbol Substitution Test [DSST]) Subtest
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognition Subscale 11 (ADAS-Cog11) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
ADAS-Cog
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=475 Participants | 6.97 | 0.46 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=491 Participants | 5.77 | 0.38 |
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in the Coding (Digit Symbol Substitution Test [DSST]) Subtest
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=475 Participants | -6.90 | 0.59 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=497 Participants | -5.49 | 0.55 |
Executive function / language
2 endpointsDBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Verbal Fluency Task (VFT) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Verbal Fluency Task (VFT) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=477 Participants | -2.68 | 0.22 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=497 Participants | -2.71 | 0.21 |
Function / daily living
6 endpointsDBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study- Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) Total Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
ADCS-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL)
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Instrumental Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study- Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) Total Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
ADCS-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL)
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=475 Participants | -9.26 | 0.62 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=496 Participants | -8.44 | 0.58 |
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=476 Participants | 6.72 | 0.33 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=496 Participants | 5.86 | 0.31 |
DBT Period: Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL) Instrumental Score
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=475 Participants | -8.22 | 0.53 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=496 Participants | -7.43 | 0.49 |
Behavior / neuropsychiatric
4 endpointsOLE Period: Number of Participants With Post-baseline Suicidal Ideation or Suicidal Behavior as Measured Using Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
OLE Period: Number of Participants With Post-baseline Suicidal Ideation or Suicidal Behavior as Measured Using Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo (DBT) to Gantenerumab: Open-label Extension (OLE)Suicidal Ideation: Passiven=12 Participants | 1 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method, but no Intent or Plann=12 Participants | 1 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: No Eventn=12 Participants | 10 | - |
| Suicidal Behavior: No eventn=12 Participants | 12 | - |
| Self-injurious Behavior Without Suicidal Intent: No eventn=12 Participants | 12 | - |
| Gantenerumab (DBT) to Gantenerumab: OLESuicidal Ideation: Passiven=13 Participants | 0 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method, but no Intent or Plann=13 Participants | 0 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: No Eventn=13 Participants | 13 | - |
| Suicidal Behavior: No eventn=13 Participants | 13 | - |
| Self-injurious Behavior Without Suicidal Intent: No eventn=13 Participants | 13 | - |
DBT Period: Number of Participants With Post-baseline Suicidal Ideation or Suicidal Behavior as Measured Using C-SSRS
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
DBT Period: Number of Participants With Post-baseline Suicidal Ideation or Suicidal Behavior as Measured Using C-SSRS
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTSuicidal Ideation: Passiven=464 Participants | 20 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Nonspecificn=464 Participants | 4 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method, But No Intent or Plann=464 Participants | 2 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method and Intent, But No Plann=464 Participants | 1 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method, Intent, and Plann=464 Participants | 0 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: No Eventn=464 Participants | 437 | - |
| Suicidal Behavior: No Eventn=464 Participants | 464 | - |
| Self-injurious Behavior, No Suicidal Intentn=464 Participants | 0 | - |
| Self-injurious Behavior Without Suicidal Intent: No Eventn=464 Participants | 464 | - |
| Gantenerumab: DBTSuicidal Ideation: Passiven=483 Participants | 12 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Nonspecificn=483 Participants | 2 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method, But No Intent or Plann=483 Participants | 2 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method and Intent, But No Plann=483 Participants | 1 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: Active-Method, Intent, and Plann=483 Participants | 2 | - |
| Suicidal Ideation: No Eventn=483 Participants | 464 | - |
| Suicidal Behavior: No Eventn=483 Participants | 483 | - |
| Self-injurious Behavior, No Suicidal Intentn=483 Participants | 2 | - |
| Self-injurious Behavior Without Suicidal Intent: No Eventn=483 Participants | 481 | - |
Amyloid biomarkers
10 endpointsOLE Period : Number of Participants With Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Haemosiderin Deposition (ARIA-H) Confirmed by MRI
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
OLE Period: Number of Participants With Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Edema (ARIA-E) Confirmed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
OLE Period : Number of Participants With Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Haemosiderin Deposition (ARIA-H) Confirmed by MRI
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo (DBT) to Gantenerumab: Open-label Extension (OLE)n=13 Participants | 2 | - |
| Gantenerumab (DBT) to Gantenerumab: OLEn=14 Participants | 1 | - |
OLE Period: Number of Participants With Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Edema (ARIA-E) Confirmed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo (DBT) to Gantenerumab: Open-label Extension (OLE)n=13 Participants | 0 | - |
| Gantenerumab (DBT) to Gantenerumab: OLEn=14 Participants | 1 | - |
DBT Period: Number of Participants With ARIA-E Confirmed by MRI
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
DBT Period: Number of Participants With ARIA-H Confirmed by MRI
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Brain Amyloid Load as Measured by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan in a Subset of Participants
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Amyloid PET Centiloid
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Number of Participants With ARIA-E Confirmed by MRI
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=470 Participants | 18 | - |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=496 Participants | 128 | - |
DBT Period: Number of Participants With ARIA-H Confirmed by MRI
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=470 Participants | 57 | - |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=496 Participants | 109 | - |
Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Brain Amyloid Load as Measured by Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan in a Subset of Participants
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Amyloid PET Centiloid
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), score on a scale | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=44 Participants | 8.46 | 2.768 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=40 Participants | -48.00 | 2.845 |
Tau biomarkers
6 endpointsChange From Baseline to Week 116 in Brain Tau Load, as Measured by Tau PET Scan in a Subset of Participants
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in CSF Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Total Tau (tTau)
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
percent change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in CSF Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Phosphorylated Tau (pTau-181)
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
percent change from baseline, improvement
Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Brain Tau Load, as Measured by Tau PET Scan in a Subset of Participants
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (mean), SUVR | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTROI: Temporal Composite Regionn=29 Participants | 0.12 | 0.018 |
| ROI: Medial Temporal Composite Region [not including the Hippocampus]n=29 Participants | 0.08 | 0.014 |
| ROI: Frontal Loben=29 Participants | 0.08 | 0.012 |
| ROI: Parietal Loben=29 Participants | 0.09 | 0.020 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTROI: Temporal Composite Regionn=48 Participants | 0.13 | 0.014 |
| ROI: Medial Temporal Composite Region [not including the Hippocampus]n=48 Participants | 0.09 | 0.011 |
| ROI: Frontal Loben=48 Participants | 0.08 | 0.009 |
| ROI: Parietal Loben=48 Participants | 0.09 | 0.016 |
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in CSF Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Total Tau (tTau)
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
percent change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (geometric_mean), percent change in tTau | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=72 Participants | 1.8 | --4.46 - 8.45 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=71 Participants | -16.4 | --21.55 - -10.87 |
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in CSF Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Phosphorylated Tau (pTau-181)
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
percent change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (geometric_mean), percent change in pTau-181 | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=71 Participants | 0.1 | --6.50 - 7.16 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=70 Participants | -20.9 | --26.17 - -15.31 |
Neurodegeneration biomarkers
4 endpointsDBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Neurofilament Light Chain (NFL)
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Neurofilament light (NfL)
percent change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in CSF Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Neurogranin
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
percent change from baseline, improvement
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Neurofilament Light Chain (NFL)
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
Neurofilament light (NfL)
percent change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (geometric_mean), percent change in NFL | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=72 Participants | 25.5 | -15.83 - 35.97 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=74 Participants | 8.9 | -0.60 - 17.83 |
DBT Period: Percent Change From Baseline to Week 116 in CSF Marker of Disease in a Subset of Participants - Neurogranin
Time frame:Baseline, Week 116
percent change from baseline, improvement
Posted result
| Group | Value (geometric_mean), percent change in neurogranin | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=72 Participants | -6.1 | --11.99 - 0.12 |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=72 Participants | -19.6 | --24.66 - -14.30 |
Safety / tolerability / PK
4 endpointsOLE Period: Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
OLE Period: Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo (DBT) to Gantenerumab: Open-label Extension (OLE)n=13 Participants | 8 | - |
| Gantenerumab (DBT) to Gantenerumab: OLEn=14 Participants | 6 | - |
Plasma Concentration of Gantenerumab
Time frame:Pre-dose on Days 1, Weeks 24, 52 and 76; Post-dose on Day 4, Weeks 41, 103, and 115
concentration, descriptive
Plasma Concentration of Gantenerumab
Time frame:Pre-dose on Days 1, Weeks 24, 52 and 76; Post-dose on Day 4, Weeks 41, 103, and 115
concentration, descriptive
Other (unclassified)
8 endpointsOLE Period: Number of Participants With Injection-Site Reactions
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
OLE Period: Number of Participants With Injection-Site Reactions
Time frame:From day of first dose in OLE period up to 14 weeks after the last OLE dose (up to 48 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo (DBT) to Gantenerumab: Open-label Extension (OLE)n=13 Participants | 0 | - |
| Gantenerumab (DBT) to Gantenerumab: OLEn=14 Participants | 1 | - |
DBT Period: Number of Participants With AEs
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
DBT Period: Number of Participants With Injection-Site Reactions
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
DBT Period: Number of Participants With Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADA) to Gantenerumab
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
DBT Period: Number of Participants With AEs
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=474 Participants | 409 | - |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=501 Participants | 451 | - |
DBT Period: Number of Participants With Injection-Site Reactions
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo: DBTn=474 Participants | 31 | - |
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=501 Participants | 75 | - |
DBT Period: Number of Participants With Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADA) to Gantenerumab
Time frame:From Day 1 up to 14 weeks after the last dose of blinded study drug (up to 128 weeks)
event count, event
Posted result
| Group | Value (count_of_participants), Participants | Reported bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Gantenerumab: DBTn=501 Participants | 12 | - |
Publications (5)
Bibliography
Records linked to this trial through ClinicalTrials.gov references, PubMed NCT search, and curated study seeds. 'Canonical' marks design/result papers; others are registry references or candidates.
Registry references + supporting bibliography
- PMID40302041via DERIVED
- PMID37966285via DERIVED
- PMID39887500via DERIVED
- PMID40603145via DERIVED
- PMID39556389via DERIVED
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.