A Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of KarXT + KarX-EC as a Treatment for Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease (ADEPT-5)
Recruiting now Phase 3 NCT06947941
Run by Bristol-Myers Squibb · for 55 to 90 · All sexes
What this study is about
The purpose of this study is to evaluate KarXT + KarX-EC as a treatment for psychosis associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Who can join (things the study team will check)
✅ You may be able to join if…
- Participants must be 55 to 90 years of age, inclusive, at the time of Screening (Visit 1).
- Participants must be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in accordance with the 2024 revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Association Workgroup.
- Participants must have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain (completed within the past 5 years) taken during or subsequent to the onset of dementia to rule out other central nervous system (CNS) disease that could account for the dementia syndrome, eg, major stroke, neoplasm, subdural hematoma.
- Participants must have a history of psychotic symptoms (meeting International Psychogeriatric Association criteria) for at least 2 months prior to Screening (Visit 1) (participants may or may not have symptoms of agitation).
🚫 You may not be able to join if…
- Participants must not have psychotic symptoms that are primarily attributable to a condition other than the AD causing the dementia, eg, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, or mood disorder with psychotic features.
- Participants must not have history of major depressive episode with psychotic features during the 12 months prior to Screening, or history of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder.
- Participants must not have certain safety concerns, including certain laboratory test irregularities.
- Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.
Where this trial is running
- Gilbert Neurology Partners/CCT Research, Gilbert, Arizona, United States
- Inland Psychiatric Medical Group., Chino, California, United States
- Local Institution - 0001, Naples, Florida, United States
- Local Institution - 1401, Naples, Florida, United States
- Local Institution - 0029, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Insight Clinical Trials LLC - Independence, Independence, Ohio, United States
- Local Institution - 0020, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
- Local Institution - 0052, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Local Institution - 0054, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Local Institution - 0027, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
- Local Institution - 0025, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Local Institution - 0040, Suita, Osaka, Japan
+ 10 more sites.
Who to contact
BMS Clinical Trials Contact Center www.BMSClinicalTrials.com, www.BMSStudyConnect.com · 855-907-3286 · Clinical.Trials@bms.com
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