Table 2. Agents in phase II clinical trials for AD treatments.
Name |
Company |
Mechanism of action or target |
Reference |
AADvac-1 |
Axon Neuroscience |
Tau aggregation |
81 |
AD-02 |
AFFiRiS |
Anti beta-amyloid |
49 |
AD-04 |
AFFiRiS |
Anti beta-amyloid |
47, 48 |
AN2/AVex-73 (Anavex-2-73) |
Anavex Life Science |
Blocks sodium channels and acts as agonist of Sigma-1 receptors and M1 muscarinic receptors, and AChE inhibitor |
117 |
Atorvastatin (Lipitor) |
Pfizer |
Lowers cholesterol levels |
183, 184 |
AVN-101 |
Avineuro |
Not disclosed |
199 |
AVN-397 |
Avineuro |
Not disclosed |
198 |
AZD-3480 (Isproniciline) |
Targacept |
Agonist of alpha-4-beta-2-nAChR |
100 |
BAN-2401 |
Eisai |
Anti beta-amyloid |
51 |
Benfotiamine |
Burke Medical Research Institute |
Neuroprotector |
175 |
Bexarotene |
Eisai |
Anti beta-amyloid |
176, 177 |
BI-409306 |
Boehringer Ingelheim |
Phosphodiesterase inhibitor |
139 |
BLU-8499 |
Alzheon |
Anti-amyloidogenic agent |
76 |
Bryostatin 1 |
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute |
Activator of protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes (delta and epsilon) |
141 |
Curcumin |
NOW Foods |
Antioxidant |
163 |
DAOI-B (Sodium benzoate) |
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital |
Inhibits D-amino acid oxidases |
105 |
Davunetide (AL-108) |
Allon Therapeutics Inc., Paladin Labs Inc. |
Glial cell mediator of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-induced neuroprotection |
146, 147 |
Dexpramipexole |
Biogen |
Dopamine receptor agonist |
118 |
E-2609 |
Eisai Co |
BACE-1 inhibitor |
65 |
Etanercept (Enbrel) |
Amgen, Inc., Pfizer |
Inflammation |
162 |
EVP-0962 |
FORUM Pharm |
BACE-1 inhibitor |
67 |
Exenatide |
NIH |
Agonists of human glucagon-like peptide-1 (amino acids 7-37) |
192 |
Isotretinoin |
Hexal AG |
Retinoid receptors |
179 |
Ladostigil |
Avraham |
Inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase and monoamine oxidase A and B |
133 |
Levetiracetam |
AgeneBio |
N-type calcium channel (Ca(v) 2.2) blocker |
120, 121 |
Liraglutide |
Imperial College |
Agonists of human glucagon-like peptide-1 (amino acids 7-37) |
191 |
LND-101001 |
Lupin |
Not disclosed |
195 |
Lu-AF-20513 |
Lundbeck |
Antioxidant |
161 |
Methylene Blue |
TauRx Therapeutics |
Tau aggregation |
85 |
MK-7622 |
Merck&Co |
Not disclosed |
196, 197 |
MSDC-0160 |
Metabolic Solutions |
Antidiabetic |
193 |
Nelonicline (ABT-126) |
AbbVie |
Nicotinic alpha-7-nAChR agonist |
99 |
Octagam (immunoglobulin IVIG) |
Octapharma AG |
Anti beta-amyloid |
56 |
ORM-12741 |
Orion |
Alpha 2C-adrenoceptor antagonist |
116 |
Pitavastatin |
Kowa |
Statin |
183 |
Ponezumab (PN-1219) |
Pfizer |
Anti beta-amyloid |
55 |
Posiphen |
QR Pharma |
Antiamyloidogenic agent |
71 |
PQ-912 |
Probiodrug AG |
Inhibitor of glutaminekinase |
144 |
PXT-864 |
Pharnext |
Multitarget: NMDAR and GABA-B antagonist, modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptors |
104 |
Quercetin |
Twinlab |
Antioxidant |
163 |
Rasagiline |
Teva |
Monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) inhibitor |
136 |
Rilapladib (SB-659032) |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Inhibitor of phospholipase A2 |
137 |
Riluzole |
Rockefeller University |
Multitarget: group of targets in the glutamatergic system and different types of ion channels |
122-124 |
Ro-63-8695 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Anti-human serum amyloid P (Anti-SAP), antiamyloidogenic agents |
74, 75 |
RPh-201 |
Regenera Pharma |
Not disclosed |
200 |
S-38093 |
Servier |
Ionic channel modulator, antagonist of H3-histamine receptors (H3R) |
113 |
S-47445 (CX-1632) |
RespireRx Pharmaceuticals |
Ionotropic glutamate receptor |
106, 107 |
Sargramostim (Leukine) |
Perrigo |
Granulocyte-macrophage-stimulating agent |
154, 155 |
Simvastatin |
NIA |
Statin |
185, 186 |
SUVN-502 |
Suven Life Sciences |
5-HT6 receptor antagonist |
93 |
T-817MA |
Toyama, FUJIFILM |
Neurotrophic agent |
145 |
Tamibarotene |
Osaka City University |
Retinoic acid receptor (RAR) alpha agonist |
178 |
TRx-0014 |
TauRx Therapeutics |
Tau aggregation |
86, 87 |
UB-311 |
United Biomedical |
Anti beta-amyloid |
52, 53 |
UE-2343 |
Actinogen |
Inhibitor of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 |
134 |
VX-745 |
EIP Pharma |
MAPK p38 Inhibitor |
142, 143 |
Xanamen |
Actinogen |
Inhibitor of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 |
134 |