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Vanutide cridificar

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Overview

Name: Vanutide cridificar
Synonyms: ACC-001, PF-05236806
Therapy Type: Immunotherapy (active) (timeline)
Target Type: Amyloid-Related (timeline)
Condition(s): Alzheimer's Disease
U.S. FDA Status: Alzheimer's Disease (Discontinued)
Company: Janssen
Approved for: None

Background

This is an active immunotherapy strategy. ACC-001 is a conjugate of multiple short Aβ fragments linked to a carrier made of inactivated diphtheria toxin. Vanutide cridificar is designed to avoid the safety concerns associated with the prior AN1792 active vaccine against full-length Aβ1-42.  Autoimmune meningoencephalitis caused by Th1 lymphocyte activation was attributed to Aβ residues 15–42. The Aβ fragments used in vanutide cridificar consist of amino acids 1–7. This N-terminal end contains a β cell epitope but is thought to avoid a T cell-mediated response against Aβ. Preclinical data indicate that vanutide cridificar generates N-terminal anti-Aβ antibodies but no Aβ-directed T cell response, and that it reverses cognitive impairment in murine models of AD. Elan research indicates that a small proportion of peripherally administered antibodies specific for Aβ peptide can cross the blood-brain barrier and act directly in the central nervous system to induce plaque clearance.

Findings

Vanutide cridificar was being tested in multiple Phase 2 trials, generally with a regimen of multiple injections over a year of doses ranging from 3–30 micrograms of vaccine, with or without the adjuvant QS-21. No results have been published in peer-reviewed journals. On July 14, 2013, at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Boston, researchers presented results of a trial in 40 patients in Japan with mild to moderate AD that found that co-administration of adjuvant was necessary to elicit a strong antibody response. This report indicated that the treatment was generally safe and well-tolerated, but noted one serious adverse event related to the study drug (see Arai et al., 2013). In August 2013, Pfizer's company pipeline listed this immunotherapy as having been discontinued from clinical development.

For details on all clinical trials of vanutide cridificar starting with Phase 1, see clinicaltrials.gov

Clinical Trial Timeline

  • Phase 2
  • Study completed / Planned end date
  • Planned end date unavailable
  • Study aborted
Sponsor Clinical Trial 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Pfizer, Janssen NCT00479557
N=86RESULTS
Pfizer, Janssen NCT00498602
N=245RESULTS
Pfizer, Janssen NCT00752232
N=40RESULTS
Pfizer, Janssen NCT00960531
N=160RESULTS
Pfizer, Janssen NCT00959192
N=32RESULTS
Pfizer, Janssen NCT00955409
N=50
Pfizer, Janssen NCT01238991
N=67RESULTS
Pfizer, Janssen NCT01227564
N=63RESULTS
Janssen, Pfizer NCT01284387
N=126

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2012

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References

External Citations

  1. clinicaltrials.gov

Further Reading

Papers

  1. . Anti-amyloid-beta immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease: ACC-001 clinical trials are ongoing. J Alzheimers Dis. 2009;17(2):243. PubMed.