A Clinical Trial of AAV2-BDNF Gene Therapy in Early Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Official title
A Phase I Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of AAV2-BDNF [Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)-Based, Vector-Mediated Delivery of Human Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor] in Subjects With Early Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Brief summary
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This is a first-in-human clinical trial to test whether a protein administered into the brain continuously by gene therapy, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), will slow or prevent cell loss in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. The protein may also activate cells in the brain that have not yet deteriorated. Gene therapy refers to the use of a harmless virus to have brain cells make the potentially protective protein, BDNF.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05040217
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 12 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 6, 2022
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2028
- Completion
- Jun 30, 2028
- Last update posted
- Jul 9, 2026
2022 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California - San Diego | La Jolla | California | 92093 | — |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jul 9, 2026 · Synced Sep 29, 2026
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