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Impact of Bosutinib on Safety, Tolerability, Biomarkers and Clinical Outcomes in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

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Last updated:4th Mar 2024
Status: COMPLETED
Identifier: NCT03888222
Impact of Bosutinib on Safety, Tolerability, Biomarkers and Clinical Outcomes in Dementia With Lewy Bodies


ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03888222

Sponsor: Georgetown University
Information provided by: Fernando Pagan MD, Georgetown University (Responsible Party)
Last Update Posted: 2022-04-05

Brief Summary:
This study evaluates the effect of Bosutinib (Bosulif,Pfizer®) in the treatment of patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Half participants will receive 100 mg of Bosutinib , while the other half will receive placebo.

Detailed Description:
This proposal will evaluate the effects of Bosutinib (Bosulif, Pfizer®) treatment - an FDA-approved tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets c-Abelson (Abl) and Src tyrosine kinases- in patients with DLB. Investigators have demonstrated safety and efficacy of this compound in pre-clinical animal models and others have shown similar benefits of Bosutinib on inflammation and neurotoxic protein clearance in neurodegeneration. Investigators have demonstrated that Bosutinib enters the brain (5% CSF:plasma ratio) and inhibits Abl at lower doses (5mg/kg) than the cancer dose (80mg/kg) in animals. Bosutinib also reduces the levels of neurotoxic proteins including alpha-synuclein, tau and beta-amyloid and improves motor and cognitive behavior in models of neurodegeneration. The use of Bosutinib is a novel strategy that promotes autophagy to clear neurotoxic protein aggregates in neurons. Bosutinib is FDA-approved for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) at an oral dose of 400-600 mg daily. Based on our preclinical evidence, investigators used allometric conversion to extrapolate animal to human dose and estimated a human equivalent dose daily dose of 100mg Bosutinib in this clinical study to determine the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patients with mild to moderate DLB.

Official Title:
A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Impact of Bosutinib on Safety, Tolerability, Biomarkers and Clinical Outcomes in Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)

Intervention / Treatment:
- Drug: Placebo Oral Tablet
- Drug: Bosutinib Oral Tablet

Category Value
Study Start (Actual) 2019-04-23
Primary Completion (Actual) 2021-08-27
Study Completion (Actual) 2021-08-27
Enrollment (Actual) 26
Study Type Interventional
Phase Phase 2
Other Study ID Numbers
CSUC-01/21


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