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Active, not recruitingNCT05983575Updated May 15, 2025

A Pivotal Study of LIPUS-Brain in Patients With Early Alzheimer's Disease

A Phase 3 interventional study of LIPUS-Brain and Placebo in Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, sponsored by Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD.. Active, not recruiting at 19 sites in Japan. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 89 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-15.

Sponsored by Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jan 2026, 8 months ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
220
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
50 Years to 89 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study comparing LIPUS-Brain transcranial low-intensity pulsed-wave ultrasound device to placebo in patients with Early Alzheimer's Disease. The primary objective of the study is to assess changes in ADAS-J-cog-14 scores from baseline to 72 weeks.

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Conditions studied

  • Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset

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In context

Alzheimer Disease

3,678 studies on the registry are indexed under Alzheimer Disease; 872 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 220 is above the median of 70 across 2,808 interventional studies indexed under Alzheimer Disease.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD. as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years to 89 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Provide written informed consent to participate in the clinical trial from the patient and their legal representative.
  • Mild AD or MCI due to AD patient aged greater than or equal to (>=) 50 and less than (\<) 90 years, at the time of informed consent.
  • Patients with the same partner/informant who meet all of the following conditions during the study period

    • Living with or in contact with the patient
    • It is possible to observe the patient's activities of daily living and physical condition.
    • Being able to be present at all times during the efficacy evaluation specified in this clinical trial
    • Person judged by an investigator to be able to manage administration of concomitant medications
  • Patients who met the diagnostic criteria of Mild AD or MCI due to AD according to the NIA/AA 2018 diagnostic criteria at the time of informed consent and were diagnosed as positive by the amyloid PET imaging evaluation committee.
  • Have a CDR global score of 0.5 (MCI due to AD) to 1.0 (Mild AD) at screening.
  • Patients with her MMSE-J score >=20 at screening.
  • No organic diseases such as symptomatic cerebral hemorrhage, symptomatic cerebral infarction, acute cerebral infarction, brain tumor, etc. within 48 weeks before obtaining informed consent or in head MRI images at screening, and in head MRA images, Patients evaluated by the imaging evaluation committee as not having severe stenosis/occlusion from the internal carotid artery to the middle cerebral artery.
  • Patients who are receiving existing drug therapy for Mild AD or MCI due to AD and are not scheduled to change their medication within the past 4 weeks from obtaining consent and after obtaining consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients judged by the investigator that it is difficult to continue the study treatment for 20 minutes.
  • Patients judged by the investigator to be difficult to perform an MRI examination.
  • Patients with impaired consciousness with a GCS score of 12 or less at the time of enrollment.
  • Patients who have had symptomatic cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage within 12 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Patients with a modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale score of 5 or more at enrollment.
  • Patients with Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
  • Patients judged by the investigator to be difficult to participate in the clinical trial due to severe mental illness
  • Poorly controlled serious systemic disease (heart failure, liver failure, renal failure, vitamin B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, etc.) that makes it difficult for the investigator to participate in the study judged patient.
  • Patients with uncontrolled diabetic retinopathy (with active fundus hemorrhage).
  • Patients who have malignant tumor as a complication or who have been treated for malignant tumor within 5 years from the time of enrollment (excluding cured resected carcinoma in situ).
  • Patients who are or have a history of drug addiction or alcohol addiction.
  • Patients with or with a history of epilepsy.
  • Patients with implants such as coils, electrodes and stents in the skull.
  • Patients within 5 years after brain surgery (including endovascular treatment).
  • Patients who are pregnant or wish to become pregnant.
  • Patients participating in other clinical studies (excluding non-interventional observational studies) or clinical trials.
  • Patients who are otherwise judged to be ineligible by the investigator.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
220 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    LIPUS-Brain

    Device: LIPUS-Brain

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Device: Placebo

Interventions

  • DeviceLIPUS-Brain

    Transcranial low-power pulsed-wave ultrasound device

  • DevicePlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in ADAS-J-cog-14 scores from baseline to Week 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 72

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in ADAS-J-cog-14 scores from baseline to Week 24 and 48

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24 and 48

  2. Changes in CDR-SB from baseline to Week 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 48 and 72

  3. Changes in NPIQ-J scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  4. Changes in J-ZBI scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  5. Changes in WMS-R scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  6. Changes in MMSE-J scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  7. Changes in FAQ scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  8. Changes in EQ-5D-5L scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  9. Changes in ABC Dementia scale scores from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  10. Changes in each 14 item of ADAS-J-cog-14 score from baseline to Week 24, 48 and 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  11. Prevalence of responders at Week 24, 48, and 72 defined as those with no deterioration or even improvement in ADAS-J-cog-14 scores

    Time frame: Performed at Week 24, 48 and 72

  12. Transition rate from MCI due to AD to AD at Week 72

    Time frame: Performed at Week 72

  13. Termination due to aggravation of dementia symptoms

    If medication needs to be started or changed, dementia is considered worsening.

    Time frame: Performed up to 96 weeks

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Study locations

19 sites
  • Nagoya University Hospital
    Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560, Japan
  • National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
    Ōbu, Aichi 474-8511, Japan
  • IUHW Narita Hospital
    Narita, Chiba 286-8520, Japan
  • Sapporo Medical University Hospital
    Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan
  • Memory Clinic Toride
    Toride, Ibaragi 302-0004, Japan
  • Kanazawa University Hospital
    Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan
  • Tohoku University Hospital
    Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan
  • KATAYAMA medical Clinic
    Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0813, Japan
  • Kansai Medical University Hospital
    Hirakata, Osaka 573-1191, Japan
  • National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan
  • International University of Health and welfare Hospital
    Nasushiobara, Tochigi 329-2763, Japan
  • Juntendo University School of Medicine Juntendo Hospital
    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
  • Memory Clinic Ochanomizu
    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
  • The University of Tokyo Hospital
    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatrics Hospital
    Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
  • Tottori University Hospital
    Yonago, Tottori 683-8504, Japan
  • Fukuoka Sanno Hospital
    Fukuoka, 814-0001, Japan
  • Imon Yukari Neurology Clinic
    Hiroshima, 732-0066, Japan
  • Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital
    Niigata, 951-8122, Japan
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 15, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05983575
Lead sponsor
Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 9, 2023
Start date
Oct 31, 2023
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 15, 2025

Study contacts

Hiroaki Shimokawa
study director · Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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