A Phase 1 interventional study of E2511 and Donepezil in Alzheimers Disease, sponsored by Eisai Inc.. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-17.
Sponsored by Eisai Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate proof of mechanism (POM) and long-term safety and tolerability of E2511 in participants with Early AD. The study consists of 2 parts. In Part A, participants will be randomly assigned to receive either E2511 or donepezil. In Part B, participants will receive E2511 only. Once Part A and Part B participants complete the Core Trial (which includes Pretreatment and Treatment phases) they will have the option to enter the Extension Phase where they will receive E2511 for 18 months.
3,965 studies on the registry are indexed under Alzheimer Disease; 926 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 32 is below the median of 70 across 3,019 interventional studies indexed under Alzheimer Disease.
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For participants diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to AD-intermediate likelihood:
For participants diagnosed with mild AD dementia:
Evidence of brain amyloid pathology as indicated by one of the following:
Exclusion Criteria:
Females of who:
Within 28 days before trial entry, did not use a highly effective method of , which includes any of the following:
NOTE: It is permissible that if a highly effective method of contraception is not appropriate or acceptable to the participant, then the participant must agree to use a medically acceptable method of contraception, i.e., double-barrier methods of contraception such as latex or synthetic condom plus diaphragm or cervical/vault cap with spermicide. All females will be considered to be of childbearing potential unless they are (amenorrheic for at least 12 consecutive months, in the appropriate age group, and without other known or suspected cause) or have been sterilized surgically (i.e., bilateral tubal ligation, total hysterectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy, all with surgery at least 1 month before dosing).
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Short tests of memory and thinking, each scored out of 30. Lower scores suggest more difficulty; criteria give a range, either to include people with memory problems or to leave them out.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.
Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
MMSE and MoCA
Short tests of memory and thinking, each scored out of 30. Lower scores suggest more difficulty; criteria give a range, either to include people with memory problems or to leave them out.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
TIA (transient ischaemic attack)
A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.
Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Drug: E2511
Drug: Donepezil
Drug: E2511
Part A (Core Trial): Change from Baseline in [11C]MK-6884 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Using Non-Displaceable Binding Potential (BPND) at 14 Days
Time frame: Baseline up to Day 14
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
Time frame: Up to 91 weeks
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Vital Sign Values
Time frame: From Week 13 up to Week 91
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Electrocardiogram (ECG) Values
Time frame: From Week 13 up to Week 91
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Physical Exam
Time frame: From Week 13 up to Week 91
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Neurological Exam
Time frame: From Week 13 up to Week 91
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Safety Tests Values
Time frame: From Week 13 up to Week 91
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Number of Participants With Suicidality as Assessed by Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
The C-SSRS is an interview-based rating scale to systematically assess any suicidality, suicidal behavior, or suicidal ideation. Any suicidality is emergence of any suicidal ideation or suicidal behavior. Any suicidal behavior is indicated when response is "yes" for any these questions- actual attempt to suicide, engaged in non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, interrupted attempt, aborted attempt, preparatory acts. Any suicidal ideation is indicated when response is "yes" for any of these questions- wish to be dead, non-specific active suicidal thoughts, active suicidal ideation with methods without intent to act or some intent to act, without specific plan or with specific plan and intent to suicide.
Time frame: Up to 91 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With AEs
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Vital Sign Values
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in ECG Values
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Safety Tests Values
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Physical Exam
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Neurological Exam
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Number of Participants With Suicidality as Assessed by C-SSRS
The C-SSRS is an interview-based rating scale to systematically assess any suicidality, suicidal behavior, or suicidal ideation. Any suicidality is emergence of any suicidal ideation or suicidal behavior. Any suicidal behavior is indicated when response is "yes" for any these questions- actual attempt to suicide, engaged in non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, interrupted attempt, aborted attempt, preparatory acts. Any suicidal ideation is indicated when response is "yes" for any of these questions- wish to be dead, non-specific active suicidal thoughts, active suicidal ideation with methods without intent to act or some intent to act, without specific plan or with specific plan and intent to suicide.
Time frame: Part A: Up to 21 weeks; Part B: Up to 17 weeks
Part A and B (Core Trial): Cmax: Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration of E2511
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Core Trial): Tmax: Time to reach Cmax of E2511
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Core Trial): AUC(0-24h): Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Zero Time to 24 Hours of E2511
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Core Trial): AUC(0-t): Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Zero Time to Time of Last Quantifiable Concentration of E2511
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Core Trial): AUC(0-inf): Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Zero Time Extrapolated to Infinite Time of E2511
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Core Trial): t1/2: Terminal Elimination Half-Life of E2511
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Core Trial): CL/F: Apparent Total Clearance of E2511 Following Oral Administration on Day 1
Time frame: Part A: From Day 1 up to Day 42; Part B: From Day 1 up to Day 14
Part A and B (Extension Phase): Change from Baseline in Standard Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) of [18F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol (FEOBV) at 12 and 18 Months
Time frame: Baseline, 12 and 18 Months
No study locations are listed for this record.
Plan to share: Yes — Eisai's data sharing commitment and further information on how to request data can be found on our website http://eisaiclinicaltrials.com/.
No publications or documents are linked to this record.
Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for May 2030, 42 months later.
Of 160 industry-sponsored phase 1 interventional studies under Alzheimer Disease, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 23. This study's planned 42 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 233 studies reached it within 18 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 39.
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Studies of the drugs tested here: E2511 · Donepezil