Results of the eagerly awaited Phase 3 clinical trial of LMTM, a derivative of the dye methylene blue, generated consternation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2016, held July 22-28 in Toronto. Speaking to a packed audience on behalf of the study’s sponsor, TauRx Pharmaceuticals based in Aberdeen, Scotland, Serge Gauthier reported that LMTM failed to slow cognitive or functional decline in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. On the main primary results slide, disease progression curves for both doses of drug and the placebo were practically identical. Scientists’ disappointment at this finding soon turned into disbelief when Gauthier went on to present a subgroup analysis that held no statistical credence yet purported to show a strong benefit on cognition and brain atrophy.
TauRx Therapeutics Ltd announced Phase 3 clinical trial results that show treatment with LMTX®, the company's novel tau aggregation inhibitor, had a marked beneficial effect on key measures of Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild or moderate forms of the disease.
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Results of the eagerly awaited Phase 3 clinical trial of LMTM, a derivative of the dye methylene blue, generated consternation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2016, held July 22-28 in Toronto. Speaking to a packed audience on behalf of the study’s sponsor, TauRx Pharmaceuticals based in Aberdeen, Scotland, Serge Gauthier reported that LMTM failed to slow cognitive or functional decline in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. On the main primary results slide, disease progression curves for both doses of drug and the placebo were practically identical. Scientists’ disappointment at this finding soon turned into disbelief when Gauthier went on to present a subgroup analysis that held no statistical credence yet purported to show a strong benefit on cognition and brain atrophy.