Effects of an 8 Component Botanical Supplement on Mild and Moderate Alzheimer's Patients

Genescient

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Dementia; Alzheimer Disease

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Placebo; Dietary Supplement: ReBuilder

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03611439

Genescient

Details and patient eligibility

About

This placebo-controlled, double blind study evaluates the treatment effects of adding a multi-pathway botanical dietary supplement (ReBuilder) to the standard treatment regimens of subjects diagnosed with mild or moderate stage Alzheimer's Disease. The objective of the study is to determine if mild and moderate AD patients exhibit improved or stabilized cognitive function when this supplement is added to maximum tolerated doses of their standard treatments.

Full description

Currently, there is no treatment that can stop the progression of Alzheimer's Disease. The investigators in this study have used transgenic Drosophila melanogaster models and machine learning to develop an eight component botanical mixture (Geneaire™* ReBuilder™) that targets multiple genetic pathways involved in brain aging and dementia that are homologous between Drosophila and humans.

While beta-amyloid plaques and phosphorylated-tau tangles are diagnostic for AD, the cause(s) of their soluble precursors that kill neurons has not been determined. The majority of AD patients are diagnosed after 60 years of age. Many studies point to aging related processes like inflammation, neural vascular damage, neural stress, altered cell metabolism, inefficient cellular autophagy, microglial dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, and poor diet as potential causal factors in the decline of brain function over the decades that precede an actual AD diagnosis. AD is a multifaceted pathology involving many biochemical pathways and thus a multifaceted therapeutic approach may prove beneficial.

The goal of this study was to test ReBuilder on human cognitive function. During the 12-month pilot study, the subjects were evaluated quarterly on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study's Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL), and the Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB).

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed mild or moderate Alzheimer's Disease

Exclusion criteria

• History of heart disease
• History of heart attack
• History of cancer
• History of stroke or transient ischemic attack

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

ReBuilder Actives

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects take one 650 mg capsule by mouth twice a day for 12 months.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: ReBuilder

ReBuilder Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Subjects take one placebo capsule by mouth twice a day for 12 months.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo