Alzheimer’s trial stopped
A Phase 2 trial of a small molecule drug for patients with mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease has been stopped due to lack of efficacy, the developer Sage Therapeutics Inc announced on 8 October. The drug, dalzanemdor (SAGE-718), did not show a statistically significant difference in patients with the disorder, compared with a placebo, on the basis of a widely-used intelligence test.