Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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Last week's CTAD data show that A2-73 score from baseline at week 104 of matched cohorts was assessed. It showed that ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) high dose cohort had a significantly lower MMSE decline (-1.1) compared to the ADNI control cohort (-4.4) at week 104 (p < 0.01). This is currently the best drug results for CNS disease out there. This should be the new standard of care drug.IMO. Name another drug that beats it?


Individual patient-level data (IPD) was obtained from the ADNI (National Institutes of Health Grant U01 AG024904) and DOD ADNI (Department of Defense award number W81XWH-12-2-0012). ADNI is a longitudinal multicenter study designed to develop clinical, imaging, genetic, and biochemical biomarkers for the early detection and tracking of AD. A total of 1891 patients were followed in this study including 345 AD patients with available MMSE scores.

Propensity score matching (PSM) was applied using Linear Mixed Effects (LME) models including descriptors of age, sex, SIGMAR1 p.Q2P carrier status, APOE4 allele and MMSE at baseline to select patients with similar baseline characteristics and any confounding factors between AD patients in the Phase 2a ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) cohort and AD patients from the ADNI control cohort.

Change in MMSE score from baseline at week 104 of matched cohorts was assessed. It showed that ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) high dose cohort had a significantly lower MMSE decline (-1.1) compared to the ADNI control cohort (-4.4) at week 104 (p < 0.01)