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September 23, 2026
Actinogen Medical completes final XanaMIA patient visit; November Alzheimer’s trial results on track
(Yahoo Finance)
- "The final participant visit took place in the United States, marking completion of all patient visits in the 247-person trial of Actinogen's lead drug candidate Xanamem, also known as emestedastat....Participants were recruited across Australia and the US, which accounted for 45% and 55% of enrolment respectively. Following the randomised portion of the study, participants can enrol in an open-label extension in which all receive Xanamem."
Enrollment closed • P2/3 data • Alzheimer's Disease
July 18, 2026
A Phase 2 randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of emestedastat in patients with major depressive disorder and cognitive impairment.
(PubMed, Br J Psychiatry)
- "There was no benefit of emestedastat on the primary end-point of cognitive impairment and a large placebo effect, without correlation of cognitive impairment to depression changes or baseline characteristics. Trends towards potential antidepressant activity suggest that emestedastat may be a novel antidepressant worthy of further investigation."
Journal • P2 data • CNS Disorders • Cognitive Disorders • Depression • Major Depressive Disorder • Mood Disorders • Psychiatry
June 30, 2026
Screening And Baseline Characteristics Of A Ph2b/3 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Emestedastat In Mild/Moderate AD
(AAIC 2026)
- No abstract available
Clinical • P2b data
May 29, 2026
A trial with healthy adult volunteers testing the effect of food on what happens to the drug emestedastat in the body
(ANZCTR)
- P1 | N=16 | Completed | Sponsor: Actinogen Medical Ltd | Recruiting ➔ Completed
Trial completion • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Depression • Major Depressive Disorder • Mood Disorders • Psychiatry
May 28, 2026
Actinogen receives positive EMA scientific advice aligned with prior FDA guidance for its Alzheimer’s disease program
(The Manila Times)
- "Key understandings include: Agreement on the suitability of the ‘Regulatory starting materials’ for the commercial manufacturing of Xanamem (emestedastat) drug substance; Design of one additional, well-controlled, pivotal (phase 3) trial to follow a positive XanaMIA pivotal trial - both use a 10 mg dose vs. placebo; Standard total number of people to be treated with Xanamem to be described in the Marketing Authorization Application...Small number of ancillary clinical pharmacology trials to be conducted parallel with the next pivotal trial; Small number of nonclinical studies required to further characterize safety, metabolism and excretion pathways to be conducted parallel with the next pivotal trial...Topline results from the randomized phase of the XanaMIA pivotal Alzheimer’s disease trial of Xanamem 10 mg vs. placebo are expected in November this year. The trial enrolled 247 participants..."
European regulatory • New P3 trial • P2/3 data • Preclinical • Alzheimer's Disease
February 18, 2026
XanaMIA: Effect of 10 mg Xanamem on Dementia Due to Alzheimer's Disease
(clinicaltrials.gov)
- P2/3 | N=247 | Active, not recruiting | Sponsor: Actinogen Medical | Phase classification: P2 ➔ P2/3 | Trial completion date: Oct 2026 ➔ Feb 2028
Phase classification • Trial completion date • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Dementia
December 26, 2025
Drug Development.
(PubMed, Alzheimers Dement)
- "These data suggest validation of the hypothesis that controlling CNS tissue cortisol production may be beneficial for the treatment of AD as well as MDD."
Clinical • Journal • CNS Disorders • Depression • Major Depressive Disorder • Mood Disorders • Psychiatry • p-tau181
December 03, 2025
XanaMIA: Effect of 10 mg Xanamem on Dementia Due to Alzheimer's Disease
(clinicaltrials.gov)
- P2 | N=220 | Active, not recruiting | Sponsor: Actinogen Medical | Recruiting ➔ Active, not recruiting | Trial completion date: Dec 2025 ➔ Oct 2026 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2025 ➔ Oct 2026
Enrollment closed • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Dementia • p-tau181
November 03, 2025
Actinogen Medical presents Alzheimer’s and depression program at BIO-Europe 2025
(BiotechDispatch)
- "Chief Executive Officer Dr Steven Gourlay and Chief Commercial Officer Andy Udell are representing the company in Vienna, meeting with global pharmaceutical and biotechnology leaders, investors and potential partners to discuss the pivotal XanaMIA Phase 2b/3 trial in Alzheimer’s disease and the growing global interest in novel approaches that regulate cortisol in the brain...Actinogen’s presence follows a successful meeting with the U.S. FDA, confirming the development pathway for XANAMEM toward U.S. marketing approval and the completion of screening in the company’s pivotal Alzheimer’s trial. Interim results are expected in early 2026, with topline data anticipated mid-Q4 2026...An open-label extension phase will follow in 2026 to gather long-term safety data."
P2/3 data • Trial status • Alzheimer's Disease
October 10, 2025
Emestedastat, a selective 11β-HSD1 inhibitor, demonstrates positive effects on depression in a phase 2 trial of moderate Major Depressive Disorder
(ECNP 2025)
- "These data support the hypothesis that decreasing CNS cortisol may be beneficial to patients with MDD. Emestedastat represents a novel pharmacological approach to the treatment of depression via steroidogenesis inhibition and merits further study."
P2 data • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Cognitive Disorders • Depression • Major Depressive Disorder • Mood Disorders • Psychiatry
September 15, 2025
Actinogen achieves agreement with the FDA in a Type C meeting on the manufacturing, clinical and nonclinical activities required for a future US marketing approval of Xanamem for Alzheimer’s disease
(GlobeNewswire)
- "Key understandings include the: ‘Regulatory starting materials‘ for the commercial manufacturing of Xanamem (emestedastat) drug substance...Design of one additional, well-controlled, pivotal (phase 3) trial to support a positive XanaMIA pivotal trial; Single emestedastat dose design (10 mg vs placebo) for the planned pivotal Phase 3 trial; Number of people to be treated with Xanamem to be described in the New Drug Application (NDA) – that is, the makeup of the planned safety database consistent with FDA guidelines; Small number of ancillary clinical pharmacology trials to be conducted; Nonclinical studies required to further characterize the metabolism and excretion pathways of Xanamem."
FDA event • Trial status • Alzheimer's Disease
September 12, 2025
The company confirmed that in a recent Type C meeting, conducted by written response with the FDA’s Neurology-I Division, regulators endorsed Actinogen’s streamlined development plan.
(BiotechDispatch)
- "Among the key outcomes were clarity on the regulatory starting materials for Xanamem’s commercial manufacture, the design of an interim analysis for the ongoing XanaMIA trial, and agreement on the structure of a single pivotal Phase 3 trial. The FDA also backed a simplified trial design using a single 10 mg daily dose of Xanamem compared with placebo, along with a limited set of ancillary pharmacology and nonclinical studies...It also paves the way for submissions to other regulators, including the European Medicines Agency in 2026 and subsequently the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency."
EMA filing • FDA event • Alzheimer's Disease
September 12, 2025
The company’s XanaMIA Phase 2b/3 trial is currently underway in Australia and the US, testing Xanamem in 220 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s confirmed by biomarker analysis.
(BiotechDispatch)
- "Initial results from an interim analysis are expected in January 2026, with final outcomes anticipated later that year."
P1 data • Alzheimer's Disease
August 27, 2025
XanaMIA phase 2b/3 Alzheimer's disease trial progress
(PRNewswire)
- "Enrolment in the pivotal XanaMIA phase 2b/3 Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical trial has passed 55% as at the end of July 2025...A planned safety and efficacy futility interim analysis of all available data by an independent Data Monitoring Committee will occur in January 2026....Final results for the full enrolment of 220 participants are expected in Q4 2026."
DSMB • Enrollment status • P2/3 data • Alzheimer's Disease
July 22, 2025
A novel oral treatment for Alzheimer's: Actinogen's pivotal trial currently recruiting participants in the US
(PRNewswire)
- "Actinogen Medical Limited...is encouraging individuals and their loved ones affected by Alzheimer's disease to take part in a groundbreaking clinical trial that could transform the way we treat this devastating condition...The trial is enrolling people diagnosed with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, offering them a chance to participate in cutting-edge research aimed at stabilizing the cognitive and functional decline of Alzheimer's...The trial involves taking a single pill once a day of Xanamem or matching placebo ('sugar pill') and a series of clinic visits for the assessment of Alzheimer's progress. It does not involve frequent brain scans or complicated procedures such as lumbar puncture....All participants at the end of the XanaMIA trial are eligible for Actinogen's open-label extension trial of active Xanamem for up to 24 months. This extension trial will open to completed XanaMIA participants in early 2026."
Trial status • Alzheimer's Disease
May 26, 2025
Xanamem a Selective 11ß-HSD1 Inhibitor Has Positive Effects on Depression in a Phase 2 Trial of Moderate Major Depressive Disorder
(APA 2025)
- "These data support the hypothesis that decreasing CNS cortisol may be beneficial to patients with MDD. Xanamem represents a novel pharmacological approach to the treatment of depression and merits further study."
P2 data • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Cognitive Disorders • Depression • Major Depressive Disorder • Mood Disorders • Psychiatry
May 17, 2025
Targeting Brain Cortisol: Xanamem Shows Promise in Depression and Alzheimer Disease
(Psychiatric Times)
- "Actinogen investigated Xanamem in patients with residual depression who after at least 6 weeks of treatment with an antidepressant medication...Participants, who had Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) scores of 17 or higher as well as demonstrated cognitive impairment, were randomized to placebo or 10 mg of Xanamem daily for 6 weeks, followed by a 4-week blinded observation period. 'At the end of 10 weeks, there was a statistically significant separation with the treated patients doing better as compared to the placebo'"
Clinical data • Alzheimer's Disease • Depression
April 30, 2025
Actinogen provides pivotal Alzheimer’s trial enrolment update and other business news
(GlobeNewswire)
- "Actinogen Medical Limited...announces that its Alzheimer’s disease phase 2b/3 trial has now enrolled 60 participants and expects to reach 100 by the end of this quarter. That milestone will trigger an interim analysis of available trial data by an independent Data Monitoring Committee approximately 6 months later. Final results for the full 220 participants are expected in Q4 2026....A similar Type C meeting for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) will be held with the FDA’s Neurology Division later in 2025 to define the optimal path to a marketing approval."
Enrollment status • FDA event • P2/3 data • Alzheimer's Disease
March 11, 2025
PLASMA PTAU181 PREDICTS CLINICAL PROGRESSION IN MILD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.
(ADPD 2025)
- "Together, these data suggest elevated plasma pTau181 may have utility for patient enrichment in future AD trials of patients with mild AD. Enrichment in this way may reduce sample size, cost, and duration of clinical trials. Xanamem showed evidence of potentially clinically meaningful benefits in these patients that will be further explored."
Clinical • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • p-tau181
February 13, 2025
Role of 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase and Mineralocorticoid Receptor on Alzheimer's Disease Onset: A Systematic Review.
(PubMed, Int J Mol Sci)
- "However, clinical trials, including those involving ABT-384 and Xanamem, have produced mixed results, with no substantial cognitive improvements despite effective enzyme inhibition...Ongoing research is focusing on optimizing 11β-HSD1 inhibitors, identifying biomarkers for patient selection, and investigating combination therapies to enhance treatment efficacy. Ultimately, 11β-HSD1's role in AD presents a promising therapeutic target, but further studies are required to fully understand its potential in managing the disease."
Journal • Review • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Inflammation
February 12, 2025
Actinogen announces peer-reviewed clinical pharmacology manuscript for Xanamem (emestedastat) published in Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development journal
(PRNewswire)
- "Actinogen Medical Limited...announces that the publication of its most recent peer-reviewed journal article entitled Clinical Pharmacology and Approach to Dose Selection of Emestedastat...The review confirms the utility of the 10 mg daily dose of Xanamem being used in current clinical trials. From a drug development perspective, it demonstrates the value of using central pharmacodynamics (PD), including positron emission tomography (PET) and computerized cognitive testing, to supplement pharmacokinetic (PK) and endocrine-based PD for determining the target dose range for clinical efficacy testing...The XanaMIA Phase 2b/3 Alzheimer's disease trial is a double-blind, 36-week treatment, placebo-controlled, parallel group design trial in 220 patients with mild to moderate AD and progressive disease...Initial results from an interim analysis of the first 100 participants are anticipated in Q4 2025 and final results H2 2026."
Clinical • P2/3 data • Alzheimer's Disease
February 05, 2025
Actinogen announces new and unique nonproprietary name of 'emestedastat' for Xanamem
(PRNewswire)
- "Actinogen Medical Limited...announces that the World Health Organization (WHO) has granted the nonproprietary name of 'emestedastat' to Actinogen for its Xanamem/UE2343 once-a-day small molecule in accordance with the WHO's Procedure for the Selection of Recommended International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for Pharmaceutical Substances...XanaMIA Alzheimer's disease phase 2b/3 trial sites enrolling in the USA and Australia...Final results are expected in the second half of 2026 with interim results anticipated in Q4 this year."
Commercial • P2/3 data • Alzheimer's Disease
January 12, 2025
Drug Development.
(PubMed, Alzheimers Dement)
- "This series of trials demonstrates that the optimal dose of Xanamem can be selected based on CNS PET occupancy data coupled with pharmacodynamic endocrinology and quantitative cognition testing. Pro-cognitive and potentially disease modifying effects were observed at doses consistent with high CNS target occupancy. Xanamem is now in larger Phase 2 clinical outcome trials in MDD and mild/mod AD."
Journal • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Cognitive Disorders • Endocrine Disorders • Inflammation • Mental Retardation • Psychiatry • p-tau181
December 09, 2024
Actinogen randomizes first US participant in XanaMIA phase 2b/3 Alzheimer's disease trial
(PRNewswire)
- "Actinogen Medical Limited...announces that the first participant was randomized and treated Friday in the United States in the XanaMIA phase 2b/3 clinical trial in patients with biomarker-positive mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). The trial is designed to select 220 participants with a progressive clinical profile, determined by elevated levels of the blood biomarker pTau181. It measures the effects of a Xanamem 10 mg daily dose versus placebo over a 36-week treatment period on multiple clinical endpoints of function and cognition....An interim analysis is planned for Q3 2025 when approximately 100 patients reach 24 weeks of treatment, with final results anticipated in H2 2026."
P2/3 data • Trial status • Alzheimer's Disease
July 10, 2024
Xanamem® in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder and Impaired Cognition (XanaCIDD)
(clinicaltrials.gov)
- P2 | N=167 | Completed | Sponsor: Actinogen Medical | Active, not recruiting ➔ Completed
Trial completion • Alzheimer's Disease • CNS Disorders • Cognitive Disorders • Depression • Major Depressive Disorder • Mood Disorders • Psychiatry
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