2020-12-23
First‐in‐man study to investigate safety, pharmacokinetics and exploratory pharmacodynamics of HTL0018318, a novel M<sub>1</sub>‐receptor partial agonist for the treatment of dementias
2020-12-23 • C. J. G. Bakker, Tim Tasker, Jan Liptrot, Ellen P. Hart, Erica S. Klaassen, Samantha Prins, Thalia F. van der Doef, Giles A. Brown, Alastair Brown,...
Aims HTL0018318 is a selective M 1 receptor partial agonist currently under development for the symptomatic treatment of cognitive and behavioural symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. We investigated safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and exploratory pharmacodynamics (PD) of HTL0018318 following single ascending doses. Methods This randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study in 40 healthy younger adult and 57 healthy elderly subjects, investigated oral doses of 1–35 mg HTL0018318. Pharma…