A Novel Approach to Alzheimer’s Drug Therapy, Phase 2a Clinical Trial Results of T3D-959 to be Presented by T3D Therapeutics at CTAD
Research Triangle Park, NC (PRWEB) November 30, 2016 -- T3D Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage drug development company engaged in the development of a new orally administered treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), today announced that CEO, John Didsbury, will be presenting cognitive testing and neuroimaging results of a Phase 2a clinical trial of T3D-959 in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s patients at CTAD 2016. Preliminary results of a 26-week open label extension of the main study will also be presented. The oral presentation will take place on Friday, December 9th in San Diego, CA.
Presentation Details:
Title: OC39 - Cognitive Improvement in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Patients: Preliminary Results of an Open Label, Phase 2A Study of T3D-959
Date/Time: December 9, 2016, 11:15am (PST)
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marina Ballroom G
Presenter, John Didsbury states, “AD is a disease involving multiple pathologies. In addition to dysfunctional glucose energy as a result of insulin and IGF-1 resistance and dysfunctional lipid metabolism (e.g. cholesterol and sphingolipids), AD pathology encompasses a plethora of neurodegenerative ‘triggers’ including; beta amyloid plaques, tau neurofibrillary bundles, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and neurotransmitter deficits. A key tenet of the neuro-metabolic approach to treating AD with T3D-959 is that AD involves a massive positive feedback loop of altered glucose/lipid metabolism alterations and the above-mentioned pathological sequelae. The objective of T3D-959 treatment is to break this feedback loop by improving both energy and lipid metabolic dysfunctions.”
In previous pre-clinical studies T3D-959 treatment of i.c. STZ rats, a model of sporadic AD, restored neurocognitive function and reversed brain atrophy.
About T3D Therapeutics, Inc.
T3D Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately-held, Research Triangle Park, NC-based company incorporated in 2013. The Company has an exclusive license to T3D-959, its lead product candidate, and a platform of structurally-related molecules. T3D Therapeutics’ mission is to develop and commercialize T3D-959 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. The Company believes, that due to its novel mechanism of action, T3D-959 may also have therapeutic benefit in other central nervous system and other neurodegenerative diseases.
T3D-959, the Company’s lead product candidate, is a small molecule, orally-delivered, brain-penetrating PPAR delta / gamma dual nuclear receptor agonist. T3D-959 is designed to improve neuro-metabolic dysfunction present in Alzheimer’s disease. T3D-959 primarily activates PPAR delta and secondarily PPAR gamma. Unlike PPAR gamma, PPAR delta is universally expressed in the brain, particularly in areas of high energy metabolism. T3D-959 readily crosses the blood-brain barrier. In published preclinical studies T3D-959 has been observed to regulate Abeta, tau, oxidative stress and inflammation providing significant improvement in memory and motor function.
For more information, please visit http://www.t3dtherapeutics.com/.
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Investor Contact
John Didsbury, Ph.D., CEO
T3D Therapeutics, Inc.
1-919-237-4897
Email: info (at) t3dtherapeutics (dot) com
John Didsbury, T3D Therapeutics, Inc., http://www.t3dtherapeutics.com, +1 9192374897, [email protected]
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