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Advisory Council January 2018 Meeting Presentation: Research Progress

Friday, January 26, 2018

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Research Progress on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Richard J. Hodes, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Aging

Research Implementation Milestones: Our Central Driver

2011 2012
AD Summit		 2013
ADRD Summit		 2015
AD Summit		 2016
ADRD Summit		 2017
AD/ADRD Care/Services Summit		 2018
AD Summit		 2019
AD/RD Summit
The National Alzheimer's Project Act
(NAPA) was signed into law in January
-- updated annually		              

Recent Investments Allow Us to Accelerate Milestones - ADBB Timing and Appropriations

FY17 AD/ADRD milestones -- $323M extra needed FY17 ADBB Released July 2015 $350M in FY16 supports acceleration of FY17 milestones
FY18 AD/ADRD milestones - $414M extra needed FY18 ADBB Released August 2016 $400M in FY17 supports acceleration of FY18 milestones
FY19 AD/ADRD milestones - $597M extra needed FY19 ADBB Released July 2017 FY18 TBD: 40% cut (PB) or +$400M (House/ Senate)?

What Counts as AD/ADRD Research?

  • The AD/ADRD pay line applies to applications/awards that are coded as AD or Alzheimer's disease - related dementias (ADRD)
  • The ADRD RCDC categories that report related dementias specifically named in the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease are:
    • Lewy Body dementia (LBD)
    • Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
    • Vascular Cognitive Impairment/Dementia (VCI/D)

Diversity of AD/ADRD Research

  • Alzheimer's Research
    • Cognitive outcomes in Population Studies
    • Research on Disease Mechanisms
    • Geroscience
    • Aging metabolic changes in AD
    • Comparative biology of neurodegeneration
    • Basic Biological Processes of AD
    • Biomarkers
    • Research on Care and Caregiver Support
    • Disparities, Sex differences, and AD risk

AD/ADRD FOAs by Fiscal Year

Bar chart: Basic Research--2015 (2), 2016 (7), 2017 (7), 2018 (16). Translation--2016 (2), 2017 (3), 2018 (8). Clinical Trials--2016 (2), 2018 (4). Caregiving & Clinical Care--2015 (3), 2017 (9), 2018 (9). Resource Leverage--2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (7), 2018 (5). Health Disparities--2015 (2). Training--2017 (3), 2018 (1).

AD and ADRD Research Investments FY14-FY17

Individual Research Grants Clinical Trials
Bar Chart: FY2014 (141), FY2015 (156), FY2016 (319), FY2017 (647). Bar Chart: FY2014 (12), FY2015 (9), FY2016 (23), FY2017 (69).
These figures show grants awarded with NIA funding. Some of the grants are in response to initiatives sponsored by NIH ICs other than NIA (e.g., NINDS, NIBIB, NIEHS, NIDCD).

Translational Programs and Infrastructure for AD and ADRD

Multi-level Time Chart.

ENABLING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DATA DRIVEN AND PREDICTIVE DRUG DEVELOPMENT

  • AMP-AD, M2OVE-AD, Resilience-AD
    • Large scale systems/network biology approach
    • Predictive models for novel targets and biomarkers
    • Computational methods benchmarking
    • Open Data
  • MODEL-AD, AlzPED
    • Next-gen animal models for late onset AD
    • Deep phenotyping and staging relative to human disease
    • Methods development for efficacy testing/Transparent reporting
    • Open data and models distribution free of IP barriers
  • ACTC
    • Clinical trials infrastructure (Phase I, II, III)
    • Methods development for clinical trial design
    • New methods for recruitment and retention (emphasis on diversity)

Ongoing NIA AD/ADRD and Related Intervention and Prevention Trials

  • Over 140 active trials
  • 40 Early-stage Clinical Drug Development (Phase I and Phase II Clinical Trials)
    • Amyloid (9)
    • Neurotransmitter Receptors (3)
    • Metabolism and Bioenergetics (4)
    • Vasculature (3)
    • Growth Factors and Hormones (1)
    • Multi-target (6)
    • Oxidative Stress (1)
  • 8 Late-stage Clinical Drug Development (Phase II/III and Phase III Clinical Trials)
    • Amyloid (6)
    • Vasculature (2)
  • 62 Non-Pharmacological Interventions
    • Exercise (16)
    • Diet (2)
    • Cognitive Training (20)
    • Combination Therapy (11)
  • 7 Clinical Therapy Development for the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of AD/ADRD
    • Pharmacological (5)
    • Non-Pharmacological (2)
  • 37 Care and Caregiver Interventions

Specific Milestone-Directed Achievements

Milestone 6.D: Identify, characterize, and complete early validation for at least six novel therapeutic targets for AD (a minimum of three targets for presymptomatic and early-stage disease and a minimum of three for advanced disease). These efforts should include therapeutic targets for the neuropsychiatric and behavioral disturbances in AD. Validation based on availability of the following for each novel target: a systems-level understanding of the gene, protein, and metabolic networks within which they operate, one or more cell-based/animal models that are freely available to the research community, a quantitative assessment of the integrative response to the modulation of the target in one or more model organisms, and identification of pharmacodynamic biomarker(s) for target engagement. [2012 AD Summit: 1A, 1B, 1D, and 5A]

2012 2013 2014 2015 2018
RFA AG 13-013 Interdisciplinary Approach to Identification and Validation of Novel Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer's Disease (R01) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-013.html 4 R01 projects funded and converted into U01 mechanism 2 additional R01s funded and incorporated into AMP-AD Target Discovery and Preclinical Validation Project/ Consortium AMP-AD Knowledge Portal launched as a platform for sharing multi-omics data and analytical results/network models https://www.synapse.org/#!Synapse:syn2580853/wiki/409840 Data generation completed, data and network models made available to researchers at large

Milestone 6.F: Initiate first in human Phase I drug trials for therapeutic agents against at least six novel therapeutic targets. In addition to safety, these trials will provide evidence of target engagement. [2012 AD Summit: 3A, 3B, 3F, and 5E]

Milestone 6.G: Initiate Phase ll (proof-of-concept) drug trials for agents against three to six novel therapeutic targets. These trials will provide proof of mechanism and/or evidence of target engagement of the target being tested. [2012 AD Summit: 3A, 3B, 3F, and 5E]

2012 2014 2015 2018
RFA AG 13-016 Alzheimer's Disease Phase I Clinical Trials (R01) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-016.html Funded a Phase I Trial to test the safety of Allopregnanolone as a novel neuroregenerative therapeutic for AD PAR 16-365 Pilot Clinical Trials for the Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease and Age-related Cognitive Decline (R01) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-365.html

Funded a Phase I Trial to test the safety of a first in class PDE4 allosteric modulator as a novel therapeutic for MCI

 Funded a Phase II Trial to test the efficacy of a first in class P75NTR ligand as a novel neuroprotective AD therapeutic

LM11A-31 - first in class, small molecule modulator of the P75 Neurotrophin Receptor
PI -- Frank Longo MD and NeurotrophiX
The pre-clinical drug development and part of the IND-enabling studies for LM11A-31 were supported through NIA's AD Translational Research Program
The Phase II trial is being supported through NIA's Pilot Clinical Trials Program via PAR 16-365 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-365.html

Opportunities for Small Business -- AD/ADRD specific

  • Advancing Research on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's-Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (R41/R42/R43/R44)
  • Tools for Clinical Care and Management of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its Comorbidities (R41/R42/R43/R44)
  • Development of Socially-Assistive Robots (SARs) to Engage Persons with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD), and their Caregivers (R41/R42/R43/R44)

https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/grants-funding/small-business-innovation-research-and-technology-transfer-programs

NIA SBIR/STTR Obligations

$ in Millions
Bar chart: 2013 (27.5), 2014 (32.4), 2015 (34.2), 2016 (49.7), 2017*(68.1).
* Estimate

NIH AD Research Summit - March 1-2, 2018: Path to Treatment and Prevention

The program agenda is organized around seven sessions:

  • Novel Mechanistic Insights into the Complex Biology and Heterogeneity of AD
  • Enabling Precision Medicine for AD
  • Translational Tools and Infrastructure to Enable Predictive Drug Development
  • Emerging Therapeutics
  • Understanding the Impact of the Environment to Advance Disease Prevention
  • Advances in Disease Monitoring, Assessment and Care
  • Building an Open Science Research Ecosystem to Accelerate AD Therapy Development

https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/nih-ad-summit-2018-program-agenda#agenda

FY2018 NINDS ADRD Funding Opportunity Announcements

Save the date!
ADRD Summit (III)
March 14-15, 2019
Location: Natcher on the NIH Main Campus, Bethesda MD

January 26, 2018 -- Advisory Council Meeting #27

The meeting was held on Friday, January 26, 2018, in Washington, DC. The Research Subcommittee took charge of this meeting's theme, focusing on the process from targets to treatments. The Council heard speakers on the preclinical pipeline, the clinical trial pipeline, and the industry perspective. The meeting also included discussion of a driver diagram to guide the Council's future work, updates and a report from the October Care Summit, and federal workgroup updates. Material available from this meeting is listed below and at https://aspe.hhs.gov/advisory-council-alzheimers-research-care-and-services-meetings#Jan2018.

Comments and questions, or alerts to broken links, should be sent to napa@hhs.gov.

 

General Information

 

Handouts

 

Presentation Slides

 

Videos

  • Updates since October meeting -- [Video]

  • NAPA Driver Diagram -- [Video]

  • Federal Updates -- [Video]

  • Public Comments -- [Video]

  • Research Subcommittee Agenda -- [Video]

  • Care Summit Update -- [Video]