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Coya Therapeutics Announces that Results from a Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study in Alzheimer’s Disease will be presented on October 29, 2024 at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Conference (CTAD24) in Madrid
Coya had previously announced that initial topline data from this Investigator Initiated Trial (IIT) may be presented in Summer 2024. The Houston Methodist
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCoya had previously announced that initial topline data from this Investigator Initiated Trial (IIT) may be presented in Summer 2024. The Houston Methodist Research Institute investigators responsible for this IIT will instead be presenting the entire dataset at the CTAD24 peer reviewed medical conference in Madrid, Spain\n\n\nThis IIT, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study (funded by the Gates Foundation and Alzheimer’s Association), evaluated the safety and tolerability, biological activity, and preliminary efficacy of low-dose interleukin-2 (LD IL-2) in 38 patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) over 30 weeks\n\n\nPreviously presented data, accessed here, from an open-label, proof-of-concept study in eight AD patients illustrated that treatment with LD IL-2 was well tolerated and resulted in a statistically significant improvement in cognitive function relative to baseline and significant enhancement of regulatory T cell (Treg) function and numbers\n\n\n HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCoya Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: COYA) (“Coya” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing biologics intended to enhance regulatory T cell (Treg) function announces that data from the IIT, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 clinical trial of interleukin-2 (IL-2) in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease, conducted at Houston Methodist Research Institute and supported by the Gates Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association will be presented at the 17th edition of the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Conference (CTAD24), to be held in Madrid, Spain on October 29 - November 1, 2024. The agenda for the conference can be accessed here.\n\n\nDr. Alireza Faridar, Professor of Neurology at Houston Methodist and Principal Investigator, commented: “I am eagerly looking forward to the opportunity to present a comprehensive dataset at Alzheimer’s Disease focused conference, the CTAD24. I thank the patients, their families as well as the Gates Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association, and Coya Therapeutics for their support in this study.”\n\n\nAbout Alzheimer’s Disease\n\n\nAlzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for up to 80% of dementia case...