The Study of Nasal Insulin in the Fight Against Forgetfulness (SNIFF)

PHASE2/PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

240

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 8, 2014

Primary Completion Date

December 11, 2018

Study Completion Date

December 11, 2018

Conditions
Amnestic Mild Cognitive ImpairmentAlzheimer's Disease
Interventions
DRUG

Insulin (Humulin® R U-100)

20 IU bid taken twice daily (approximately 30 minutes after breakfast and dinner) for a total of 40 IU daily, which will be administered intranasally. The device used to administer insulin releases a metered dose into a chamber covering the participant's nose. The insulin is then inhaled by breathing evenly over a specified period.

DRUG

Placebo

Placebo taken twice daily (approximately 30 minutes after breakfast and dinner), which will be administered intranasally. The device used to administer placebo releases a metered dose into a chamber covering the participant's nose. The placebo is then inhaled by breathing evenly over a specified period.

Trial Locations (25)

10029

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

14620

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester

20057

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

20060

Howard University, Washington D.C.

21224

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

27157

Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem

29401

Roper St. Francis Hospital, Charleston

30322

Emory University, Atlanta

32224

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Jacksonville

40504

University of Kentucky, Lexington

44122

Case Western Reserve University, Beachwood

46202

Indiana University, Indianapolis

55905

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester

60611

Northwestern University, Chicago

60614

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

74104

Tulsa Clinical Research, Tulsa

77030

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

85006

Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix

85013

Barrow Neurology Clinics, Phoenix

92697

University of California, Irvine, Irvine

98108

U of WA / VA Puget Sound Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Seattle

06510

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

02115

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

02215

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

02903

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

collaborator

Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

lead

University of Southern California

OTHER