Cambridge Cognition software making waves in Alzheimer's drug trials

The company also reported that an early adopter of the software, which recruits patients for brain health trials without the need for invasive testing or study site visits, has increased its contract value by 24 times in its first year of use, to a total in excess of £1.2m.

The client had initially used the software to assess the recruitment eligibility of 100 patients and will now screen tens of thousands of prospective participants worldwide.

The company has 139 Alzheimer’s clinical trials in its development pipeline, up 21% from last year, and is seeking to expand operations for applicability in trials concerning depression and schizophrenia.

Steven Powell, chief executive of Cambridge Cognition, said: "Cambridge Cognition digital health software continues to enable pharmaceutical companies to collect high quality data in ways that improve R&D productivity. CANTAB Recruit is delivering high-value participant screening directly to end-users at scale and is part of the ongoing expansion of CANTAB products from simple endpoint testing to patient finding and patient population definition."

Patient recruitment makes up approximately a third of the costs in clinical drug trials according to Cambridge Cognition, with 80% of programmes suffering delays due to unfulfilled enrolment numbers.

As of 1006 BST, Cambridge Cognitions’ shares were up 2.07% at 123.50p.