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Impairments in cognition are associated with many different chronic diseases and acute illnesses, impacting approximately 85 million people in the United States. These conditions include attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”), autism spectrum disorder (“ASD”), multiple sclerosis (“MS”), major depressive disorder (“MDD”), post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”), cognitive impairments in COVID-19 survivors (“COVID fog”), traumatic brain injury (“TBI”), cancer-related cognitive impairment (“CRCI”) and Alzheimer’s Disease, among others. Despite global recognition of cognitive issues by physicians and patients being at an all-time high, many current treatment approaches are inadequate, as they are either unable to effectively target the brain to address underlying impairments or lack clinical validation. Until now, digital therapeutics have consisted of tools and technology used to deliver existing medical processes, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, through accessible and easy-to-use mobile applications. Akili’s platform represents a fundamental paradigm shift where technology is the medicine itself, designed to target neural networks critical to cognitive function. We aim to transform the user-friendly experiences that digital therapeutics can deliver into clinically-validated treatments for cognitive functions that are designed to be indistinguishable from high-end entertainment experiences.
Our platform is powered by proprietary therapeutic engines designed to target cognitive impairments at their source in the brain, informed by decades of research (including research conducted prior to the founding of Akili) and validated through rigorous clinical programs. Our selective stimulus management engine (SSME), presents specific sensory stimuli and simultaneous motor challenges designed to target the fronto-parietal cortex which plays a key role in attention function, while our earlier stage therapeutic engines focus on cognitive functions, including spatial navigation, memory and planning and organization. These proprietary therapeutic engines are delivered in a platform characterized by these key attributes: - Targeted treatments that are personalized to patients’ needs. - Clinically validated therapeutics like drugs and medical devices. - Therapeutics that are experienced as entertainment. - Patient focused and adaptive. This same technology platform also has potential applications beyond the treatment of cognitive impairments, with the potential to measure and monitor cognitive functioning. As we work towards improving cognitive impairments in patients at scale, the ability to measure cognitive function is critical. Today, cognition is typically only assessed in response to a specific patient complaint, and there is no consistent approach for this measurement. Clinical studies have shown our platform’s potential to act as a sensitive cognitive measure that correlates with well-known in-person or paper-based cognitive measurements.
Akili has conducted 20 clinical studies across nine disease populations, including over 2,600 patients to validate the efficacy and safety of its digital therapeutic solution for the treatment of cognitive impairments. EndeavorRX alone was involved in five clinical trials including over 600 children with ADHD, which collectively demonstrated the technology’s ability to improve objective measures and caregiver observations of attention function. Results of Akili’s clinical studies have been published in 16 leading peer-reviewed scientific journals, including The American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet Digital Health and Nature: Digital Medicine.