Emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for Alzheimer disease

WK Self, DM Holtzman - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common contributor to dementia in the world, but
strategies that slow or prevent its clinical progression have largely remained elusive, until …

Lecanemab: appropriate use recommendations

J Cummings, L Apostolova, GD Rabinovici… - The journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Lecanemab (Leqembi®) is approved in the United States for the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) to be initiated in early AD (mild cognitive impairment [MCI] due to AD or mild …

Donanemab in early symptomatic Alzheimer disease: the TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 randomized clinical trial

JR Sims, JA Zimmer, CD Evans, M Lu, P Ardayfio… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are limited efficacious treatments for Alzheimer disease. Objective To
assess efficacy and adverse events of donanemab, an antibody designed to clear brain …

[HTML][HTML] Two phase 3 trials of gantenerumab in early Alzheimer's disease

RJ Bateman, J Smith, MC Donohue… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid-beta (Aβ) have the potential to slow
cognitive and functional decline in persons with early Alzheimer's disease. Gantenerumab is …

CSF MTBR-tau243 is a specific biomarker of tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer's disease

K Horie, G Salvadó, NR Barthélemy, S Janelidze, Y Li… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Aggregated insoluble tau is one of two defining features of Alzheimer's disease. Because
clinical symptoms are strongly correlated with tau aggregates, drug development and …

[HTML][HTML] Trial of solanezumab in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

RA Sperling, MC Donohue, R Raman… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Trials of monoclonal antibodies that target various forms of amyloid at different
stages of Alzheimer's disease have had mixed results. Methods We tested solanezumab …

Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

B Bellaver, G Povala, PCL Ferreira, JP Ferrari-Souza… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
An unresolved question for the understanding of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology
is why a significant percentage of amyloid-β (Aβ)-positive cognitively unimpaired (CU) …

Role of neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration development

W Zhang, D Xiao, Q Mao, H Xia - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Studies in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease
and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and so on, have suggested that …

Multiple cerebral hemorrhages in a patient receiving lecanemab and treated with t-PA for stroke

NJ Reish, P Jamshidi, B Stamm… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Cerebral Hemorrhages after t-PA in a Patient Treated with Lecanemab A patient with mild
cognitive impairment who was treated in the extension phase of a trial of lecanemab, an …

[HTML][HTML] Trial of the MIND diet for prevention of cognitive decline in older persons

LL Barnes, K Dhana, X Liu, VJ Carey… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Findings from observational studies suggest that dietary patterns may offer
protective benefits against cognitive decline, but data from clinical trials are limited. The …