Alzheimer's disease: key insights from two decades of clinical trial failures

CK Kim, YR Lee, L Ong, M Gold… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Given the acknowledged lack of success in Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug development
over the past two decades, the objective of this review was to derive key insights from the …

Accelerating Alzheimer's therapeutic development: the past and future of clinical trials

AL Boxer, R Sperling - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) research has entered a new era with the recent positive phase 3
clinical trials of the anti-Aβ antibodies lecanemab and donanemab. Why did it take 30 years …

Drug repositioning and repurposing for Alzheimer disease

C Ballard, D Aarsland, J Cummings, J O'Brien… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Drug repositioning and repurposing can enhance traditional drug development efforts and
could accelerate the identification of new treatments for individuals with Alzheimer disease …

Drug development in Alzheimer's disease: the path to 2025

J Cummings, PS Aisen, B DuBois, L Frölich… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2016 - Springer
The global impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD) continues to increase, and focused efforts are
needed to address this immense public health challenge. National leaders have set a goal …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease drug development pipeline: 2017

J Cummings, G Lee, T Mortsdorf, A Ritter… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction There is an urgent need to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and to understand the drug development process for new AD therapies. Methods We …

Clinical trials for disease-modifying therapies in Alzheimer's disease: a primer, lessons learned, and a blueprint for the future

J Cummings, A Ritter, K Zhong - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) has no currently approved disease-modifying therapies (DMTs),
and treatments to prevent, delay the onset, or slow the progression are urgently needed. A …

The costs of developing treatments for Alzheimer's disease: A retrospective exploration

JL Cummings, DP Goldman… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction With the exception of the recent accelerated approval of aducanumab, in over
26 years of research and development (R&D) investment in Alzheimer's disease (AD), only …

Leveraging preclinical models for the development of Alzheimer disease therapeutics

K Scearce-Levie, PE Sanchez… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
A large number of mouse models have been engineered, characterized and used to
advance biomedical research in Alzheimer disease (AD). Early models simply damaged the …

The Brain Health Registry: an internet‐based platform for recruitment, assessment, and longitudinal monitoring of participants for neuroscience studies

MW Weiner, R Nosheny, M Camacho… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Recruitment, assessment, and longitudinal monitoring of participants for
neuroscience studies and clinical trials limit the development of new treatments. Widespread …

[HTML][HTML] The price of progress: Funding and financing Alzheimer's disease drug development

J Cummings, C Reiber, P Kumar - Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Advancing research and treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the search
for effective treatments depend on a complex financial ecosystem involving federal, state …