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Anti Amyloid Drugs

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health1 month ago•2 min saved

Amyloid-Targeting Alzheimer’s Drugs Show No Meaningful Benefit and Increase Brain Risks

A Cochrane review of 17 trials (20,342 participants) finds anti-amyloid drugs for Alzheimer’s disease do not provide clinically meaningful cognitive or daily-function benefits in mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia and may raise risks of brain swelling and bleeding, despite removing amyloid-beta from the brain. The evidence suggests these drugs do not translate into patient benefit, prompting a shift toward exploring other treatment pathways.

via Cochrane Collaboration|

#alzheimers-disease #amyloid-beta #anti-amyloid-drugs

health2 years ago•5 min saved

"Yet Another Setback: Promising Anti-Amyloid Drug Fails to Combat Alzheimer's"

A recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights another failure in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, this time involving the anti-amyloid drug gantenerumab. Despite successfully removing amyloid plaque from the brains of older individuals with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease, the drug did not result in slower clinical decline or improved cognitive function. This failure adds to the growing list of disappointments in clinical trials of anti-amyloid medications, raising questions about the FDA's continued approval of such drugs without demonstrable clinical improvements.

via The People's Pharmacy|

#alzheimers-disease #anti-amyloid-drugs #clinical-trials