Uenaka, Kazunori, Nakano, Masako, Willis, Brian A., Friedrich, Stuart, Ferguson-Sells, Lisa, Dean, Robert A., Ieiri, Ichiro, Siemers, Eric R.

Objectives: Solanezumab is a humanized anti-amyloid β monoclonal antibody being developed as a passive immunization treatment to slow the progression of Alzheimer disease (AD). Pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics, safety, and tolerability after a single dose of solanezumab were compared between Japanese and white patients with AD.; Methods: Japanese and white patients with mild to moderate AD […]

Tariot, Pierre, Salloway, Steven, Yardley, Jane, Mackell, Joan, Moline, Margaret

Background: Donepezil (23 mg/day) is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Approval was based on results from a 24-week, randomized, double-blind study of patients who were stable on donepezil 10 mg/day and randomized 2:1 to either increase their donepezil dose to […]

Egefjord, Lærke, Gejl, Michael, Møller, Arne, Brændgaard, Hans, Gottrup, Hanne, Antropova, Olga, Møller, Niels, Poulsen, Henrik E., Gjedde, Albert, Brock, Birgitte, Rungby, Jørgen

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes (DM-2) increases the risk of developing Alzheimer´s disease (AD), and patients with AD are more likely to develop DM-2. DM-2 and AD share some pathophysiological features. In AD, amyloid-β (Aβ) is accumulated as extracellular plaques in the gray matter of the brain, while in DM-2 islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is accumulated […]

Dockens, Randy, Wang, Jun-Sheng, Castaneda, Lorna, Sverdlov, Oleksandr, Huang, Shu-Pang, Slemmon, Randy, Gu, Huidong, Wong, Oi, Li, Hewei, Berman, Robert M., Smith, Christina, Albright, Charles F., Tong, Gary

Background and Objectives: Avagacestat is an orally active γ-secretase inhibitor that selectively inhibits amyloid β (Aβ) synthesis in cell culture and animal models. The objective of the current study was to assess the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety and tolerability of multiple doses of avagacestat over 28 days in healthy young men and elderly men and women […]

Calabro, Rocco Salvatore, Gervasi, Giuseppe, Baglieri, Annalisa, Furnari, Anna, Marino, Silvia, Bramanti, Placido

Background: Leukoraraiosis is worldwide considered as a part of the normal aging process, although it is strongly associated with dementia and other disabilities. The pathogenesis of leukoaraiosis still has not been thoroughly acknowledged, even though chronic ischemia with consequent arteriolosclerosis probably due to endothelial dysfunction has been suggested. Treatment focuses on prevention of lesion formation […]

Kieburtz, Karl, McGarry, A, McDermott, M, Huntington Study Group HART Investigators,

We examined the effects of 3 dosages of pridopidine, a dopamine-stabilizing compound, on motor function and other features of Huntington’s disease, with additional evaluation of its safety and tolerability. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in outpatient neurology clinics at 27 sites in the United States and Canada. Two hundred twenty-seven subjects enrolled from […]

Farlow, Martin, Arnold, Steven E., van Dyck, Christopher H., Aisen, Paul S, Snider, B. Joy, Porsteinsson, Anton P., Friedrich, Stuart, Dean, Robert A., Gonzales, Celedon, Sethuraman, Gopalan, Demattos, Ronald B., Mohs, Richard, Paul, Steven M., Siemers, Eric R.

Objectives: To assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of 12 weekly infusions of solanezumab, an anti-β-amyloid (Aβ) antibody, in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Cognitive measures were also obtained.; Methods: In this phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 52 patients with Alzheimer’s disease received placebo or antibody (100 mg every 4 weeks, 100 […]

Aronson, Stephen, Baelen, Bart Van, Kavanagh, Shane, Schwalen, Susanne

Background: Galantamine (hydrobromide), a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and allosteric nicotinic receptor modulator, slows cognitive and functional decline in mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Although several drugs are indicated for mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD), no published study has separately analysed mild and moderate AD subgroups to assess the effect of dosage.; […]