2024
Post hoc analysis of ADAMANT, a phase 2 clinical trial of active tau immunotherapy with AADvac1 in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, positive for plasma p-tau217
Kovacech B, Cullen N, Novak P, Hanes J, Kontsekova E, Katina S, Parrak V, Fresser M, Vanbrabant J, Feldman H, Winblad B, Stoops E, Vanmechelen E, Zilka N. Post hoc analysis of ADAMANT, a phase 2 clinical trial of active tau immunotherapy with AADvac1 in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, positive for plasma p-tau217. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2024, 16: 254. PMID: 39580468, PMCID: PMC11585249, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-024-01620-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical Dementia Rating-Sum of BoxesPhase 2 clinical trialGlial fibrillary acidic proteinPost hoc analysisAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study ActivitiesPlasma p-tau217Clinical Dementia Rating-SumClinical trialsWhole-brain volumeSpread of tau pathologyPlasma biomarkers of neurodegenerationPlasma P-tau217 levelsMicrotubule-binding regionSubgroup of participantsADAMS participantsTau pathologyAD-related neuropathological changesCognitive declineFibrillary acidic proteinActive immunotherapyDouble-blindPlacebo-controlledVolumetric MRITau immunotherapy
2023
Efficacy assessment of an active tau immunotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease patients with amyloid and tau pathology: a post hoc analysis of the “ADAMANT” randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-centre, phase 2 clinical trial
Cullen N, Novak P, Tosun D, Kovacech B, Hanes J, Kontsekova E, Fresser M, Ropele S, Feldman H, Schmidt R, Winblad B, Zilka N. Efficacy assessment of an active tau immunotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease patients with amyloid and tau pathology: a post hoc analysis of the “ADAMANT” randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-centre, phase 2 clinical trial. EBioMedicine 2023, 99: 104923. PMID: 38101301, PMCID: PMC10733085, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersHumansImmunotherapyImmunotherapy, ActiveTau ProteinsConceptsTau pathologyPathological tau proteinsAlzheimer's diseaseDouble-blindPlacebo-controlledCDR-SBTau immunotherapyTau proteinPhase 2 clinical trialAnti-tauPost hoc subgroup analysisAD-related declineDisease patientsSlowing of declineAlzheimer's disease patientsAntibody-dependent mannerAADvac1Post hoc analysisActive immunotherapyTauFull analysisParallel-groupSubgroup analysisBaseline MRIEfficacy assessment