2024
Protocol for a seamless phase 2A-phase 2B randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of benfotiamine in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease (BenfoTeam)
Feldman H, Luchsinger J, Léger G, Taylor C, Jacobs D, Salmon D, Edland S, Messer K, Revta C, Flowers S, Jones K, Koulman A, Yarasheski K, Verghese P, Venkatesh V, Zetterberg H, Durant J, Lupo J, Gibson G, Group F. Protocol for a seamless phase 2A-phase 2B randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of benfotiamine in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease (BenfoTeam). PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0302998. PMID: 38809849, PMCID: PMC11135745, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhase 2bPhase 2aRandomized double-blind placebo-controlled trialDouble-blind placebo-controlled trialCo-primary efficacy endpointsTolerability eventsBest-tolerated dosePlacebo-controlled trialWell-tolerated dosesAlzheimer's diseaseLonger-term safetyEfficacy of drug deliveryWeeks of treatmentTargeted therapeutic approachesErythrocyte transketolase activityGroups of participantsDouble-blindPlacebo armEfficacy endpointSecondary endpointsOral treatmentPharmacokinetic measurementsClinical trialsTherapeutic approachesBlood markers
2023
Brain Health PRO: An Interactive, Online, Educational Program for Dementia
Belleville S, Chertkow H, Feldman H, Nygaard H, Montero‐Odasso M, Anderson N, Bherer L, Ferland G, Camicioli R, Chan S, Cuesta M, Dwosh E, Fiocco A, Gilbert B, Itzhak I, Jarrett P, Laurin D, Liu‐Ambrose T, Lupo J, McGibbon C, Middleton L, Murphy K, Phillips N, Pichora‐Fuller M, Revta C, Savundranayagam M, Sexton A, Smith E, Speechley M, Trigui A, Wittich W, Group C. Brain Health PRO: An Interactive, Online, Educational Program for Dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023, 19 DOI: 10.1002/alz.075156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOlder adultsModifiable risk factorsRisk factorsGroups of participantsPilot studyIntervention Mapping frameworkYears of educationScale IIAdvisory GroupDementia literacyFocus groupsVirtual settingEmail interactionsExperience QuestionnaireEfficacy trialsEducational programsShort versionExpert contentEfficacy studiesLifestyle improvementRisk profileOnline programOnline questionnaireOnline educational programAdults