2024
Varoglutamstat: Inhibiting Glutaminyl Cyclase as a Novel Target of Therapy in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Feldman H, Messer K, Qiu Y, Sabbagh M, Galasko D, Turner R, Lopez O, Smith A, Durant J, Lupo J, Revta C, Balasubramanian A, Kuehn-Wache K, Wassmann T, Schell-Mader S, Jacobs D, Salmon D, Léger G, DeMarco M, Weber F, Group F. Varoglutamstat: Inhibiting Glutaminyl Cyclase as a Novel Target of Therapy in Early Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2024, 101: s79-s93. PMID: 39422941, PMCID: PMC11494639, DOI: 10.3233/jad-231126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutaminyl cyclasePost-translationallyAlzheimer's diseasePhase 2bEarly phase clinical trialsAmyloid-bCytokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1Highest tolerated doseLonger-term safetyPhase clinical trialsWeeks of treatmentFirst-in-classTarget of therapyUnique dual mechanismChemoattractant protein-1Interim futility analysisClinical efficacyDisease cascadeProtein 1Electroencephalogram changesOptimal doseClinical trialsAnalysis of cognitive functionHigh dosesA multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ascending dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of Posiphen in subjects with early Alzheimer’s Disease
Galasko D, Farlow M, Lucey B, Honig L, Elbert D, Bateman R, Momper J, Thomas R, Rissman R, Pa J, Aslanyan V, Balasubramanian A, West T, Maccecchini M, Feldman H. A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ascending dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of Posiphen in subjects with early Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2024, 16: 151. PMID: 38970127, PMCID: PMC11225352, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-024-01490-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrally administered small moleculeFractional synthesis rateAscending dose studyDose-dependent loweringIRB-approved protocolEarly ADMini-Mental State ExamDose-dependent effectAlzheimer's diseaseBlood patchDouble-blindWell-toleratedCatheter placementPreclinical modelsLumbar punctureDose studyIntravenous infusionMild cognitive impairmentEvaluate safetyPlacebo participantsCognitive measuresStable isotope labeling kineticsActive drugClinical trialsADAS-Cog12
2012
Predicting missing biomarker data in a longitudinal study of Alzheimer disease
Lo R, Jagust W, Aisen P, Jack C, Toga A, Beckett L, Gamst A, Soares H, C. Green R, Montine T, Thomas R, Donohue M, Walter S, Dale A, Bernstein M, Felmlee J, Fox N, Thompson P, Schuff N, Alexander G, DeCarli C, Bandy D, Chen K, Morris J, Lee V, Korecka M, Crawford K, Neu S, Harvey D, Kornak J, Saykin A, Foroud T, Potkin S, Shen L, Buckholtz N, Kaye J, Dolen S, Quinn J, Schneider L, Pawluczyk S, Spann B, Brewer J, Vanderswag H, Heidebrink J, Lord J, Petersen R, Johnson K, Doody R, Villanueva-Meyer J, Chowdhury M, Stern Y, Honig L, Bell K, Morris J, Mintun M, Schneider S, Marson D, Griffith R, Clark D, Grossman H, Tang C, Marzloff G, Toledo-Morrell L, Shah R, Duara R, Varon D, Roberts P, Albert M, Pedroso J, Toroney J, Rusinek H, de Leon M, De Santi S, Doraiswamy P, Petrella J, Aiello M, Clark C, Pham C, Nunez J, Smith C, Given C, Hardy P, Lopez O, Oakley M, Simpson D, Ismail M, Brand C, Richard J, Mulnard R, Thai G, Mc-Adams-Ortiz C, Diaz-Arrastia R, Martin-Cook K, DeVous M, Levey A, Lah J, Cellar J, Burns J, Anderson H, Laubinger M, Bartzokis G, Silverman D, Lu P, Graff-Radford MBBCH N, Parfitt F, Johnson H, Farlow M, Herring S, Hake A, van Dyck C, MacAvoy M, Benincasa A, Chertkow H, Bergman H, Hosein C, Black S, Graham S, Caldwell C, Hsiung G, Feldman H, Assaly M, Kertesz A, Rogers J, Trost D, Bernick C, Munic D, Wu C, Johnson N, Mesulam M, Sadowsky C, Martinez W, Villena T, Turner S, Johnson K, Behan K, Sperling R, Rentz D, Johnson K, Rosen A, Tinklenberg J, Ashford W, Sabbagh M, Connor D, Jacobson S, Killiany R, Norbash A, Nair A, Obisesan T, Jayam-Trouth A, Wang P, Lerner A, Hudson L, Ogrocki P, DeCarli C, Fletcher E, Carmichael O, Kittur S, Mirje S, Borrie M, Lee T, Bartha D, Johnson S, Asthana S, Carlsson C, Potkin S, Preda A, Nguyen D, Tariot P, Fleisher A, Reeder S, Bates V, Capote H, Rainka M, Hendin B, Scharre D, Kataki M, Zimmerman E, Celmins D, Brown A, Gandy S, Marenberg M, Rovner B, Pearlson G, Anderson K, Saykin A, Santulli R, Englert J, Williamson J, Sink K, Watkins F, Ott B, Wu C, Cohen R, Salloway S, Malloy P, Correia S, Rosen H, Miller B, Mintzer J. Predicting missing biomarker data in a longitudinal study of Alzheimer disease. Neurology 2012, 78: 1376-1382. PMID: 22491869, PMCID: PMC3345787, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318253d5b3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersCognitive DysfunctionCohort StudiesDementia, VascularFluorodeoxyglucose F18HomocysteineHumansLogistic ModelsLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuropsychological TestsPatient DropoutsPeptide FragmentsPositron-Emission TomographyResearch DesignRisk FactorsTau Proteins