Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
van Dyck C, Swanson C, Aisen P, Bateman R, Chen C, Gee M, Kanekiyo M, Li D, Reyderman L, Cohen S, Froelich L, Katayama S, Sabbagh M, Vellas B, Watson D, Dhadda S, Irizarry M, Kramer L, Iwatsubo T. Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 2022, 388: 9-21. PMID: 36449413, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2212948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly Alzheimer's diseasePositron emission tomographyDisease Assessment ScaleAlzheimer's diseaseAmyloid burdenAlzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-ActivitiesAmyloid-related imaging abnormalitiesKey secondary end pointEnd pointAlzheimer's Disease Assessment ScaleClinical Dementia Rating SumHumanized IgG1 monoclonal antibodyMarkers of amyloidInfusion-related reactionsPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsCerebrospinal fluid testingPhase 3 trialBrain amyloid burdenDaily Living ScaleEvidence of amyloidCDR-SB scoresYears of ageMild cognitive impairmentIgG1 monoclonal antibodyTwo Randomized Phase 3 Studies of Aducanumab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Budd Haeberlein S, Aisen P, Barkhof F, Chalkias S, Chen T, Cohen S, Dent G, Hansson O, Harrison K, von Hehn C, Iwatsubo T, Mallinckrodt C, Mummery C, Muralidharan K, Nestorov I, Nisenbaum L, Rajagovindan R, Skordos L, Tian Y, van Dyck C, Vellas B, Wu S, Zhu Y, Sandrock A. Two Randomized Phase 3 Studies of Aducanumab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease. The Journal Of Prevention Of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 9: 197-210. PMID: 35542991, DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2022.30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly Alzheimer's diseasePhase 3 studyAlzheimer's diseaseDisease dementiaAmyloid betaDisease pathophysiologyRandomized phase 3 studyClinical Dementia Rating SumCommon adverse eventsSecondary clinical endpointsPrimary outcome measureDose-dependent reductionAlzheimer's disease pathophysiologyAlzheimer's disease dementiaHuman monoclonal antibodyMild cognitive impairmentMild Alzheimer's disease dementiaPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsWeek 78Adverse eventsBiomarker substudyClinical outcomesEfficacy analysisBackgroundAlzheimer’s disease