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Tag Archives: Aducanumab (Biogen)
Biogen’s Aducanumab: Possibly the First Viable Drug Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease? (BBC News)
Summary There were early hopes that the drug Aducanumab (from Biogen) might be able to slow down the build-up of amyloid protein in the brain, but trials were halted in March 2019 due to “disappointing” trial results. Subsequent re-analysis of … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aducanumab, Aducanumab (Biogen), Aducanumab: Recombinant Human Monoclonal Antibody, Aβ, Aβ Accumulation, Aβ-Plaques, Aβopathy, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β Protein, Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Edema (ARIA-E), Amyloidopathy, Antibody-Based Immunotherapy Against Aβ, ARIA-E Episodes, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Biogen, Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Drug Side-Effects, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Drugs for Cognitive Symptoms of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Drugs for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, Edema, β-Amyloid (Aβ) Accumulation, β-amyloid Deposition, Monoclonal Antibodies, Neurimmune, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Oedema, Phase 3 EMERGE Study, Phase 3 ENGAGE Study, Slowing of Cognitive Decline, Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
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BBC iWonder Guide: How Close Are We to Stopping Alzheimer’s Disease? (BBC News)
Summary The BBC’s iWonder Guides provide “thought-provoking answers to the questions sparked by everyday life”. This particular collection of brief digestible articles, animations and videos covers: A frightening prospect (epidemiological statistics). How the disease affects your brain cells (an interactive … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, In the News, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aducanumab, Aducanumab (Biogen), Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials, Amyloid, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-Beta Clearance in Mice, Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities (ARIA), Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities-Edema/Effusion (ARIA-E), Anti-Amyloid-β (Aβ) Immunotherapy Trials, BBC Health News, BBC iWonder Guide on Alzheimer's Disease, BBC iWonder Guides, Brain Drain: Brain Glymphatic Transport, Brain Glymphatic System, Clearance of Amyloid Beta Protein, CNS Lymphatic System: Hypothesis Regarding Poor Sleep Patterns and Neuropathology, Dementia Prevalence, Drug Side-Effects, Drug Trials, Glymphatic System, iWonder Guides (BBC), Lifestyle Risk Factors, Misfolded Proteins, Modifiable Risk Factors, Need For Sleep, Neurofibrillary Tangles, Neurofibrillary Tangles (NFTs), Neuronal Loss, Neuropathological Features, Neuropathology, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Prevention of Dementia, Preventive Health, Professor Maiken Nedergaard: University of Copenhagen, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Progression to Alzheimer's Disease, Reasons for Termination of Trials, Sleep Duration, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Patterns, Sleeping Well, Tau Tangles, Therapeutic-Induced ARIA, Treatment Side-Effects: Therapeutic-Induced ARIA, University of Copenhagen
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Early Promising Signs in Verubecestat Human Drug Trial – Since Dashed (NHS Choices / Science Translational Medicine / Translational Neurodegeneration / Biospace Inc)
Summary Early results from a Phase I trial indicate that the BACE1 inhibitor Verubecestat may effectively reduce β-amyloid formation in human patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. This appears to confirm previous trials with rats, monkeys and healthy young human adults. As … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Studies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aducanumab, Aducanumab (Biogen), Aβ40, Aβ42, Amyloid, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Hypothesis, Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β (Aβ) Accumulation, Amyloidopathy, Anti-Amyloid Therapies, APECS Phase 3 Trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01953601), Aspartyl Proteases β-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 (BACE1 or β-Secretase), ß-amyloid, BACE1, BACE1 Inhibitors, Behind the Headlines, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Biomarkers, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Biostatistics: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Clinical Research: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Global Chemistry: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Neuroscience: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Pharmacokinetics Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Safety Assessment: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Translational Medicine: Merck Research Laboratories, EPOCH Phase 2/3 Trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01739348), β-Secretase 1 (BACE1), Lerner Research Institute, Merck Research Laboratories, PAREXEL (Glendale USA), Phase III APECS Study, sAPPβ, Science Translational Medicine, Translational Biomarkers Department: Merck Research Laboratories, Translational Neurodegeneration, United States, USA, Verubecestat, Verubecestat: Reduction of CSF Aβ and sAPPβ in Healthy Adults and AD Patients
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Early Signs of a Historic Breakthrough in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease? (BBC News / Nature)
Summary Early results, based on small numbers of patients in a Phase I trial, indicate unprecedented progress in the development of a pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. The drug Aducanumab appears to combat (and reverse) the build-up of amyloid protein … Continue reading →
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New Drugs for Dementia (POST Note PN 535)
Summary The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has produced a briefing outlining some of the challenges in developing new drugs for dementia, explained in the context of ongoing UK and international research programmes. There is an extensive bibliography, … Continue reading →
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