Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

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Over a 39-day period, treatment with SCI-110 resulted an average reduction of 23% in agitation among patients with Alzheimer disease.

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The FDA is set to make a final decision in July 2023, and if approved, lecanemab would join aducanumab as the only antiamyloid therapies available to treat early-stage Alzheimer disease.

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According to a recent study presented at SLEEP 2023, the decline in MOCA scores in patients with mild cognitive impairment was associated with the degree of hypoxia observed from sleep studies.

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Neurofilament light, a biomarker elevated in neurodegeneration and dementia, was higher among poor sleepers with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores of less than 5.

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In July, the FDA is expected to make a decision on lecanemab (Leqembi), an antiamyloid therapy previously approved under the accelerated approval pathway, for a potential traditional approval for early-stage Alzheimer disease.

The professor of molecular neuroscience at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences discussed the premise behind a study of RNA-sequencing data to better understand the reasons why females suffer accelerated dementia. [WATCH TIME: 9 minutes]

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Using trials selected by amyloid positivity, amyloid-targeting therapies had slightly greater efficacy in APOE ε4 carriers than in noncarriers.

Robust, sustained reductions in key pharmacodynamic biomarker were observed; however, this did not lead to functional benefits on any of the scales used in the trial.

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