Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending December 2, 2022.

Across 3 trials in patients with Alzheimer disease agitation, brexpiprazole doses of 2 or 3 mg/day was safe and showed a statistically significant improvement vs placebo in agitation.

The director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed the treatment differences and unmet needs between dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The senior research scientist at the Institute for Systems Biology spoke about his presentation on multimodal clinical and lifestyle interventions that improve cognitive outcomes at the 2022 CTAD conference. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Over a 12-week treatment period, irsenontrine was well tolerated across both amyloid positive and negative patients, with no significant difference in pharmacodynamic responses or change in central nervous system biomarkers.

Results from a longitudinal study suggest that higher proportions of subjective memory decline are associated with insomnia disorder in middle-aged and older adults.

The president and chief executive officer of INmune Bio detailed the mechanistic advantages of XPro1595 as a potentially therapeutic benefit for patients with Alzheimer disease and dementia. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Over a 6-month period, percent change and mean change in brain amyloid levels significantly favored donanemab over aducanumab (Aduhelm; Biogen).

An ongoing phase 1b/2a clinical trial showed that both the ACI-35.030 and JACI-35.054 vaccines are safe as a treatment for patients in the earlier stages of Alzheimer disease, the authors suggested ACI-35.030 suggested as the superior vaccine candidate.

The assistant professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, offers an overview on her ongoing lab project about a music-based intervention to improve insomnia in dementia and caregivers. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

In the pivotal phase 3 Clarity AD trial, lecanemab (Biogen) demonstrated significant impacts on primary and secondary end points, with additional promising results on biomarker analyses and safety.

Treatment with the investigational agent resulted in improvements in Alzheimer disease agitation, as well as significant delays in time to relapse and prevention of relapse.

The president of the International Neuropalliative Care Society detailed potential disease states that could benefit from neuropalliative care as well as the importance of the patient community in expanding this type of approach. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 25, 2022.

The president of the International Neuropalliative Care Society provided perspective on the growth of the field of neuropalliative care, the organization’s role, and how clinicians are overcoming current barriers in place.

The president of the International Neuropalliative Care Society discussed the area in which neuropalliative has expanded and improved, as well as the potential in the coming years. [WATCH TIME: 2 minutes]

The president of the International Neuropalliative Care Society provided an overview of the organization’s recently concluded conference and the significance of the growth of neuropalliative care. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

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ACU193, an antibody developed based on its selectivity for soluble amyloid-ß oligomers, is currently being assessed in a phase 1 trial, with a potential phase 2/3 trial in the near future.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 18, 2022.

Darina Petrovsky, PhD, RN, assistant professor, Rutgers University, spoke about her current study focused on developing a music-based application for people with dementia and their caregivers who have trouble sleeping.

The GRADUATE studies, which spanned across 32 countries, showed minimal relative reduction in clinical decline for those on gantenerumab relative to placebo over a 116-week treatment cycle.