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Paper Alert—HORIZON Trial Data Published
22
January 2013.
Researchers have formally published the results of the Phase 3 trial of Dimebon®, aka latrepirdine, in Huntington’s disease patients...
Cut to the Chase: Therapies Go Directly to Central Nervous System
22
January 2013.
A growing number of neurosurgeons are inserting needles, catheters, and capsules into the brain or spinal cord, hoping to alleviate AD and other neurodegenerative conditions...
NIH Funds Four Clinical Trials in ADCS Renewal
18
January 2013.
The National Institutes of Health announced that it will fund the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study to conduct four new clinical studies over the next five years...
Solanezumab Selected for Alzheimer’s A4 Prevention Trial
18
January 2013.
Researchers announced the selection of solanezumab as the first therapeutic drug to be evaluated in the A4 prevention clinical trial...
Alzforum’s Top 12 of 2012
31
December 2012.
Here’s hoping that this year’s 12 trends of Alzheimer’s may have staying power—enough to put the search for therapies on a stronger footing...
Tau-Targeting Drug Davunetide Washes Out in Phase 3 Trials
21
December 2012.
Allon Therapeutics Inc. announced that its drug candidate davunetide failed to show efficacy for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in a Phase 2/3 trial...
Q&A With Merck’s Johan Luthman
14
December 2012.
Merck’s BACE inhibitor development program began enrolling last month for an 18-month Phase 2/3 trial of its lead compound (MK-8931) in mild to moderate AD...
Solanezumab Heads for New Phase 3 Trial
13
December 2012.
Eli Lilly announced yesterday that it plans to conduct a new Phase 3 trial of its anti-amyloid antibody, solanezumab...
Drug Company Halts Development of γ-Secretase Inhibitor Avagacestat
11
December 2012.
Bristol-Myers Squibb recently announced that it will halt all clinical development of its γ-secretase inhibitor avagacestat...
Merck Launches Largest Trial of BACE Inhibitor in AD
7
December 2012.
Merck announced this week that it has begun enrolling for the largest clinical trial of a β-secretase (BACE1) inhibitor in Alzheimer’s disease patients...
Déjà Vu? AD Patients Again Look Worse on γ-Secretase Inhibitor
21
November 2012.
In a Phase 2 trial of avagacestat, AD patients who took high doses suffered more adverse effects and appeared to fare worse cognitively than those on placebo...
DIAN Trial Picks Gantenerumab, Solanezumab, Maybe BACE Inhibitor
10
October 2012.
Today, scientists of DIAN's Trials Unit announced their drug choices for trials to try to prevent dementia in people who have inherited autosomal-dominant mutations...
The Solanezumab Benefit: Oh, So Small, But Probably Real
9
October 2012.
Prospects for Alzheimer’s immunotherapy appear to have brightened...
Bapineuzumab Phase 3: Target Engagement, But No Benefit
12
September 2012.
Bapineuzumab prevents accumulation of Aβ in the brain and lowers phospho-tau (p-tau) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), according to analysis...
Paper Alert—GuidAge Trial Data on Ginkgo Biloba Published
11
September 2012.
It did not pass muster in a large clinical trial in the U.S., and now a similar study in Europe concludes that ginkgo biloba extract does nothing to prevent the onset of AD...
Phase 3 Solanezumab Trials "Fail"—Is There a Silver Lining?
24
August 2012.
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that solanezumab did not reach its primary endpoints in either of two trials in patients with mild to moderate AD...
Anticonvulsants Reverse AD-like Symptoms in Transgenic Mice
14
August 2012.
Could anti-epileptic drugs be the next hope for treating and even preventing Alzheimer’s disease symptoms?...
Clinical Trials of Intravenous Bapineuzumab Halted
8
August 2012.
Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy will discontinue all studies of intravenous bapineuzumab, an amyloid-β antibody, in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease...
Q&A With Roche’s CNS Leader Luca Santarelli
25
July 2012.
Gabrielle Strobel met up with Luca Santarelli , who has moved into drug discovery research at Roche/Genentech and now oversees the AD therapy development program, among others...
No Pony in There: Bapi Fails Mild to Moderate ApoE4 Carriers
23
July 2012.
Pfizer conceded that results of the first of four Phase 3 trials of intravenous bapineuzumab failed to meet its co-primary endpoints in patients with mild to moderate AD...
Novel Drug Knocks Aβ Off Synapses, Reduces Toxicity
20
July 2012.
In AD therapy, it may be time for an alternative target to shine: the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor...
Therapy Reported to Boost Cognition in Phase 2 Clinical Trial
1
June 2012.
This week, H. Lundbeck A/S, an international pharmaceutical company based in Denmark, announced positive results of a Phase 2 trial...
Epilepsy Drug Calms the Hippocampus, Aids Memory
9
May 2012.
Research suggests that the hippocampus goes into overdrive in people who may be on the path to Alzheimer's disease...
Keystone: Therapies Around ApoE—Has Their Time Come?
5
April 2012.
Even though ApoE stands head and shoulders above other genetic risk factors for late-onset AD, few therapeutic strategies aimed at ApoE have made it to clinical trials...
Bapineuzumab Crops CSF Tau Levels
4
April 2012.
The concentration of tau in the cerebrospinal fluid drops with bapineuzumab treatment...