Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 10, 2023.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of October 2023, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

The vice president of Innovation and New Technologies at Grifols provided perspective on the interim phase 2 findings of ABvac40, a vaccine in development for patients with Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The chief medical officer of NeuroTherapia provided insight on promising phase 1b data assessing NTRX-07, a CBR2-targeting agent in development for patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease.

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AI could revolutionize patient advocacy by bridging communication gaps between patients and providers, and the synergy of medicine and AI offers a promising avenue for enhanced patient care and operational efficiency.

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L. John Greenfield Jr, MD, PhD, “spoke” about the future of artificial intelligence in neurology with ChatGPT-4—one of the largest language modules that have grabbed the field’s interest.

There should be a holistic approach to how the systems in place affect equity: how medicine is practiced and research is conducted, the structure of academic institutions, and how media influence our perceptions of neurologic conditions.

Neurology News Network for the week ending November 4, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 3, 2023.

latozinemab treatment for C9orf72-associated frontotemporal dementia showed no significant impact on disease progression, although the treatment was generally safe and well-tolerated.

David Greeley, MD, chief medical officer at AriBio and study author, provided commentary on the mechanism of action of AR1001, its promising effect on ptau181, and the next steps in its development.

Results showed that the relative reduction (RR) in CDR-SB at end-of-study was moderately correlated with difference between treated and placebo in Centiloid change.

The chief executive officer of Cognito Therapeutics detailed clinical findings from the open-label extension of the phase 2 OVERTURE study presented at the recent Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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At 40 weeks, there were no observed cases of ARIA-edema, and new microhemorrhages occurred predominantly in patients with pre-existing conditions.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending October 27, 2023.

The chief executive officer of Cognito Therapeutics provided an in-depth overview of the company’s gamma sensory stimulation device, its mechanism of action, and why it serves as a promising therapy for patients with Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

ACU193 treatment reduced amyloid plaques in early Alzheimer disease patients, suggesting AßOs as a viable target, with safety data and ARIA analysis presented at CTAD 2023.

The use of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening has the potential to advance neurotherapeutics in the treatment of Alzheimer disease and other progreesive neurological disorder impacted by that barrier.

Patients with mild Alzheimer disease who received high doses of BIIB080 demonstrated improvement in cognitive and functional outcomes compared with placebo, supporting further investigation.

The senior vice president of clinical development at Vaccinex provided commentary on a presentation from CTAD 2023 highlighting the therapeutic potential of peptinemab, an agent that’s shown success in Huntington disease, in patients with Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

New subcutaneous lecanemab considered more effective than IV for amyloid plaque removal in Alzheimer disease; FDA application planned by March 2024.

The chief executive officer at AmyriAD Therapeutics discussed the limitations of clinical trials assessing potential disease-modifying therapies for Alzhiemer disease including the lack of a diverse patient population and nonthorough clinical assessments for diagnosis. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Findings from the phase 2a AscenD-LB, a study of neflamapimod in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease, served as supportive data to guide the phase 2b study.

Findings from the trial demonstrated rapid and sustained clinical response in patients with Alzhiemer disease agitation during the open-label treatment phase and did not show any new safety signals.