Steve Bryson, PhD, science writer —

Treatment with Aduhelm (aducanumab) showed a significant correlation with lower blood levels of p-tau181, a disease biomarker, and lesser cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer’s patients, according to a recent data analysis of two Phase 3 clinical trials. The data, analyzed from around 7,000 blood samples collected from more than…

Detailed molecular signatures in three mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease at different disease stages allowed for identification of four approved medicines that may be potential Alzheimer’s treatments, a study revealed. The four medications that demonstrated efficiency are now used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and inflammation in humans.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) — treatment in which patients are given pure oxygen — prevented the biological processes responsible for the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model, a study found. Moreover, in a group of older people with memory loss, such oxygen therapy enhanced blood flow in…

AADvac1, an investigational vaccine targeting abnormal tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, was found to be safe and effectively reduced the signs of neurodegeneration in patients with mild disease, according to data from the ADAMANT Phase 2 clinical trial. In a subgroup of participants with a confirmed…

The investigational therapy gantenerumab significantly lowered levels of established biomarkers in a rare, inherited form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, despite failing to slow cognitive decline or memory loss in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, according to data from a Phase 2/3 clinical trial. Based on these results, enrolled patients…

Following a positive review of preliminary data, an independent board recommended the Phase 2b/3 study investigating oral Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) in people with early Alzheimer’s disease continue without modification.  As specified in trial protocol, the Independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)…

Racial discrimination is a barrier to care in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to two U.S. surveys conducted on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association. This opinion was supported by more than one-third of Black Americans (36%), and nearly one-fifth of…

Cortexyme’s ongoing Phase 2/3 GAIN clinical trial, which is evaluating the investigational treatment COR388 (atuzaginstat) in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, has been approved to continue as planned to…

BAN2401, an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), will be tested in the new global AHEAD 3-45 clinical trial, its developers have announced. The Phase 3 study — to be conducted in the U.S., Canada, Japan,…

Anavex Life Sciences will expand its Phase 2b/3 clinical trial testing the efficacy and safety of Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease into Canada and the United Kingdom (U.K.) following the go-ahead from…