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EXPERT OPINION ON EMERGING DRUGS
卷 25, 期 3, 页码 319-335出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14728214.2020.1808621
关键词
Monoclonal antibodies; aducanumab; solanezumab; gantenerumab; BAN2401; ALZT-OP1; Alzheimer's disease; cognitive disorders; levetiracetam; GV-971
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- Italian Ministry of Health
Introduction Currently available Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapeutics are only symptomatic, targeting cholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmissions. Several putative disease-modifying drugs in late-stage clinical development target amyloid-beta (A beta) peptide and tau protein, the principal neurophatological hallmarks of the disease. Areas covered Phase III randomized clinical trials of anti-A beta drugs for AD treatment were searched in US and EU clinical trial registries and principal biomedical databases until May 2020. Expert opinion At present, compounds in Phase III clinical development for AD include four anti-Ab monoclonal antibodies (solanezumab, gantenerumab, aducanumab, BAN2401), the combination of cromolyn sodium and ibuprofen (ALZT-OP1), and two small molecules (levetiracetam, GV-971). These drugs are mainly being tested in subjects during early AD phases or at preclinical stage of familial AD or even in asymptomatic subjects at high risk of developing AD. The actual results support the hypothesis that elevated A beta represents an early stage in the AD continuum and demonstrate the feasibility of enrolling these high-risk participants in secondary prevention trials to slow cognitive decline during the AD preclinical stages. However, a series of clinical failures may question further development of A beta-targeting drugs and the findings from current ongoing Phase III trials will hopefully give light to this critical issue.
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