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ArticlePCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences2024

Beyond lecanemab: Examining Phase III potential in Alzheimer's therapeutics.

Hitoshi Osaka, Keiichiro Nishida, Tetsufumi Kanazawa

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Article in PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Alzheimer's disease: unraveling role of xanthone derivatives and nanocarriers.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  5. Beyond lecanemab: Examining Phase III potential in Alzheimer's therapeutics.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hitoshi OsakaDepartment of Neuropsychiatry Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Takatsuki Osaka Japan.
Keiichiro NishidaDepartment of Neuropsychiatry Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Takatsuki Osaka Japan.
Tetsufumi KanazawaDepartment of Neuropsychiatry Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Takatsuki Osaka Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3781-297X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on the development of therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer's dementia. While established treatments targeted acetylcholine and NMDA receptors, there is a growing demand for innovative therapies as the aging population increases. The paper highlights the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm) and lecanemab (Leqembi), emphasizing the developmental status of new treatments. Specifically, it covers seven principal drugs in Phase III trials, detailing their mechanisms of action, clinical trial specifics in the United States and Japan, and the current status of regulatory applications. The review focuses on amyloid removal (donanemab), tau protein mitigation (E2814), drug repositioning (Semaglutide, GV1001), and disease-modifying small molecules (fosgonimeton, hydralazine, masitinib). However, Gantenerumab and Solanezumab, unsuccessful in Phase III, are not covered. While the future approval status remains uncertain, we hope these drugs will offer beneficial therapeutic effects for potential dementia patients.

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Alzheimer's dementiaamyloid removallecanemabtherapeutic interventions

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PMID38868475
PMCPMC11114408

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