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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Review of the Clinical Progress of CT1812, a Novel Sigma-2 Receptor Antagonist for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Sara R Steinfield, Daniel F Stenn, Helen Chen, Bettina E Kalisch

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Advances in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sara R SteinfieldDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Daniel F StennDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Helen ChenDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Bettina E KalischDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9706-9260

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease marked by the accumulation of toxic amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers. These oligomers are thought to cause synaptic dysfunction and contribute to neurodegeneration. CT1812 is a small-molecule sigma-2 receptor antagonist that is currently being investigated and tested as a potential disease-modifying treatment for AD. CT1812 acts by displacing Aβ oligomers into the cerebrospinal fluid and preventing their interaction with receptors on neurons. Preclinical studies and early clinical trials of CT1812 show promising results and provide evidence for its potential to slow AD progression. This review outlines the role of Aβ oligomers in AD, CT1812's mechanism of action, and the effectiveness and limitations of CT1812 based on preclinical and clinical studies.

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ageingAlzheimer’s diseaseclinical trialsCT1812sigma-2 receptor

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PMID40430478
PMCPMC12115178

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