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ReviewThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2025

CTAD taskforce: genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease.

D Jakabek, A M Isaacs, B De Strooper, M Tuszynski, R Lane, O Uspenskaya, E McDade, M S Rafii, C J Mummery

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Review in The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Gene and genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

D JakabekUniversity College London, London, UK.
A M IsaacsUniversity College London, London, UK.
B De StrooperUKDRI@ University College London, London, UK and VIB@KULeuven, Belgium.
M TuszynskiUniversity of California San Diego, San Diego, USA.
R LaneIONIS Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, USA.
O UspenskayaPrevail Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, USA.
E McDadeWashington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, USA.
M S RafiiUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
C J MummeryUniversity College London, London, UK. Electronic address: cath.mummery@nhs.net.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are an increasing number of genetic approaches to treating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, with some promising results from early-phase trials. This prompted the convention of the first EU-US CTAD Task Force on genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease in October 2024. Preclinical studies and clinical trials of genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are presented here with key lessons for the field. Importantly, there are several challenges and opportunities unique to neurogenetic therapies which were reviewed and discussed, including means of genetic manipulation, adverse events, monitoring, timing of therapy, and the importance of patient involvement in trial design. Continued collaboration across disciplines will accelerate development of neurogenetic therapeutics.

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Alzheimer DiseaseGenetic TherapyAdvisory CommitteesClinical Trials as TopicHumansAAVASOGenetic therapyRCTssiRNA

Identifiers

PMID40634156
PMCPMC12413703

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