ALZHEIMERS NEWS-WILL THIS BE THE NEXT ONE APPROVED TO TREAT ALZHEIMERS
lecanemab
this will probably be the next drug used to treat alzheimers disease
will it cure alzheimers disease
no
but
it will probably slow it down some probably better than my drug aduhelm or aducanumab
lecanemab is made by eisai and they and biogen who makes my drug are doing the research on it and will be marketing it
hopefully better than aduhelm or aducanumab was
lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody given by infusions either bimonthly or monthly
it binds to the protofibrils of the amyloid in the brain
in clinical trials it removes all measurable amyloid in the brain after 18 months
it seems to show like aduhelm or aducanumab there is slowing of cognitive decline
it is in the final parts of its phase 3 clinical trials
eisai will apply for approval for its use in mci and early alzheimers disease later this year
hopefully it will do a much better job of applying to the fda for approval than biogen did with aduhelm
it probably will work better than my drug aduhelm
the question will be will the fda approve it and will medicare pay for it
in searching clinicaltrials.gov for ongoing studies that was using lecanemab and taking new study subjects i found only two
one was on preclinical or prealzheimers or prodromal alzheimers patients
these patients have no symptoms but have measurable amyloid in the brain
that would have been me at 55
my amyloid scan or blood test would have been positive for amyloid
the other was on the dominant inherited early alzheimers patients
these folks have a gene for early onset alzheimers
here is the link on clinicaltrials.gov for these studies
there are a lot of folks out there who qualify for these studies
i am sure there will be more studies using lecanemab in mci and early alzheimers that come along later
my guess this one works better than my drug aduhelm or aducanumab
interesting is they are using one of the new blood tests for alzheimers disease to screen folks for these studies
these similar blood tests will be available eventually in our primary care offices for those patients who want to know if they have alzheimers disease
no i dont want to know
wrong i say
find out
then do something about it
before its too late
it will be like not wanting to know you have bad cholesterol levels
you want to wait until you have a heart attack or stroke or alzheimers disease to do something about it
then its too late to help much
the organicgreen doctor
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