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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
Compounds now in clinical development are hypothesized to slow the clinical progression and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by their effects to diminish production, increase clearance, or decrease aggregation of amyloid beta protein. Options for investigating the effects of these and other drugs on clinical progression and pathogenesis of AD were examined at a conference that included: (1) a review of experimental methods used to investigate disease-modifying drugs for multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis; (2) discussion of possible study designs and outcome measures for trials in patients with AD; and (3) discussion of biomarkers available for AD. There is no uniformly best way to investigate a drug's impact on AD progression but characteristics of studies supportive of a disease-slowing effect can be specified. Relevant clinical outcomes in drug-treated patients versus placebo-treated patients should be compared over at least 1 and possibly as long as 2 years with biomarkers reflective of pathogenesis and of the drug's mechanistic effects measured concurrently.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1552-5279
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-9
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Optimal design of clinical trials for drugs designed to slow the course of Alzheimer's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Co, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA. mohsri@lilly.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article