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  1. Disease-modifying properties of long-term lithium treatment for amnestic mild cognitive impairment: randomised controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2011-05-01 Drug development

    The present data support the notion that lithium has disease-modifying properties with potential clinical implications in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

  2. Donepezil in patients with severe Alzheimer's disease: double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2006-04-01 Treatments

    95 patients assigned donepezil and 99 patients assigned placebo completed the study.

  3. Efficacy of rosiglitazone in a genetically defined population with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The pharmacogenomics journal 2006-01-31 Genetics

    Mild-to-moderate AD patients were randomized to placebo or rosiglitazone (RSG) 2, 4 or 8 mg.

  4. Antibodies against beta-amyloid slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Neuron 2003-05-01 Clinical trials

    To test whether antibodies against beta-amyloid are effective in slowing progression of Alzheimer's disease, we assessed cognitive functions in 30 patients who received a prime and a booster immunization of aggregated Abeta(42) over a 1 year period in a placebo-controlled, randomized trial.

  5. Comparative safety of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine for dementia: a protocol for a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Systematic reviews 2025-11-04 Treatments

    By addressing gaps in prior NMAs, this study aims to provide an in-depth evaluation of safety outcomes associated with different ChEI and memantine doses and formulations across various dementia types.

  6. Risk reduction and precision prevention across the Alzheimer's disease continuum: a systematic review of clinical trials combining multidomain lifestyle interventions and pharmacological or nutraceutical approaches

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-10-27 Prevention trials

    To effectively combat dementia onset and progression, lifestyle-based interventions targeting multiple risk factors and disease mechanisms through a multidomain approach - tailored and implemented early in the disease process - have emerged as promising.

  7. Donanemab for Alzheimer's disease: from preclinical research to the clinical application

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Expert review of neurotherapeutics 2025-08-25 Treatments

    Donanemab (Kisunla) is a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody specifically targeting a modified form of β-amyloid found predominantly within plaques (characterized as N-terminal pyroglutamate Aβ).

  8. Comparisons of efficacy and safety of immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease treatment: A network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Clinical medicine (London, England) 2025-06-03 Treatments

    Fifty-nine RCTs were included. Donanemab and lecanemab ranked among the most effective treatments for improving cognitive function (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale - Sum of Boxes P-scores: 0.88 and 0.77) and daily activities (Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living P-scores: 0.85 and 0.90), based on network meta-analysis findings.

  9. Lecanemab in clinical practice: real-world outcomes in early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-05-28 Treatments

    Between July 2023 and January 2025, 169 patients were screened and 86 initiated lecanemab treatment.

  10. A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of anti-amyloid beta monoclonal antibodies in treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Expert opinion on biological therapy 2024-11-12 Treatments

    According to CDR-SB measurements, lecanemab showed effectiveness in reducing brain amyloid and cognitive decline, with a change from baseline of 1.21.

  11. Trace Lithium for Suicide Prevention and Dementia Prevention: A Qualitative Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 2024-11-05 Drug development

    While most studies to date have been cross-sectional, limiting the establishment of causal relationships, the potential benefits of trace lithium for suicide prevention and dementia prevention are notable, especially in the absence of radical treatments for suicide and dementia.

  12. Safety and efficacy of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University 2024-11 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects millions of people worldwide.

  13. A Systematic Review of Antidepressants and Psychotherapy Commonly Used in the Treatment of Late Life Depression for Their Effects on Cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2024-09-06 Risk factors

    Cognitive dysfunction is common in late life depression (LLD) and is a major risk factor for dementia.

  14. Evaluating the efficacy and safety of Alzheimer's disease drugs: A meta-analysis and systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Medicine 2024-04-19 Treatments

    All drugs improved the cognitive function, with the effect value ranging from -1.23 (95% CI -2.17 to -0.30) for 20 mg memantine to -3.29 (95% CI -4.14 to -2.45) for 32 mg galantamine.

  15. Methotrexate and the Risk of Dementia: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Neurology and therapy 2024-04-09 Genetics

    Our TSMR analysis showed a significant positive association between genetic predisposition to methotrexate use and dementia risk.

  16. Implications of the Approval of Lecanemab for Alzheimer Disease Patient Care: Incremental Step or Paradigm Shift?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Neurology 2023-06-09 Treatments

    The amyloid cascade model of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) is well supported in observational studies.

  17. High-clearance anti-amyloid immunotherapies in Alzheimer's disease. Part 1: Meta-analysis and review of efficacy and safety data, and medico-economical aspects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Revue neurologique 2022-09-29 Treatments

    In 2021, aducanumab, an immunotherapy targeting amyloid-β, was approved for Alzheimer's disease (AD) by the US Food and Drug Administration thanks to positive results on a putative biological surrogate marker.

  18. Safety and Efficacy of Monoclonal Antibodies for Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Published and Unpublished Clinical Trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022-01-01 Treatments

    Our results suggest that the risk-benefit profile of mAbs remains unclear.

  19. Comparison of cholinesterase inhibitor safety in real-world practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2019-11-25 Treatments

    Compared with low-dose donepezil, galantamine use was associated with a lower risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.84, 95% confidence interval: 0.60-1.18), cardiovascular serious adverse events (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.78, 95% confidence interval: 0.62-0.98), and entry into a residential care facility (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.72, 95% confidence interval: 0.59-0.89).

  20. Alzheimer's disease medication and risk of all-cause mortality and all-cause hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2019-07-10 Treatments

    In our final study sample (N = 21,558), significant difference in survival among index AD medication groups were observed with donepezil being associated with better survival than memantine, and oral and transdermal forms of rivastigmine for both ITT and as-treated analysis.

  21. The same daily ACB score was associated with a different degree of risk, depending on the ACB ratings of the individual drugs comprising the score.

  22. Risks of Major Long-Term Side Effects Associated with Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Men with Prostate Cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Pharmacotherapy 2018-09-04 Digital health tools

    Study objective To examine the risks and compare the occurrences of major long-term side effects (sexual dysfunction, bone fractures, diabetes, cardiovascular morbidity, acute myocardial infarction [MI], and dementia) in patients with prostate cancer who received androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) with those who did not.

  23. Association Between Lithium Use and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2017-02 Drug development

    We identified 63,347 cases with Alzheimer's disease and 126,694 controls.

  24. 21% (7065) of the cohort had a record of mental illness at study entry, 25% (8300) had a record of challenging behaviour, and 49% (16,242) had a record of prescription of psychotropic drugs.

  25. Treatment of Alzheimer's disease with the GSK-3 inhibitor tideglusib: a pilot study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2013-01-01 Treatments

    This pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, escalating dose trial explored the safety and efficacy of tideglusib, an inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase-3, in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.

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