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  1. Ceperognastat in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial 2026-09-22
  2. Varenicline as a Repurposable Drug Candidate for ADRD Prevention 2026-09-20
  3. Antihypertensive Medication Class and Incident Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias: External Replication Across Two Independent Healthcare Data Sources-the Vanderbilt EHR Synthetic Derivative and US Medicare Claims 2026-09-17

Studies

805 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 66
  • The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 35
  • JAMA 24
  • JAMA neurology 23
  • Alzheimer's research & therapy 21

333 journals in all.

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  1. This is the first trial of Kampo medicine designed to examine the efficacy of HJG for the cognitive dysfunction of patients with mild AD.

  2. Aducanumab, gantenerumab, BAN2401, and ALZ-801-the first wave of amyloid-targeting drugs for Alzheimer's disease with potential for near term approval

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2020-08-12 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Aducanumab and BAN2401 showed significant efficacy on both clinical and biomarker outcomes; gantenerumab showed significant biomarker effects, with no clinical efficacy reported to date; and ALZ-801 showed significant clinical effects in the high-risk population of patients homozygous for the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E gene (APOE4) and a dose-dependent preservation of hippocampal volume.

  3. Data collection will begin in four Canadian provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan) in February 2020 and is expected to be completed in June 2021.

  4. Herbal medicine treatment for Alzheimer disease: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Medicine 2020-08-01 Treatments

    The results of this review will determine the efficacy and safety of herbal medicine for AD.

  5. A randomized, controlled clinical trial of plasma exchange with albumin replacement for Alzheimer's disease: Primary results of the AMBAR Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020-07-27 Cognitive tests and assessment

    PE-treated patients performed significantly better than placebo for the co-primary endpoints: change from baseline of Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL; P = .03; 52% less decline) with a trend for Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog; P = .06; 66% less decline) scores at month 14.

  6. Brain delivery of supplemental docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. EBioMedicine 2020-07-17 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    A 28% increase in CSF DHA and 43% increase in CSF EPA were observed in the DHA treatment arm compared to placebo (mean difference for DHA (95% CI): 0.08 µg/mL (0.05, 0.10), p<0.0001; mean difference for EPA: 0.008 µg/mL (0.004, 0.011), p<0.0001).

  7. Effect of Rotigotine vs Placebo on Cognitive Functions Among Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. JAMA network open 2020-07-01 Treatments

    In this randomized clinical trial, rotigotine treatment did not significantly affect global cognition in patients with mild to moderate AD; however, improvement was observed in cognitive functions highly associated with the frontal lobe and in activities of daily living.

  8. Slow Wave Sleep Is a Promising Intervention Target for Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2020-06-30 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the major cause of dementia, characterized by the presence of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tau tangles.

  9. Further investigations are needed, especially trials providing stronger interventions (such as exercise training and a controlled diet) and also embracing the sensorial domain of IC.

  10. Safety of pharmacologic interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2020-06-16 Treatments

    Although antipsychotics were associated with greater harm than antidepressants and anticonvulsants in subgroups of persons with dementia, medications used in lieu of antipsychotics for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia, such as anticonvulsants and dextromethorphan-quinidine, were also associated with harm.

  11. Nilotinib Effects on Safety, Tolerability, and Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2020-05-28 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Nilotinib is safe and achieves pharmacologically relevant cerebrospinal fluid concentrations.

  12. A Systematic Review of Clinical Studies on the Effect of Psychoactive Cannabinoids in Psychiatric Conditions in Alzheimer Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. American journal of therapeutics 2020-05-01 Treatments

    No clear conclusion can be drawn on the effectiveness of psychoactive cannabinoids in the treatment of psychiatric manifestations, in particular agitation and aggression, in AD.

  13. Bupropion for the Treatment of Apathy in Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. JAMA network open 2020-05-01 Treatments

    After controlling for the baseline AES-C score, site, and comedication with donepezil or galantamine, the mean change in the AES-C score between the bupropion and placebo groups was not statistically significant (mean change, 2.22; 95% CI, -0.47 to 4.91; P = .11).

  14. Randomized placebo-controlled trial of the effects of aspirin on dementia and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Neurology 2020-03-25 Treatments

    There was no evidence that aspirin was effective in reducing risk of dementia, MCI, or cognitive decline.

  15. Efficacy and Safety of Lanabecestat for Treatment of Early and Mild Alzheimer Disease: The AMARANTH and DAYBREAK-ALZ Randomized Clinical Trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2020-02-01 Treatments

    Among 2218 AMARANTH patients, the mean (SD) age was 71.3 (7.1) years, and 1177 of 2218 (53.1%) were women.

  16. Minocycline at 2 Different Dosages vs Placebo for Patients With Mild Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2020-02-01 Treatments

    Of 544 eligible participants (241 women and 303 men), the mean (SD) age was 74.3 (8.2) years, and the mean (SD) sMMSE score was 26.4 (1.9).

  17. Effects of a combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and cognitive training intervention in patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020-01-16 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This clinical trial evaluates the efficacy and safety of a 6-week course of daily neuroAD™ therapy.

  18. Benfotiamine and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease: Results of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase IIa Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    Oral benfotiamine is safe and potentially efficacious in improving cognitive outcomes among persons with MCI and mild AD.

  19. PTI-125 Reduces Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2020-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Here we describe results of a Phase 2a study of a promising new drug candidate that significantly reversed all measured biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation.

  20. Our study compared the pain associated with 5- and 15-s subcutaneous injections of gantenerumab and evaluated the tolerability and pharmacokinetic properties of subcutaneous gantenerumab.

  21. Restoring Wnt/β-catenin signaling is a promising therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular brain 2019-12-04 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an aging-related neurological disorder characterized by synaptic loss and dementia.

  22. Risks and benefits of unapproved disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Neurology 2019-12-02 Treatments

    Assignment to active treatment was not beneficial for any of the indications examined and may have been slightly disadvantageous for patients with Alzheimer disease.

  23. Efficacy and safety of Shenmayizhi decoction as an adjuvant treatment for vascular dementia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Medicine 2019-12-01 Treatments

    This study will provide evidences to evaluate the efficacy and safety of SMYZD in combination with GBEs in treatment of VaD, as well as the adjuvant role of SMYZD in combination.

  24. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2019-11-23 Prevention trials

    Based on the current evidence, rTMS was an effective therapy for cognitive impairment in AD.

  25. Safety and Efficacy of Edonerpic Maleate for Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2019-11-01 Treatments

    Of 482 participants in the safety population, 140 of 158 participants (88.6%) assigned to placebo, 117 of 166 participants (70.5%) to 224 mg of edonerpic maleate, and 120 of 158 participants (76.0%) to 448 mg of edonerpic maleate completed the trial.

  26. Efficacy of Group Reminiscence Therapy on Cognition, Depression, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, and Activities of Daily Living for Patients With Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2019-10-23 Treatments

    The current study aimed to investigate the effects of group reminiscence therapy on cognitive function, depression, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and activities of daily living in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease (AD).

  27. Cognitive Outcomes of Long-term Benzodiazepine and Related Drug (BDZR) Use in People Living With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: Results From NILVAD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2019-10-08 Treatments

    This study found no effect of ongoing BDZR use on ADAS-Cog scores in those with mild to moderate AD over 18 months.

  28. Diet therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease in view of traditional Persian medicine: A review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Iranian journal of basic medical sciences 2019-10-01 Prevention trials

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the leading cause of dementia worldwide.

  29. Effect of AZD0530 on Cerebral Metabolic Decline in Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2019-10-01 Treatments

    Statistically significant effects of AZD0530 treatment were not found on relative CMRgl reduction in an Alzheimer disease-associated region of interest or on secondary clinical or biomarker measures.

  30. Extra-virgin olive oil for potential prevention of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Revue neurologique 2019-09-11 Prevention trials

    Observational epidemiological studies provide valuable information regarding naturally occurring protective factors observed in populations with very low prevalences of vascular disease.

  31. Low-dose ladostigil for mild cognitive impairment: A phase 2 placebo-controlled clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Neurology 2019-09-06 Treatments

    Ladostigil was safe and well tolerated but did not delay progression to dementia.

  32. Sodium oligomannate therapeutically remodels gut microbiota and suppresses gut bacterial amino acids-shaped neuroinflammation to inhibit Alzheimer's disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Cell research 2019-09-06 Mild cognitive impairment

    Recently, increasing evidence has suggested the association between gut dysbiosis and Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression, yet the role of gut microbiota in AD pathogenesis remains obscure.

  33. Low dose ω3-PUFA supplementation, either alone or in combination with a multidomain lifestyle intervention comprising physical activity counselling, had no significant effects on muscle strength over 3 years in elderly people.

  34. Preventive Effect of Quercetin in a Triple Transgenic Alzheimer's Disease Mice Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2019-06-20 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and is the leading cause of disability in elderly people worldwide.

  35. Effects of Nilvadipine on Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients With Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2019-06-17 Treatments

    Cerebrovascular changes, including reduced cerebral blood flow (CBF), occur early in the development of Alzheimer disease and may accelerate disease progression.

  36. The efficacy and underlying mechanism of phosphodiesterase- 5 inhibitors in preventing cognitive impairment and Alzheimer pathology: A systematic review of animal studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Behavioural brain research 2019-06-01 Disease mechanisms

    Cognitive decline in preclinical AD finds tauopathy has a more impact than Aβ-42.

  37. Blood Pressure Lowering With Nilvadipine in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer Disease Does Not Increase the Prevalence of Orthostatic Hypotension

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019-05-01 Treatments

    This study suggests that initiation of a low dose of antihypertensive treatment does not significantly increase the risk of OH in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease.

  38. Sertraline and Mirtazapine Versus Placebo in Subgroups of Depression in Dementia: Findings From the HTA-SADD Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2019-04-06 Treatments

    Because of the exploratory nature of the analyses and the small sample sizes for subgroup analysis there is the need for caution in interpreting these data.

  39. INTREPAD: A randomized trial of naproxen to slow progress of presymptomatic Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Neurology 2019-04-05 Treatments

    In cognitively intact individuals at risk, sustained treatment with naproxen sodium 220 mg twice daily increases frequency of adverse health effects but does not reduce apparent progression of presymptomatic AD.

  40. Cholinesterase Inhibitors May Not Benefit Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer Disease Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2019-04-01 Long-term cohort studies

    We investigated whether cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) benefit cognitive outcomes in mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer disease (MCI-AD) and in mild AD dementia (ADdem).

  41. Randomized Trial of Verubecestat for Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 83 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2019-04-01 Treatments

    The drug did not prevent clinical progression in a trial involving patients with mild-to-moderate dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

  42. Memantine for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 80 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2019-03-20 Treatments

    Memantine is a moderate affinity uncompetitive antagonist of glutamate NMDA receptors.

  43. Therapeutic potentials of plant iridoids in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases: A review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. European journal of medicinal chemistry 2019-03-08 Genetics

    Plant iridoids such as catalpol and its 10-O-trans-p-coumaroyl derivative, geniposide, harpagoside, and loganin, and seco-iridoids, oleuropein and its aglycone and oleocanthal have been found to exhibit significant neuroprotective effect and the property of slowing down the process of neurogedeneration in AD and PD.

  44. Seventeen studies (5373 patients) were included.

  45. A study with a more intensive multidomain intervention might bring further insights on this topic.

  46. Ambroxol as a novel disease-modifying treatment for Parkinson's disease dementia: protocol for a single-centre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. BMC neurology 2019-02-09 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Currently there are no disease-modifying treatments for Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), a condition linked to aggregation of the protein α-synuclein in subcortical and cortical brain areas.

  47. Safety, Tolerability, and Feasibility of Young Plasma Infusion in the Plasma for Alzheimer Symptom Amelioration Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2019-01-01 Treatments

    There was no difference in the age (mean [SD], 74.17 [7.96] years), sex (12 women [67%]), or baseline Mini-Mental State Examination score (mean [SD], 19.39 [3.24]) between the crossover (n = 9) and open-label groups (n = 9).

  48. Herbal Medicine Ninjin'yoeito in the Treatment of Sarcopenia and Frailty

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in nutrition 2018-12-12 End-of-life care

    Frailty and sarcopenia have recently gained considerable attention in terms of preventive care in Japan, which has an ever-increasing aging population.

  49. SYGRAVA is the first randomized trial to determine whether programmable ASDs reduce complications of drainage compared to fixed ASDs in patients with iNPH.

  50. Safety, tolerability and efficacy of the glutaminyl cyclase inhibitor PQ912 in Alzheimer's disease: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2a study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2018-10-12 Disease mechanisms

    The maximal tolerated dose of PQ912 has been identified and the results support future studies at still lower doses reaching > 50% target occupancy, a longer up-titration phase to potentially induce adaptation and longer treatment periods to confirm the early signals of efficacy as seen in this study.

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