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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

804 studies carry this tag.

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1986 to 2026

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

333 journals in all.

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  1. LIGHT will provide insight into the implementation and (cost-)effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention for indicated prevention in a memory clinic setting.

  2. Phase 3 randomized clinical trials of simufilam in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2026-01-06 Inflammation and the immune system

    Simufilam did not meet co-primary or secondary endpoints in these Phase 3 trials.

  3. Nose to Brain Delivery of Curcumin Loaded Therapeutic Nanostructures for Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition 2026-01-03 Treatments

    Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive disorders that damage and eventually kill neurons in the central nervous system (CNS).

  4. EVOKE (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04777396) and EVOKE+ (NCT04777409) tested whether oral semaglutide, the GLP-1 diabetes/weight-loss drug, could slow early Alzheimer's disease progression in a combined 3,808 participants over up to 156 weeks.

  5. Lecanemab and Donanemab Combination Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease-The Cocktail May Work Even Better Together

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders 2026-01-01 Treatments

    Lecanemab and Donanemab are two new FDA-approved antiamyloid immunotherapies that are Alzheimer disease modifying agents.

  6. Peripheral biomarkers associated with apathy and predicting response to methylphenidate: Secondary analysis of the Apathy in Dementia Methylphenidate Trial 2 (ADMET2) study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2026-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In the ADMET2 biomarker subset (n = 44, MPH:21, age:75 years, MMSE:20.2), higher baseline TNF was associated with higher M6 NPI-A [B(SE)= 6.86 (1.71), p = .0003], and multivariable models found lower baseline TNF [B(SE)= 8.28(1.61), p < .001] and higher baseline S100B [B(SE)= -6.41(1.95), p = .002] were associated with lower M6 NPI-A. Exploratory analyses suggested that higher baseline NfL significantly interacted with treatment to predict lower M6 NPI-A [B(SE)= -8.36(4.21), p = .05], only when adjusting for cognition.

  7. First-in-class SAM-competitive G9a inhibitor FLAV-27 as a disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2025-12-24 Tau biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a progressive cognitive decline involving a multifactorial pathophysiology, including epigenetic dysregulation.

  8. Comparative dementia risk with GLP1 receptor agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors, or DPP4 inhibitors: a population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2025-12-20 Prevention and risk

    In the intention-to-treat analysis, dementia risk was not different between GLP1-RA and DPP4i initiators (hazard ratio [HR] 0.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.87–1.04; rates: 6.29 versus 6.64 per 1000 person-years; mean follow-up: 6.54 years); however, continuous GLP1-RA versus DPP4i use was associated with a 21% lower risk (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.64–0.97; rates: 3.64 versus 4.82; mean follow-up: 2.71 years).

  9. Effectiveness of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in patients affected by severe dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. GeroScience 2025-12-15 Treatments

    The efficacy of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEI) and memantine (ME) in severe dementia remains uncertain, and real world data are limited.

  10. Long-term safety and efficacy of lecanemab in early Alzheimer's disease: Results from the Clarity AD open-label extension study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2025-12-07 Clinical trials

    Benefit continued to accrue with ongoing lecanemab treatment through 36 months.

  11. Can Telehealth Improve Access to Amyloid-Targeting Therapies for Veterans Living With Alzheimer Disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Federal Practitioner 2025-12-01 Treatments

    The VHA is well-positioned to use a hybrid approach-both telehealth and in-person care-to support the provision of amyloid-targeting therapies for veterans with AD.

  12. Combination of Intranasal insulin and oral semaglutide for cognition in older adults with metabolic syndrome at high dementia risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Data collection began in March 2024. So far 562 people completed a pre-screening online questionnaire, with 190 passing pre-screening of whom 54% met eligibility criteria.

  13. Development of a novel anti‐amyloid therapeutic: an orally administrable anti‐abeta‐oligomer compound in early preventative intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Treatments

    Orally dosed D-AIP possessed favourable biostability, pharmacokinetics, and brain region distribution.

  14. Donanemab in early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease: results from the TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 long-term extension

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-12-01 Treatments

    At 3 years, donanemab slowed disease progression on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR)-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) in early-start participants versus a weighted ADNI control (-1.2 points; 95 % confidence interval [CI], -1.7, -0.7).

  15. Home-Based Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in Patients With Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. JAMA network open 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Sixty consecutive patients with prodromal or mild AD were screened; 50 were randomized to gamma or sham tACS (mean [SD] age, 67.3 [7.8] years; 25 [50.0%] female and 25 [50.0%] male).

  16. Patients (N = 2,512) receiving lecanemab infusion had a mean age of 75.4 (standard deviation = 5.7) years as compared to 80.8 (8.9) years in patients with MCI/AD not receiving the infusion.

  17. Lecanemab, aducanumab, and donanemab bind the same human Alzheimer disease Aβ aggregates at different epitopes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Treatments

    Within the limitations of measuring in vitro equilibrium binding activity of in‐house recombinant antibodies to aqueously extracted Aβ from human postmortem brain tissue, we could not discern a population of Aβ aggregates ( e.g . protofibrils) accessible to one antibody but not the other two.

  18. Lecanemab in DIAD: 6‐Month Amyloid PET Results from the DIAN‐TU‐001 Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Lecanemab reduced amyloid PET in symptomatic participants with DIAD at Week 24.

  19. Liraglutide in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a phase 2b clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Nature Medicine 2025-12-01 Clinical trials

    Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist and antidiabetic drug, has shown neuroprotective effects in animal models.

  20. Partial Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibitors as a Therapy for Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Treatments

    Like CP2, C458 and C273 weakly inhibit mtCI, leading to AMPK activation, which triggers a neuroprotective stress response.

  21. Phase 2 study of zervimesine (CT1812) in participants with mild‐to‐moderate dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Lewy body dementia

    Of 293 participants screened, 130 were randomized, and 109 (83.8%) completed the study.

  22. Reduction of amyloid via amyloid-targeting therapies may result in clinical benefit.

  23. Safety of Lecanemab After 6‐Month Treatment in the DIAN‐TU‐001 Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Treatments

    Lecanemab was generally well-tolerated during the 6-month lecanemab-only treatment period.

  24. Tablet‐based Cognitive Assessment Tool (TabCAT) in a multisite study of early‐onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Getting a diagnosis

    TabCAT tests showed good convergent validity with traditional pen-and-paper tests.

  25. Safety and efficacy of pimavanserin in patients with Lewy body dementia experiencing dementia-related psychosis in the HARMONY study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. BMC Neurology 2025-11-24 Treatments

    Overall, 392 patients were enrolled in HARMONY; 49 patients with PDD and 27 patients with DLB were included in the open-label safety analysis, of whom 46 met response criteria and were randomized to receive pimavanserin (n = 22) or placebo (n = 24) during the double-blind period.

  26. The Alzheimer's therapeutic Lecanemab attenuates Aβ pathology by inducing an amyloid-clearing program in microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Nature Neuroscience 2025-11-24 Laboratory science

    Controversies over anti-amyloid immunotherapies underscore the need to elucidate their mechanisms of action.

  27. Multidomain therapy for Alzheimer’s disease: a scoping review of cognitive decline trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2025-11-22 Prevention trials

    There have been 23 studies (completed or reported as ongoing) of multidomain interventions for AD, including 19 RCTs.

  28. Acupuncture modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis: a novel therapeutic strategy for amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Frontiers in Neuroscience 2025-11-13 Mild cognitive impairment

    Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) represents a critical prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet effective therapeutic interventions to prevent or delay this conversion remain an unmet clinical need.

  29. A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Dronabinol for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025-11-10 Clinical trials

    The majority of participants were female and were taking concomitant psychotropic medications (antidepressants and antipsychotics) at baseline.

  30. Effect of SSRIs on clinical progression in amnestic mild cognitive impairment stratified by Alzheimer's disease pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-11-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    SSRI treatment showed no significant effect on AD dementia progression (hazard ratio = 1.64, 95% confidence interval: 0.61 to 4.38) or cognitive trajectories, regardless of AD pathology.

  31. Neuropathological changes and amyloid-related imaging abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease treated with aducanumab versus untreated: a retrospective case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2025-11-01 Drug development

    Understanding the neuropathological effects of amyloid β (Aβ)-targeting therapies and amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) in Alzheimer's disease is critical for optimising treatment efficacy and patient outcomes.

  32. Lecanemab, Donanemab, and Emerging Disease Modifying Therapies for Alzheimer Disease: Clinical Evidence and Primary Care Implications in Canada

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. International Journal of Science and Research Archive 2025-10-31 Treatments

    Monoclonal antibodies such as lecanemab and donanemab show reduction in amyloid plaque and slowing of cognitive and functional decline (modest) in early AD (mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia).

  33. Lecanemab, Donanemab, and Emerging Disease Modifying Therapies for Alzheimer Disease: Clinical Evidence and Primary Care Implications in Canada

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. International Journal of Science and Research Archive 2025-10-31 Treatments

    Monoclonal antibodies such as lecanemab and donanemab show reduction in amyloid plaque and slowing of cognitive and functional decline (modest) in early AD (mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia).

  34. Lecanemab, Donanemab, and Emerging Disease Modifying Therapies for Alzheimer Disease: Clinical Evidence and Primary Care Implications in Canada

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. International Journal of Science and Research Archive 2025-10-31 Treatments

    Monoclonal antibodies such as lecanemab and donanemab show reduction in amyloid plaque and slowing of cognitive and functional decline (modest) in early AD (mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia).

  35. Lecanemab Therapy Use Patterns for Alzheimer's Disease Among Early Initiators in a Large National Health Plan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025-10-27 Health systems and care delivery

    Lecanemab, an anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody, has been approved for treatment of early Alzheimer's disease.

  36. In Silico Screening and DFT Analysis of Nelumbo nucifera Phytochemicals as Potential BACE-1 Inhibitors for Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Prospects in Pharmaceutical Sciences 2025-10-20 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands as one of the primary neurological disorders affecting humans.

  37. Safety and effectiveness of lecanemab in Chinese patients with early Alzheimer’s disease: Evidence from a multidimensional real-world study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Chinese Medical Journal 2025-10-10 Cognitive tests and assessment

    A total of 64 patients were enrolled in this ongoing real-world study.

  38. A next-generation HDAC6 inhibitor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain 2025-10-07 Lewy body dementia

    We present the pharmacological properties of EKZ-438, which demonstrate high selectivity for HDAC6 (>8500-fold selectivity for HDAC6 versus all other HDAC6 paralogues), low nanomolar potency (12 nM) for HDAC6, and importantly, CNS-penetrance (unbound brain-to-plasma partition coefficient [Kp,uu,brain] ≥ 0.55) and high oral bioavailability (fraction of dose absorbed [F%] = 70).

  39. Krankheitsmodifizierende Therapie mit Lecanemab bei früher Alzheimer-Demenz

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie 2025-10-06 Treatments

    Zusammenfassung Die Alzheimer Krankheit (AD) ist eine schwere und fortschreitende neurodegenerative Erkrankung des Gehirns, die bislang mit primär nur symptomatisch wirksamen medikamentösen und nicht-medikamentösen Therapieformen als Standardtherapie behandelt wird.

  40. Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most prevalent form of dementia, leads to progressive cognitive decline due to pathological hallmarks including amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, synaptic loss, neuroinflammation, and neuronal cell death, highlighting the urgent need for multitarget therapeutic strategies.

  41. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Reduce Dementia and Alzheimer Disease Risk in Patients with Diabetes and Advanced CKD: Real-World Evidence from TriNetX

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2025-10-01 Drug development

    GLP-1RA use was associated with lower risk of dementia (HR 0.80, 95% CI 0.71–0.91) and Alzheimer’s disease (HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.59–0.98) compared to DPP4is.

  42. A total of 325 participants enrolled and received study drug.

  43. Effects of triptolide herb on the progression of Alzheimer's disease preclinical models: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Neurodegenerative disease management 2025-09-24 Disease mechanisms

    Tri demonstrates significant multi-target neuroprotective effects in AD preclinical models.

  44. Safety, tolerability and potential biomarkers of vodobatinib in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2025-09-07 Clinical safety

    Twenty-nine individuals were enrolled, 3 were women (10.3 %), age 76.3 ± 6 years (mean ± SD).

  45. Tirzepatide compared with semaglutide and 10-year cardiovascular disease risk reduction in obesity: post-hoc analysis of the SURMOUNT-5 trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. European Heart Journal Open 2025-08-29 Prevention and risk

    In SURMOUNT-5, treatment with tirzepatide was associated with greater predicted 10-year CVD risk reduction compared with semaglutide.

  46. Treating Alzheimer Disease With Antiamyloid Therapies—The Real-World Experience Grows

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. JAMA 2025-08-22 Treatments

    This Medical News article discusses the safety and effectiveness of lecanemab and donanemab in treating mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer disease outside clinical trials.

  47. Physical Activity and the Myokine Irisin in Non-pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Russian Journal of Physiotherapy Balneology and Rehabilitation 2025-08-16 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, characterized by progressive cognitive decline, memory impairment, synaptic dysfunction, and neurodegeneration.

  48. Nanocarrier-based drug delivery for mild cognitive impairment: Extracellular vesicles and carbon nanotubes as emerging therapeutic tools

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2025-08-07 Mild cognitive impairment

    Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the in-between stage between healthy cognitive aging and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  49. Safety and efficacy of rotigotine in patients with frontotemporal dementia: a phase 2, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The Lancet regional health. Europe 2025-08-05 Treatments

    Clinical and experimental evidence suggest that dopaminergic transmission is impaired in FTD.

  50. Diabetes is a significant modifiable risk factor for cognitive dysfunction.

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