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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)2019

Exploring effects of Souvenaid on cerebral glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease.

Nienke M E Scheltens, Casper T Briels, Maqsood Yaqub, Frederik Barkhof, Ronald Boellaard, Wiesje M van der Flier, Lothar A Schwarte, Charlotte E Teunissen, Amos Attali, Laus M Broersen and 2 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Souvenaid for Alzheimer's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
    Pooled it
  2. Nutritional metabolism and cerebral bioenergetics in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Nienke M E ScheltensAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Casper T BrielsAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Maqsood YaqubDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Frederik BarkhofDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ronald BoellaardDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Wiesje M van der FlierAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lothar A SchwarteDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Charlotte E TeunissenNeurochemistry Laboratory and Biobank, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Amos AttaliDanone Nutricia Research, Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Laus M BroersenDanone Nutricia Research, Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Bart N M van BerckelDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Philip ScheltensAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLAmsterdam Neuroscience · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLDanone Nutricia Research (Netherlands)Nutricia Research (Netherlands) · NLUniversity College London · GB

Funding

HSRD VA CDP 13-003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAlzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with synapse loss. Souvenaid, containing the specific nutrient combination Fortasyn Connect, was designed to improve synapse formation and function. The NL-ENIGMA study explored the effect of Souvenaid on synapse function in early AD by assessing cerebral glucose metabolism (CMRglc) with

methodsWe conducted an exploratory double-blind randomized controlled single-center trial. Fifty patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia with evidence of amyloid pathology (cerebrospinal fluid or PET) were stratified for MMSE (20-24 and 25-30) and randomly 1:1 allocated to 24-week daily administration of 125 mL Souvenaid (n = 25) or placebo (n = 25). Dynamic 60-minute [

resultsNo baseline differences between treatment groups were found (placebo/intervention: n = 25/25; age 66 ± 8/65 ± 7 years; female 44%/48%; MMSE 25 ± 3/25 ± 3). [ DISCUSSION: In this exploratory trial, we found no robust effect of 24-week intervention with Souvenaid on synapse function measured by [

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[18F]FDG-PETAlzheimer's diseaseNutritional interventionRandomized clinical trialSouvenaidSynapse activitySynapse formation

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