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ArticleJournal of neurology2023

Redefinition of dementia care in Italy in the era of amyloid-lowering agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: an expert opinion and practical guideline.

Massimo Filippi, Giordano Cecchetti, Annachiara Cagnin, Camillo Marra, Flavio Nobili, Lucilla Parnetti, Federica Agosta

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Organizing healthcare delivery in the era of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's Disease: an Italian RAND/UCLA consensus.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  5. Italian intersocietal recommendations for restructuring the diagnostic-therapeutic pathway for the implementation and appropriate use of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies in Alzheimer's disease.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  6. Towards a new Value-based scenario for the management of dementia in Italy: a SINdem delphi consensus study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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7 authors.

Massimo FilippiNeurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-0479
Giordano CecchettiNeurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6544-410X
Annachiara CagninNeurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2894-0825
Camillo MarraMemory Clinic, IRCCS Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-4044
Flavio NobiliNeurology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9811-0897
Lucilla ParnettiCentre for Memory Disturbances, Section of Neurology, Lab of Clinical Neurochemistry, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5722-3967
Federica AgostaNeurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3121-4979

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

No disease-modifying therapies are currently available for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Europe. Current evidence from clinical trials testing anti-beta amyloid (Aβ) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in patients with early AD, though, suggests a likely marketing authorization in the next years. Since the implementation of disease-modifying therapies for AD in the clinical practice will evidently require a huge change of dementia care in all countries, a group of prominent AD clinical experts in Italy met to discuss patients' selection and management strategies. The current diagnostic-therapeutic standard of care in Italy was taken as the starting point. The prescription of new therapies cannot ignore the definition of a biological diagnosis through the assessment of both amyloid- and tau-related biomarkers. The high risk/benefit ratio of anti-Aβ immunotherapies, moreover, needs a highly specialized diagnostic work-up and a thorough exclusion criteria assessment, which should be provided by a neurology specialist. The Expert Panel also suggests a reorganization of the Centers for dementia and cognitive decline in Italy into 3 levels of increasing complexity: community center, first- and second-level center. Tasks and requirements for each level were defined. Finally, specific characteristics of a center deputed to prescribe anti-Aβ mAbs were discussed.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersHumanstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkerstau ProteinsAlzheimerDisease-modifying therapiesExpert opinionItalyMonoclonal antibodies

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