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

Decision making in clinical trials: Interim analyses, innovative design, and biomarkers.

Kathleen A Welsh-Bohmer, Geoffrey A Kerchner, Shobha Dhadda, Miguel Garcia, David S Miller, Fanni Natanegara, Lars Lau Raket, Weining Robieson, Eric R Siemers, Maria C Carrillo and 1 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: 2025.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Kathleen A Welsh-BohmerDepartment of Psychiatry & Neurology Duke University Durham North Carolina USA.
Geoffrey A KerchnerPharma Research and Early Development F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd Basel Switzerland.
Shobha DhaddaEisai Inc. Nutley New Jersey USA.
Miguel GarciaBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. Ridgefield Connecticut USA.
David S MillerSignant Health Blue Bell Pennsylvania USA.
Fanni NatanegaraEli Lilly and Company Lilly Corporate Center Indianapolis Indiana USA.
Lars Lau RaketNovo Nordisk A/S Søborg Denmark.
Weining RobiesonAbbVie North Chicago Illinois USA.
Eric R SiemersACUMEN Pharmaceuticals Charlottesville Virginia USA.
Maria C CarrilloAlzheimer's Association Chicago Illinois USA.
Christopher J WeberAlzheimer's Association Chicago Illinois USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficient and accurate execution of clinical trials testing novel treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a critical component of the field's collective efforts to develop effective disease-modifying treatments for AD. The lengthy and heterogeneous nature of clinical progression in AD contributes to the challenges inherent in demonstrating a clinically meaningful benefit of any potential new AD therapy. The failure of many large and expensive clinical trials to date has prompted a focus on optimizing all aspects of decision making, to not only expedite the development of new treatments, but also maximize the value of the information that each clinical trial yields, so that all future clinical trials (including those that are negative) will contribute toward advancing the field. To address this important topic the Alzheimer's Association Research Roundtable convened December 1-2, 2020. The goals focused around identifying new directions and actionable steps to enhance clinical trial decision making in planned future studies.

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Alzheimer's diseaseamyloidbiomarkersclinical meaningfulnessclinical trialcognitioncognitive impairmentdementiafutility analysisinterim analysismild cognitive impairmenttau

Identifiers

PMID37867532
PMCPMC10585126

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