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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Recent Advances in Therapeutics for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Amin Mahmood Thawabteh, Aseel Wasel Ghanem, Sara AbuMadi, Dania Thaher, Weam Jaghama, Donia Karaman, Rafik Karaman

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The GPCR Connection: Linking Alzheimer's Disease and Glioblastoma.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026
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  12. New Approaches to the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  20. Plants, Pills, and the Brain: Exploring Phytochemicals and Neurological Medicines.International journal of plant, animal and environmental sciences · 2025
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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

7 authors.

Amin Mahmood ThawabtehDepartment of Chemistry, Birzeit University, Birzeit P.O. Box 14, West Bank, Palestine.ORCID 0000-0002-0672-9439
Aseel Wasel GhanemFaculty of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Professions, Birzeit University, Birzeit P.O. Box 14, West Bank, Palestine.ORCID 0009-0006-8634-207X
Sara AbuMadiFaculty of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Professions, Birzeit University, Birzeit P.O. Box 14, West Bank, Palestine.ORCID 0009-0008-1274-402X
Dania ThaherFaculty of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Professions, Birzeit University, Birzeit P.O. Box 14, West Bank, Palestine.
Weam JaghamaFaculty of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Professions, Birzeit University, Birzeit P.O. Box 14, West Bank, Palestine.ORCID 0000-0001-7852-1621
Donia KaramanPharmaceutical Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem 20002, Palestine.
Rafik KaramanPharmaceutical Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem 20002, Palestine.ORCID 0000-0001-5526-4490

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most prevalent chronic neurodegenerative illness in the world is Alzheimer's disease (AD). It results in mental symptoms including behavioral abnormalities and cognitive impairment, which have a substantial financial and psychological impact on the relatives of the patients. The review discusses various pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to AD, including amyloid beta, tau protein, inflammation, and other factors, while emphasizing the need for effective disease-modifying therapeutics that alter disease progression rather than merely alleviating symptoms. This review mainly covers medications that are now being studied in clinical trials or recently approved by the FDA that fall under the disease-modifying treatment (DMT) category, which alters the progression of the disease by targeting underlying biological mechanisms rather than merely alleviating symptoms. DMTs focus on improving patient outcomes by slowing cognitive decline, enhancing neuroprotection, and supporting neurogenesis. Additionally, the review covers amyloid-targeting therapies, tau-targeting therapies, neuroprotective therapies, and others. This evaluation specifically looked at studies on FDA-approved novel DMTs in Phase II or III development that were carried out between 2021 and 2024. A thorough review of the US government database identified clinical trials of biologics and small molecule drugs for 14 agents in Phase I, 34 in Phase II, and 11 in Phase III that might be completed by 2028.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicHumansNeuroprotective Agentstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesNeuroprotective Agentstau ProteinsaducanumabAlzheimer’s diseaseanti-amyloid drugschaperonesDMTlecanemab

Identifiers

PMID39519769
PMCPMC11547905

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