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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2025

Maximizing the benefit and managing the risk of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Strategies and research directions.

Jeffrey L Cummings

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Longitudinal clinical outcomes after amyloid clearance in aducanumab phase 3 studies.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  4. A phase 1, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics study of bisnorcymserine, a highly selective inhibitor of butyrylcholinesterase.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  12. Classification of tau status with machine learning models in amyloid-positive cohorts.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  14. Preclinical evaluation of [EJNMMI research · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jeffrey L CummingsChambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, Department of Brain Health, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, NV, USA. Electronic address: jcummings@cnsinnovations.com.

Funding

Renewal of Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) (Phase 2) CNTN - ResubmissionP20GM109025 · NIGMS · CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION · PI JESSICA KIRKLAND CALDWELL · 2015 to 2026
$22.8M
Alzheimer's Clinical Trial InnOvatioN (ACTION) InitiativeR35AG071476 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI CUMMINGS, JEFFREY L. · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
NIA NIH HHS R35 AG071476NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies (MABs) have introduced a new era of Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapeutics with disease-targeted drugs. Three agents --- aducanumab, lecanemab, donanemab --- have been approved and others are in development. These agents are administered intravenously, once in the brain they activate microglia to engulf amyloid-beta protein fibrillar plaques. Each approved agent has a specific profile of administration, titration, amyloid target, and adverse events. In 18 month trials of participants with early AD (defined as mild cognitive impairment due to AD or mild AD dementia), anti-amyloid MABs slow cognitive and functional decline by approximately 30 ​%. Amyloid positron emission tomography reveals marked reductions in amyloid plaque burden; reductions below a threshold of 15-25 Centiloids are associated with clinical benefit. The magnitude, scope, and trajectory of clinical end points provide the basis for interpretations of clinical meaningfulness. Occurrence of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities with intracerebral edema, microhemorrhages, or superficial siderosis must be monitored and managed to prevent serious or rare catastrophic consequences. Infusion reactions occur and anticipatory management is required. Development of subcutaneous formulations and use of blood-based biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring promises to increase the accessibility and decrease the demands on health care systems associated with these agents. Anti-amyloid MABs provide the foundation for further advances in developing a repertoire of disease-targeted therapies for AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntibodies, MonoclonalAnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansaducanumabAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloidDonanemabLecanemabMonoclonal antibodies

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PMID40118715
PMCPMC12047478

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