Aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review.

  • A Rahman
  • , Hossen MA
  • , Chowdhury MFI
  • , S Bari
  • , N Tamanna
  • , Sultana SS
  • , Haque SN
  • , Masud A Al
  • , Saif-Ur-Rahman KM

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    Abstract

    Aducanumab is a novel disease-modifying anti-amyloid-beta (Aβ) human monoclonal antibody specifically targeted to the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). It was granted for treating AD in June 2021 by the United States Food and Drug Administration. We systematically analyzed available trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of aducanumab treating AD. We followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) guidelines. We conducted an extensive literature search using the electronic databases MEDLINE through PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus for suitable studies on aducanumab. We considered human clinical trials of aducanumab, assessing its efficacy and adverse effects in treating AD, excluding any experimental animal studies. We included three randomised controlled trials. Studies reported that aducanumab reduced brain amyloid-beta plaques in a time- and dose-dependent manner (dose-response, P 
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    JournalPsychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
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    Publication statusPublished - 12 Feb 2023

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