{"title":"Inequalities in the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer Disease.","authors":"Maurizio Giorelli","doi":"10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200283","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Incidence of Alzheimer disease (AD) is going to rise in the next years and to become a health and social emergency. The prevention and the therapeutic management of AD still present unmet needs worldwide. The recent approval of monoclonal antibodies against amyloid β (anti-Aβ mAbs) for AD has increased the level of uncertainty regarding on how such drugs should be administered, to whom, and for how long. Concerns about cost-effectiveness ratios of anti-Aβ mAbs and the need for actual strategies of risk prevention have further dug barriers of inequalities between the national health care systems. Planning research to address questions on the real feasibility of the correct therapeutic management, improving international cooperation on surveillance of risk factors, implementing pathways for timely diagnosis, and effective medical and social support for patients with AD worldwide would be extremely valuable to fight against this upcoming pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":19136,"journal":{"name":"Neurology. Clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11073886/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Neurology. Clinical practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200283","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/4/12 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CLINICAL NEUROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Incidence of Alzheimer disease (AD) is going to rise in the next years and to become a health and social emergency. The prevention and the therapeutic management of AD still present unmet needs worldwide. The recent approval of monoclonal antibodies against amyloid β (anti-Aβ mAbs) for AD has increased the level of uncertainty regarding on how such drugs should be administered, to whom, and for how long. Concerns about cost-effectiveness ratios of anti-Aβ mAbs and the need for actual strategies of risk prevention have further dug barriers of inequalities between the national health care systems. Planning research to address questions on the real feasibility of the correct therapeutic management, improving international cooperation on surveillance of risk factors, implementing pathways for timely diagnosis, and effective medical and social support for patients with AD worldwide would be extremely valuable to fight against this upcoming pandemic.
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Neurology® Genetics is an online open access journal publishing peer-reviewed reports in the field of neurogenetics. The journal publishes original articles in all areas of neurogenetics including rare and common genetic variations, genotype-phenotype correlations, outlier phenotypes as a result of mutations in known disease genes, and genetic variations with a putative link to diseases. Articles include studies reporting on genetic disease risk, pharmacogenomics, and results of gene-based clinical trials (viral, ASO, etc.). Genetically engineered model systems are not a primary focus of Neurology® Genetics, but studies using model systems for treatment trials, including well-powered studies reporting negative results, are welcome.