Bit Na Lee, Kyoungsu Kim, Ha Young Shin, Hyung Jun Park, Seungjin Baek, Namki Hong, Seung Woo Kim
{"title":"Validation and proposal of case definitions for identifying patients with myasthenia gravis.","authors":"Bit Na Lee, Kyoungsu Kim, Ha Young Shin, Hyung Jun Park, Seungjin Baek, Namki Hong, Seung Woo Kim","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2416984","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2416984","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>Public medical insurance data are increasingly used to study myasthenia gravis (MG); however, a validated case definition is lacking. We assessed the clinical characteristics of patients identified according to previously used case definitions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with diagnosis code G70.0 (myasthenia gravis) who visited Severance Hospital between January 2019 and December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Three case definitions used in previous epidemiologic studies were applied to the included patients, and their performance was evaluated based on sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value (PPV).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 843 patients with diagnosis code G70.0 were identified, and 796 (96.7%) met the clinical diagnostic criteria for MG. All three previously-used case definitions showed a PPV of >98% in identifying clinically diagnosed MG, with sensitivities ranging from 68.7 to 71.1%. Case definition #1 was unable to identify 230 patients with MG: 42.6% were in remission, 23.5% were lost to follow-up, and 25.2% were receiving prescriptions elsewhere. A similar pattern was observed for definitions #2 and #3: Patients with thymoma-associated MG who were followed-up by thoracic surgeons were frequently missed based on the previously used case definitions. A proposed case definition that additionally includes a history of thymoma enhanced the sensitivity to 77.9%, while maintaining a PPV of 99.4%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The previously used case definitions showed a high PPV but were unable to identify patients in remission or followed-up elsewhere. These limitations can be overcome by utilizing a new case definition and expanding the study duration.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1985-1991"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sachin Silva, Emese Csőke, Charlene Ng, Samantha Taylor, Puneet Singh, Manisha Sabharwal, Alexander Foo, Wendy Kee, Randy Wong, Michael J A Reid
{"title":"Impact of socioeconomic determinants on outcomes of eight select conditions for which self-care is a modality for prevention and treatment: a scoping review.","authors":"Sachin Silva, Emese Csőke, Charlene Ng, Samantha Taylor, Puneet Singh, Manisha Sabharwal, Alexander Foo, Wendy Kee, Randy Wong, Michael J A Reid","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2417752","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2417752","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature published between January 1, 1990 and October 31, 2021, to identify socioeconomic determinants that contribute to higher burden and adverse outcomes in diseases for which self-care is an important modality of treatment and prevention. We identified these diseases using over-the-counter medicines sales data sourced from IQVIA. We searched Ovid Medline, PubMed, and EMBASE databases for articles published in English using inclusion/exclusion criteria. We analyzed articles covering 42 diseases that qualified as cardiovascular disorders (219 studies including ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, and related risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and atrial fibrillation), nutritional disorders (66 studies including malnutrition which encompasses undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, and anemia), digestive disorders (40 studies including gastroesophageal reflux disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, and dyspepsia), allergy disorders (40 studies including asthma and allergic rhinitis), pain disorders (14 studies including lower back pain, knee pain, generalized musculoskeletal pain and headaches), dermatological disorders (23 studies including atopic dermatitis [eczema], occupational dermatosis, and facial dermatitis), respiratory disorders (11 studies including chronic cough, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, wheezing, and influenza), and gynecological disorders (29 studies including bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis vaginosis). We found that lifestyle factors were the commonly reported risk factors, and residential segregation, education, and income were the commonly reported socioeconomic determinants. A closer analysis of income within each disorder revealed that it is more often associated with health conditions that are self-limiting. Although we did not find any discernible relationship between the commonly reported socioeconomic factors and the prevalence of self-medication for the health conditions considered, income plays an important role in the burden and outcomes of conditions that require more self-care compared to those that require less self-care.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1921-1933"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neha Durgam, Triza Brion, Hannah B Lewis, Biba Tinga, Wilson Sanon, Mark Lundie, Chantal Cadieux
{"title":"Getting Help During Active Pain Crises in Sickle Cell Disease: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives in Canada.","authors":"Neha Durgam, Triza Brion, Hannah B Lewis, Biba Tinga, Wilson Sanon, Mark Lundie, Chantal Cadieux","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2393863","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2393863","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1935-1941"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shanika de Silva, Helen Steed, Patrick B Allen, Chirag Vegad, James Crooks, Adil Jaulim, Ailsa Hart
{"title":"Assessing disease control in inflammatory bowel disease: a real world cross-sectional study in the UK (PODCAST-IBD).","authors":"Shanika de Silva, Helen Steed, Patrick B Allen, Chirag Vegad, James Crooks, Adil Jaulim, Ailsa Hart","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2410928","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2410928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Proportion Of suboptimal Disease Control And Strategy of Treatment in IBD (PODCAST-IBD) was an international real-world study which aimed to quantify disease control in IBD using STRIDE-II recommendations.</p><p><strong>Design/method: </strong>Cross-sectional assessment of IBD patients attending routine clinic appointments in four UK centers October 2022 to January 2023. Clinician-reported outcomes, patient-reported outcomes and retrospective data from medical chart review were used to assess IBD control against red flags aligned to STRIDE-II.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data were available from 198 UK patients. IBD was suboptimally controlled in 52.4% (54/103) of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and 45.3% (43/95) with ulcerative colitis (UC). Impaired quality of life (QOL), defined as Short inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (SIBDQ) score <50, was the main contributor to suboptimal disease control. Suboptimal disease control has a detrimental impact on fatigue and disability with significantly lower mean Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT-F) score in suboptimally controlled disease (CD: 81.5 vs 125, UC: 87.4 vs 122.8) and IBD Disk. Suboptimal disease control results in higher health care resource use (HCRU) (CD: £4,746 vs £1,924; UC: £2,428 vs £1,121) and higher rates of work productivity loss (CD: 41.7% vs 11.9%, UC: 38.0% vs 22.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IBD was suboptimally controlled in around one-half of patients. Impaired QOL was the most common contributor (64%, 62/97) to suboptimal control. Suboptimal control had a considerable economic impact; HCRU more than doubled and productivity fell. Physicians could consider regular QOL assessments to prompt timely disease monitoring to enable identification of early active disease and appropriate treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1847-1854"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142399671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Judith Trotman, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Yuqin Song, Richard Delarue, Pil Kim, Elena Ivanova, Rasika Korde, Jiří Mayer, Ana C De Oliveira, Sarit E Assouline, Christopher R Flowers, Gisoo Barnes
{"title":"Patient-reported outcomes in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma treated with zanubrutinib plus obinutuzumab versus obinutuzumab monotherapy: results from the ROSEWOOD trial.","authors":"Judith Trotman, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Yuqin Song, Richard Delarue, Pil Kim, Elena Ivanova, Rasika Korde, Jiří Mayer, Ana C De Oliveira, Sarit E Assouline, Christopher R Flowers, Gisoo Barnes","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2409837","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2409837","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We report patient-reported outcomes (PROs) measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from the ROSEWOOD trial (NCT03332017), which demonstrated superior efficacy and a manageable safety profile with zanubrutinib plus obinutuzumab (ZO) versus obinutuzumab (O) in patients with heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma (R/R FL).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PROs were assessed using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire - Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and EQ-5D-5L questionnaires at baseline and subsequently every 12 weeks. All QLQ-C30 domains and EQ-5D-5L visual analog scale (VAS) scores were analyzed descriptively. At the key clinical timepoints (weeks 12 and 24), a mixed model for repeated measures (MMRM) analysis was used to evaluate the key PRO endpoints, including global health status, physical and role functioning, and symptoms of fatigue, pain, diarrhea, and nausea/vomiting. Clinically meaningful change was defined as <i>a</i> ≥ 5-point mean difference from baseline and between the ZO and O arms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients were randomized to ZO (<i>n</i> = 145) or O (<i>n</i> = 72). By week 48, descriptive analysis results indicated that patients in the ZO arm demonstrated improved outcomes in role functioning and fatigue and nausea/vomiting symptoms, compared with those in the O arm. Both groups experienced improvements in pain symptoms. EQ-5D-5L VAS scores showed no observable differences between treatment arms through week 48. MMRM analysis revealed that the global health status/quality of life of patients treated with ZO improved, as did fatigue, at week 12. At week 24, patients in the ZO arm experienced a clinically meaningful improvement in role functioning, pain, and fatigue.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients with R/R FL, ZO was associated with improved PROs compared with O. These findings suggest that zanubrutinib contributed clinically meaningful benefits to patient HRQoL when added to obinutuzumab.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>The ROSEWOOD trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (BGB-3111-212; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03332017).</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1863-1871"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentina Bellini, Federico Semeraro, Jonathan Montomoli, Marco Cascella, Elena Bignami
{"title":"Reply to \"Letter to Editor regarding: 'Between human and AI: methodological issues on reliability, effectiveness and accuracy to avoid misinterpretation'\".","authors":"Valentina Bellini, Federico Semeraro, Jonathan Montomoli, Marco Cascella, Elena Bignami","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2408468","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2408468","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1831"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142281667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christoper J Edwards, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Axel Finckh, Arnd Kleyer, Ewa Haladyj, Jens Gammeltoft Gerwien, Tamás Treuer, Liliana Zaremba-Pechmann, Josef S Smolen
{"title":"Baricitinib as monotherapy for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: analysis of real-world data.","authors":"Christoper J Edwards, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Axel Finckh, Arnd Kleyer, Ewa Haladyj, Jens Gammeltoft Gerwien, Tamás Treuer, Liliana Zaremba-Pechmann, Josef S Smolen","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2416979","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2416979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Baricitinib is an oral, reversible and selective inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK)1 and JAK2 that is approved as monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have responded inadequately to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Evidence supporting the approved monotherapy indication is growing in real-world settings that reflect routine clinical practice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Results of separate analyses of real-world data from the observational prospective RA-BE-REAL, Erlangen Baricitinib cohort, the BSRBR-RA, and Swiss Clinical Quality Management in Rheumatic Diseases (SCQM) registries, and the retrospective ORBIT-RA and SUSTAIN long-term chart reviews were reported, documenting baseline data and outcomes for a total of 932 patients with active RA receiving baricitinib as monotherapy. Findings were contrasted with those from a total of 850 patients receiving the drug as combination therapy. All analyses were descriptive and completed in September 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across the patient registries and observational studies, 39.4%-69.6% of patients received baricitinib monotherapy for the treatment of active RA. In these patients, after about 6-12 months of treatment, 40.7%-93.8% and 55.6%-88.0% achieved remission or low disease activity according to the composite measures of disease activity 28-joint count and Clinical Disease Activity Index, respectively. Treatment continuation/discontinuation rates differed across the studies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that baricitinib monotherapy can be a suitable treatment option in routine clinical practice for patients with RA, when used in accordance with current guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1993-2002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Raquel Whitaker, Joaquim Barreto, Wilson Nadruz, Andrei C Sposito
{"title":"Orthostatic blood pressure phenotypes prevalence in type 2 diabetes mellitus.","authors":"Ana Raquel Whitaker, Joaquim Barreto, Wilson Nadruz, Andrei C Sposito","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2407537","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2407537","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Orthostatic hypotension (Ohypo) and hypertension (Ohyper) have emerged early markers for high risk of cardiovascular events. Data on the prevalence and risk factors of Ohypo and Ohyper in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are scarce.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Within the framework of the Brazilian Diabetes Study, this is an observational, cross-sectional study. The diagnosis of Ohypo was based on drops in systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥20mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥10mmHg when transitioning from sitting to standing. Ohyper was defined by either a SBP increase ≥20mmHg during this transition or a sustained elevation to 140 mmHg in otherwise normotensive individuals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study population (<i>n</i> = 900) had a mean age of 57 ± 8 years, 57% male and the median T2D duration was 8 years. Sitting SBP and DBP were 140 ± 20 mmHg and 82 ± 11 mmHg, respectively. Of the total sample, 108 (12%) had Ohypo and 83 (9%) had Ohyper. Each 1-year increase in age was associated with 3.7% higher odds of orthostatic hypotension (OHypo). Additionally, each 1 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) corresponded to a 3.0, 5.5, and 5.4% increase in the odds of OHypo, respectively. Ohyper risk did not associate with age but showed an inverse relationship with sitting BP values.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ohypo and Ohyper are common occurrences in patients with T2D. Advanced age significantly elevates the risk of developing Ohypo, whereas sitting BP emerges as an independent risk factor for both Ohypo and Ohyper.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1833-1839"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142281666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ye Zong, Cheng Lan, Xing Li, Weixing Chen, Honghui Chen, Aijun Liao, Side Liu, Chanyan Hu, Yongdong Wu, Shutian Zhang
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of tegoprazan for duodenal ulcers in Chinese patients: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority, phase III study.","authors":"Ye Zong, Cheng Lan, Xing Li, Weixing Chen, Honghui Chen, Aijun Liao, Side Liu, Chanyan Hu, Yongdong Wu, Shutian Zhang","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2414090","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2414090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Tegoprazan represents a newly developed potassium-competitive acid blocker utilized for the treatment of acid-related disorders. The present study aimed to explore the therapeutic effectiveness of tegoprazan in Chinese individuals with duodenal ulcers (DU).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the current multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group, non-inferiority, phase III clinical trial, individuals with DU underwent randomization 1:1 to be administered tegoprazan 50 mg or lansoprazole 30 mg once daily. The primary efficacy endpoint was the 6-week cumulative endoscopic ulcer healing rate. Secondary endpoints included 4-week endoscopic ulcer healing rate and relief of DU-related gastrointestinal symptoms at weeks 2, 4, and 6. Safety analysis encompassed adverse events (AEs) and laboratory indexes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 6-week cumulative endoscopic ulcer healing rates were 96.9% (188/194) and 99.0% (189/191) in the tegoprazan and lansoprazole groups, respectively, indicating a difference of -2.0% (95% confidence interval (CI) = -4.9 to 0.8) in the full analysis set (FAS). The corresponding healing rates were 98.4% (185/188) and 99.5% (183/184) in the per-protocol set, respectively, indicating a difference of -1.1% (95% CI = -3.1 to 1.0). The 4-week healing rates in the tegoprazan and lansoprazole groups were 89.2% (173/194) and 88.5% (169/191) in the FAS, respectively, with a difference of 0.7% (95% CI = -5.6 to 7.0). Treatment-related AEs, all mild-to-moderate, were reported in 38.2% (78/204) and 48.2% (94/195) of participants in the tegoprazan and lansoprazole groups, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Tegoprazan 50 mg once daily is effective and non-inferior to lansoprazole 30 mg once daily in Chinese patients with DU, showing a promising safety and tolerability profile.</p><p><strong>Clinicaltrials.gov registration number: </strong>NCT05010954.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1855-1862"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urvi Desai, Dumingu Aparna Gomes, Julie Chandler, Wenyu Ye, Michael Daly, Noam Kirson, Ellen B Dennehy
{"title":"Understanding the impact of slowing disease progression for individuals with biomarker-confirmed early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Urvi Desai, Dumingu Aparna Gomes, Julie Chandler, Wenyu Ye, Michael Daly, Noam Kirson, Ellen B Dennehy","doi":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2394602","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03007995.2024.2394602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent advances in development of amyloid-targeting therapies support the potential to slow the rate of progression of Alzheimer's disease. We conducted a narrative review of published evidence identified through a targeted search of the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases (2020-2023), recent presentations at disease-specific conferences, and data updates from cohort studies in Alzheimer's disease to describe the trajectory of the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Our findings enable the interpretation of clinical trial results and the value associated with slowing disease progression across outcomes of relevance to patients, care partners, clinicians, researchers and policymakers. Even at the earliest stages, Alzheimer's disease imposes a substantial burden on individuals, care partners, and healthcare systems. The magnitude of the burden increases with the rate of disease progression and symptom severity, as worsening cognitive decline and physical impairment result in loss of functional independence. Data from cohort studies also indicate that slowing disease progression is associated with decreased likelihood of needing extensive clinical care over at least 5 years, decreased care partner burden, and substantial individual and societal cost savings. Slowed disease progression is of significant benefit to individuals with Alzheimer's disease, their loved ones, and the healthcare system. As clinicians and policymakers devise strategies to improve access to treatment earlier in the disease spectrum, they should carefully weigh the benefits of slowing progression early in the disease (e.g. preservation of cognitive and functional abilities, as well as relative independence) to individuals, their loved ones, and broader society.</p>","PeriodicalId":10814,"journal":{"name":"Current Medical Research and Opinion","volume":" ","pages":"1719-1725"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}