{"title":"Rehabilitation drives post-stroke motor recovery","authors":"Teresa J Kimberley, Ela B Plow","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00100-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00100-0","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143713231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gottfried Schlaug, Christy Cassarly, Jody A Feld, Steve L Wolf, Veronica T Rowe, Stacy Fritz, Pratik Y Chhatbar, Anant Shinde, Zemin Su, Joseph P Broderick, Richard Zorowitz, Oluwole Awosika, Dylan Edwards, Chen Lin, Gerard E Franciso, George F Wittenberg, Svetlana Pundik, Christopher Gregory, Michael R Borich, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Wuwei Feng
{"title":"Safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in addition to constraint-induced movement therapy for post-stroke motor recovery (TRANSPORT2): a phase 2, multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled triple-blind trial","authors":"Gottfried Schlaug, Christy Cassarly, Jody A Feld, Steve L Wolf, Veronica T Rowe, Stacy Fritz, Pratik Y Chhatbar, Anant Shinde, Zemin Su, Joseph P Broderick, Richard Zorowitz, Oluwole Awosika, Dylan Edwards, Chen Lin, Gerard E Franciso, George F Wittenberg, Svetlana Pundik, Christopher Gregory, Michael R Borich, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Wuwei Feng","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00044-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00044-4","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Motor impairments contribute substantially to long-term disability following stroke. Studies of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), combined with various rehabilitation therapies, have shown promising results in reducing motor impairment. We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three doses of tDCS in combination with modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) in people who have had their first ischaemic stroke in the preceding 1–6 months.<h3>Methods</h3>We conducted a phase 2, multicentre, randomised, triple-blind, sham-controlled study with a blinded centrally scored primary outcome. The trial was conducted at 15 medical centres in the USA. Eligible participants were enrolled between 1 month and 6 months after their first ischaemic stroke. Inclusion criteria required participants to have a persistent motor deficit, defined as a Fugl–Meyer Upper-Extremity (FM-UE) score of 54 or lower (out of 66), and two consecutive baseline visits (separated by 7–14 days) with an absolute difference of 2 or fewer points on the FM-UE scale. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment groups by an adaptive randomisation algorithm hosted on the TRANSPORT2 WebDCU study website. Participants received either sham, 2 mA, or 4 mA of bi-hemispheric tDCS for the first 30 min and mCIMT with 120 min of active therapy time per session, administered over ten sessions during a 2-week period. The primary endpoint was the change in FM-UE score from baseline to day 15, which was analysed in all participants who have data both at baseline and post-baseline (modified intention-to-treat group). Safety outcomes were analysed in all participants. TRANSPORT2 is registered at <span><span>clinicaltrials.gov</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> (<span><span>NCT03826030</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>) and its status is completed.<h3>Findings</h3>129 participants were recruited between Sept 9, 2019, and June 14, 2024, and 43 participants were randomly assigned to each group. 54 (42%) of 129 participants were female, and 69 (53%) were White. Two participants in the sham plus mCIMT group withdrew consent before the day 15 assessment and were excluded from the primary analysis. The median baseline FM-UE score was 39·0 (IQR 30·0–46·0) in the sham plus mCIMT group, 39·0 (27·0–48·0) in the 2 mA plus mCIMT group, and 40·0 (27·0–48·0) in the 4 mA plus mCIMT group. For the primary outcome, the adjusted mean change from baseline to day 15 in FM-UE was 4·91 (3·00–6·82) for sham plus mCIMT, 3·87 (2·00–5·74) for 2 mA plus mCIMT, and 5·53 (3·64–7·42) for 4 mA plus mCIMT (p=0·39). No clinically importan","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143713236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fraud, arrogance, and tragedy: the case of Doctored | Charles Piller, Doctored: fraud, arrogance and tragedy in the quest to cure Alzheimer's disease, Icon Books (2025), p. 352, £20·00, ISBN: 978-1-837-73259-3","authors":"John Hardy","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00112-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00112-7","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143713232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to Lancet Neurol 2024; 23: 1013–24","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00108-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00108-5","url":null,"abstract":"<em>Allen JA, Lin J, Basta I, et al. Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of subcutaneous efgartigimod in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (ADHERE): a multicentre, randomised-withdrawal, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.</em> Lancet Neurol <em>2024;</em> 23: <em>1013–24</em>—In this Article, corrections have been made to definitions of safety populations in tables 1 and 3, the first footnote of table 1, and the indentation of “Atypical CIDP” row of table 1, and the appendix has also been corrected. These corrections have been made to the online version as of March 25, 2025.","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke, a neurologist ahead of her time","authors":"Emmanuel Drouin, Laurent Tatu, Patrick Hautecour","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00081-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00081-x","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consciousness contextualised | Francisco Aboitiz, A History of Bodies, Brains and Minds: The Evolution of Life and Consciousness, The MIT Press (2024), p. 360, $65.00, ISBN: 978-0-262-04902-3","authors":"Robert Stirrups","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00082-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00082-1","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SARS-CoV-2 infection in people with multiple sclerosis","authors":"Kathryn C Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00069-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00069-9","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Randall J Bateman, Yan Li, Eric M McDade, Jorge J Llibre-Guerra, David B Clifford, Alireza Atri, Susan L Mills, Anna M Santacruz, Guoqiao Wang, Charlene Supnet, Tammie L S Benzinger, Brian A Gordon, Laura Ibanez, Gregory Klein, Monika Baudler, Rachelle S Doody, Paul Delmar, Geoffrey A Kerchner, Tobias Bittner, Jakub Wojtowicz, Peter R Schofield
{"title":"Safety and efficacy of long-term gantenerumab treatment in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease: an open-label extension of the phase 2/3 multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled platform DIAN-TU trial","authors":"Randall J Bateman, Yan Li, Eric M McDade, Jorge J Llibre-Guerra, David B Clifford, Alireza Atri, Susan L Mills, Anna M Santacruz, Guoqiao Wang, Charlene Supnet, Tammie L S Benzinger, Brian A Gordon, Laura Ibanez, Gregory Klein, Monika Baudler, Rachelle S Doody, Paul Delmar, Geoffrey A Kerchner, Tobias Bittner, Jakub Wojtowicz, Peter R Schofield","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00024-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00024-9","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Amyloid plaque removal by monoclonal antibody therapies slows clinical progression in symptomatic Alzheimer's disease; however, the potential for delaying the onset of clinical symptoms in asymptomatic people is unknown. The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) is an ongoing platform trial assessing the safety and efficacy of multiple investigational products in participants with dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD). Based on findings of amyloid removal and downstream biological effects from the gantenerumab group of the platform trial, we continued a 3-year open-label extension (OLE) study to assess the safety and efficacy of long-term treatment with high doses of gantenerumab.<h3>Methods</h3>The randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2/3 multi-arm trial (DIAN-TU-001) assessed solanezumab or gantenerumab versus placebo in participants who were between 15 years before and 10 years after their estimated years to symptom onset and who had a Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) global score of 0 (cognitively normal) to 1 (mild dementia). This study was followed by an OLE study of gantenerumab treatment, conducted at 18 study sites in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Spain, the UK, and the USA. For inclusion in the OLE, participants at risk for DIAD had participated in the double-blind period of DIAN-TU-001 and were required to know their mutation status. We investigated increasing doses of subcutaneous gantenerumab up to 1500 mg every 2 weeks. Due to the lack of a regulatory path for gantenerumab, the study was stopped early after a prespecified interim analysis (when most participants had completed 2 years of treatment) of the clinical measure CDR-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB). The primary outcome for the final analysis was the amyloid plaque measure <sup>11</sup>C-Pittsburgh compound-B positron emission tomography (PiB-PET) standardised uptake value ratio (SUVR [PiB-PET SUVR]) at 3 years, assessed in the modified intention-to-treat group (mITT; defined as participants who received any gantenerumab treatment post-OLE baseline, had at least one PiB-PET SUVR assessment before gantenerumab treatment, and a post-baseline assessment). All participants who received at least one dose of study drug in the OLE were included in the safety analysis. DIAN-TU-001 (NCT01760005) and the OLE (NCT06424236) are registered with ClinicalTrials.gov.<h3>Findings</h3>Of 74 participants who were recruited into the OLE study between June 3, 2020, and April 22, 2021, 73 were enrolled and received gantenerumab treatment. 47 (64%) stopped dosing due to early termination of the study by the sponsor, and 13 (18%) prematurely discontinued the study for other reasons; 13 people completed 3 years of treatment. The mITT group for the primary analysis comprised 55 participants. At the interim analysis, the hazard ratio for clinical decline of CDR-SB in asymptomatic mutation carriers was 0·79 (n=53 [95% CI 0·47 to 1","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Zabalza, Alan Thompson, Dalia L Rotstein, Amit Bar-Or, Xavier Montalban
{"title":"Multiple sclerosis and COVID-19: interactions and unresolved issues","authors":"Ana Zabalza, Alan Thompson, Dalia L Rotstein, Amit Bar-Or, Xavier Montalban","doi":"10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00006-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(25)00006-7","url":null,"abstract":"Serious symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 complications are particular concerns for people with multiple sclerosis, especially those receiving immunosuppressants or immunomodulators. Studies have aimed to identify individuals with multiple sclerosis who are at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, to analyse the interplay between SARS-CoV-2 and multiple sclerosis and to evaluate immunological responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccines. The emergence of evolving dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants, a range of available vaccines, and novel therapeutic approaches requires that clinical neurologists be regularly updated with the latest information. Unresolved issues include optimisation of vaccination strategies to enhance vaccine efficacy and the management of patients who do not show seroconversion post vaccination. Tailored vaccination has the potential to improve patient care, and future studies should focus on evaluating novel therapies and preventive measures while constantly updating our knowledge of potential SARS-CoV-2 variants, in preparation for future outbreaks or pandemics.","PeriodicalId":22676,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Neurology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}