Yiwen Dai, Yuling Liu, Yang Pan, Jingya Ma, Jie Liang, Wenya Zhang, Xuyang Diao, Menghan Zhu, Xinqing Yang, Darui Gao, Yanyu Zhang, Mengmeng Ji, Yichi Zhang, Wuxiang Xie, Fanfan Zheng
{"title":"Associations of cardiovascular health assessed by life's crucial 9 with incident cardiovascular disease and dementia: A prospective cohort study.","authors":"Yiwen Dai, Yuling Liu, Yang Pan, Jingya Ma, Jie Liang, Wenya Zhang, Xuyang Diao, Menghan Zhu, Xinqing Yang, Darui Gao, Yanyu Zhang, Mengmeng Ji, Yichi Zhang, Wuxiang Xie, Fanfan Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The associations of the renewed cardiovascular health (CVH) assessed by Life's Crucial 9 (LC9), which consisted of Life's Essential 8 (LE8) and psychological health, with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and dementia remained unexplored.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aims to investigate the associations and determine whether LC9 has a higher discrimination ability than LE8 in predicting incident CVD and dementia.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This study was a prospective population-based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>LC9 was assessed as American Heart Association recommended. Incident CVD and dementia were based on self-reported data, hospital inpatient records, and death register records.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 289,649 included participants, 137,480 (47.5 %) were male, and the mean age was 56.6 ± 8.1 years. Compared with participants having low LC9, those having moderate or high LC9 had lower risks of incident CVD (moderate: 0.46 [0.43-0.48]; high: 0.25 [0.23-0.27]; p for trend <0.001) and dementia (moderate: 0.57 [0.50-0.64]; high: 0.45 [0.39-0.52]; p for trend <0.001) after multivariate adjustment. Both the LE8 and LC9 achieved good discriminative performance for incident CVD (LE8 Harrell C-statistic= 0.7138 vs. LC9 Harrell C-statistic=0.7144, p = 0.136); the net reclassification improvement was estimated at 0.07 % (p = 0.749), and integrated discrimination improvement was estimated at 0.009 (p < 0.001). The results for dementia showed similar patterns.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Optimal LC9 was associated with lower risks of incident CVD and dementia. Although psychological health is essential for preventing CVD and dementia, including it into CVH's evaluation criteria did not significantly improve CVH's predictive performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100273"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144620649","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}
Lei Feng, Kaisy Xinhong Ye, Lee Gan Goh, Ee-Heok Kua
{"title":"The singapore dementia prevention programme: Ten years on and looking ahead.","authors":"Lei Feng, Kaisy Xinhong Ye, Lee Gan Goh, Ee-Heok Kua","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100272","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100272"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144609585","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}
Frank Jessen, Javier Arbizu, Mercé Boada, Mircea Balasa, Karim Bennys, Marina Boban, Katharina Bürger, Andrea Chincarini, Annachiara Cagnin, Peter Paul De Deyn, Emrah Düzel, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Michael Ewers, Lieza G Exalto, Wiesje M van der Flier, Juan Fortea, Kristian Steen Frederiksen, Giovanni B Frisoni, Lutz Frölich, Alejandro J Garza-Martinez, Timo Grimmer, Bernard Hanseeuw, Jakub Hort, Adrian Ivanoiu, Patrick G Kehoe, Sean P Kennelly, Silke Kern, Stefan Klöppel, Lenka Krajčovičová, Milica G Kramberger, Bernadette McGuinness, Patrizia Mecocci, Timo Jan Oberstein, Pierre-Jean Ousset, Claire Paquet, Robert Perneczky, Fabrizio Piazza, Domenico Plantone, Innocenzo Rainero, Guillaume Sacco, Eric Salmon, Isabel Santana, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Anja Schneider, Jonathan M Schott, Eino Solje, Elka Stefanova, Elisabeth Stögmann, Mélanie Strauss, Stanislav Sutovsky, Gunhild Waldemar, Bengt Winblad
{"title":"Comment by European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (EADC) investigators on the negative recommendation of the CHMP on the marketing authorization of donanemab for early Alzheimer' s disease.","authors":"Frank Jessen, Javier Arbizu, Mercé Boada, Mircea Balasa, Karim Bennys, Marina Boban, Katharina Bürger, Andrea Chincarini, Annachiara Cagnin, Peter Paul De Deyn, Emrah Düzel, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Michael Ewers, Lieza G Exalto, Wiesje M van der Flier, Juan Fortea, Kristian Steen Frederiksen, Giovanni B Frisoni, Lutz Frölich, Alejandro J Garza-Martinez, Timo Grimmer, Bernard Hanseeuw, Jakub Hort, Adrian Ivanoiu, Patrick G Kehoe, Sean P Kennelly, Silke Kern, Stefan Klöppel, Lenka Krajčovičová, Milica G Kramberger, Bernadette McGuinness, Patrizia Mecocci, Timo Jan Oberstein, Pierre-Jean Ousset, Claire Paquet, Robert Perneczky, Fabrizio Piazza, Domenico Plantone, Innocenzo Rainero, Guillaume Sacco, Eric Salmon, Isabel Santana, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Anja Schneider, Jonathan M Schott, Eino Solje, Elka Stefanova, Elisabeth Stögmann, Mélanie Strauss, Stanislav Sutovsky, Gunhild Waldemar, Bengt Winblad","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100259"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144609583","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 Filipa Silva, Gilmara Assis, Rui Miguel Silva, Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz, Grzegorz Zurek, José Carvalho, Mafalda Sofia Roriz, José Alberto Azevedo, António Sampaio, Telmo Bento, Olivera Jovanovic, Marko Adamovic, Spartaco Grieco, Roberta Germini, Filipe Manuel Clemente
{"title":"The differential effect of strength, cognitive and aerobic training combinations on cognitive performance and functional abilities in elderly with cognitive decline: The Fit4Alz project.","authors":"Ana Filipa Silva, Gilmara Assis, Rui Miguel Silva, Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz, Grzegorz Zurek, José Carvalho, Mafalda Sofia Roriz, José Alberto Azevedo, António Sampaio, Telmo Bento, Olivera Jovanovic, Marko Adamovic, Spartaco Grieco, Roberta Germini, Filipe Manuel Clemente","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the global impact of neurodegenerative diseases and ongoing research efforts, pharmacological therapies have shown limited benefits. In contrast, physical exercise, with no side effects, has emerged as a non-pharmacological alternative that can enhance brain structure and function, promoting a healthier neurological phenotype.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to explore the effects of aerobic and strength training methods, both with and without cognitive training, on mitigating or reversing cognitive decline in older adults.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, participants: </strong>In a randomized controlled trial, a total of 350 participants (average age 72.9 ± 6.0 years, 79 % female), with signs of decline (MoCA score below 26), were assigned to one of five groups: i) strength plus cognitive training (STCT, n = 92); ii) strength training (ST, n = 41); iii) aerobic training (AT, n = 97); iv) aerobic plus cognitive training (ATCT, n = 91); v) control (CG, n = 29).</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>For 12 weeks, all groups followed a 60 min training session three times a week, tailored to their specific group, with half of the sample adding 20 min of cognitive stimulation after the physical exercise.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Cognitive and physical assessments were conducted at the start and end of the intervention using the MoCA and the Senior Fitness test. A mixed ANCOVA analysis revealed significant interactions between time and group for all tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After the intervention, the CG showed significantly lower scores compared to all experimental groups. The CG also performed significantly worse than the ATCT group (p < 0.001). Additionally, the ATCT outperformed the STCT in the 6-min walk test (p < 0.05), while the STCT showed superior performance in the flexibility tests (sit and reach, back scratch) compared to the CG (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results showed that 12-weeks of aerobic and strength training, with or without cognitive components, improved cognitive performance in older adults with cognitive decline, highlighting the importance of maintaining functional abilities for preserving skills, autonomy, independence, and quality of life in aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100267"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144609584","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}
D Jakabek, A M Isaacs, B De Strooper, M Tuszynski, R Lane, O Uspenskaya, E McDade, M S Rafii, C J Mummery
{"title":"CTAD taskforce: genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"D Jakabek, A M Isaacs, B De Strooper, M Tuszynski, R Lane, O Uspenskaya, E McDade, M S Rafii, C J Mummery","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are an increasing number of genetic approaches to treating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, with some promising results from early-phase trials. This prompted the convention of the first EU-US CTAD Task Force on genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease in October 2024. Preclinical studies and clinical trials of genetic therapies in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are presented here with key lessons for the field. Importantly, there are several challenges and opportunities unique to neurogenetic therapies which were reviewed and discussed, including means of genetic manipulation, adverse events, monitoring, timing of therapy, and the importance of patient involvement in trial design. Continued collaboration across disciplines will accelerate development of neurogenetic therapeutics.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100269"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601689","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}
Hong Wang, Emel Serap Monkul Nery, Paul Ardayfio, Rashna Khanna, Diana Otero Svaldi, Sergey Shcherbinin, Wen Xu, Scott W Andersen, Paula M Hauck, Dawn A Brooks, Emily C Collins, Stephen Salloway, Mark A Mintun, John R Sims
{"title":"The effect of modified donanemab titration on amyloid-related imaging abnormalities with edema/effusions and amyloid reduction: 18-month results from TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 6.","authors":"Hong Wang, Emel Serap Monkul Nery, Paul Ardayfio, Rashna Khanna, Diana Otero Svaldi, Sergey Shcherbinin, Wen Xu, Scott W Andersen, Paula M Hauck, Dawn A Brooks, Emily C Collins, Stephen Salloway, Mark A Mintun, John R Sims","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 6 study (NCT05738486) evaluated the effect of different donanemab dosing regimens on amyloid-related imaging abnormalities with edema/sulcal effusions (ARIA-E). The modified titration arm met the primary outcome and significantly reduced ARIA-E frequency compared with the standard dosing while maintaining a similar pharmacodynamic effect on amyloid reduction at 24 weeks. Primary outcome and 52-week data were previously published. Completed study results at 76 weeks are reported here. ARIA-E frequencies were 15.6 % and 24.2 % in the modified titration and standard arms, respectively. ARIA-E radiographic severity was significantly lower (p = 0.015) with modified titration than with standard dosing. Additionally, symptomatic ARIA-E frequency was lower with modified titration versus standard dosing (2.8 % vs 4.8 %). The frequency of serious adverse events was comparable between the modified titration and standard dosing arms. A more gradual titration of donanemab dosing significantly reduced ARIA-E risk versus standard dosing. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV: NCT05738486.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100266"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144576227","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":"A modelling approach to derive population-specific cutoff for plasma p-Tau217.","authors":"Tau Ming Liew","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plasma pTau-217 shows promise for detecting Alzheimer's disease, but needs population-specific cutoffs for effective use. Conventional cutoff determination relies on invasive or costly gold-standards, limiting scalability. This study evaluated Finite Mixture Modelling (FMM) for establishing cutoffs without gold-standards. FMM was applied to derive cutoffs for Lumipulse plasma p-Tau217 and p-Tau217/Aβ42 ratio among 1039 ADNI participants, with validation conducted in a subset with amyloid PET data (n = 711). Additionally, simulations were conducted to determine the minimum sample size for reliable FMM estimation. The results showed that FMM-derived cutoffs effectively classified participants into brain amyloid-negative, -positive, and -indeterminate groups, with an indeterminate proportion <20 %, negative and positive predictive values near or above 90 %, and with p-Tau217/Aβ42 outperforming p-Tau217. These FMM-derived cutoffs demonstrated test performance that surpassed several previously-established cutoffs, including the recent FDA-approved cutoff. At least 900 samples were needed for reliable cutoff estimation. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of a modelling approach for estimating plasma p-Tau217 cutoffs without reliance on gold-standards. This approach simplifies the determinating of population-specific cutoffs and facilitates adoption of plasma p-Tau217 in communities lacking access to gold-standards, including some LMICs.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100264"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144561232","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}
Julie M Chandler, Claire J Lansdall, Wenyu Ye, Fiona McDougall, Mark Belger, Balazs Toth, Xiaojuan Mi, Kaycee M Sink, Alexandra S Atkins
{"title":"The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living dependence score: revision and validation of an algorithm evaluating patient dependence across the spectrum of AD severity.","authors":"Julie M Chandler, Claire J Lansdall, Wenyu Ye, Fiona McDougall, Mark Belger, Balazs Toth, Xiaojuan Mi, Kaycee M Sink, Alexandra S Atkins","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100261","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Increasing dependence on informal and formal caregivers in Alzheimer's disease (AD) contributes to high societal cost. Treatments that delay time to increased dependence/care needs would be clinically meaningful, but these outcomes are rarely collected in early AD clinical trials. The 2015 ADCS-ADL dependence algorithm was created to estimate level of dependence in AD.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To revise the original dependence algorithm to improve accuracy of dependence scores (DS) across AD severity, including early symptomatic AD.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Secondary data analysis SETTING: Community cohort; randomized clinical trial PARTICIPANTS: 14,000 participants enrolled across GERAS-EU observational study and 12 AD clinical trials.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Three-phase algorithm revision: 1) reassess ADCS-ADL items to identify those appropriate for assessing dependence; 2) (a) assign individual item responses to degrees of assistance and (b) to operationalize assignment of DS based on extent of total assistance needed; and 3) validate revised algorithm in multiple datasets across AD severity from mild cognitive impairment due to AD to moderate-severe AD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The revised DS (0-6) algorithm classified most participants with early symptomatic AD as independent or moderately independent (DS<3) at baseline. With disease progression over time, the proportion of participants who were mildly to fully dependent (DS≥3) increased across AD severity. Increased DS was associated with incremental worsening of clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The revised ADCS-ADL DS algorithm provides a supplementary approach to evaluate the impact of emerging treatments on independence/care needs in AD and may be useful in clinical trials where the ADCS-ADL has been collected.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration information: </strong>EXPEDITION 1 NCT00905372; EXPEDITION 2 NCT00904683; EXPEDITION 3 NCT01900665; AMARANTH NCT02245737; TRAILBLAZER-ALZ NCT03367403; TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 NCT04437511; GRADUATE I NCT03444870; GRADUATE II NCT03443973; CREAD NCT02670083; CREAD 2, NCT03114657; TAURIEL NCT03289143; LAURIET NCT03828747.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100261"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144554948","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":"Reply to Letter to the Editor: \"Refining the evidence linking dietary diversity, genetic susceptibility, and dementia\".","authors":"Boyue Zhao, Feng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100246","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100246"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144529617","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}