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Adverse effects: - risk of pneumonia highest with memantine (RR=1.6)* [40] - diarrhea, bradycardia, syncope, urge incontinence with cholinesterase inhibitors - risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular/Cerebrovascular Events (MACCE) 96% higher in Alzheimer's disease patients receiving both an antipsychotic & a cholinesterase inhibitor or memantine [57] - mean time until MACCE 3.9 years vs 6,4 years for patients receiving neither - relative risk of MACCE with antipsychotic 1.79 with mean time until MACCE 4.2 years - relative risk of MACCE with cholinesterase inhibitor &/or memantine 1.32 with mean time until MACCE 5.9 years [57] - also see individual agents * relative to donepezil Management: no agent shown to improve clinically relevant outcomes [19] 1) cholinesterase inhibitors are option for mild-moderate AD* a) some patients have subjective delay in worsening of cognitive impairment but many do not [51] b) 12 week trial adequate [33] c) modest benefit in cognitive perfomance without improvement in daily function [19] d) may improve apathy more than memory e) may diminish rate of deterioration [14] f) only 1 in 12 patients show any improvement [18] g) 1st line treatment for mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease [19] h) treatment option for moderate Alzheimer's disease only [20] i) minimal benefit; disproportionate adverse effects [43] j) donepezil (Aricept) 1] 100% oral bioavailability 2] metabolized by cyt P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) & cyt P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) - 4 metabolites, of which 2 are active 3] only cholinesterase inhibitor approved for severe AD [19] 4] NEJM Knowledge+ recommends continuing donepezil despite loss of questionable benefit citing [22,50] k) rivastigmine (Exelon) 1] bioavailability of 40% - food increases absorption - more difficult to titrate than donepezil - available as elixir 2] metabolized by cholinesterase - not likely to interact with other drugs l) galantamine (Reminyl, Nivalin) 1] oral bioavailability 90% -> food delays absorption, but does not affect bioavailability, available as elixir 2] eliminated unchanged or as glucuronide in the urine - metabolized by cyt P450s CYP2D6 & CYP3A4 (1/3) m) tetrahydroaminoacridine (Tacrine, Cognex) 1] absolute oral bioavailability 17% & variable - food diminishes bioavailability by 30-40% 2] metabolized principally by cyt P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) 3] significant potential for drug-drug interactions 4] 20% develop a reversible increase in transaminases - smoking may reduce tacrine plasma levels by 70% n) Huperzine A (Chinese traditional herb) contains cholinesterase inhibitor(s) {not FDA approved} [2] - Numovil contains Huperzine A o) clinical trials 1] see donepezil & rivastigmine 2] meta-analysis of 29 trials (JAMA 2003) shows marginal clinical benefit 2) memantine* (Namenda) is an option for severe AD or moderate AD for patients with contraindication to cholinesterase inhibitors a) NMDA receptor antagonist b) FDA approved Oct 2003 c) benefit in combination with cholinesterase inhibitor [5,17,42] d) may diminish rate of deterioration [15] e) 1st line treatment for moderate-severe Alzheimer's disease 19] f) no benefit for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease [19,20,28] g) minimal benefit [43] 4) combination of cholinesterase inhibitor plus memantine may have more benefit than cholinesterase inhibitor alone [17,42] 5) adding memantine to donepezil no better than donepezil alone [22] 6) NICE does not recommend combination of cholinesterase inhibitor plus memantine 7) oligomannan approved for use in China 8) rotigotine may improve frontal lobe function & activities of daily living in patients with mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease [44] - does not improve global cognition [44] 9) anti-Alzheimer monoclonal antibody - aducanumab (Aduhelm) FDA-approved; removes amyloid plaques - cognitive benefit controversial - lecanemab (Leqembi) - humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody - binds with high affinity to amyloid-beta soluble protofibrils - small cognitive benefit in industry-sponsored phase 3 clinical trial - donanemab (investigational) targets beta-amyloid - directed at an epitope present only in established amyloid plaques - modest improvement in patients with early Alzheimer's disease - gantenerumab (investigational) - reduces amyldoid plaques & lowers CSF total tau & phosphorylated tau - solanezumab (investigational) - targets the mid-domain of the amyloid-beta monomer - no benefit in patients with mild-moderate or preclinical Alzheimer's disease [53,54] - semorinemab (investigational) - binds N-terminal part of microtubule-associated protein tau (MAP-tau) - anti-tau antibodies unlikely to significantly slow cognitive impairment [49] - benefits of anti-Alzheimer monoclonal antibodies vs donepezil discussed [53] - plasma p-tau217 outperforms plasma p-tau181 & plasma p-tau231 & other plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in identifying which patients may benefit from an anti-beta-amyloid anti-Alzheimer monoclonal antibody [56] 10) tau aggregation inhibitors (investigational) 11) idalopirdine of no benefit added to cholinesterase inhibitor [39] 12) Hydergine a) FDA approved b) of questionable value === associated behavioral syndromes === 1) depression (antidepressant with low anticholinergic effects) a) SSRI (agents of choice) - citalopram (Celexa), sertraline (Zoloft) b) trazodone c) antidepressant no better than placebo [21,45] 2) anxiety: anxiolytics - benzodiazepines, especially in combination with antidepressants are associated with faster functional decline [46] 3) agitation (see psychosis & agitation in the elderly) a) atypical antipsychotics [8,9,10] 1] risperidone (Risperdal) 2] olanzapine (Zyprexa) 3] quetiapine (Seroquel) 4] considered off-label use [19] 5] use associated with poorer cognition & function [45] b) Haldol considered off-label use [19] c) benzodiazepines (short acting) d) trazodone may be useful [3] 4) apathy: methylphenidate is safe & effective for treatment of apathy [48] - may improve motivation, cognition,mood, functioning, & caregiver burden in community-dwelling men with Alzheimer's disease [41] - does not affect patients' function or quality of life [48] 5) no drug class associated with improvement in neuropsychiatric symptoms [45] === sleep disturbance === - ref [37] claims a meta-analysis of melatonin for sleep disturbance in patients with dementia found it beneficial (but cites [38] which states the opposite) - melatonin of no benefit [38] - trazodone may be of benefit [38] === others (also see early intervention for Alzheimer's disease) === 1) vitamin E 2000 IU/day with mixed results - of no benefit [31] - of questionable benefit [28] - vitamin E 2000 IU may increase mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease [47] 2) L-deprenyl (Selegiline) 5 mg BID may be of some benefit 3) Ginkgo biloba of no benefit [36] 4) estrogen NOT useful, may be risk 5) statins may diminish rate of deterioration [14] 6) centrally-acting ACE inhibitors may diminish rate of deterioration [15,26] 7) idalopirdine, a 5HT6 receptor antagonist, failed to slow cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease [39] 8) cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine, & statins inappropriate in patients with advanced dementia [32] * FDA proposes approval of new drugs for treatment of preclinical Alzheimer's disease based on changes in biomarkers without demonstration of actual clinical benefit [6] * NICE (UK) recommends cholinesterase inhibitors & memantine no longer be used for treating Alzheimer's disease. These drugs do NOT delay institutionalization & are NOT cost-effective [8] * NICE (UK) recommends cholinesterase inhibitor as an option for moderately severe AD (MMSE 10-20) [8] * NICE does NOT recommend memantine except for clinical trials, OK to continue if currently prescribed medication [8] * benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer disease patients are relatively small & likely extend to only a subset of AD patients that can't be identified in advance [11] * treatment of dementia with cholinesterase inhibitors & memantine can result in statistically significant but clinically marginal improvement in measures of cognition & global assessment of dementia [15] * neither donepezil nor memantine significantly affects outcomes important to caregivers [22] * continuing donepezil in patients with moderate-severe AD - may exceed minimum clinically relevant threshold [22] - reduces nursing home placement within 12 months, but not within 2 or 4 years [35] * evidence is insufficient to compare the effectiveness of different pharmaceutical agents to treat dementia [15] * Also see cholinesterase inhibitor clinical trials

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agents for treatment of associated behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) cholinesterase inhibitor cholinesterase inhibitor clinical trials CNS cholinergic system early intervention for Alzheimer's disease investigational therapies for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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Ginkgo biloba Huperzine A (Huperzia serrata, Fordine) L-deprenyl (Selegiline, Eldepryl, Emsam, Zelapar) vitamin E

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aducanumab-avwa (Aduhelm) anti-Alzheimer monoclonal antibody benzgalantamine; memogain (Zunveyl) Crenezumab donanemab (Kisunla) donepezil (Aricept, Aricept ODT, Adlarity) donepezil/memantine (Namzaric) ergoloid mesylates (Hydergine) galantamine (Reminyl, Razadyne, Nivalin) gantenerumab homotaurine; 3-Amino-1-propanesulfonic acid; tramiprosate; ALZ-801 hydromethylthionine mesylate; leucomethylene blue dimesylate (HMTM) lecanemab (Leqembi) memantine (Auzura, Namenda, Exiba, Akatinol) methylene blue; methylthioninium chloride (Provablue, MTC) neflamapimod oligomannate rivastigmine (Exelon) semorinemab (binds MAP-tau) simufilam solanezumab sumifilam tacrine; tetrahydroaminoacridine (Cognex, THA, Romotal) tarenflurbil (Flurizan, R-flurbiprofen) tau aggregation inhibitor

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neurologic agent

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