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Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope

Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope

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Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope

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Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope

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London: Elsevier Ltd

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The Lancet (British edition), 2022-12, Vol.400 (10367), p.1899-1899

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English

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London: Elsevier Ltd

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After 18 months of treatment, lecanemab reduced cognitive decline, as measured by the Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB), which quantifies symptom severity across a range of cognitive and functional domains, by 27% compared with placebo—an absolute difference of 0·45 points (change from baseline 1·21 for lecanemab vs 1·66 with placebo,...

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Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2747007348

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2747007348

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0140-6736

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1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02480-1

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