An Ethical Argument for Ending Human Trials of Amyloid-Lowering Therapies in Alzheimer’s Disease

Timothy Daly*, Karl Herrup, Alberto J. Espay

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Abstract

Given the past two decades of over 40 failed trials of amyloid-lowering therapies in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), many of which succeeded in lowering amyloid as designed, we present an ethical argument for emptying the drug pipeline of tests of amyloid-lowering agents so as to end the historical dominance of the amyloid-reducing therapeutic approach in AD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)80-81
Number of pages2
JournalAJOB Neuroscience
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • clinical ethics
  • clinical trials
  • dementia
  • equipoise
  • research ethics

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