Tau NextGen is the first and so far only ongoing clinical trial of a combination therapy for the condition. Participants are being divided into two groups according to whether they already have symptoms of dementia or are expected to develop symptoms in the next 10 years. All participants will be given laconomab and a tau reducing antibody, but in different orders. Those without symptoms will receive the anti-tau antibody E2814 for a year, then have laconomab added. The symptomatic group will receive laconomab for six months and then have E2814 added. First results of the trial are expected after 2027. A similar US-based trial is being planned for sporadic late onset
Last year, researchers announced that the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab lowered the amount of amyloid protein plaques associated with the disease in the brains of participants in a clinical trial, and slowed their cognitive decline.
Now, researchers are looking to drug combinations, vaccines and gene therapy to tackle different stages of the disease, as they forge the next generation of treatments for the condition.
This is an audio version of our Feature: Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future
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