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Table 2 First two therapeutic agents in the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network trials unit

From: Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network: facilitating research and clinical trials

Drug

Type

Mechanism of action biomarker

Downstream biomarkers

Exploratory biomarkers

Solanezumab (Eli Lilly and Company)

Anti-Aβ antibody (soluble Aβ)

CSF total and free Aβ40 and Aβ42

CSF tau, ptau181, vMRI

FDG-PET, fcMRI

Gantenerumab (Roche)

Anti-Aβ antibody (aggregated Aβ)

PET amyloid imaging

CSF tau, ptau181, vMRI

FDG-PET, fcMRI

  1. Aβ, amyloid-beta; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; fcMRI, functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging; FDG-PET, fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography; PET, positron emission tomography; vMRI, volumetric magnetic resonance imaging.