Third failed trial for solanezumab in AD
February 22, 2018…ally offset the adverse effects of longer forms (e.g. Aβ42). Thus, indiscriminately reducing all beta-amyloid forms may worsen cognition in patients with a low baseline beta-amyloid load (Geerts et al. Alzheimers Res Ther 2018;10:14; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797372/pdf/13195_2018_Article_343.pdf). As such, the authors offer the counterintuitive suggestion that amyloid-lowering agents may actually worsen cognition out…