More people will have access to a new treatment for Alzheimer’s — thanks to a UW study
People between the ages of 55 to 80 who are at high risk for Alzheimer’s will be eligible for the study — and will get no-cost access to Lecanemab — which has an annual estimated cost of more than $26,000., is the first traditionally-approved treatment that addresses the underlying biology of Alzheimer’s and changes the course of the disease in a meaningful way for people in the early stages.
Lecanemab slowed participants’ cognitive and functional decline by 27% over the course of 18 months during Clarity AD trials, Rosenbloom said, adding that the drug’s longer-term effectiveness is not well understood.
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