Twice-daily oral medication could serve as at-home alternative to current IV infusion treatments
By Melissa Rudy Fox News
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An experimental pill could slow memory loss and brain shrinkage in some Alzheimer’s patients, new research suggests.
The pill, called ALZ-801 (valiltramiprosate), was shown to be effective in people who have early Alzheimer’s disease and two copies of the APOE4 gene, which increases Alzheimer’s risk by 10 times.
Researchers at Alzheon, Inc., a Massachusetts biotech company, conducted a phase 3 trial that included 325 people with early Alzheimer’s — either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia — all of whom carried the APOE4 gene, according to a press release.