Update on the DIAN-TU-001 Trial with E2814 and Lecanemab (Eisai Co., Ltd)

The statement below is in response to Eisai’s 06 January 2023 announcement regarding the FDA’s accelerated approval of lecanemab for the treatment of symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease (AD). On January 6th, 2023, the FDA announced approval of lecanemab (an anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody) through its Accelerated Approval Program for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment […]

Update on the DIAN-TU-002 Primary Prevention Trial

20 December 2022 Update on the DIAN-TU-002 Primary Prevention Trial The statement below is an update to the 15 November 2022 announcement by the Knight Family Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) regarding the DIAN-TU-002 Primary Prevention Trial with Gantenerumab. During the presentation of topline results from GRADUATE I and II studies at the […]

Update on the DIAN-TU-001 Open Label Extension and DIAN-TU-002 Primary Prevention Trials with Gantenerumab (Roche/Genentech)

The statement below is in response to the 14 November 2022 announcement regarding the results from the GRADUATE I and II AD studies found on Roche’s website. Roche, known as Genentech in the United States, and the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) at Washington University in St. Louis have been evaluating gantenerumab in […]

Update on the DIAN-TU-001 Trial with E2814 and Investigational Lecanemab (Eisai Co., Ltd)

The statement below is in response to the 28 September 2022 announcement found on Eisai’s website. Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Michel Vounatsos, “Biogen”) announced positive topline results from the large global Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical trial of lecanemab […]