Drug candidates in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hung, Shih Ya ^a,b   Fu, Wen Mei ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clinical trials; Drug treatment; Neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDRO 2 IMINO 3 METHYL 6 [4 [5 (1 PROPYNYL) 3 PYRIDINYL] 2 THIENYL] 4 PYRIMIDINONE; ABT 288; ALZHEIMER DISEASE VACCINE; AVAGACESTAT; BAPINEUZUMAB; BETA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; BI 1181181; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; ENCENICLINE; EPOTHILONE D; EVP 0962; GALANTAMINE; GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; GSK 239512; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IDALOPIRDINE; INTEPIRDINE; LY 2811376; LY 2886721; MEMANTINE; PLACEBO; RG 7129; RILUZOLE; RIVASTIGMINE; SEMAGACESTAT; SUVN G 3031; TACRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANUTIDE CRIDIFICAR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIVER TOXICITY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; IMMUNOTHERAPY;

EID: 85024476253     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12929-017-0355-7     Document Type: Review

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