AAN Issues Evidence-in-Focus Article on Aducanumab

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Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – To help neurologists, patients and their families understand the current evidence on the use of aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued an evidence-in-focus article, published in the February 23, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the AAN. The article also includes a discussion of the safety, costs, administration, and quality-of-life issues related to aducanumab to provide people with a more detailed understanding of the new treatment.

An AAN evidence-in-focus article is a review of available studies, using a modified AAN process, to highlight the strength of the evidence for new therapies. More research is needed on aducanumab before any AAN guideline recommendations can be created.

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