Safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an active anti-Aβ40 vaccine (ABvac40) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I trial

Safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an active anti-Aβ40 vaccine (ABvac40) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I trial

Abstract Background Immunotherapy targeting the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is a promising strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, none of the active or passive vaccines tested have been demonstrated to be effective to date. We have developed the first active vaccine against the...

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Main Authors: Ana-María Lacosta, María Pascual-Lucas, Pedro Pesini, Diego Casabona, Virginia Pérez-Grijalba, Iván Marcos-Campos, Leticia Sarasa, Jesus Canudas, Hassnae Badi, Inmaculada Monleón, Itziar San-José, Josep Munuera, Octavio Rodríguez-Gómez, Carla Abdelnour, Asunción Lafuente, Mar Buendía, Mercè Boada, Lluis Tárraga, Agustín Ruiz, Manuel Sarasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Alzheimer’s disease
Amyloid-β
Aβ
Immunotherapy
ABvac40
Phase I
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-018-0340-8

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