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ARTICLE | Product Development

Still betting on Abeta?

Why limitations on dosing mean the jury is still out on crenezumab for AD

July 28, 2014 7:00 AM UTC

This month's Phase II data neither proved nor disproved AC Immune S.A.'s hypothesis that it could dial out enough toxicity in crenezumab to enable a higher, more efficacious dose for AD than previous anti-beta amyloid mAbs. The reason is that dosing apparently could have been higher.

Data presented on July 16 showed IV and subcutaneous crenezumab each missed the co-primary endpoints of reducing cognitive and functional decline vs. placebo in the Phase II ABBY trial. A 15 mg/kg dose of IV crenezumab did show trends toward treatment effects in patients with milder disease...