An Interprofessional Team for Disease Modifying Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease Implementation
Katherine W Turk, Mark D Knobel, Alexandra Nothern, Garrett Friedman, Hannah Noah, Brendan Campbell, Diana Anderson, Andreas Charidimou, Andrew Mills, Vanessa Coronel, Nacha Pierre, Beverly Reynolds, Caroline Wagner, Leanne Varga, John Roefaro, Laura Triantafylidis, Andrew E Budson · 2025
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Katherine Turk and co-authors described in 2025 how an interprofessional team rolled out a disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer's disease at a Boston veterans' centre. New amyloid-targeting infusions such as lecanemab promise benefit but carry real risk. Their centre was the first veterans' site in the country to begin such infusions.
The team, spanning neurology, psychiatry, pharmacy, nursing, and radiology, met weekly and built handouts, templates, and screening systems. Sixteen patients finished full screening, eight were ruled ineligible, and eight began infusions. Half of those had mild to moderate side effects early on, and none had the feared brain swelling effect. Screening and monitoring worked safely, they conclude.
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| CREATOR | Katherine W Turk, Mark D Knobel, Alexandra Nothern, Garrett Friedman, Hannah Noah, Brendan Campbell, Diana Anderson, Andreas Charidimou, Andrew Mills, Vanessa Coronel, Nacha Pierre, Beverly Reynolds, Caroline Wagner, Leanne Varga, John Roefaro, Laura Triantafylidis, Andrew E Budson |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |