Use of Lecanemab for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: The Challenge of Uncertainty

JAMA. 2024 Apr 2;331(13):1089-1090. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.2991.
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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses lecanemab use and the risk of cerebral macrohemorrhage for patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease* / drug therapy
  • Alzheimer Disease* / epidemiology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized* / adverse effects
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized* / therapeutic use
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / etiology
  • Cognitive Dysfunction* / complications
  • Cognitive Dysfunction* / drug therapy
  • Comorbidity
  • Humans
  • Uncertainty

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • lecanemab