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I should probably have used the word efficiency instead of effectiveness because I had in mind the ratio benefits/(costs+risk). from https://www.sciencedirect.
by nick__m 1y ago
I should probably have used the word efficiency instead of effectiveness because I had in mind the ratio benefits/(costs+risk).
from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2274580725000123 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S227458072...
Our review of the trial publications found high quality evidence of statistically significant group differences, but also recognized that there are mixed views on the clinical relevance of the observed differences and the value of therapy for individual patients. ...
If patients are treated, then confirmation of AD by positron emission tomography or cerebrospinal fluid analysis and monitoring for risk of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities was recommended, as done in the clinical trials, although it would strain Canadian resource capacity.
- joelthelion 1y agoI completely agree that the risk/benefit risk of these drugs isn't good. But to me, the fact that these anti amyloid drugs show even modest effect on cognition puts the burden of proof back on the amyloid skeptics, since removing amyloid changes at least somewhat the course of the disease.