New Algorithms Forecast How Fast Alzheimer’s Progresses

A 2024 study assesses predictive models for Alzheimer’s-related cognitive decline and evaluates new drugs’ effectiveness in slowing this decline.

A new study looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer’s disease will experience cognitive decline. The study is published in the July 10, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. It also looked at how the new drugs recently approved for the disease may reduce decline.

“The rate of cognitive decline varies greatly from person to person, and people are very interested in what to expect from the disease in themselves or their loved ones, so better prediction models are urgently needed,” said study author Pieter J. van der Veere, M.D., of Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands.