Is Lecanemab Plus t-PA A Deadly Combination? One Case Study May Shed Light

Anticoagulant Use In Spotlight As Approval Nears

A letter in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests the death of one extension trial participant treated with t-PA may have been caused by lecanemab, but a response notes fatal intracerebral hemorrhages have been seen after t-PA in certain patients in the absence of anti-amyloid drugs.

CT scan of brain with red area ( Imaging for hemorrhagic stroke or Ischemic stroke ( infarction ) concept )
Lethal brain hemorrhage has been observed in three lecanemab trial participants, including one who received placebo • Source: Shutterstock

Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen, Inc. should hear from the US Food and Drug Administration any day now whether the agency will grant accelerated approval for the amyloid protofibril-targeting antibody lecanemab, but one issue looming large over the treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease is how safe it will be for frail, elderly patients – particularly for individuals taking anticoagulants for cardiovascular disease or treated in the emergency room for a stroke. A new case study looking at one lecanemab clinical trial participant who died following anticoagulant use attempts to shed some light on the safety concern.

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published the case study on 4 January in a letter written by Nicholas Reish and 11 other doctors from Northwestern University Feinberg...

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