Cummings, Jeffrey L.
Atri, Alireza
Feldman, Howard H.
Hansson, Oskar
Sano, Mary
Knop, Filip K.
Johannsen, Peter
León, Teresa
Scheltens, Philip
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novo Nordisk A/S
Article History
Received: 6 September 2024
Accepted: 23 December 2024
First Online: 8 January 2025
Declarations
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: The evoke and evoke+ trials are being conducted in accordance with the consensus ethical principles derived from international guidelines including the Declaration of Helsinki and applicable ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guideline, as well as local laws and regulations. The trials were approved by local ethics committees and institutional review boards (listed in Additional file 1 in Supplementary Information). All participants and study partners provided written informed consent to participate in the trials.
: Not applicable.
: JC: provided consultation to Acadia, Actinogen, Acumen, Alpha Cognition, Aprinoia, AriBio, Artery, Biogen, BioVie, Cassava, Cerecin, Diadem, EIP Pharma, Eisai, GemVax, Genentech, GAP Innovations, Janssen, Jocasta, Karuna, Lilly, Lundbeck, LSP, Merck, NervGen, Novo Nordisk, Oligomerix, Optoceutics, Ono, Otsuka, PRODEO, Prothena, reMYND, Roche, Sage Therapeutics, Signant Health, Simcere, Suven, SynapseBio, TrueBinding, Vaxxinity, and Wren Therapeutics. AA: has received honoraria or support for consulting; participating in independent data safety monitoring boards; providing educational lectures, programs, and materials; or serving on advisory boards for AbbVie, Acadia, Allergan, the Alzheimer’s Association, Axovant, AZTherapies, Biogen, Eisai, Grifols, Harvard Medical School Graduate Continuing Education, JOMDD, Lundbeck, Merck, Novo Nordisk, ONO, Prothena, Qynapse, Roche/Genentech, Sunovion, Suven, and Synexus. AA receives book royalties from Oxford University Press for a medical book on dementia. AA receives institutional research grant/contract funding from National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health (1P30AG072980), NIA/NIH U24AG057437, AZ DHS (CTR040636), Foundation for NIH (FNIH), Washington University in St. Louis, and Gates Ventures. AA’s institution receives/received funding for clinical trial grants, contracts, and projects from government, consortia, foundations, and companies, for which he serves/served as contracted site principal investigator. AA has received/receives honoraria from Novo Nordisk for consulting activities including for service on the evoke/evoke+ program Steering Committee. HHF: reports grants to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) from LuMind Foundation, Annovis (QR Pharma), AC Immune, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, and Vivoryon (Probiodrug). He also reports service agreements through UCSD for consulting with Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Axon Neuroscience, LuMind Foundation, and Novo Nordisk. He reports serving on a data monitoring committee and data and safety monitoring board for Janssen Research & Development LLC and Roche/Genentech Pharmaceuticals with service agreements through UCSD, as well as serving on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Tau Consortium. He reports travel expenses through UCSD from Novo Nordisk and Royal Society of Canada. He receives personal funds for Detecting and Treating Dementia Serial Number 12/3- 2691 U.S. Patent No. PCT/US2007/07008, Washington DC, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also received philanthropic support for Alzheimer’s therapeutic research through the Epstein Family Alzheimer’s Research Collaboration. OH: acquired research support (for the institution) from ADx, AVID Radiopharmaceuticals, Biogen, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Fujirebio, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, and Roche; and received consultancy/speaker fees from AC Immune, ALZpath, Amylyx, BioArctic, Biogen, Cerveau, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Fujirebio, Genentech, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche, and Siemens. FKK: has served on scientific advisory panels and/or been part of speaker’s bureaus for, served as a consultant to, and/or received research support from 89bio, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Carmot Therapeutics, Eli Lilly, Gubra, MedImmune, MSD/Merck, Mundipharma, Norgine, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Structure Therapeutics, Zealand Pharma, and Zucara; is a co-founder of and minority shareholder in Antag Therapeutics, and owns shares in Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Zealand Pharma; is an employee of Novo Nordisk A/S. MS: has served as a scientific advisory board member for Medivation and as a consultant for Bayer Schering Pharma, Bristol Myers Squibb, Elan, Genentech, Janssen, Medivation, Medpace, Otsuka, Pfizer, Takeda, and United BioSource. PJ: is an employee of Novo Nordisk A/S. TL: is an employee of Novo Nordisk A/S. PS: is a full-time employee of EQT Life Sciences (formerly LSP). He reports having received consultancy fees (paid to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) from AC Immune, Alzheon, BrainStorm Cell, FUJIFILM/Toyama, Green Valley, and Novo Nordisk. No remuneration was received by any author for the development of this manuscript.