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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/A6.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Experimental Drug Slows Decline among Alzheimers Patients' data-article-id='6258'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14979'>Drugmakers Biogen and Eisai say their experimental drug lecanemab slowed the progress of Alzheimer’s disease in a large human study the companies did.</span> <span data-start-time='14979' data-end-time='26771'>The results could mean a rare victory in a field filled with failed experiments to find an effective treatment for the disease.</span> <span data-start-time='26771' data-end-time='41438'>The companies said early results showed that the treatment reduced cognitive loss by 27 percent when compared to a placebo, an inactive substance. </span> <span data-start-time='41438' data-end-time='48229'>The 18-month-long study involved 1,800 subjects. </span> <span data-start-time='48229' data-end-time='53792'>All had been identified with early-stage Alzheimer’s. </span> <span data-start-time='53792' data-end-time='65833'>The patients were measured for mental decline and their ability to do daily activities like putting on clothes and feeding themselves.</span> <span data-start-time='65833' data-end-time='78500'>Dr. Jeff Cummings is the director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. </span> <span data-start-time='78500' data-end-time='87583'>The expert told Reuters, If you can slow a disease by almost 30 percent, that's fantastic.</span> <span data-start-time='87583' data-end-time='92479'>Expert Ronald Petersen also praised the findings. </span> <span data-start-time='92479' data-end-time='97792'>It's not a huge effect, but it's a positive effect, he said. </span> <span data-start-time='97792' data-end-time='106292'>Peterson directs the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in Rochester, Minnesota.</span> <span data-start-time='106292' data-end-time='117729'>A statement from the Alzheimer’s Association called the findings the most hopeful to date for possible treatments of the disease causes.</span> <span data-start-time='117729' data-end-time='125479'>Eisai said it would discuss the full results from the study in late November. </span> <span data-start-time='125479' data-end-time='130604'>It also plans to publish findings in a medical publication. </span> <span data-start-time='130604' data-end-time='141646'>And the company said it is seeking quick approval for the drug in the United States, Japan and Europe by early next year.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/A6.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18944 data-hint-location='53792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/which_of_the_following_is_a_definition_of_the_word_decline.wav'>Which of the following is a definition of the word decline?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to become worse'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/to_become_worse.wav'><span>to become worse</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/to_become_better.wav'><span>to become better</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/to_stay_the_same.wav'><span>to stay the same</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/to_turn_to_metal.wav'><span>to turn to metal</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18945 data-hint-location='41438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/how_many_months_did_the_study_last.wav'>How many months did the study last?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='18 months'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/80_months.wav'><span>80 months</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/18_months.wav'><span>18 months</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/19_months.wav'><span>19 months</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/8_months.wav'><span>8 months</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18946 data-hint-location='14979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/the_results_could_mean_a_rare__blank__in_a_field_filled_with_failed_experiments_to_find_an_effective_treatment_for_the_disease.wav'>The results could mean a rare <span class='blank'>victory</span> in a field filled with failed experiments to find an effective treatment for the disease.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='victory'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/volume.wav'><span>volume</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/village.wav'><span>village</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/viscous.wav'><span>viscous</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5655/victory.wav'><span>victory</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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