OBJECTIVE: We review efficacy-testing clinical trials, epidemiology, and meta-analyses to critically investigate whether phosphodiesteraseinhibitors prevent or treat AD.
RESULTS: Caffeine and cilostazol may lower AD risk. Denbufylline and sildenafil clinical trials are promising but preliminary and inconclusive. PF-04447943 and BI 409,306 are ineffective. Vinpocetine, cilostazol, and nicergoline trials are mixed. Deprenyl/selegiline trials show only short-term benefits. Broad-spectrum phosphodiesterase inhibitor propentofylline has been shown in five phase III trials to improve cognition, dementia severity, activities of daily living, and global assessment in mild-to-moderate AD patients on multiple scales, including the ADAS-Cogand the CIBIC-Plus in an 18-month phase III clinical trial. However, two books claimed based on a MedScape article an 18-month phase III trial failed, so propentofylline was discontinued. Now, propentofylline is used to treat canine cognitive dysfunction, which, like AD, involves age-associated wild-type Aβ deposition.
CONCLUSIONS: Phosphodiesterase inhibitors may prevent and treat AD.
目的:我们回顾了疗效测试临床试验,流行病学,和荟萃分析,以严格调查磷酸二酯酶抑制剂是否预防或治疗AD。
结果:咖啡因和西洛他唑可能降低AD风险。丁苯茶碱和西地那非的临床试验是有希望的,但初步的和不确定的。PF-04447943和BI409,306无效。长春西汀,西洛他唑,尼麦角林的试验好坏参半.Deprinyl/司来吉兰试验仅显示短期益处。广谱磷酸二酯酶抑制剂propentofylline已在五项III期试验中显示可改善认知,痴呆严重程度,日常生活活动,以及对轻度至中度AD患者进行多尺度的全球评估,包括为期18个月的III期临床试验中的ADAS-CogandtheCIBIC-Plus。然而,根据MedScape文章声称的两本书,为期18个月的III期试验失败,所以propentofylline被停用了.现在,propentofylline用于治疗犬的认知功能障碍,which,像AD,涉及年龄相关的野生型Aβ沉积。
结论:磷酸二酯酶抑制剂可以预防和治疗AD。