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@ARTICLE{Underwood:276152,
author = {Underwood, Benjamin R and Lourida, Ilianna and Gong,
Jessica and Tamburin, Stefano and Tang, Eugene Yee Hing and
Sidhom, Emad and Tai, Xin You and Betts, Matthew J and
Ranson, Janice M and Zachariou, Margarita and Olaleye,
Olajide E and Das, Saswati and Oxtoby, Neil P and Chen,
Shanquan and Llewellyn, David J},
collaboration = {Phenotyping, Deep Dementia},
title = {{D}ata-driven discovery of associations between prescribed
drugs and dementia risk: {A} systematic review.},
journal = {Alzheimer's $\&$ dementia / Translational research $\&$
clinical interventions},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
issn = {2352-8737},
address = {Hoboken, NJ},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00224},
pages = {e70037},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Recent clinical trials on slowing dementia progression have
led to renewed focus on finding safer, more effective
treatments. One approach to identify plausible candidates is
to assess whether existing medications for other conditions
may affect dementia risk. We conducted a systematic review
to identify studies adopting a data-driven approach to
investigate the association between a wide range of
prescribed medications and dementia risk. We included 14
studies using administrative or medical records data for
more than 130 million individuals and 1 million dementia
cases. Despite inconsistencies in identifying specific drugs
that may modify Alzheimer's or dementia risk, some themes
emerged for drug classes with biological plausibility.
Antimicrobials, vaccinations, and anti-inflammatories were
associated with reduced risk, while diabetes drugs, vitamins
and supplements, and antipsychotics were associated with
increased risk. We found conflicting evidence for
antihypertensives and antidepressants. Drug repurposing for
use in dementia is an urgent priority. Our findings offer a
basis for prioritizing candidates and exploring underlying
mechanisms.·We present a systematic review of studies
reporting association between drugs prescribed for other
conditions and risk of dementia including 139 million people
and 1 million cases of dementia.·Our work supports some
previously reported associations, for example, showing
decreased risk of dementia with drugs to treat inflammatory
disease and increased risk with antipsychotic
treatment.·Antimicrobial treatment was perhaps more
surprisingly associated with decreased risk, supportive of
recent increased interest in this potential therapeutic
avenue.·Our work should help prioritize drugs for entry
into adaptive platform trials in Alzheimer's disease and
will serve as a useful resource for those investigating
drugs or classes of drugs and risk of dementia.},
subtyp = {Review Article},
keywords = {Alzheimer's disease (Other) / dementia (Other) / drug
repurposing (Other) / electronic health records (Other) /
machine learning (Other) / medications (Other) /
pharmacoepidemiology (Other)},
cin = {AG Düzel},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000006},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39839078},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11747987},
doi = {10.1002/trc2.70037},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/276152},
}