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AI-guided patient stratification improves outcomes and efficiency in the AMARANTH Alzheimer’s Disease clinical trial

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  • Delshad Vaghari

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Gayathri Mohankumar

    (AstraZeneca)

  • Keith Tan

    (AstraZeneca)

  • Andrew Lowe

    (AstraZeneca)

  • Craig Shering

    (AstraZeneca)

  • Peter Tino

    (University of Birmingham)

  • Zoe Kourtzi

    (University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) drug discovery has been hampered by patient heterogeneity, and the lack of sensitive tools for precise stratification. Here, we demonstrate that our robust and interpretable AI-guided tool (predictive prognostic model, PPM) enhances precision in patient stratification, improving outcomes and decreasing sample size for a AD clinical trial. The AMARANTH trial of lanabecestat, a BACE1 inhibitor, was deemed futile, as treatment did not change cognitive outcomes, despite reducing β-amyloid. Employing the PPM, we re-stratify patients precisely using baseline data and demonstrate significant treatment effects; that is, 46% slowing of cognitive decline for slow progressive patients at earlier stages of neurodegeneration. In contrast, rapid progressive patients did not show significant change in cognitive outcomes. Our results provide evidence for AI-guided patient stratification that is more precise than standard patient selection approaches (e.g. β-amyloid positivity) and has strong potential to enhance efficiency and efficacy of future AD trials.

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  • Delshad Vaghari & Gayathri Mohankumar & Keith Tan & Andrew Lowe & Craig Shering & Peter Tino & Zoe Kourtzi, 2025. "AI-guided patient stratification improves outcomes and efficiency in the AMARANTH Alzheimer’s Disease clinical trial," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-61355-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61355-3
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    1. Joseph Giorgio & William J. Jagust & Suzanne Baker & Susan M. Landau & Peter Tino & Zoe Kourtzi, 2022. "A robust and interpretable machine learning approach using multimodal biological data to predict future pathological tau accumulation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.
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