Kisunla Clears 79-Year-Old Florida Man’s Brain Plaques After 18 Months of Alzheimer’s Treatment
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Updated · VINNews · Aug 10
Kisunla Clears 79-Year-Old Florida Man’s Brain Plaques After 18 Months of Alzheimer’s Treatment
2 articles · Updated · VINNews · Aug 10
Summary
A final PET scan showed Scott Milinsky, 79, had no detectable amyloid plaques after 18 Kisunla infusions over 18 months at Broward Health North in Pompano Beach.
Kisunla, Eli Lilly’s anti-amyloid drug, is designed to break up and remove the plaques linked to Alzheimer’s, which doctors say can slow cognitive and functional decline in early symptomatic patients.
Dr. Hazel Wiley said the result is significant but not a cure because the treatment does not address tau tangles, another key feature of Alzheimer’s disease.
Broward Health North says Milinsky was the second patient in Florida to start Kisunla treatment, and its Memory Disorder & Alzheimer’s Center is now treating more than 60 patients.