Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
The Advanced Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease Review Board: A multidisciplinary model to facilitate safe access to amyloid‐targeting therapies in general neurology across the Sutter Health system
By Armen J. Moughamian, Lisamarie La Vallee, Shawn Kile and 4 others.
Abstract
Abstract Amyloid‐targeting therapies (ATTs) require workup and monitoring that some general neurologists are uncomfortable with. Sutter Health treats over 3.5 million patients with more than 100 neurologists, but only 5 cognitive specialists. We developed the Advanced Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease (ATAD) Review Board, a system‐wide model to address the shortage of specialists while enhancing safe access to ATTs across the health system. The ATAD Review Board comprises cognitive specialists, a neuroradiologist, a pharmacist, and a registered nurse program manager. Neurologists submit cases to the board for appropriate patient selection and re‐review of cases with side effects. We reviewed 447 cases from 51 neurologists and 77% were eligible for treatment. The annual volume increased 148% in 2025. Total amyloid‐related imaging abnormality rate was 17.4% for lecanemab and 28.8% for donanemab. We describe a system‐wide review board model that supported ATT prescribing by general neurologists and expanded safe access to ATTs across a large integrated health system.




