An understudied dementia soon to get a pair of Phase II readouts

Ask a dementia expert what the most common neurodegenerative disease is that people have never heard of and the answer will be dementia with Lewy bodies. Affecting an estimated 1.4 million people in the U.S. alone, the condition ranks second only to Alzheimer’s among dementias, and third, after Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, among neurodegenerative diseases.

Despite its prevalence, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) remains underdiagnosed and less understood than other neurodegenerative disorders. No drugs have been approved to treat the condition. ...