Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - November 1, 2021 – Cava Healthcare Inc. (“Cava”, “The Company”) is pleased to report that its patented Alzheimer’s Disease research has been published in the world’s foremost medical journal, The Lancet.

Alzheimer's disease is a devastating neurodegenerative condition that leads to severe cognitive decay in older populations and worsens with age. The estimated cost of caring for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias in the USA alone was a staggering $305 billion in 2020 (source: Alzheimer’s Association) and is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2050. The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s is predicted to nearly triple by 2050 without improvements in medical care. One characteristic sign of Alzheimer’s disease is an accumulation of brain beta-amyloid proteins (“plaques”). In animal trials, Cava’s patented technology has successfully demonstrated a 90% reduction of these plaques. This plaque removal resulted in a corresponding return to normal cognitive behavior after one month of treatment with the drug. Cava’s therapeutic strategy involves use of the anti-cancer drug Axitinib to dramatically reduce aberrant cerebrovascular changes, to reduce plaque deposits, and to reverse cognitive decline.

The research appeared in The Lancet, EBioMedicine section (C.S.B. Singh, K.B. Choia, L. Munro, H.Y. Wanga, C.G. Pfeifer, and W.A. Jefferies, “Reversing pathology in a preclinical model of Alzheimer’s disease by hacking cerebrovascular neoangiogenesis with advanced cancer therapeutics”, EbioMedicine, 71 (2021) 103503; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103503). The authors show “AD can be effectively treated in a preclinical model using an anti-cancer drug that inhibits aberrant neoangiogenic expansion”. The authors further note, “Our study provides intriguing parallels between AD and otherwise disparate diseases where aberrant neoangiogenesis occurs, such as in the wet form of AMD and in various solid tumours. Repurposing previously approved anti-angiogenic drugs provides a clear path for entry into clinical trials for treating AD. The target for anti-angiogenics in AD is the disrupted neurovascular unit, which is readily accessible by orally administered drugs that enter the bloodstream. Thus, there is no requirement for these therapeutics to actively cross the intact BBB to enter the central nervous system. Finally, this study validates future clinical exploration of other approaches for halting and reversing aberrant cerebrovascular neoangiogenesis to treat AD.”

The next step for this medical advancement is to take it into human clinical trials. Axitinib is already approved for use in treating renal cell cancer in the USA, Canada, Europe, the UK, and Australia; this should accelerate the process of repurposing the drug for use with Alzheimer’s disease. If the research’s animal trial results are successfully duplicated in humans, this new approach to the prevention and cure of Alzheimer’s disease has the potential to help an estimated 50 million people worldwide today, and countless millions to come.

The Company’s business approach involves research, patenting, and licencing/selling its advances in healthcare and medicine. Cava continues to maintain its extensive patents portfolio and has extended patents coverage into further jurisdictions worldwide.

For further information, please contact Theo Warkentin at theo@cavahealthcare.ca or (604) 370‑1757.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Theo Warkentin
CEO and Director

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