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Issue title: Novel Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutics
Guest editors: Muhammad Omar Chohan
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Carlsson, Cynthia M.a; b; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA | [b] William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Madison, WI, USA
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Cynthia M. Carlsson, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) (11G), 2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 53705, USA. Tel.: +1 608 280 7000; Fax: +1 608 280 7165; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: While advances have been made in understanding the neurobiological processes underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD), few treatment options currently exist. Numerous potential therapeutic and/or preventive agents have been tested in clinical trials, yet most have failed to show a clear therapeutic benefit. The lack of effective medical therapies coupled with the incipient projected dramatic increase in the number of persons with AD in the coming decades has put medical research in a crisis to urgently find effective treatment and prevention strategies. Researchers and funding agencies have been rethinking investigative approaches in order to accelerate scientific discovery in AD therapeutics, including methodological issues in the design and implementation of clinical trials. This review discusses lessons learned from discontinued and failed clinical trials for the treatment and prevention of AD with an emphasis on future directions of AD clinical trials. In particular, attention is given to choice of study outcome measures, participant selection and retention, and clinical trial design. While there are few treatments available for AD currently, the potential for discovery over the next decade is promising.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, biological markers, clinical trials, cognition, neuropsychological tests
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2008-15214
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 327-338, 2008
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