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Joined: 1/1/2014
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I'm new to this board but have been posting for a while on the caregiver forum. Yesterday I took my mom to see a gero-neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic who confirmed her AZ diagnosis, staged her, etc.... He recommended that she has a blood test to check for the genetic marker for AZ. If she carries the marker, it qualifies me to participate in a clinical drug trial for a drug that is showing some promise in warding off the formation of the plaques. I'm having a hard time finding information and am wondering if anyone here has heard of this trial or is participating? The closest I could find was a trial at the Cleveland Clinic called "Tomorrow" that is looking at a type II diabetes medication but that isn't it as the doctor said the study is looking to recruit 28,000 participants and "Tomorrow" only has a couple of thousands. It's possible that this is the next step in that trial but I don't know any information unless I qualify.
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Joined: 12/12/2011
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bee70, welcome to this particular forum. You may be thinking of the A4 study. Here is a link (unfortunately, I can no longer make live links).
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/06/trial-to-test-new-drug-that-may-slow-alzheimers-memory-loss.html
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I don't think this is it Lane but thank you anyway! This study is being done at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland and enrolling children of Alzheimer's patients in their 40s. I think it's a follow up study to "Tomorrow".
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Joined: 12/6/2011
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Here's an article about it. The study is taking place in South Florida.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-05-04/health/fl-alzheimers-drug-cleveland-trial-20140502_1_actos-alzheimer-diabetes-drug
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The Cleveland Clinic through the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas is also involved in the A4 study (which is a very large study), but I am not sure either if this is the study that you are looking for Bee.
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