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What's New Recent News
Date Headline Description Contact Info
Ongoing Caregiver Health Survey You are invited to participate in a research study on how concerned you are about various health-related matters. We are collecting anonymous information using questionnaires through an online web site. The questions you will be asked will help us better develop a health improvement program for caregivers of people with dementia. Link
9/16/2009 SGEC & SJSU (San Jose State University) collaboration The purpose of the CASA partnership with SGEC is to increase the competencies of SJSU students in ethnogeriatrics: to understand and address culturally specific issues that arise during the course of providing health care services to older adults.

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Link to SJSU Web Site

9/8/2008

ADEAR Center Clinical Trials Update: RI Study

The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) and Pfizer are now recruiting volunteers for a new clinical trial at over 40 sites across the US, called the RI Study.

If you or family members are living with the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease, you can help untangle its mystery. Researchers are looking for people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease to help discover whether an experimental drug, called a RAGE inhibitor (RI), may help treat memory loss. You'll help advance the understanding of Alzheimer's disease and be carefully monitored by a team of doctors and nurses at a research center near you.

The RI Study seeks volunteers who:

  • Are age 50 or older
    Have been diagnosed as having probable Alzheimer's disease or dementia
  • Have a caregiver or family member who can accompany the participant to each study visit
  • Are currently taking AD medication (Aricept, Exelon, or Razadyne)
  • Do not have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes

 

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