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The challenge of testing new Alzheimer’s drugs - The OHSU effect


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December 17, 2012, 9:00 am

The best way to fix Alzheimer’s is to prevent it before it starts, but how do you test medication for that? On OHSU’s On the Brain blog, Joseph Quinn, M.D., says it’s difficult because researchers would need to study many participants over many years to see whether the drug had any effect compared to a controlled study group given a placebo.

Alzheimer’s researchers are dealing with the problem by identifying people who are at high-risk for Alzheimer’s and using only them in studies. That may show us more quickly if a drug is working. Find out more about the OHSU effect and working to prevent Alzheimer’s on their On the Brain blog.  

-Lacey

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