'My hope is that the clinical trial process becomes a lot easier for patients and researchers in the near future.'
at the end of last year, I wrote about the one area of Alzheimer’s research where I didn’t see a clear path forward: How can we efficiently find enough volunteers for the medical studies that will help us understand the disease better and point toward new ways to diagnose and treat it?
What’s more, we don’t have the scientific tools we need to stop Alzheimer’s. There hasn’t been a new drug for it approved in more than 15 years. That’s in part because it’s so hard to run clinical trials for this disease; t For one thing, it’s difficult to identify qualified people early enough in the disease’s progression who are willing to participate. People might experience symptoms but not realize they have the disease, and simply not bother to see a doctor. Many doctors have only a limited time with each patient, and they don’t make it a priority to talk about early Alzheimer’s—especially if the person isn’t showing any symptoms.“There’s still no cheap, effective way to diagnose the disease.
The study itself can be even more burdensome. It can mean traveling great distances—say, if the participant lives in a rural area and the trial is being run at a university-run clinic in town—and reporting once a month for years on end.
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