Meinert, Curtis L., McCaffrey, Lee D., Breitner, John C. S.

Background: The Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT) was designed to address whether non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).; Methods: ADAPT was a randomized, double-placebo-controlled, multicenter chemoprevention trial conducted at six U.S. dementia research clinics. At entry, participants were required to test “normal” on a battery of […]

Dysken, Maurice W., Guarino, Peter D., Vertrees, Julia E., Asthana, Sanjay, Sano, Mary, Llorente, Maria, Pallaki, Muralidhar, Love, Susan, Schellenberg, Gerard D., McCarten, J. Riley, Malphurs, Julie, Prieto, Susana, Chen, Peijun, Loreck, David J., Carney, Sara, Trapp, George, Bakshi, Rajbir S., Mintzer, Jacobo E., Heidebrink, Judith L., Vidal-Cardona, Ana, Arroyo, Lillian M., Cruz, Angel R., Kowall, Neil W., Chopra, Mohit P., Craft, Suzanne, Thielke, Stephen, Turvey, Carolyn L., Woodman, Catherine, Monnell, Kimberly A., Gordon, Kimberly, Tomaska, Julie, Vatassery, Govind

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been associated with both oxidative stress and excessive glutamate activity. A clinical trial was designed to compare the effectiveness of (i) alpha-tocopherol, a vitamin E antioxidant; (ii) memantine (Namenda), an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist; (iii) their combination; and (iv) placebo in delaying clinical progression in AD.; Methods: The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies […]

Snyder, Peter J., Jackson, Colleen E., Petersen, Ronald C., Khachaturian, Ara S., Kaye, Jeffrey, Albert, Marilyn S., Weintraub, Sandra

The demand for rapidly administered, sensitive, and reliable cognitive assessments that are specifically designed for identifying individuals in the earliest stages of cognitive decline (and to measure subtle change over time) has escalated as the emphasis in Alzheimer’s disease clinical research has shifted from clinical diagnosis and treatment toward the goal of developing presymptomatic neuroprotective […]

Scheltens, Philip, Kamphuis, Patrick J. G. H., Verhey, Frans R.J., Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M., Wurtman, Richard J., Wilkinson, David, Twisk, Jos W.R., Kurz, Alexander

Objective: To investigate the effect of a medical food on cognitive function in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD).; Methods: A total of 225 drug-naïve AD patients participated in this randomized, double-blind controlled trial. Patients were randomized to active product, Souvenaid, or a control drink, taken once-daily for 12 weeks. Primary outcome measures were the […]

Ossenkoppele, Rik, Prins, Niels D., Pijnenburg, Yolande A.L., Lemstra, Afina W., van der Flier, Wiesje M., Adriaanse, Sofie F., Windhorst, Albert D., Handels, Ron L.H., Wolfs, Claire A.G., Aalten, Pauline, Verhey, Frans R.J., Verbeek, Marcel M., van Buchem, Mark A., Hoekstra, Otto S., Lammertsma, Adriaan A., Scheltens, Philip, van Berckel, Bart N.M.

Background: [(11)C]Pittsburgh compound B ([(11)C]PIB) and [(18)F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([(18)F]FDG) PET measure fibrillar amyloid-β load and glucose metabolism, respectively. We evaluated the impact of these tracers on the diagnostic process in a memory clinic population.; Methods: One hundred fifty-four patients underwent paired dynamic [(11)C]PIB and static [(18)F]FDG PET scans shortly after completing a standard dementia screening. Two-year […]