Clinical trials

Learn more about clinical trials, including what they are and why the matter, and what to know before deciding to take part in a clinical trial.

Clinical trials play a vital role in answering the specific questions that arise around treatments and drugs in clinical research.

These questions includes:

  • How effective is it?
  • Is it more effective than an established treatment?
  • Is it safe? What are its side effects?

By more people with dementia engaging in clinical trials, researchers can begin to answer more of these questions in the pursuit of Alzheimer’s and dementia drugs and treatments.

Unfortunately, too few people volunteer for clinical trials. It is not common to talk about participating in clinical research after diagnosis and many people are unaware of clinical trial opportunities.

However, several Alzheimer associations have developed initiatives, including TrialMatch in the USA and Join Dementia Research in the UK to help.

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Clinical trials

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