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Our mandate provides for both comprehensive clinical assessment and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related illnesses, as well as conducting important teaching and research initiatives directed at understanding causes and treatments.

Research focus

The clinic is involved in many types of research including:

  • Clinical trials looking for new pharmacological treatments for dementia
  • Interventions such as music therapy aimed at improving symptoms and quality of life
  • Experimental and observational studies on cognitive, genetic, and biological markers enabling early disease detection
  • Clinical, cognitive, and biomarker characterization of dementia.

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), also known as Cognitive Impairment no Dementia (CIND)

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  • Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging-2 Study (ADNI-2)
  • Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Dementia (CARD Study)

Alzheimer Disease (AD)

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Drug Trials

Updates to come in the future

Non-Drug Trials

  • Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging-2 Study (ADNI-2)
  • Alzheimer Disease Therapeutic Initiative (ADTI) OPAR Study
  • Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Dementia (CARD Study)
  • Music Therapy in Moderate Alzheimer Disease

Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)

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Drug Trials

Updates to come in the near future

Non-Drug Trials

  • Clinical, Pathological, and Genetic Studies in Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Overlap Syndromes Resulting in dementia
  • Cognitive Testing on Computer (C-TOC)

Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI)

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  • Exercise therapy in vascular cognitive impairment (ProMote Study)
  • Cognitive Testing on Computer (C-TOC)

Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB)

No studies currently available.

Healthy Controls/Normal Aging

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  • Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Dementia (CARD Study)

Studies Closed to Recruitment

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  • Monoclonal antibody against Alzheimer Disease (ABBY)
  • Intravenous Immune Globulin in Alzheimer (IGIV)
  • Pre-Alzheimer treatment Study
  • Brain Age Study
  • Music Therapy Pilot Study
  • Alzheimer Disease Therapeutic Initiative (ADTI) Clinical
  • Meaningfulness in Alzheimer Disease Treatment (CLIMAT Study)

If you would like to learn more about opportunities to participate in our research, please click here to view a full list of current research studies.

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