Has anyone participated in a clinical trial for dementia?

Posted by joedeb @joedeb, Dec 20, 2024

I saw in my LBD newsletter that there is a new experimental drug named cb1812 that completed phase 2 trials that is promising for dementia. Has anyone participated in a trial? It looks really hard to get in. They only take small numbers of people..

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Caregivers: Dementia Support Group.

joedeb | @joedeb | Dec 20, 2024

ct1812 from Cognition Theraputics

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Dec 29, 2024

Here's a link to the December press release:
- Cognition Therapeutics Announces Positive Results in Phase 2 Study of CT1812 in Dementia with Lewy Bodies https://ir.cogrx.com/press_releases/cognition-therapeutics-announces-positive-results-in-phase-2-study-of-ct1812-in-dementia-with-lewy-bodies/

Typically early phases of clinical trials (phase 1 and 2) enrol small numbers of people as the test the efficacy and potential toxicity of a new treatment.

Here is a list of clinical trials related to dementia at Mayo Clinic https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials/diseases-conditions/dementia/

@joedeb, did you know that there are also studies with caregivers? Here are a couple that Mayo Clinic researchers are conducting at the moment:

1. LEAD Study (Lucid Episodes in Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Seeking Current Family Caregivers of Family Members with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/lead-study/
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2. Study for Older Adult Family Caregivers of Someone with Advanced Illness
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/caregivers-and-grief-study/