Assays for Memory Improvement After Treatment with MSF in Alzheimer's Patients
I had the
opportunity to see the memory assays we'll be giving to Alzheimer's patients to
assess their improvement, and I loved them. They were easy to understand, could
be given quickly without too much strain on the subject, and the peer reviewed
research indicated they were exceptionally good at discerning memory abilities
in both Alzheimer's patients and normals. The tests were researched by Dr. Awh
and Dr. Vogel, and they are currently working on formatting the tests so that
they can be given remotely by trained testers over Skype or a similar sort of
software. This is pretty important if you're going to be testing 400 people a
week over a potentially very large area. Of course in addition to these quick
assessments our Contract Research Organizations (CROs) will also be using the
same methods that Aricept used to test donepezil on a roughly monthly basis so
that our they can determine relative effectiveness of the drugs.
In the
meantime Dr. Summerton, co-manager of Brain-Tools, has written our first letter
to the FDA about helping us set up Adaptive trials, and we just got our first
responses! Details will be forthcoming.
That`s awesome news! Can`t wait to hear about more.
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