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Jon -An excerpt from NIH news release posted by Penny Double


The ACTC experts and infrastructure will support the design and conduct of trials across the full spectrum of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, from prevention initiatives to combination trials for advanced symptomatic stages. Specific objectives of the consortium include:

Creating infrastructure with expert leadership to streamline implementation of trials
Developing innovative trial design methods, outcomes and analysis strategies
Maintaining trial site quality standards during and between trials
Developing and implementing cutting-edge participant recruitment and retention strategies, especially in diverse populations
Using a centralized Institutional Review Board
Developing and running capture systems for data pertinent to the ACTC
Securing centralized tissue banking for specimens
Providing centralized imaging, biostatistics, bioinformatics and data management and analysis support
Facilitating and managing public-private partnerships
Trials would be conducted harnessing guidance from ACTC leaders, an executive committee and an external advisory board, which will include a patient advocate. The Principal Investigators for the project are:

Paul Stephen Aisen, M.D. (link is external), director of the ATRI at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, San Diego
Reisa A. Sperling, M.D. (link is external), director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Ronald C. Petersen, M.D., Ph.D. (link is external), director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota
The ACTC consists of a coordinating center at ATRI and 10 units staffed with teams to manage areas such as biomarkers, biostatistics, clinical operations, informatics, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and recruitment. As part of its recruitment unit, the ACTC is establishing a new Minority Outreach and Recruitment Team, which will use innovations in recruitment to support both central and local partnerships with diverse communities.




Penny Double Tuesday, 12/12/17 07:14:50 AM
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https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-nih-consortium-award-enhance-clinical-trials-alzheimers-disease-related-dementias

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