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In reply to the discussion: Drug that halts Alzheimers, removes amyloid plaques on the horizon [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,493 posts)and the response I got was that I or the person I was responding on behalf of, did not qualify/was not in the target population. Apparently they're wanting people with mild or moderate Alzheimer's. In fact, the article says "The drug is likely to be most effective for patients in the very earliest stages of Alzheimers disease, or those who have not yet begun to show symptoms." My friend is well past the initial stages of the disease.
What she has is ALZ. Not CJD, which I'm slightly familiar with as the father of one of my son's classmates had that. Talk about a rapid progression. His downturn was swift, and he died less than a year from the diagnosis.
And on reading further into the article I see they're only recruiting British participants.