Contacts:
Sarah Goodwin
Kathi Ovnic
Holly Korschun

March 25, 1999

PERSONS WITH MEMORY PROBLEMS SOUGHT FOR STUDY EVALUATING VITAMIN E IN DELAYING ALZHEIMER'S

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Persons with mild cognitive impairment, characterized by memory problems, are being recruited by Emory University neurology reseachers based at Wesley Woods Health Center to participate in the national "Memory Impairment Study."

The purpose of the clinical trial is to evaluate the usefulness of vitamin E or donepezil (Aricept®), an investigation agent approved by the Food and Drug Administration for another use, in delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Qualified volunteers should have an obvious memory problem, but no other cognitive impairment. These individuals probably function normally in many areas of their lives such as at work, while shopping or volunteering and in social groups, though memory problems are becoming more noticeable and more frequent. Family members or friends often are the first to notice changes in their loved one's memory.

Each study volunteer must have a friend or family member who they see at least 10 hours a week and who can accompany him or her to the study site on a regular basis. (Provisions may be made for changes in this individual should family circumstances change over the course of the three-year study).

Participants should be willing to participate for three years, during which time they will be evaluated about two times a year by researchers from the department of neurology at the Emory University School of Medicine. They will be asked to visit the study site on the third floor of Wesley Woods Health Center, 1841 Clifton Rd., N.E.

All evaluations and medications involved with the study will be provided at no cost.

Call 404/728-6453 or 1-888-455-0655 for information.

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