Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials in Baltimore, MD

CORT-X will examine if mitigation of stress-mediated pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a feasible target for intervention in individuals at risk for this disease. This single-site (Baltimore, Maryland) phase II clinical trial is a 2-week, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study of the effects of the selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, CORT108297, on cognitive test performance in 26 individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to AD and in 26 cognitively normal individuals with an increased risk for AD due to family history, genetics, and/or subjective memory complaints. All subjects will participate in a brief stressor (public speaking and mental arithmetic) and provide saliva samples so investigators can measure stress hormone response. Then, following 2 weeks of treatment with placebo or CORT108297, in counterbalanced order, participants will complete cognitive tests assessing memory and executive function. All study participants will receive CORT108297 and placebo over the course of this 10-week trial that requires 6 in-person study visits. The primary aims will compare the effects of CORT108297 to placebo on cognitive test performance in individuals with MCI due to AD and in individuals at risk for AD, and describe the side effects of CORT108297 in study participants. Secondary aims will identify subject characteristics that predict positive response to study drug. Read Less

This is a single blind, intention-to-treat, randomized controlled trial design to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a 12-week, evidence-based, individualized MEMORI Corps program delivered by trained older volunteers (n=80) to community-living PWD/CG dyads (n=240). Eligible PWD/CG dyads will be randomized to receive 12-weeks intervention group (n=120), or 12-week augmented waitlist control group (n=120) followed by 12-weeks of intervention. Eligible volunteers will be randomized to 12 months of MEMORI Corps active duty (n=40) where the participants will be matched to three families over the course of a year, or a 12-month augmented waitlist control group (n=40) followed by opportunity to serve 12 months active duty in MEMORI Corps. Program goals are to address unmet respite care needs for family caregivers, provide persons with dementia meaningful evidence-based activity programming, as well as provide health benefits, meaningful productive engagement, and peer support opportunities for senior volunteers. Read Less