Interventions - JPND Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Title of project or programme

Title of PI

Interventions

Principal Investigators of project/programme grant

Title	Forname	Surname	Institution	Country
prof.dr.	Philip	Scheltens	Alzheimercentrum VUmc	Netherlands
dr.	Pieter Jelle	Visser	Alzheimer Centrum Limburg	Netherlands
prof.	Hilka	Soininen	University of Kupoio	Finland
prof.	Tobias	Hartmann	University of Heidelberg	Germany

Address of institution of lead PI

Institution	Alzheimercentrum VUmc
Street Address	de Boelelaan 1118
City	Amsterdam
Postcode	1081 HV

Country

Netherlands

Source of funding information

Dutch Alzheimer’s Association (Azheimer Nederland)

Total sum awarded (Euro)

690000

Start date of award

1-1-2008

Total duration of award in months

The project/programme is most relevant to

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Keywords

treatment, nutrition, immunization

Research abstract in English

This research line comprises both pharmaceutical clinical trials and non-pharmaceutical interventions. The clinical trials (mostly contract research) occur in the Alzheimer Research Center, a separate, but linked unit specially dedicated to the execution of clinical trials. We also perform a number of self-initiated, non-pharmaceutical trials focussing on the effect of nutrition (medical food).

Lay summary

This line of research focuses on finding new ways to treat Alzheimer. We employ pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical approaches, amongst which nutritional interventions. We design these trials in a placebo-controlled fashion and focus on early onset patients as well as prodromal AD patients.

In which category does this research fall?

Clinical research