What treatments for Alzheimer's disease are in clinical trials?

What treatments for Alzheimer's disease are in clinical trials?

Gus Alva (Medical Director, ATP Clinical Research) gives expert video advice on: Can Alzheimer's disease be prevented?; Is there a cure for Alzheimer's disease?; What should I look for in an assisted living facility? and more...

We consider the medications that are coming down the pipeline as some very exciting drugs that might block the actual progression of the illness. If there might be a way of blocking the deposition of the gunky form of beta-amyloid that gets created, that would be wonderful news. There are at least two medications that are going to be coming out very soon. One of the more exciting drugs that is being looked at is a drug called R-flurbiprofen, or Flurizan, which is basically a drug that would block the enzyme that would cut that amyloid precursor protein to form a gunky form of plaque. If that enzyme is not working then that plaque that would literally choke off the brain isn't being produced. That would be good news. Hopefully over the next few years; the next two, three years, we might actually see some very solid results that might bring this drug to open market to benefit individuals.