During the treatment trials, Bowdern has flashbacks to his war experiences and dreads that this may be another failure.

Anti-inflammatory treatment trials for existing Alzheimer's disease have typically shown little to no effect on halting or reversing the disease.

The difficulty of getting clear proof of benefit in treatment trials may reflect unknown factors in the link between blood fats and heart disease.

However, no randomized controlled treatment trial of RBD has been conducted.

A treatment clinical trial is a research study ...

The conditioning session consisted of two treatment trials carried out within two days with the three balloon system.

A treatment clinical trial is a research study meant to help improve current treatments or obtain information on new treatments.

During treatment clinical trials, information is collected about the effects of a new treatment and how well it works.

"Because the results at one year were so clearly negative," Dr. Aisen said, "I'm not planning to do a longer treatment trial."

See the Treatment Options section that follows for links to current treatment clinical trials.