24 Feb Meal and Memory Study
Posted on February 24, 2017 @ 10:32am
in *Healthy Volunteer Studies, Brain & Nervous System, Food, Nutrition & Metabolism
We are learning more and more about the risks for Alzheimer’s disease every year, and that includes learning what foods are best at promoting brain health. It might be more complicated than ‘this food is good or bad.’ Dr. Angela Hanson, a geriatric physician at the University of Washington, is conducting a study that examines how a risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease might affect people’s memory and metabolic responses to different meals. Her preliminary work showed that people who carry the gene APOE4 (E4) responded differently to different Alzheimer’s treatments and diets, compared to people who did not carry this gene. Dr. Hanson plans to study this further with the “Meal and Memory Study” in adults age 55 and older who do not have dementia.
Participant Eligibility
Age 55 and older
Able to read and understand English
Be free of dementia, and able to cognitively and physically give informed consent
Be free of diabetes
Not taking any blood thinners other than aspirin
Contact
Angela Hanson & Anthony Liu
(206) 897-5393
Additional Study Details
Full Study Title
APOE genotype and diet influences on Alzheimer’s biomarkers
Study ID: STUDY00001483
ClinicalTrials.gov Link: N/A
Start Date: 04/29/2016
End Date: 03/28/2020
Investigator(s)
Angela Hanson, Principal Investigator
Anthony Liu, Study Coordinator
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Yes
Study Site(s)
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 Pacific Street, Seattle WA Clinical Research Center
Seattle, Washington 98104
