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Caregiver outcomes in antidementia clinical drug trials reviewed

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 17th, 2005

Scientists review caregiver-specific outcomes in antidementia clinical drug trials in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to describe the range of caregiver-specific outcomes and approaches to their study within antidementia drug trials and to quantify the effect of cholinesterase inhibitors on burden and active time use of caregivers of persons with Alzheimer disease (AD).

"The study was a systematic review of English-language publications and unpublished reports of antidementia clinical drug trials that included caregiver-specific outcomes. Study...

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