Currently Enrolling Studies
MADRC Projects
The U-M Memory and Aging Project (UM-MAP) (HUM 00000382) is a long-term observational study on memory, aging and dementia. It is MADRC’s largest and longest-running study.
Brain Imaging Projects 2&3 (HUM 00002020, HUM00002202) are PET imaging studies. Project Summary
MADRC Supported Projects
Currently enrolling for Elan Bapineuzumab clinical drug trials
Feasibility of an adapted Tai Chi home training program and its effects on elders with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers (HUM 00001645) – a study that is testing the feasibility of a caregiver assisted Tai Chi fall risk reduction program and exploring its effects on older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and their family caregivers.
Patterns of brain activation with impaired emotion facial perception in depression and related psychological and neurological disorders (HUM 2002-0431) - a study of the cognitive and neurobiological sequelae of depression across the age range. The goal is to increase understanding of the interactions among cognitive, endocrine, and neural mechanisms during depression, and how these relationships might change as people age.
A pilot study to explore ways to help improve personal memory and quality of caregiver - care recipient relationship (HUM 00011427) This study, Recapturing Personal History in Dementia, is investigating how the development of memory aids about the person's life might help individuals with dementia to retain personal identity information. The pilot study includes home visits to work with couples to develop memory aids over a period of weeks.
Study of Remarried Spouse Caregivers (HUM00014471)
University of Michigan researchers are conducting a study on the Alzheimer’s caregiving experiences of spouses who are in a late-life remarriage (‘second marriage’). Researchers are seeking to recruit 100 remarried caregivers whose spouse has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia . Interviews with caregivers will be conducted by telephone and scheduled at their convenience. Interviews will ask survey and open-ended questions and will take approximately 2 hours to complete. Participants will be compensated for their time. Participation is completely voluntary and all information will be kept strictly confidential. This study is funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and approved by the University of Michigan Institutional Review Board. For more information, please contact Dr. Carey W. Sherman, study director, at (734) 763-4993,or by email at caregiver@umich.edu
