Functional deficits in the elderly remaining 1 month after elective surgery
Marion Zucker Goldstein MD looking for interested experienced Jr faculty to
write up interesting,available and analyzed data. Data collected on NIMH
for RO 1 no longer active.
Marion Zucker Goldstein MD
This data was collected as part of a study of pre and post operative
(immediate and up to 10 months) mental status of non demented elderly
patients undergoing non-neurologic, non-cardiac elective surgery under
general anesthesia.

A Single Diagnostic Assay for Alzheimer's Disease --- A Pilot Study
A. George, MD  Donald McDonald, MD  Thamarapu Srikrishnan,PhD (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
No grant support
The study consists of the collection of blood samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease. Dr Srikrishnan has devised a biochemical assay to detect levels of lactoferin and serum transferin in these samples which have been shown to decrease with the progression of the disease. It is a feasibility study comparing the sera of patients with normal controls.

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Memantine in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (MEM-MD-50)
Principal Investigator: Steven Dubovsky, MD
Sponsor: Forest Research Institute

An Open-Label Extension Study Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of Memantine in Patients with Moderate to Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (MEM-MD-54)
Principal Investigator: Steven Dubovsky, MD
Sponsor: Forest Research Institute

A Randomized, Parallel Group, Multiple Dose, 6-week Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Asenapine in Elderly Subjects with Psychosis (A7501021)
Principal Investigator: Steven Dubovsky, MD
Sponsor: Pfizer