What the End of a Promising Alzheimer’s Drug Trial Means for a Patient in the Study

After he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016, Peter Wooding says he and his wife JoAnn decided they wanted to be "part of the solution" in finding the first effective treatment for the neurodegenerative disease. He volunteered to be part of a trial for a promising new drug called aducanumab. While there is still no effective treatment for Alzheimer's, in early studies aducanumab melted away the amyloid protein plaques that are the hallmark of the brain disorder.

After he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016, Peter Wooding says he and his wife JoAnn decided they wanted to be "part of the solution" in finding the first effective treatment for the neurodegenerative disease. He volunteered to be part of a trial for a promising new drug called aducanumab. While there is still no effective treatment for Alzheimer's, in early studies aducanumab melted away the amyloid protein plaques that are the hallmark of the brain disorder.