Why Join a Clinical Trial
Audio/Video Transcript
Audio: Music over opening title
Text: Why Join a Clinical Trial
Text: Pierre N. Tariot, MD
Director of Banner Alzheimer's Institute
Co-leader of the Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative
Image: Pierre N. Tariot, MD, on-camera
Audio: "We here, and we as a field, need more research volunteers. We need you. We're all in this together. Right now, our portfolio includes over 30 clinical trials. We can provide the study for you but we need participants to get the answers."
Text: Jeff & Dawn
Patient and Wife/Caregiver
Image: Jeff and Dawn on-camera
Dawn Audio: "We're in a clinical trial now and I think that at least we feel like we're doing something, even if not for him, for our sons. We're doing something."
Text: Preston
Caregiver
Image: Preston on-camera
Audio: "Seeing what it's done to my father, it's not just heartbreaking but it's, you know, fear-inducing as well. I'm definitely willing to sign up and do what I can, you know?"
Text: Linda & Gerald
Patient and Husband/Caregiver
Image: Linda and Gerald on-camera
Gerald Audio: "We're just two people but if we can do something that's positive, that's better than standing in the wings and not doing anything. Every good result that comes from medication or a cure comes from people that are willing to step forward and volunteer. And that's why we're doing it."
Linda Audio: "You got to keep working at it."
Text: Stan & Endia
Caregivers
Image: Stan and Endia on-camera
Endia Audio: "I pray every day that people will recognize that they need to get involved. It's not going to change her diagnosis but it's going to maybe help us one day."
Text: Jessica Langbaum, PhD
Alzheimer's Researcher
Image: Jessica Langbaum on-camera
Audio: "We are providing the science, the ideas, but now we need people, every-day people, to commit and say, 'Yes, I can do this. I want to stop Alzheimer's disease. I want to prevent it."
Text: Bryn
Caregiver
Image: Bryn on-camera
Audio: "We are the next generation. My son is the next generation after that. If they could save lives and cure this disease by the time we're at that age, it would be amazing, you know, and something to hope for."
Text: We need you
Please click on "Clinical Trials" to help make a difference.
Text: Banner Alzheimer's Institute
