Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are medical research studies in which people participate as volunteers. By participating in clinical trials, volunteers help physicians develop improved treatments for diseases and in the process are sometimes able to try promising new drugs long before they are available in the marketplace. These trials are conducted according to the strict guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration.

Our patients' rights and safety are protected in two important ways:

We obtain approval to conduct our studies from an institutional review board. The review board, usually composed of physicians and lay people, has examined the clinical trial protocol to ensure that our patients' rights are protected and that the study does not present an undue or unnecessary risk to the patient.
Anyone participating in a clinical trial in the United States is required to sign an informed consent form. This form details the nature of the study and the risks involved. The informed consent tells patients that they have a right to discontinue the study at any time.

The Margolin Brain Institute has been conducting clinical research on neurological and psychiatric disorders with special emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease since April of 2000. If you experience symptoms of memory loss, Parkinson's disease, or someone you know does, you may qualify to participate in one of our clinical trials.

Benefits to Participating in Research

Patients taking part in studies are seen by an expert team headed by Dr. David Margolin.
Our patients often are the first to receive promising new treatements before they become available in the community.
Patient volunteers are helping others with the same disease, thereby making an important contribution to science.
Patient care related to research at the Margolin Brain Institute is provided free of charge.

Research Categories

Even if we are not currently participating in a certain type of study, we will likely have something in the future that you may be able to be screened for. Please contact us for the best and most up-to-date information, we'd be happy to help answer any of your questions. The following are common illnesses we conduct clinicial research on:

Early-stage Alzheimer's
Moderate Alzheimer's
Severe Alzheimer's
Mild Memory Impairment
Parkinson's
Depression
Other neurological studies

To see all of the clinical trials being conducted for investigational medications in California or any other region of the United States please visit the ClinicalTrials.gov website.

Click to view some of the past sponsors and CROs (clinical research organizations) that we've worked with in the past.