Managing Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease During the COVID-19 Crisis: Experience at Fundacio ACE in Barcelona, Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought great disruption to health systems worldwide. This affected ongoing clinical research, particularly among those most vulnerable to the pandemic, like dementia patients. Fundació ACE is a research center and memory clinic based in Barcelona, Spain, one of the hardest-hit countries.

Objective

To describe the ad-hoc strategic plan developed to cope with this crisis and to share its outcomes.

Methods

We describe participants' clinical and demographic features. Additionally, we explain our strategic plan aimed at minimizing the impact on clinical trial research activities, which included SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and IgG serological tests to all participants and personnel. The outcomes of the plan are described in terms of observed safe

SUBMITTER: Abdelnour C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683041 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature