Curcumin and Yoga Therapy for Those at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2020-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Physical exercise has proven to improve memory including in the elderly. Drugs developed to
stop the underlying disease processes that cause Alzheimer's disease may succeed only with
multimodal efforts to stimulate brain function. One purpose of the study is to test the
clinical benefits of curcumin, a safe and effective compound isolated from the turmeric root
(a component of Indian curry spices), which has been found to inhibit several potential
disease pathways in Alzheimer's disease. Another purpose of this study is to determine how
the addition of a physical exercise program in individuals with early memory problems may
affect memory function or brain imaging and blood-based markers associated with Alzheimer's
disease.