Improving the U.S. Clinical Trial Recruitment Ecosystem for Alzheimer’s Disease

Overcoming barriers to Alzheimer’s clinical trial recruitment will require varied, evidence-based approaches. The USC Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab (CTRL), a collaboration between the Schaeffer Center and the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, hosted a symposium to examine how new technologies and improved diagnostics can strengthen clinical trial recruitment, shed light on the patient experience in trials, and examine the urgent economic realities for patients and families affected by the disease. The event, hosted alongside the 2025 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Conference, brought together leading experts from across the clinical trial ecosystem to discuss progress, identify challenges and share best practices for advancing recruitment in inclusive Alzheimer’s clinical trials.

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Agenda

4:30 pm	Networking
4:45 pm	Opening Remarks Paul Aisen Director, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC
4:50 pm	Keynote: The Value of Delaying Alzheimer’s Disease Dana Goldman Founding Director, USC Schaeffer Institute
5:15 pm	Panel: Closing the “Clinical Trial Translational Gap”— Approaches to Prescreening, Participant Identification and Clinical Trial Enrollment Moderator: Mireille Jacobson Co-director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute Eric Anderson Chief Medical Officer, Synapticure Jeffrey Burns Co-director, University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Doris Molina-Henry Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute Assistant Professor, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC Roy Yaari Senior Medical Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company
6:00 pm	Pitch Competition: Technology-Driven Approaches to Prescreening, Participant Identification and Clinical Trial Enrollment Moderator: Phyllis Ferrell, Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute Moderator: Tom Stocky, Advisor, Gates Ventures
6:55 pm	Closing Remarks Niranjan Bose Gates Ventures

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