On Sunday, May 10th, HBO will premiere the first installment of its four-part documentary entitled, “The Alzheimer’s Project,” which will air at 9:00 pm EDT. The documentary examines recent discoveries in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research and the impact of the debilitating disease on those who have AD and their loved ones. The film is intended to change the way America thinks about AD by putting faces to the disease and bringing hope for future treatments.
On April 6th, the Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center previewed “The Alzheimer’s Project” at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. The event, which was open to the public, featured a panel of AD experts, including Dr. Robert C. Green, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center (BU ADC) Clinical Core Director.
An ancillary series to the HBO documentary will include commentary by Dr. Green, who was the BU ADC Principal Investigator of the recently completed Phase III clinical trial of tarenflurbil (Flurizan). Dr. Green commented, "it was a great privilege for us that HBO chose to feature our faculty and staff at BU in the documentaries. The tarenflurbil trial was the world's largest medical trial of AD ever completed and while the compound was clearly shown to be ineffective, the data and samples from that trial will continue to be valuable in related research studies for years to come."
“The Alzheimer’s Project” is produced by HBO Documentary Films, the National Institute on Aging, the Alzheimer’s Association, The Fidelity® Charitable Gift Fund, and Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer’s Initiative.
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