Deferiprone to Delay Dementia (The 3D study)

目前还没有药物可以预防或减缓阿尔茨海默病的恶化--阿尔茨海默病是一种主要的无法治愈的痴呆症。我们最近的发现表明，高脑铁水平会恶化大脑表现，并导致人们在较早的时间点患上阿尔茨海默氏症。我们建议对去铁酮进行临床试验，这是一种降低脑铁水平的药物，以确定一旦首次发现，这是否会减缓阿尔茨海默病的恶化。

There are currently no drugs available to prevent or slow deterioration in Alzheimer’s disease – which is a major incurable dementia. Our recent findings demonstrate that high brain iron levels worsen brain performance and cause people to develop Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier point in time. We propose a clinical trial of deferiprone, a drug that lowers brain iron levels, to determine if this would slow deterioration in Alzheimer’s disease once it is first detected.