alzheimers {credsubs}

Clinical trial data from 369 Alzheimer's disease patients.

Description

A dataset containing the treatment assignment, baseline measurements, and outcomes of 369 patients enrolled in four clinical trials for treatments of Alzheimer's disease. Patients assigned to the test treatments are excluded, leaving patients assigned to either a placebo or the palliative standard of care.

Usage

alzheimers

Format

A data frame with 369 rows and 6 variables:

Treatment

treatment assignment

Severity

baseline severity (ADAS-Cog 11)

Decline

decline in score on Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) divided by number of years since onset of symptoms

Sex

male or female

Carrier

carrier status of ApoE4 allele

Improvement

baseline severity minus severity at 12 weeks (positive is good)

Source

AbbVie, Inc.