Alzheimer's Patient Participates In Groundbreaking Trial In Eastern PA

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — An Alzheimer's patient from Philadelphia is participating in what is being termed a groundbreaking clinical study being conducted by a Plymouth Meeting-based physician.

The doctor who is working on the clinical study to try and treat patients suffering from the debilitating Alzheimer's disease is Cherian Verghese, and one of the patients participating in the study is local resident Linda Dzuba.

Verghese, a principal researcher with Philadelphia's Keystone Clinical Studies, has a personal connection to the illness: his mother died from the disease five years ago.

"It transformed his efforts as a physician-investigator," Answers for Elders, a Youtube channel profiling his work, shared.

"Anyone who's ever had a family member with Alzheimer's disease cannot think the same way after that," Verghese said.

6ABC recently profiled Dzuba's fight against the disease and her participation in Verghese's study.

Click here to check out the entire 6 ABC report.