Editor ’s Message: Issue Highlights, January–February 2017

Dear Colleagues: Welcome to the January–February 2017 issue of Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience. We start our 14th year of publication strong with an interesting and diverse issue we hope you enjoy as much as we did putting it together. In the review article by Dascal et al, “Virtual Reality and Medical Inpatients: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials,” the researchers evaluate the evidence supporting the use of virtual reality among patients in acute inpatient medical settings. The authors found that virtual reality in the medical setting has demonstrated some efficacy, but they conclude there is a need for larger, well-controlled studies to show its clinical and cost-effectiveness. Following this, Posner et al present their special report from the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) titled, “Outcomes Assessment in Clinical Trials of Alzheimer’s Disease and its Precursors: Readying for Short-term and Long-term Clinical Trial Needs.” Here the authors present the most critical issues around primary outcome assessments in Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials, and summarize the presentations, discussions, and recommendations of those meetings within the context of the evolving landscape of Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials. And in the companion article from the ISCTM that follows titled, “Performance-based and Observational Assessments in Clinical Trials Across the Alzheimer’s Disease Spectrum,” Harvey ...
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