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Memantine for Agitation and Aggression in Severe Alzheimer's Disease

NCT00401167 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2024-01-31

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Summary

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is characterized by both cognitive and behavioural symptoms ("Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia"; BPSD). To date, there are only modestly effective treatments for BPSD, and these treatments are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly dementia patients. We plan to study whether treatment with medication memantine improves BPSD in severe AD patients. Thirty-two AD patients with significant BPSD, including agitation and aggression, will be treated for three months with memantine. Assessments of behavioural symptoms and global clinical outcomes will be completed after one, two and three months of treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

memantine

Following the baseline visit, subjects will receive memantine 5 mg OD for one week, followed by 5 mg BID for one week, followed by 10 mg QAM and 5 mg QPM for one week, followed by 10 mg BID for the following 9 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lundbeck Canada Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nathan Herrmann, MD · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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