ADvance DBS-f in Patients With Mild Probable Alzheimer's Disease

NCT01608061 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2020-08-31

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Summary

The primary objective of this feasibility study is to evaluate the safety of DBS-f in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease by assessing all device and/or therapy related adverse events. The secondary objective is to preliminarily estimate the treatment effect size on the outcomes of interest at 12 months post-randomization. The objectives do not involve formal tests of hypotheses.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

DBS-f on

deep brain stimulation of the fornix

DEVICE

DBS-f off

deep brain stimulation of the fornix turned off

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Functional Neuromodulation Ltd

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Andres Lozano, MD, PhD · University Health Network, Toronto

  • Constantine G Lyketsos, MD, MHS, DFAPA, FAPM · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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