Terazosin for Dementia With Lewy Bodies

NCT04760860 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-03-12

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Summary

The TZ-DLB trial will be a 3:2 (active:placebo) randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Pilot trial to evaluate the tolerability of terazosin for the treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies.

Conditions

  • Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Interventions

DRUG

Terazosin Hydrochloride

In this double blind, randomized, placebo controlled phase I clinical trial, subjects randomized into the Terazosin group will receive Terazosin hydrochloride treatment for 15 weeks. Participants will start at 1mg daily for the first 6 week, then the dosage will be increased to 5mg daily over 3 weeks, and continued for the last 6 weeks.

OTHER

Placebo

In this double blind, randomized, placebo controlled phase I clinical trial, subjects randomized into the control group will receive placebo for 15 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Qiang Zhang

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD · University of Iowa

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2027-10-31
Primary Completion
2030-10-31
Completion
2030-12-31
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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