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Memantine for treatment of behavioural disturbances and psychotic symptoms in moderate to moderately severe Alzheimer dementia: a naturalistic study in outpatient services in Austria
Schmidt, Reinhold,
Baumhackl, Ulf,
Berek, Klaus,
Brücke, Thomas,
Kapeller, Peter,
Lechner, Anita,
Rainer, Michael,
Stögerer, Eva-Maria
We conducted an open, 16-week study on the efficacy of memantine on behavioral disturbances and psychotic symptoms in moderate to moderately severe Alzheimer s disease in daily routine. Fifty-three patients of 20 outpatient centers in Austria were recruited. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) was defined as main outcome measure. After 16 weeks the total NPI score […]
Two phase 3 trials of bapineuzumab in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease
Salloway, Stephen,
Sperling, Reisa,
Fox, Nick C.,
Blennow, Kaj,
Klunk, William,
Raskind, Murray,
Sabbagh, Marwan,
Honig, Lawrence S.,
Porsteinsson, Anton P.,
Ferris, Steven,
Reichert, Marcel,
Ketter, Nzeera,
Nejadnik, Bijan,
Guenzler, Volkmar,
Miloslavsky, Maja,
Wang, Daniel,
Lu, Yuan,
Lull, Julia,
Tudor, Iulia Cristina,
Liu, Enchi,
Grundman, Michael,
Yuen, Eric,
Black, Ronald,
Brashear, H. Robert
Background: Bapineuzumab, a humanized anti-amyloid-beta monoclonal antibody, is in clinical development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.; Methods: We conducted two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials involving patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease–one involving 1121 carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele and the other involving 1331 noncarriers. Bapineuzumab or placebo, with doses varying […]
Effects of cilostazol on cognition and regional cerebral blood flow in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease: a pilot study
Sakurai, Hirofumi,
Hanyu, Haruo,
Sato, Tomohiko,
Kume, Kazumasa,
Hirao, Kentaro,
Kanetaka, Hidekazu,
Iwamoto, Toshihiko
Aim: It remains unknown whether antiplatelet agents have a preventive effect on cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We investigated the effects of cilostazol, an antiplatelet agent and cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor, on cognition and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in elderly patients with AD and cerebrovascular disease (CVD).; Methods: A […]
Cost-effectiveness analyses for mirtazapine and sertraline in dementia: randomised controlled trial
Romeo, R.,
Knapp, M.,
Hellier, J.,
Dewey, M.,
Ballard, C.,
Baldwin, R.,
Bentham, P.,
Burns, A.,
Fox, C.,
Holmes, C.,
Katona, C.,
Lawton, C.,
Lindesay, J.,
Livingston, G.,
McCrae, N.,
Moniz-Cook, E.,
Murray, J.,
Nurock, S.,
O'Brien, J.,
Poppe, M.,
Thomas, A.,
Walwyn, R.,
Wilson, K.,
Banerjee, S.
Background: Depression is a common and costly comorbidity in dementia. There are very few data on the cost-effectiveness of antidepressants for depression in dementia and their effects on carer outcomes.; Aims: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine compared with placebo for depression in dementia.; Method: A pragmatic, multicentre, randomised placebo-controlled trial with a […]
Cognitive change in donepezil treated patients with vascular or mixed dementia
Rockwood, Kenneth,
Mitnitski, Arnold,
Black, Sandra E.,
Richard, Matthew,
Defoy, Isabelle,
Vaspect study investigators
Background: vascular dementia (VaD) and mixed Alzheimer’s disease (AD/VaD) are common. How best to monitor treatment is not clear. Our objective was to compare responsiveness and construct validity of change scores, following donepezil treatment, of the standardized Mini-Mental State Examination (sMMSE) and other measures potentially usable in primary care.; Methods: A six-month, outcome measurement study. […]
Galantamine treatment in outpatients with mild Alzheimer’s disease
Objective: To assess long-term effectiveness of galantamine in community-dwelling persons with mild Alzheimer’s disease.; Methods: Prospective open-label trial including patients with mild AD (NINCDS-ADRDA criteria) treated with galantamine for up to 36 months. Outcome parameters included ADAS-cog/11, Bayer-ADL scale (self- and caregivers’ ratings), 10-item NPI and CGI-change, safety and tolerability measures. Data are presented based […]
Screening by telephone in the Alzheimer’s disease anti-inflammatory prevention trial
Reckess, Gila Z.,
Brandt, Jason,
Luis, Cheryl A.,
Zandi, Peter,
Martin, Barbara,
Breitner, John C. S.
Compared with in-person assessment methods, telephone screening for dementia and other cognitive syndromes may improve efficiency of large population studies or prevention trials. We used data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial to compare performance of a four-test Telephone Assessment Battery (TAB) that included the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) to that of […]
Insulin resistance and medial prefrontal gyrus metabolism in women receiving hormone therapy
Rasgon, Natalie L.,
Kenna, Heather A.,
Wroolie, Tonita E.,
Williams, Katherine E.,
DeMuth, Bevin N.,
Silverman, Daniel H. S.
Insulin resistance (IR) is a putative risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia, and has been shown to impede neuronal glucose metabolism in animal models. This post hoc study focused on metabolic changes in the medial prefrontal region, a brain region exhibiting decline years before documented cognitive changes, relative to high or low IR status […]