Memantine - Communication Study

NCT ID: NCT00624026

Last Updated: 2011-11-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

107 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-11-30

Study Completion Date

2008-12-31

Brief Summary

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The study objective is to evaluate the effects of memantine treatment on communication abilities and other cognitive abilities in moderate to severe DAT patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alzheimer's Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Memantine-HCl

Intervention Type DRUG

20 mg per day (once daily)

Interventions

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Memantine-HCl

20 mg per day (once daily)

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female outpatient at least 50 years of age and at least 8 years of education.
* The patient should have German as a mother-tongue or at least speak the language fluently in order to achieve similar scores in verbal tasks.
* Current diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease consistent with NINCDS- ADRDA criteria or with DSM IV TR criteria for Dementia of the Alzheimer's type.
* Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) total score is less than 20
* Patients treated with any acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI) may be included, when treatment has started at least 6 months prior screening and was stable during the last 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

* Any type of evident aphasia, which may interfere with patient's communication difficulties caused by Alzheimer's disease
* History of severe drug allergy, or hypersensitivity, or patients with known hypersensitivity to amantadine, lactose.
* Evidence (including CT/MRI results) of any clinically significant central nervous system disease other than Alzheimer's disease.
* Modified Hachinski Ischemia score greater than 4 at screening.
* Current evidence of clinically significant systemic disease
* Known or suspected history of alcoholism or drug abuse within the past 10 years.
* Previous treatment with memantine or participation in an investigational study with memantine.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joerg B. Schulz, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Center of Neurological Medicine, Goettingen, Germany

Locations

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Central Medical Affairs

Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Schulz JB, Rainer M, Klunemann HH, Kurz A, Wolf S, Sternberg K, Tennigkeit F. Sustained effects of once-daily memantine treatment on cognition and functional communication skills in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease: results of a 16-week open-label trial. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011;25(3):463-75. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2011-101929.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21471647 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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MRZ 90001-0608/1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id