Memantine and Validation of a New Alzheimer's Disease Scale

NCT ID: NCT00804271

Last Updated: 2013-02-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

487 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-12-31

Study Completion Date

2009-11-30

Brief Summary

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To validate a new Alzheimer's Disease scale against other rating tools in subjects with dementia of Alzheimer's type, treated with memantine.

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

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Memantine

Group Type OTHER

memantine

Intervention Type DRUG

memantine tablets, OD, 12 weeks

Interventions

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memantine

memantine tablets, OD, 12 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Axura

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease consistent with NINCDS-ADRDA criteria or with DSM IV TR criteria for Dementia of Alzheimer's type.
* Signed informed consent prior to the initiation of any study specific procedures.
* Sight and hearing (a hearing aid is permitted) are sufficiently good to allow the undertaking of study-related procedures and psychometric tests.

Exclusion Criteria

* Evidence of clinically significant and active pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, endocrine or cardiovascular system disease.
* Intake of any medication that is contra-indicated in combination with memantine.
* History of severe drug allergy, or hypersensitivity, or patients with known hypersensitivity to ingredients of memantine or lactose.
* Known or suspected history of alcoholism or drug abuse within the past 2 years.
* Current or previous treatment with memantine or participation in an investigational study with memantine.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 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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Vjera Holthoff, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Clinic Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany

Locations

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University Clinic Gustav Carus

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Holthoff V, Ferris S, Gauthier S, Ihl R, Robert P, Winblad B, Sternberg K, Tennigkeit F; ROSA Study Group. Memantine effects measured with the Relevant Outcome Scale for Alzheimer's disease in an open-label, single-arm, multicenter clinical study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;28(2):164-72. doi: 10.1002/gps.3805. Epub 2012 Apr 11.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22492589 (View on PubMed)

Holthoff VA, Ferris S, Ihl R, Robert P, Winblad B, Gauthier S, Sternberg K, Tennigkeit F. Validation of the relevant outcome scale for Alzheimer's disease: a novel multidomain assessment for daily medical practice. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2011 Jul 6;3(5):27. doi: 10.1186/alzrt89.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21914212 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EudraCT No. 2008-005144-16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MRZ 90001/AD/3001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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