A Post-Marketing Clinical Study of Aricept in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)

NCT ID: NCT02345213

Last Updated: 2019-01-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-03-01

Study Completion Date

2018-03-26

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to confirm the efficacy of Aricept in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dementia, Lewy Body Lewy Body Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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E2020

Treatment period: Weeks 1-2 E2020 3 mg, Weeks 3-6 E2020 5 mg, Weeks 7-12 E2020 10 mg.

Extension period: Weeks 1-6 E2020 10 mg, After Week 7 up to week 60 E2020 10 mg.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

E2020

Intervention Type DRUG

E2020 tablets will be orally administered once daily after breakfast

Placebo

Treatment period: Weeks 1-12 placebo

Extension period: Weeks 1-2 E2020 3 mg, Weeks 3-6 E2020 5 mg, After Week 7 up to week 60 E2020 10 mg.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo tablets will be orally administered once daily after breakfast

Interventions

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E2020

E2020 tablets will be orally administered once daily after breakfast

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Matching placebo tablets will be orally administered once daily after breakfast

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients diagnosed with probable DLB according to the diagnostic criteria for DLB
2. Patients having caregivers throughout the study who submit written consent to cooperate with this study, can routinely stay with patients at least 3 days a week (at least 4 hours a day), provide patients' information necessary for this study, assist treatment compliance, and escort the patients on required visits to study institution
3. Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score is greater than or equal to 0.5
4. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score is greater than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 26

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD)
2. Patients who have received anti-dementia drug therapy within 12 weeks before the start of the observation period
3. Patients with a complication of serious neuropsychiatric disease(s) such as stroke, brain tumor, schizophrenia, epilepsy, normal pressure hydrocephalus, mental retardation, brain trauma with unconsciousness, or a history of brain surgery causing unrecovered deficiency
4. Patients with severe extrapyramidal disorders (Hoehn and Yahr staging score is greater than or equal to IV)
5. Patients whose systolic blood pressure is less than 90 mmHg or pulse rate is less than 50 beats/minute at screening test
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Eisai Co., Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Megumi Ohdake

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Drug Fostering and Evolution Coordination Department, Eisai Co., Ltd.

Locations

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Saitama, , Japan

Site Status

Countries

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Japan

Other Identifiers

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E2020-J081-419

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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