Active clinical trials for "Alzheimer Disease"

The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple ascending dose study to assess the safety and tolerability of ascending repeat doses of COR388 HCl in older healthy male and female subjects and a cohort of Alzheimer's disease subjects.

The purpose of this study is to examine if a psycho-educational intervention for caregivers of patients with dementia will decrease caregiver burden, increase caregiver physical activity, and decrease the reporting of behavioral and psychological symptoms of the person with dementia.

Background: Management of patients with Alzheimer's disease associated with behavioral disturbances is difficult especially in those with agitation/aggression and insomnia and nighttime behaviors. No treatment has shown any efficacy to control these disturbances and psychotropics drugs, i.e. sedatives and hypnotics have numerous adverse effects. Objective: Assess the effect of bright light therapy on behavioral disturbances of patients with Alzheimer's disease, especially the effect on agitation/aggression and insomnia and nighttime behaviours. Study design: Multicenter non pharmacological intervention trial, controlled, randomized, open, two-arm design : control group and intervention group. Centres : Rehabilitation and long term-care units of 4 geriatric hospital wards. Patients: 120 patients admitted in geriatric hospital wards (30 by centre), with probable Alzheimer's disease according to DSM-IV diagnosis criteria and agitation/aggression (associated or not with insomnia or nighttime behaviors) according to the Neuropsychiatric inventory, nurse scale (NPI-nurse). Treatments: Intervention group: patients will participate in a program of bright light therapy realised during a one-hour sessions of occupational therapy,. These sessions will be realised for groups of 6 patients and will be done every week day, at late morning, for 4 consecutive weeks). During the session, patients will be exposed to 10000 lux-bright light. Patients of control group will participate in a program of occupational therapy of same duration and rhythm, realised in standard light conditions (about 300 lux). Assessment: Patients with be assessed on 3 occasions: inclusion, two and four weeks after the beginning of the programs. Assessment will comprise ; NPI-nurse scale and Cohen-Mansfield scale for behaviour disturbances, wrist actimetry for sleep and nighttime behaviours (total sleep length, nocturnal wake episodes and nocturnal motor agitation). Judgment criteria: Principal: changes in the agitation/aggression item of NPI-nurse scale. Secondary: changes of the nightime behaviours item of NPI-nurse scale, the Cohen-Mansfield, total sleep duration and numbers of nocturnal wake episodes measured by wrist actimetry. Statistics: Changes in agitation/aggression scores od the two groups will be compared by Mann and Whitney test. Expected results and perspectives; If bright light exposure is efficient, professional caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients might apply this cheap and non pharmacological approach to improve behaviour and sleep of these patients. This study might contribute to better define the place of a non invasive and promising technique, wrist actigraphy, to assess sleep and behaviour disturbances in psychogeriatric patients

This is a randomized, double-blind (Investigator and subject-blinded) placebo-controlled, multiple, ascending-dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of BPN14770 in healthy young and elderly male and female subjects and to provide a preliminary assessment of the cognitive effects of BPN14770 in healthy elderly subjects.

This clinical study is designed as a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel design, prospective, phase II clinical trial. An eligible subject who meets inclusion and exclusion criteria is randomly assigned to three groups: study group 1 (GV1001 0.56 mg), study group 2 (GV1001 1.12 mg) or placebo group. A randomized subject is administered either GV1001 or placebo in a total of 14 times and will be evaluated for the efficacy and safety at week of 24.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of donepezil transdermal patch in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The primary objective is to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the test drug, IPI-301 (donepezil transdermal patch), to the comparator, Aricept tablet, after 24 weeks of treatment in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease in terms of improvement in cognitive function as assessed by the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive (ADAS-cog) and in terms of global assessment as assessed by Clinician's Interview Based Impression of Change plus Caregiver Input (CIBIC-plus).

The goal of the study is to learn about how possible benefits of movement and music for individuals with dementia. Individuals with dementia will participate in a dance class. The study includes assessments of walking, balance and cognition.

This is a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study comparing different doses of bryostatin for the treatment of moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's disease. The study is 15 weeks in duration, including a safety and efficacy evaluation 30 days after the last dose of study drug.

The study will use a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of two interventions (visual arts and music) for individuals with dementia, focusing on dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). Interventions will be run for 10 weeks in dementia day centers and/or retirement residences. Participants will be tested before and after the intervention on a battery of cognitive, affective, and behavioural measures. They will be compared to a waitlist control group who don't receive the intervention. The purpose of our research is twofold: treatment of symptoms and improved quality of life during disease progression in dementia. For the primary aim, the investigators are examining the potential of arts interventions on declining functions in dementia (memory, mood, and behavior) to investigate potential treatment effects. Secondly, quality of life will be measured, with the aim of looking beyond disease progression to contribute to an overall positive patient experience. Research has indicated the need for non-pharmacological treatments to be used as a first line of action against dementia symptoms and development. While, in best practice, pharmacological treatments should be used as a second-line approach. Note: Music intervention dropped prior to study initiation.

Age-related cognitive decline is unavoidable. However, recent results of neuroplasticity-based research show that neuroplasticity-based training and physical activity might have the potential to decelerate or even reverse effects of aging and age-related cognitive impairments. Little is known whether these results also apply to pathological processes of aging such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. This multi-center study aims at investigating efficiency and feasibility of a neuroplasticity-based auditory discrimination training and a physical fitness training for patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer's disease (Mini Mental State Examination, MMSE > 19). Evaluation will include neuropsychological testing, electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements as well as blood and liquor analyses.