Active clinical trials for "Alzheimer Disease"

The purpose of this study is determine whether indomethacin is able to retard disease progression in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of ramelteon, once daily (QD), in subjects with mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease and sleep disturbance

The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and effectiveness of a relatively high dose of galantamine, 32 mg /day in a three-times daily dosage, compared with placebo in treating patients with Alzheimer's disease.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a low dose an opiate pain medication is effective for the treatment of discomfort in patients with advanced dementia. The study medication was also known as Lortab and contained both a narcotic pain medication and acetaminophen (the same pain medication as contained in Tylenol). This study was an eight-week long clinical trial for discomfort among veterans with advanced dementia who were admitted to a Nursing Home Care Unit (NHCU) at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.

SB-742457 is a 5HT6 receptor antagonist that is in development for the symptomatic treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease . To date, all clinical trials have been conducted using a capsule formulation of SB-742457. However, it is intended to conduct all futures studies with a tablet formulation. The aim of this study is to assess the pharmacokinetic profile of SB-742457 and its major metabolites following single doses of both the capsule and tablet formulations.

This study used two doses of rivastigmine transdermal patch (5 cm^2, 10 cm^2) to establish the feasibility of 2 switch schedules (with transdermal patch one-step dose titration or without dose titration) from rivastigmine capsules (3 mg bid (bis in die, twice a day), 4,5 mg bid, 6 mg bid) to rivastigmine transdermal patch and to assess safety, tolerability, convenience, and caregivers preferences of rivastigmine transdermal patch versus capsules.

The study is designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of SB-742457 when added to stable donepezil treatment in subjects with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

The study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of bapineuzumab for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer disease. Subjects will be in the study for six months and will receive subcutaneous injections once per week.

This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of R1450 in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer Disease. Patients will be randomized to receive either R1450 or placebo by intravenous infusion for a total of 7 doses. The starting dose will be escalated in subsequent cohorts of patients in an adaptive manner, after a satisfactory assessment of safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of the previous dose. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.

A recent meta-analysis that included over 29.000 individuals found that the odds ratio (OR) of individuals with high brain reserve compared to low was 0.54 (p < 0.0001), a risk decrease of 46%. Among the factors that influence cognitive reserve, mentally stimulating activities was the most robust factor after controlling for education, age, occupation and other potential confounds. The brain reserve effect was sustained over a median longitudinal follow-up of 7 years. It would be interesting to detect whether a complex cognitive training could show similar effects on the cognitive abilities of patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as it has been reported in previous studies based on mentally stimulating activities analysis. The hypothesis is that a complex cognitive training alters the neural networks in both subject groups and this alteration is associated with improvement or stabilization of cognitive and non-cognitive function. The investigator will perform a complex cognitive training program. Twenty patients with mild AD and twenty four patients with MCI will be recruited in this study. The patients will be randomised in control- and treatment groups.Additionally indirect effects on non-cognitive functions will be evaluated in caregivers of the patients. The investigators expect that the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities will be changed during the cognitive training. The investigators also expect differences between treatment and control groups.