Active clinical trials for "Alzheimer Disease"

The purpose of this study is to determine how safe and effective Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) is compared to placebo (a non-drug tablet) for a period of up to 10 weeks in the treatment of agitation symptoms in nursing home or assisted care residents. PLEASE NOTE: Seroquel SR and Seroquel XR refer to the same formulation. The SR designation was changed to XR after consultation with FDA.

This study is designed to confirm the efficacy, the tolerability, the patient compliance and the caregiver satisfaction with rivastigmine target patch size 10 cm^2 in patients with probable Alzheimer's Disease (Mini-Mental State Examination 10-26) in the community setting

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

12-week, open-label study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of donepezil hydrochloride in Hispanic patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in the U.S.

This is a study to determine the effectiveness and safety of donepezil hydrochloride (E2020) used to treat residents of assisted living facilities diagnosed with mild, moderate, or severe stage Alzheimer's disease.

This study was designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of switching from donepezil to an initial dose of 5cm^2 rivastigmine patch formulation in patients with probable Alzheimer's Disease (MMSE 10-24). The study included a 5-week, open-label, randomized period followed by a 20-week open-label extension period. Patients were randomized to either an immediate switch from donepezil to rivastigmine patch formulation or to a switch to rivastigmine patch formulation following a 7-day withdrawal period.

A unique multinational study was conducted simultaneously in the USA, England and Australia. The goals of the study were to answer two questions: Does psychosocial support for the family enhance the effectiveness of drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease? Is the added value of psychosocial support the same in all 3 countries?

The main objectives of this proposal are as follows: To assess the dynamic uptake and washout of 123-I MNI-308, a potential imaging biomarker for β-amyloid burden in brain, using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in similarly aged Alzheimer's (AD) subjects and healthy controls To perform blood metabolite characterization of 123-I MNI-308 in healthy and AD subjects to determine the metabolic fate and nature of metabolites in assessment of 123-I MNI-308 as a single photon computed tomography (SPECT) brain imaging agent Evaluate the test/retest reproducibility of 123-I MNI-308 and SPECT in AD subjects and healthy control

It is well known that in the brain of the patients with Alzheimer's disease there is a glutamatergic hyperstimulation leading to neuronal death. Memantine is a low affinity antagonist of NMDA glutamate receptors. The use of this drug in the early phases of the disease could provide neuroprotective effects and delay of progression. The effects of memantine should be compared to those of donepezil, which is the most prescribed anticholinesterase drug.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of memantine compared to placebo in outpatients diagnosed with moderate-to-severe dementia of the Alzheimer's type on a concurrent acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI).