Rivastigmine in Mild Alzheimer's Disease, FMRI Study (ADFRMI)

October 27, 2011 updated by: Hilkka Soininen, Kuopio University Hospital

Effect of Rivastigmine on FMRI in Mild Alzheimer's Disease

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of rivastigmine given as an acute dose compared to placebo and after 1 month chronic dosing on fMRI response during a face recognition task. Furthermore, the aim is to investigate whether fMRI response is correlated with long term treatment effect at 6 months and 12 months.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Kuopio, Finland, 70211
        • Kuopio University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

55 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Probable Alzheimer's disease according to the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria
  • mild disease, CDR 1
  • the clinician is planning to start anticholinesterase treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • cognitive impairment for other reason than Alzheimer's disease
  • severe depression
  • other unstable physical disease
  • medal in body prevention MRI examination, claustrophobia
  • cardiac pacemaker
  • other significant neurologic or psychiatric disease
  • contraindication for anticholinesterase treatment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
FMRI response in face recognition task
Time Frame: at baseline and at 1 mo
at baseline and at 1 mo

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
treatment response measured by ADAS-cog
Time Frame: at 6 month and 1 year
at 6 month and 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hilkka Soininen, Kuopio University Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 22, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 22, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

March 3, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 28, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2011

Last Verified

October 1, 2011

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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